Caitlyn vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Caitlyn
based on 6,981 Caitlyn vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Illaoi
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Caitlyn vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Caitlyn against Illaoi counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Illaoi.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Illaoi. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often gets a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Illaoi build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Illaoi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Illaoi with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Illaoi as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Caitlyn vs Illaoi counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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