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

Illaoi vs Seraphine

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

based on 3,242 Illaoi vs Seraphine matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.39
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Seraphine as Illaoi came out of an evaluation of 3242 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This matchup is relatively uncommon. Illaoi encounters Seraphine in only 4.6% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Seraphine Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi does a below average job of countering Seraphine. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Illaoi versus Seraphine rounds, Illaoi’s side is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Seraphine.

Best Illaoi vs Seraphine Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverHullbreakerSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSpirit VisageForce of Nature

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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W
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E
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E
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Seraphine as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Seraphine

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.

Illaoi vs Seraphine Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Seraphine Image
5.2
< Kills >
3.3
6.7
< Deaths >
5.4
4.1
< Assists >
12.4
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
0.72
191
< Minions Killed >
94
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.52
24,531
< Physical Damage >
1,392
796
< Magic Damage >
13,157
389
< True Damage >
569
25,717
< Damage Dealt >
15,118
35,769
< Damage Taken >
17,069
12,025
< Gold Earned >
9,889
2.83
< Towers >
2.13
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,908
< Total Healing >
4,068
15,365
< Experience >
12,010
16
< Vision Score >
41
8
< Wards Placed >
18
418
< Time Dealing CC >
259

How to Counter Seraphine with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several important Illaoi vs. Seraphine counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Seraphine’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Seraphine..

Illaoi usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Seraphine. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Illaoi and Seraphine

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Seraphine
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Seraphine

Who is Better, Illaoi or Seraphine?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when playing against Seraphine, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a poor counter to Seraphine.

While Illaoi does have a lower winrate than Seraphine, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Seraphine.

Additionally, Illaoi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Seraphine. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Seraphine matchups, Seraphine is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Seraphine. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Seraphine.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Seraphine Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Seraphine as Illaoi, we analyzed 3,242 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 Seraphine 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 truly master Illaoi in order to counter Seraphine 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi often accumulates more CS compared to Seraphine. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Illaoi versus Seraphine build consist of Black Cleaver, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Seraphine than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Seraphine with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Seraphine as Illaoi, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Illaoi vs Seraphine face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.

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