Talk:Illaoi/@comment-27019624-20160821164006/@comment-24496127-20160821200637

They have different success cases, and which one is easier to achieve against different teams determines which one is stronger.

Illaoi kind of just jumps in and tries to kill everything. If the enemy team needs to engage to succeed, or her team has the lockdown and catch to support her, she'll tear everyone to pieces. Her e is also really strong if it hits, but for the most part Illaoi is the juggernaut that goes ham and wins. She has the damage and AoE that if you screw up, you're probably dead.

Darius, however, is much more intricate, for lack of a better word. His success depends on getting his passive at five stacks, and at that point, he's as strong as Illaoi. The main difference is how hard it can be to either execute someone, or hit someone five times. Unlike Illaoi, Darius almost needs a primary tank on his team if he isn't fed. The time it takes to set up his passive if he's also expected to tank is just too long, whereas Illaoi can do much more with much less setup, but she can't really do much if the enemy just has enough disengage to stop her once she blows her load, Darius is much more of a theat if Illaoi's initial explosion fails, and unlike her, situations where you get to focus one person at a time never leaves you in a situation where you're powerless, in fact, that's what Darius wants.

I can't really explain the exact differences in their power vs the situation without this getting really long, so I'm ganna call that my best effort for now.