Death Dance grants you 30% movement speed boost even when you do not kill the soul.
It grants you survivability since it 35% of physical dmg is turned into dot.
When you kill the soul the dot will disappear and you will be granted 30% movement speed.

Gore Drinker allows more survivability. More survivability means a lot more kill potential as you can
spam your W with your ulti.
it also synergizes with items by granting you CDR

Black Cleaver allows you 25 ability haste. When you attack the soul with Black Cleaver, the damage and the item effect is transferred directly to the host.


Lv Q first for safe CSing.
Max E first for damage effiency

When you successfully extract soul, nearby tentacles will attack the soul.

Before casting ulti, extracting soul is optimal. However, when you do not have a chance or miss E, cast R and wait for your E to come up.

when you cast ulti kill the soul first since killing the soul will slow the host and nearby tentacles will attack the host.

When missing E, run away. If the opponent hard engages try staying near the tentacles and R. Wait for your E to come up.


Lethal Tempo allows illaoi to take down soul faster.

In reality faster attack speed poses a lot more threat to the opponent and more healing.

This rune set allows you to heal mana with presence of mind

and mana means more health for illaoi

lethal tempo is optimal rune as you can take down soul faster.