LoL Champion Build Guides: Illaoi

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Illaoi Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Illaoi we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Illaoi, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Illaoi this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Illaoi player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Illaoi!

Patch 12.1: 492496 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

65%

Win Rate 54 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 67 Games

Precision

Domination

More Illaoi Runes

Second Best

63%

Win Rate 64 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1655 Games

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 3050 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 2210 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 3348 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 2439 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

73%

Win Rate 56 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 880 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.1: 492574 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 246 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 54 Games

Precision

Resolve

More Illaoi Runes

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 53 Games

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 442 Games

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 179 Games

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 313 Games

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 391 Games

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 254 Games

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to Buy Wards

Passive Ability

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 126 Games

Passive Ability

Illaoi Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Illaoi guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Illaoi Top in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Illaoi. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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Illaoi Skins

Find Illaoi's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Illaoi skins and chromas on Illaoi's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Cosmic Invoker Illaoi

November 24, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Resistance Illaoi

March 15, 2018

+ Wishlist

1350

Void Bringer Illaoi

November 24, 2015

+ Wishlist

1350

Classic Illaoi

Original

+ Wishlist

Illaoi's Abilities

Prophet of an Elder God Illaoi's Passive

1000

Periodically, Illaoi spawns a Tentacle on a nearby impassable terrain if no others are nearby. Tentacles fully spawn after a 2 second delay and are untargetable in the meantime.

Tentacles deal 10−180 (based on level) (+ 120% AD) (+40% of ability power) physical damage when commanded to attack by her abilities. Each Tentacle also heals Illaoi for 5% missing health if it hits at least one enemy champion.

Tentacles despawn after Illaoi has left the area for 30 seconds. Enemies gain vision of Tentacles through Fog of War within 1000 range.

Tentacle Smash Illaoi's Q Ability

850

40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60

10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Passive: Increases all tentacle damage by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.

Active: Illaoi summons a tentacle that slams down in a target direction, dealing 10 x level physical damage to all enemies in a line before disappearing

Harsh Lesson Illaoi's W Ability

Self

Illaoi's next basic attack within 6 seconds gains Range icon 225 bonus range and causes her to leap to her target if they're beyond her normal melee range.

The attack deals 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5% (+ 2% per 100 AD) of target's maximum health bonus physical damage, with a minimum threshold of 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60, and capped at 300 against non-champions, and commands all Tentacles in range to attack her target. The minimum bonus damage is dealt as bonus damage to turrets.

Harsh Lesson resets Illaoi's basic attack timer.

Test of Spirit Illaoi's E Ability

900

35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55

16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12

Illaoi hurls a tendril forward in a line that stops at the first enemy hit. If the enemy was a champion, the tendril pulls their Spirit from them and places it before her. The Spirit is connected to the target by a tether.

The Spirit has 100% of their current Health and lasts for 7 seconds.

Over the duration, the Spirit can be attacked by Illaoi and her allies. 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% (+8% per 100 AD) of the damage dealt to the Spirit is also dealt to the target.

The tether will be severed if the Spirit is killed or when the target moves too far away, slowing the target enemy by 80% for 1.5 seconds and marking them as a Vessel, causing them to spawn a Tentacle every 5 / 4 / 3 seconds (at levels 1 / 7 / 13) for the next 10 seconds, ceased by taking down Illaoi. Tentacles can spawn closer to other Tentacles than they do when spawned by Illaoi.

Leap of Faith Illaoi's Ultimate (R) Ability

500

100

120 / 95 / 70 / 70 / 70

Illaoi leaps into the air before slamming her idol into the ground, dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all nearby enemies and summoning a Tentacle for every enemy champion or Spirit hit (max 6 Tentacles).

For the next 8 seconds, Tentacles swing 50% faster and are untargetable while Harsh Lesson's cooldown is halved.

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