Illaoi Arena Build Guide
“The Kraken Priestess”
Illaoi's powerful physique is dwarfed only by her indomitable faith. As the prophet of the Great Kraken, she uses a huge, golden idol to rip her foes' spirits from their bodies and shatter their perception of reality. All who challenge the “Truth Bearer...
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Recommended Items for Illaoi in Arena
Optimal 2v2 combat item build path for Illaoi. Build your core synergy items first, prioritize speed with tailored boots, and adapt situational picks to counter enemy comps.
Best Augments for Illaoi in Arena
Top-performing Prismatic, Gold, and Silver augments tailored to maximize Illaoi's combat scaling, ability cooldowns, and survivability in 2v2 Arena rounds.
Become large, gaining 15% Health and 10% Adaptive Force.
Gain Energized 200% quicker. Triggering Energized fires a Magic Missile, dealing up to 0.3% max Health true damage based on distance traveled.
OnHit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds .
Gain increased size and percent bonus Health per takedown.
Requirement: Possess Heartsteel with 400+ stacks. Reward: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3. Increase your Health Regeneration by 12.5% of your Heartsteel stacks.
Gain 1000 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Your Attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 3.5% of your max Health.
Gain 15% Omnivamp.
There is a tether connecting your team, deals constant magic damage to enemies it touches.
Best Prismatic Items for Illaoi in Arena
Prismatic items tier list ranked by performance synergy on Illaoi. Aim to roll S-Tier items in your round 3 anvil choices to secure early combat dominance.
Illaoi Abilities & Kit Overview
Comprehensive breakdown of Illaoi's passive and active spells in Arena mode, highlighting ability interactions and combo execution.
Prophet 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.
Tentacle Smash
Increases the damage dealt by Tentacles. When activated, Illaoi smashes down a Tentacle that deals physical damage.
Harsh Lesson
Illaoi leaps to her target, dealing physical damage and causing nearby Tentacles to also swing at the target.
Test 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.
Leap of Faith
Illaoi smashes her idol into the ground, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies. A Tentacle spawns for each enemy champion hit.
Frequently Asked Questions about Illaoi in Arena
Common Arena build strategies, augment interactions, and item synergies answered for Illaoi.
The best Arena build for Illaoi in patch 16.17.1 currently sits at Tier B (48.48% win rate). The optimal core items include Divine Sunderer, Heartsteel, Overlord's Bloodmail, paired with Mercury's Treads or Plated Steelcaps. Adjust your situational items to counter burst assassins, heavy tanks, or healing comps in later rounds.
The top Prismatic augments for Illaoi are Goliath, Final Form, Mystic Punch. These augments provide massive combat scalings and ability enhancements that synergize directly with Illaoi's kit to win late-game rounds.
The best Prismatic items to roll on Illaoi include Black Hole Gauntlet, Divine Sunderer, Dragonheart. Securing one of these S-Tier prismatic items in the early rounds gives Illaoi a decisive stat and passive advantage over enemy pairs.