How to beat Illaoi

Common role: Top

A tanky bruiser who spawns tentacles and rips your soul out for massive AoE damage.

What makes Illaoi dangerous

Illaoi slams tentacles for heavy damage and self-healing, and her E rips a spirit out of a champion — if you don't run away, every tentacle hit also damages you and everyone nearby. In a confined space or a bad fight, she can wipe multiple champions at once with her ultimate's tentacle storm.

How to play against Illaoi

• 1Run from her E spirit. If she pulls your soul, walk away from her tentacles — standing near them lets her free-hit you and your allies.
• 2Don't fight her in the tentacle field or in tight jungle corridors. Dodge her Q slam (a telegraphed skillshot) and space away from her tentacles.
• 3Never group up when her ultimate is up — it spawns a storm of tentacles. Spread out and she can't hit multiple targets.
• 4She's immobile with no gap-closer. Kite her, poke her from range, and don't let her drag you into an extended melee brawl.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No mobility — very kiteable.
• ✓Weak if you leave her E spirit's tentacle range.
• ✓Grievous Wounds cuts her heavy self-healing.
• ✓Struggles against ranged pokes and disengage.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Illaoi's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  古神先知

  俄洛伊和她创造的躯壳会在附近的不可穿越的地形上生成触手。触手会挥向灵魂，躯壳，以及俄洛伊的【严酷训诫】的受害者们。触手会在命中敌人时造成物理伤害，如果命中目标是英雄还会治疗俄洛伊。

• Q
  触手猛击

  提升触手造成的伤害。在激活时，俄洛伊会挥出一条触手来造成物理伤害。

  Strong: a heavy tentacle slam that heals her. Weak: a telegraphed skillshot — dodge it and space away from her tentacles.

• W
  严酷训诫

  俄洛伊跃向她的目标，造成物理伤害并使附近的触手也挥向目标。

• E
  灵魂试炼

  俄洛伊把灵魂从一名敌人的肉身中扯出，强迫它站在她面前。 灵魂会将其所受的一部分伤害传递到本体上。如果灵魂被击杀，或者本体离灵魂过远，那么本体就会成为一个躯壳并且开始生成触手。

  Strong: rips your spirit out — every tentacle hit then damages you and nearby allies. Weak: walk away from her tentacles once your soul is pulled to deny the free damage.

• R
  过界信仰

  俄洛伊将她的神像砸在地上，对附近的敌人造成物理伤害。每命中一个敌人就会生成一条触手。

  Strong: spawns a storm of tentacles that can wipe a grouped team. Weak: spread out and she can't hit multiple targets.

Itemization

Illaoi is AD with massive healing. Grievous Wounds (Bramble Vest, Executioner's) is mandatory, plus armor and movement to kite her tentacles. The best counter is simply not fighting inside her tentacle field.

This guide covers Illaoi's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.