Talk:Illaoi/@comment-26459891-20160606191006

Here's what I've been trying with fairly good success on Illaoi as of 6.11: Fervor of Battle.

Yea I know it sounds kinda cringy, but it is actually good.

First of all, Illaoi's meant to be primarly a damage threat. She loves to bits what she gets from the Ferocity Tree: Sorcery for her tentacles, Double-edged sword works wonders on her since she heals off missing health, Battering Blows goes really well with her enormous base damage.

Onto Fervor of Battle: right now (and I say so because I believe it's getting nerfed in 6.12), with an ulti into W you practically full stack the damn thing as long as you have at least 2 tentacles. That adds AT LEAST 60 damage to each of your W which are on 2 seconds cd. That's huge. By going 18/0/12 you don't miss out a whole lot from the Resolve tree, except for the Tenacity mastery which is actually good but I believe it can be given up.

Even outside of an ult scenario, your average trade in lane consists in at least one Q and one W, followed by x autos. Fervor adds up a lot of damage in these trades.