Twitch vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Twitch
based on 2,647 Twitch vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Twitch vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Twitch vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Twitch
Tips for Playing as Twitch against Illaoi
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
Twitch vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Twitch in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Twitch versus Illaoi matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Twitch usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Twitch and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Twitch or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Twitch makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Twitch does have a higher win rate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Twitch also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Twitch into Illaoi.
Furthermore, Twitch also has only a small 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Illaoi matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Twitch is a decent counter for Illaoi. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Twitch against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Twitch to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Illaoi build include Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Twitch bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Illaoi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Twitch boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Illaoi with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Illaoi as Twitch, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Twitch vs Illaoi counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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