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Illaoi Top build & stats

FighterTank A 173 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
52.6%
Pick rate
4.1%
Ban rate
7.5%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
2,900 gold
8,350 gold
87.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
57.0% 93 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
59.7% WR
67 games · 39% 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

Exhaust Flash
66.7% 21 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 52.6% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (173 games).
  • Most common core: Sterak's Gage → Spirit Visage → Black Cleaver — 42% win rate over 26 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 69% of games with a 57% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Teemo (50% over 8 games). Hardest: Garen (44% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Illaoi is an early-game champion: 64% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 38% 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
42.3% WR
26 games · 15% pick
Sterak's Gage
Sterak's Gage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
63.6% WR
11 games · 6% pick
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Iceborn Gauntlet
Iceborn Gauntlet
36.4% WR
11 games · 6% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
57.0% WR
93 games · 54% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
47.0% WR
66 games · 38% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
80.8% 15% (26)
55.6% 62% (108)
53.4% 84% (146)
52.9% 39% (68)
50.0% 3% (6)
50.0% 2% (4)
47.2% 21% (36)
44.4% 10% (18)
44.3% 35% (61)
40.0% 3% (5)
37.5% 5% (8)
10.0% 6% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
59.7% WR
67 games · 39% 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
57.9% WR
38 games · 22% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Presence of Mind Last Stand
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
38.7% WR
31 games · 18% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Last Stand Bone Plating Demolish

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. 57.5%69% 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. 39.6%28% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 50.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 52.0%71% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 52.2%13% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 66.7%12% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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.