Yasuo with Illaoi
How to Synergize Yasuo and Illaoi
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Yasuo Illaoi Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Illaoi
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play
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.
Yasuo Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Illaoi helps Yasuo perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yasuo is an ally to Illaoi, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Illaoi does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played together with Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.
Additionally, when Yasuo plays with Illaoi on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Illaoi does a decent job of protecting Yasuo during team fights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no one best champion pairing for Yasuo that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Illaoi is a below average companion for Yasuo. By being on the same side as Yasuo, she decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Yasuo and Illaoi that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Illaoi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Yasuo players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Yasuo and Illaoi together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to pair well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to build first in your Yasuo and Illaoi synergy build include Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Illaoi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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