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How to Win Illaoi vs Ahri Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Illaoi

based on 2,120 Illaoi vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
1.43
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Ahri as Illaoi resulted from an evaluation of 2120 ranked matches where both champs clashed against each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Illaoi encounters Ahri in only 3.0% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Illaoi does a decent job of beating Ahri. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.9% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Illaoi against Ahri rounds, Illaoi’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Ahri.

Best Illaoi vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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E
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Ahri

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Illaoi vs Ahri Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Ahri Image
5.2
< Kills >
6.1
6.7
< Deaths >
5.3
4.4
< Assists >
7.7
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
188
< Minions Killed >
164
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.43
24,260
< Physical Damage >
1,443
809
< Magic Damage >
15,193
433
< True Damage >
5,465
25,504
< Damage Dealt >
22,102
35,562
< Damage Taken >
20,453
11,954
< Gold Earned >
11,200
2.8
< Towers >
1.87
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,736
< Total Healing >
5,105
15,321
< Experience >
14,479
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
418
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Ahri with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some vital Illaoi versus Ahri matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ahri..

Illaoi usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Ahri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Ahri

Who is Better, Illaoi or Ahri?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a good counter for Ahri.

While Illaoi does have a higher win rate compared to Ahri, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Ahri.

Moreover, Illaoi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Ahri matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Illaoi is a decent counter to Ahri. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Illaoi against Ahri.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Illaoi, we analyzed 2,120 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 Ahri as Illaoi 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi often racks up a similar amount of CS as Ahri. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Ahri build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Ahri than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Ahri with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ahri as Illaoi, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Illaoi vs Ahri clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.

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