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Illaoi

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

4.6%#123 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.0%picked in 369 of 18,565 games
Ban: 2.6%456 bans over 17,578 games, against 0.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.0% between 43.7% and 52.4% over 354 gamesSoloQ 49.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 18,750 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Sterak's Gage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 96% of top laners.DuelistDamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.5%
SoloQ
0.9%
2.5% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.9% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Sterak's Gage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying51% · 3,060

Same in amateur play

SpellsExhaust + Flash47% · 2,826

Amateur: Flash + Teleport (68%), gap not settled

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 90% · 70 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 508

18%of soloQ games

Black Cleaver
Iceborn Gauntlet
Sterak's Gage

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 96% of top laners.

Team damagetop4%26% · top laners: 20%
Takes its kills in duelstop8%35% · top laners: 28%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Poke
Split-push

Like other top laners

Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Few teamfights
Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 91 in lane, 99 in mid game and 96 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

681+81 vs 599

1,065+197 vs 868

1,277+198 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Illaoitop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 85% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 91 of 100 among top laners681 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 99 of 100 among top laners1,065 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 96 of 100 among top laners1,277 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 91 of 100 among top laners+536 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 85 of 100 among top laners+692 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 79 of 100 among top laners1,239 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 22 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 93 of 100 among top laners35% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 59 of 100 among top lanersrank 59 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among top laners0.3 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 96 of 100 among top laners26% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Sion53.1% · expected 48.3% · 32 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -4.8

Junglegap to expected