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the Kraken Priestess

Illaoi Top build & stats

FighterTank D 297 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
45.5%
Pick rate
1.6%
Ban rate
1.4%

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
450 g
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 g
64.3% 14 games

Build in this order

Black Cleaver 1
Black Cleaver
3,000 g
Iceborn Gauntlet 2
Iceborn Gauntlet
2,900 g
Sterak's Gage 3
Sterak's Gage
3,200 g
9,100 g
70.6% WR 17 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 g
48.6% 146 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
58.8% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Demolish Demolish
Bone Plating Bone Plating
Overgrowth Overgrowth
Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Last Stand Last Stand
Shards AF AF HP

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite 47.7% 44 games

Max order

Tentacle Smash Q Test of Spirit E Harsh Lesson W 54.3% 35 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Illaoi

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Illaoi wins 45.5% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (297 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Spirit Visage → Black Cleaver — 59% win rate over 17 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 65% of games with a 45% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Renekton (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Ambessa (18% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Illaoi is an early-game champion: 49% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 32% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
58.8% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
70.6% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
33.3% WR
15 games · 5% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
42.6% WR
47 games · 16% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
64.3% WR
14 games · 5% pick
Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
Health Potion
Health Potion
16.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
48.6% WR
146 games · 49% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
44.3% WR
106 games · 36% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
66.7% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
60.0% 10% (30)
54.7% 32% (95)
51.3% 13% (39)
50.0% 7% (22)
50.0% 3% (10)
47.9% 63% (188)
47.6% 56% (166)
47.4% 13% (38)
46.2% 4% (13)
40.7% 18% (54)
39.3% 21% (61)
38.5% 4% (13)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
35.3% WR
34 games · 11% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Demolish Demolish
Bone Plating Bone Plating
Overgrowth Overgrowth
Last Stand Last Stand
Presence of Mind Presence of Mind
Shards AF AF HP
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
57.9% WR
19 games · 6% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Triumph Last Stand
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
58.8% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Presence of Mind Last Stand

Keystones

  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 45.1%65% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 52.8%24% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 33.3%9% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 46.6%45% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 44.1%34% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 47.7%15% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Tentacle Smash Q Test of Spirit E Harsh Lesson W 54.3%35 games
Test of Spirit E Tentacle Smash Q Harsh Lesson W 39.1%23 games

Most common first three levels: W → E → Q (41%), Q → W → E (50%), W → Q → E (44%).

  • PProphet of an Elder God

    Illaoi and the Vessels she creates spawn Tentacles on nearby impassible terrain. Tentacles swing at spirits, Vessels, and victims of Illaoi's Harsh lesson. Tentacles deal physical damage to enemies hit, and will heal Ill...

  • QTentacle Smash

    Increases the damage dealt by Tentacles. When activated, Illaoi smashes down a Tentacle that deals physical damage.

  • WHarsh Lesson

    Illaoi leaps to her target, dealing physical damage and causing nearby Tentacles to also swing at the target.

  • ETest of Spirit

    Illaoi rips the spirit from a foe's body, forcing it to stand before her. Spirits echo a percentage of the damage they take to the original target. If killed, or if the target gets too far from the spirit, the target wil...

  • RLeap of Faith

    Illaoi smashes her idol into the ground, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies. A Tentacle spawns for each enemy champion hit.