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Darius is lane where he decides what happens. You cannot contest him or the minion wave at all before lvl 6. If he manages to kill you once or twice before lvl 6 the game is over and he can repeat kill you. Play very safe early. It's okay to miss CS early as you will outscale him in splitpushing.
Camille
Camille can snowball out of control if you let her kill you early. Play safe lvl 1 and 2. Aim your E at her position on the wall to never miss.
Aatrox
Aatrox is quite similar to Illaoi, he needs to keep fighting and keep healing. But with E>R you simply deal way more damage. Be careful early and this should a free lane
Akali
Akali is squishy but mobile. If you miss your E do run away as she can decide to fight you at any moment. However you can easily keep her option limeted by playing aggresive and keeping her under her tower.
Cassiopeia
This champion simply wins.
Cho'Gath
Easy tank matchup, be wary of his burst from Q>W>R.
Dr. Mundo
Free tank matchup.
Fiora
Skill matchup. If she miss uses her parry feel free to try and punish her. If your E gets parry'd or dodged you cannot fight her.
Gangplank
Gangplank can play very safe and poke you down. He doesn't have a strong all-in so after lvl 3 dont be afraid to fight him. He does outscale you hard so you have to be the aggresor.
Garen
Semi-free fighter matchup. If he plays conquerer + ignite then play very safe pre lvl 6. After that it is free.
Gnar
This champion should never be able to kill you, his threat moment of mega gnar is very well telegraphed and you win if wants to fight as mega gnar. He becomes big and slow, Illaoi's perfect target.
Irelia
Volatile matchup. If she gets a lead early she can stomp Illaoi. Try to predict her Q dash through minions and E her as she goes that dash.
Jax
Free fighter matchup, play safe lvl 1 and 2. He has to jump straight at you, easy E hit and when he has counterstrike (his E) up you can just hit the soul and still damage him.
Jayce
He can and will poke Illaoi down. But for his all in he has to jump straight at Illaoi. Easy E>R win
Kayle
Kayle can play safe until lvl 6 and then Illaoi is rendered useless against her range. Try to abuse Kayle's weak early game by W jumping on her face whenever possible, keep her off the wave and delay her strenghts. Illaoi doesn't win from Kayle later in the game.
Kennen
Safe matchup. Kennen won't really fight you early. He might poke but his all-in isn't good on 1 target. He will try to scale for a big teamfight ultimate. Try to abuse his weak early.
Kled
Easy bruiser matchup, watch out for his W burst and Q healing reduction.
Malphite
Free tank matchup
Maokai
Free tank matchup. Easiest lane in the game for illaoi
Mordekaiser
Preferably you ban this guy every game. You can win the fights before lvl 6 but after that his R removes your tentacle and E soul. Buy a QSS early. Illaoi doesn't win this matchup.
Nasus
Easy tank matchup. Abuse his weak early as much as possible. He will outscale everyone.
Olaf
Play very safe before lvl 6. If you approach the wave and he uses his Q to slow Illaoi he can run her down with ease as he has very high damage. Once he is ahead we can heal through your damage. Play safe, win after lvl 6.
Ornn
Free tank matchup
Pantheon
Play safe early, pantheon is very strong lvl 1-5. His E can block the damage reflect of your E so try to fight him after he used his E. Or wait with damaging the soul until his E runs out. You win hard later.
Poppy
Free tank matchup, watch out for her early damage
Quinn
Quinn wins this matchup.
Renekton
Easy fighter matchup, play safe lvl 1 and 2, then you should win outright. Beware of his burst.
Rengar
Rengar is very strong early game. You cannot contest the wave in the early levels. Do not fight him before lvl 6. It is okay to miss some CS. After you get lvl 6 you should be able to blow him up with E>R. He can however roam and kill your team. In late game you cannot keep up with his R speed so just keep splitpushing.
Riven
Riven has very high damage but is also quite squishy. She wins hard lvl 1 and 2. Lvl 3-5 try to play around your E to poke her down but dont greed to kill the soul. Lvl 6 you win every fight after you land your E. She either has to accept the poke or fight you but then you can R and blow her up.
Rumble
Play somewhat safe early, His flamethrower (Q) does a lot of damage. He is however squishy and melee so you win after lvl 3
Ryze
Ryze has a very weak early but outscales most of the game later on. Just like kayle, abuse his weak early game by forcing fights and delay his power spikes. Illaoi doesn't win late game versus Ryze
Sett
Easy fighter matchup, you can cancel him throwing you with his R by timing your R so that you jump while he picks you up. Even without this trick the only threat he proves to illaoi is high early damage and he can dunk you away from your tentacles.
Shaco
Easy matchup. You can even 3 man ult just him. If you E him, he R's so he as an additional clone. If Illaoi uses her ultimate on all 3 'shaco's' then you generate 3 extra tentacles to kill 1 squishy clown.
Shen
Shen has high eary damage but you win after lvl 3. Try to E him before he R's away to help his team. You will slow him down on arrival and there will be tentacle slaps the entire map away.
Singed
If the singed stays in lane you can keep E'ing him and just stand still and win through damage and healing.
If singed decides to proxy you cannot do much but try to farm as well as you can.
Sion
Free tank matchup
Swain
Swain doesn't do a lot of damage early game. His range does make it so you can't really fight him. Just 2 healing bruisers dueling.
Sylas
Free fighter matchup, Illaoi's ult does nothing for Sylas and for his engage he has to jump in a straight line towards you, perfect E moment.
Teemo
Ranged matchup, Play safe, win late
Trundle
Easy fighting matchup, be wary of his early damage and speed/slows. Dont fight him lvl 1 and 2.
Tryndamere
Tryndamere wins.
Try to poke him before his lvl 6. In an ultimate 1v1 try to E>R>W him and then just outkite his R timer. He is squishy but has a lot of damage. The 5 seconds in his R are enough to kill Illaoi.
He wins splitpush for this reason. You can play exhaust this matchup and win the 1v1 early like that. Then group with your team and win before he splits the game open.
Urgot
Free fighter matchup.
Whenever you E him and you see urgot trying to fight you by E'ing (jumping) inwards. Take a few steps back, then you dont get hit and he is stacked on top of his soul. Free damage
Vayne
Vayne should always win. She can outpoke Illaoi and she scales better.
Vladimir
Vladimir is ranged so he can poke Illaoi consistantly. He doesn't do a lot of damage early however and Illaoi can force all-ins. If Illaoi can E vladimir before he pools (W) away she can still damage him through his W. Do not be afraid to fight a lot.
Volibear
Easy fighter matchup. Watch out for his high early game damage.
Warwick
Free tank matchup. Buy bramblevest
Wukong
Free fighter matchup. He has high burst after 6 but he is really squishy. Illaoi can burst him with E>R even harder.
Yasuo
Volatile fighter matchup. Illaoi's E gets blocked by windwall but her Q doesn't. Try to bait his windwall with Q's and then E him.
Never throw a hailmary E right before the minions arive. He can dash through those and make it impossible to fight him.
Yone
Yone has a lot of burst and he can return to a previous location with his E. You have the range advantage. Poke him out during laning.
Yorick
Yorick's minions block your E. This makes it very hard to fight him later when he has them up almost constantly. Try to fight him early and set him behind. You do not win splitpushing because of these minions. So group up with your team in the late game to win objectives.
You can run exhaust but not recommended.
S11 Illaoi Guide by Xolla
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