Illaoi·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Illaoi Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Last Stand and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Black Cleaver as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Iceborn Gauntlet. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 50.6% winrate over 89 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Illaoi Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Last Stand with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Iceborn Gauntlet, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Black Cleaver as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Thornmail and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 52.9% win rate over 68 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Last Stand with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sundered Sky as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sterak's Gage, Iceborn Gauntlet and Death's Dance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 57.4% win rate across 54 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Illaoi Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Demolish as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Black Cleaver as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Iceborn Gauntlet as third item. The last 3 options are Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.0% win rate over 50 matches played.

Situational Illaoi Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Illaoi build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.