This character has been destroying everyone in League of Legends since the last patch when he was one of the baddest champions in the game!

As of patch 14.2, Illaoi seems to be one of the big losers of the new League of Legends season. The change in position of the walls completely disrupted her tentacle mechanics, leaving her with very few spaces where she could fight her opponent on equal terms. While most of the juggernauts had similar winrates between Season 13 and Season 14, Illaoi lost about 5% winrate without her or one of her main items receiving a direct nerf. On 14.3 Riot changed Ilaoi, and at least we can say that the champion is back in action!

Illaoi Patch 14.3 Changes

First of all, it should be noted that Illaoi’s tentacle damage has been nerfed slightly Both on their raw value and on their scaling. This change was made as a precaution for fear that the new version of the champion would be too strong. at the same time, Tentacle range increased by 125 units. Since this concept of unity is a bit abstract, we can also transfer it to something more understandable: tentacles won. A range equivalent to Akali’s auto-attack range (Normal AA, not under passive).

So it goes up The tentacles have a total reach of 925 units (800 pre patch). To understand this better, let’s recall it Caitlin has an auto-attack range of 650. This makes Elaoi a real monster on the topplane, and while his popularity has doubled since the patch, His winrate increased by 3% on almost every Eloise (Only 2% at very high Elo). Today she is Third best champion in the game, with a 55% winrate.

Did she need this?

How hard is it? continued On 14.1, Ilaoi’s winrate completely collapsed, dropping from 53% to 48%. in a single patch. Only the players have it began to adapt, Replacing Conqueror with Immortal’s Grip, then starting Corruption with Start Shield or Doran’s Sword, to be less dependent on Tentacles. It worked very well, and Illaoi’s winrate increased to 51% In general, and even at 53% very high Elo. So the champion seemed to have found his place in the new season.

unfortunately, This data came a little late for Riot Games (They don’t start working on the next patch halfway through the current patch), and for them the champion needed a boost, and that’s not entirely wrong. Although its winrate is correct, Players were no longer actually playing around the tentacles, even though it was supposed to be the core mechanic of Ilaoi.

Putting tentacles back into the heart of its gameplay might not be a bad idea, but the current dosage isn’t great. So Ilaoi may receive some nerfs in a future patch.