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Illaoi combos

the Kraken Priestess

3 Illaoi combos explained key by key: in which order to cast the abilities, when to use them and what each step does. The main combo is E › Q › W › AA. Further down: every ability's cooldown, cost and range, and the skill max order measured over ranked games.

Illaoi combos

The trade

E › Q › W › AA AA

When: An enemy is near terrain features.

Test of Spirit rips out the enemy's spirit: if they move too far away or the spirit is destroyed, they become a vessel and make tentacles appear; Harsh Lesson leaps you in and pushes the nearby tentacles to strike the target.

The area ultimate

R › Q › W

When: Several enemies are close.

Leap of Faith slams your idol, deals physical damage and summons a tentacle per enemy champion hit.

Harassment

Q › AA AA

When: An enemy is in lane.

Tentacle Smash deals physical damage and amplifies the tentacles; they heal you if they hurt a champion.

Common mistakes

• Fighting far from impassable terrain features.
• Casting the ultimate without several targets.
• Forgetting that the spirit passes part of the damage to the original target.

Cooldowns, costs and ranges

A combo only comes back once its abilities are off cooldown: these values (rank 1 to max rank, in seconds) tell how long to wait between two combos. Source: Data Dragon 16.19.1.

Ability	Cooldown (s)	Cost	Range
Q · Tentacle Smash	10/9/8/7/6	40/45/50/55/60 Mana	850
W · Harsh Lesson	4	30 Mana	400
E · Test of Spirit	16/15/14/13/12	35/40/45/50/55 Mana	900
R · Leap of Faith	120/95/70	100 Mana	450

Official ability descriptions

PassiveProphet of an Elder God

Illaoi and the Vessels she creates spawn Tentacles on nearby impassible terrain. Tentacles swing at spirits, Vessels, and victims of Illaoi's Harsh lesson. Tentacles deal physical damage to enemies hit, and will heal Illaoi if they damage a champion.

QTentacle Smash

Increases the damage dealt by Tentacles. When activated, Illaoi smashes down a Tentacle that deals physical damage.

WHarsh Lesson

Illaoi leaps to her target, dealing physical damage and causing nearby Tentacles to also swing at the target.

ETest of Spirit

Illaoi rips the spirit from a foe's body, forcing it to stand before her. Spirits echo a percentage of the damage they take to the original target. If killed, or if the target gets too far from the spirit, the target will become a Vessel and begin spawning Tentacles.

RLeap of Faith

Illaoi smashes her idol into the ground, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies. A Tentacle spawns for each enemy champion hit.

Skill order

Max order: E > Q > W57.1% · 21 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●							●		●		●	●
W		●												●	●
E			●	●	●		●		●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 36 games).

Riot's official tips for playing Illaoi

• Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
• Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
• Vessel
• 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.

How to play around Illaoi's combos

• 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.

Frequently asked questions

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