Talk:Illaoi/@comment-27004415-20151128192735/@comment-26459891-20151128234421

The summoner's spells insight sounds interesting, I'll give it a shot. I also use the same runes / masteries (except for quints, I still take flat AD on those for last-hitting).

For the build, your Illaoi simply sounds too squishy. She still has to be a frontliner, so I don't know about rushing a full damage item such as Youmuu's Ghostblade, despite she admittedly benefits heavily from armor pen.

So far I've been building her like this:

Start Doran's Blade  / Doran's Shield, depending on the match up.

Rush Black Cleaver (HP, AD, CDR, and %pen which is really good on her and is really easy to stack on the spirit).

After that, build an Iceborn Gauntlet. This item synergizes with her quite well: it provides the on-demand CC she desperately needs, gives her a good chunk of armor, mana, and caps the CDR when paired with the Black Cleaver. Also, the spellblade works wonders on her: she has one of the highest base AD in the game, and her combo necessarily requires her to autoattack enemies. The slow zone will help you stick on your target, and the Spellblade cooldown matches your 2 sec CD on your W during your ulti, meaning it will reliably pump your damage output.

Then, back it up with a Sterak's Gage. It amps up your base AD, which translates in stronger Spellblades, and the passive is really good on champs like Illaoi who like being in the midst of the battle.

After that, I build Dead Man's Plate and Banshee's Veil, to get some more HP and resistances, changing their order depending on my needs.

For boots, I usually take Mercury for Tenacity.

Lately however, I've been having some success rushing Sunfire Cape. Gives you lots of pushing power and it's a good armor item early on. Maws of Malmortious sounds interesting on her as well, but I haven't got the chance of trying it yet.

By the way, I wouldn't buy Lord Dominik's Regards if I wanted a Last Whisper item. It gives you more damage the squishier you are compared to your enemy -- even with your build you'd be pretty damn beefy, so just take the Mortal Reminder, at least you don't waste a passive and can apply Grevious Wounds.