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the Kraken Priestess

Illaoi Top build & stats

FighterTank C 945 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
48.9%
Pick rate
2.3%
Ban rate
2.9%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

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 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
57.1% 14 games

Build in this order

Black Cleaver 1
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Iceborn Gauntlet 2
Iceborn Gauntlet
2,900 gold
Sterak's Gage 3
Sterak's Gage
3,200 gold
9,100 gold
55.9% WR 34 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
1,000 gold
58.3% 12 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
63.2% WR
38 games · 4% 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.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
51.2% 82 games

Max order

Test of Spirit E Tentacle Smash Q Harsh Lesson W
50.0% 24 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 48.9% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (945 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Spirit Visage → Black Cleaver — 55% win rate over 89 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 67% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Pantheon (89% over 9 games). Hardest: Rumble (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
55.9% WR
34 games · 4% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
53.1% WR
32 games · 3% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Death's Dance
Death's Dance
42.1% WR
19 games · 2% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
49.0% WR
49 games · 5% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
57.1% WR
14 games · 1% pick
Doran's Helm
Doran's Helm
Health Potion
Health Potion
0.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
48.5% WR
200 games · 21% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
49.4% WR
166 games · 18% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
58.3% WR
12 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
59.7% 7% (67)
58.5% 6% (53)
56.5% 5% (46)
55.2% 17% (165)
52.6% 2% (19)
51.6% 27% (256)
49.1% 31% (289)
46.7% 10% (92)
46.7% 8% (75)
45.8% 3% (24)
42.3% 3% (26)
40.0% 2% (20)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
46 games · 5% 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.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
63.2% WR
38 games · 4% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Presence of Mind Last Stand
Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
40.0% WR
25 games · 3% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Manaflow Band Scorch

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. 50.3%32% 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. 49.1%11% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 44.4%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.6%20% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 49.4%17% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 51.2%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Tentacle Smash Q Test of Spirit E Harsh Lesson W 48.6%35 games
Test of Spirit E Tentacle Smash Q Harsh Lesson W 50.0%24 games

Most common first three levels: W → E → Q (48%), W → Q → E (45%), Q → W → E (53%).

  • 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.