
Illaoi·Top Build





Win rate | 48.9% |
Pick rate | 1.8% |
Ban rate | 2.7% |
Matches | 7 247- |

Illaoi Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 52.5% based on 979 matches
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Recommended builds


Most Popular
52.5%

2nd Most Popular
51.4%

Alternative
51.4%

Off-Meta
50.7%Top Players ALL
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36.8%Titan Is Me#VN2 OTP
56.3%Matchup Specific

Ambessa
61.9%
K'Sante
48.2%runes





















spells

D

F
items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 14 sec
Early Items


@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 20 min
Full Build






ability order
E
Q
W
Skills





situational items






Illaoi Matchups Overview
Illaoi General information
Illaoi tips and tricks
Illaoi’s Q is a great poke tool and is great for wave control too. However, it is slightly more expensive than her
W. If you can, try and use a terrain Tentacle instead of your
Q to trade with the enemy. Essentially, they will do the same job at the cost of less mana!
Take advantage of your W auto-attack reset by (when applicable) walking up to the enemy, auto-attacking once and then using your
W.
Illaoi’s Ultimate R has a brief moment of unstoppability at the beginning. This can be used to dodge critical crowd control that would otherwise limit your damage potential.
Illaoi combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Illaoi Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Illaoi Top 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 Iceborn Gauntlet as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. 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 52.5% winrate over 979 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Illaoi Top 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 Black Cleaver, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Iceborn Gauntlet as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 759 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Demolish 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 Black Cleaver as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Iceborn Gauntlet as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 51.4% win rate across 389 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Illaoi Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Sundered Sky as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Sterak's Gage as third item. The last 3 options are Iceborn Gauntlet, Spirit Visage and Black Cleaver. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.7% win rate over 203 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Illaoi runes page.

Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Illaoi Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.3 the best possible matchups for Illaoi Top are:
- vs. Swain - 64.3% win rate over 28 games.
- vs. Sylas - 60.7% win rate over 28 games.
- vs. Gnar - 60.4% win rate over 139 games.
- vs. Maokai - 60.0% win rate over 65 games.
- vs. Dr. Mundo - 58.9% win rate over 107 games.
Consider picking Illaoi into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Illaoi.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Illaoi in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Poppy - 34.1% win rate over 44 games.
- vs. Kennen - 34.2% win rate over 38 games.
- vs. Cassiopeia - 35.7% win rate over 28 games.
- vs. Gwen - 39.0% win rate over 105 games.
- vs. Teemo - 39.3% win rate over 56 games.
These champions are considered as Illaoi counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Illaoi counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.