Talk:Illaoi/@comment-4834593-20170127192409/@comment-26203093-20170129144315

It's about controlling where the damage goes. If you don't have cc on your team, it doesn't matter how tanky your frontline is. Nor illaoi. Who's a juggernaut, not a tank. And syndra does that. If you don't get the drop on her and hard engage, she can keep the entire frontline from doing anything single-handedly - as well as the burst to nuke down incoming assassins - there's a reason she's permabanned.

Don't really need tankiness if no one's taking damage which is what the cc is for. And I've played illaoi against a lockdown & ranged heavy team; an ult that hits 2 targets and being unable to reach anyone else means you're not only not damaging as many targets as you want, you're lacking the tentacles to deal any damage to the targets that are even there.

By not being in melee range of illaoi you're not just doing yourself a favour; you're doing everyone a favour. And picking a tank against illaoi just means more tentacles.