Talk:Illaoi/@comment-26034614-20151119174425/@comment-24496127-20151125003557

....It worked because he gets a freaking dragon, scalings that were so high he'd burst tanks down tanks with one damage items, full experience while last hitting, and he gets a freaking dragon. He would also push instantly and super hard, leaving you no time to poke him at all, or he'd have a shield when you tried.

It didn't work because of innovation of any sort, Riot literally made him to go bot lane, gave him all the tools to succeed, and in doing so created a champion so overloaded and anti-fun it did nothing but show why bruisers shouldn't be built for bot.

Illaoi has no pros to going bot lane over a traditional marksman, so even if you can make it work, why do it? That's the entire point I don't get. Doing things just to break a meta isn't innovation unless it can work better than the way things currently are, otherwise it's just pointless, and often costly. That's basic business, but also applies to any sort of new thing.