Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Ivern vs. Illaoi matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Ivern typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually wins when taking on Illaoi, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Ivern makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Ivern does have a higher win rate compared to Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Ivern also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Ivern into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ivern has some 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Illaoi matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ivern is a decent counter for Illaoi. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ivern against Illaoi.
To truly master Ivern 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Ivern versus Illaoi build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Illaoi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Illaoi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Illaoi as Ivern, Ivern players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Ivern vs Illaoi matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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