Talk:Illaoi/@comment-24496127-20151123184158

Sooooooo, theory crafting time. What type of team would best support an Illaoi? Would it be better to have a strong defensive mid laner like Heimer, allowing you to set up impassable areas, or a strong poke midlane like lux to get the enemy team off turrets? What about the jungler? Should it be one with good early pressure and ganking a la shaco, or someone who can scale late like a Master Yi, or one focused on engage? Defensive or engage support? What should the adc most optimably have?

The team I thought could be strong is Heimer, Illaoi, Varus, Nidalee, then Blitz/Thresh/Janna. This gives you multiple ways to poke enemies off of towers, while also allowing for possible catches. Still, I see problems with it, like fast rotations from the enemy team, or if they can send someone to split and still have waveclear to back you off you'll just lose more than you can gain with a siege.

I don't know if it'd be better to pick her to give her team a retreat option, but weaker engages, or to build around having that zone and forcing engages with the risk of her team just taking everything if the enemy can't stop your slow advance..