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How to Win Cassiopeia vs Illaoi Counter MatchupCassiopeia is in the s tier of champions

Cassiopeia vs Illaoi

How to Beat Illaoi as Cassiopeia in LoLCassiopeia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Illaoi as Cassiopeia

based on 587 Cassiopeia vs Illaoi matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Illaoi as Cassiopeia resulted from an evaluation of 587 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Cassiopeia is forced to battle against Illaoi in only 1.6% of her matches.

Cassiopeia vs Illaoi Matchup Summary

Cassiopeia does a ok job of countering Illaoi. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.8% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Cassiopeia vs Illaoi rounds, Cassiopeia’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Illaoi.

Best Cassiopeia vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Cassiopeia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveZhonya's HourglassRod of AgesLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cassiopeia to level upe
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Second ability for Cassiopeia to level upq
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Last skill for Cassiopeia to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Cassiopeia's passive ability p
Cassiopeia's q ability q
Cassiopeia's w ability w
Cassiopeia's e ability e
Cassiopeia's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Illaoi

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

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.

Cassiopeia vs Illaoi Counter Stats

Cassiopeia Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Illaoi Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.2
6.1
< Deaths >
6.9
6.4
< Assists >
4.4
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
172
< Minions Killed >
190
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.51
711
< Physical Damage >
25,032
24,118
< Magic Damage >
810
443
< True Damage >
389
25,273
< Damage Dealt >
26,231
27,617
< Damage Taken >
36,351
11,851
< Gold Earned >
12,000
1.74
< Towers >
2.71
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,550
< Total Healing >
8,864
15,544
< Experience >
15,201
18
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
492
< Time Dealing CC >
415

How to Counter Illaoi with Cassiopeia in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Cassiopeia against Illaoi counter stats that may help us understand the differences between these two champions. For instance, Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi..

Cassiopeia often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Cassiopeia and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Cassiopeia
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Cassiopeia
Illaoi

Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Illaoi?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cassiopeia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Cassiopeia makes an ok counter for Illaoi.

While Cassiopeia does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Cassiopeia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cassiopeia into Illaoias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Cassiopeia has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Illaoi matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Cassiopeia is a decent counter to Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Cassiopeia against Illaoi.

Additional Information for Cassiopeia Players

How We Calculated Our Cassiopeia vs Illaoi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Illaoi as Cassiopeia, we analyzed 587 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Illaoi as Cassiopeia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Cassiopeia in order to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Cassiopeia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Cassiopeia versus Illaoi build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Cassiopeia combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Illaoi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Cassiopeia had an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Illaoi with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Illaoi as Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Cassiopeia vs Illaoi matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.

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