Xayah vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Xayah
based on 1,172 Xayah vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Illaoi
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Xayah against Illaoi matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..
Xayah often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Xayah or Illaoi?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Illaoi.
Moreover, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter for Illaoi. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xayah versus Illaoi build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Illaoi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Illaoi with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Illaoi as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Xayah vs Illaoi counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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