Talk:Illaoi/@comment-26459891-20160126011016/@comment-1488423-20160201191034

Illaoi, for all intents and purposes, is melee Heimerdinger. You are strongest when you are fighting in your zone of tentacles. Luckily with your ult, you can create a new zone for yourself but that doesn't solve all the problems. I like building Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, then straight tank and focusing on split pushing so I can always stay in my zone. With some pre-set tentacles and your ult, even 1v3ing if they come try to stop your splitpush should be possible if the enemies just dog pile onto you.

Other than that, Illaoi is very weak. She's a juggernaut who's damage is out of her direct control.