League of Legends: Swarm Illaoi Guide

Swarm is now available on League of Legends’ game servers, ready to guide you in maximizing Illaoi’s strength as a formidable horde-clearing tank.

Illaoi is the fourth champion you encounter in Arena, setting her apart from others due to her distinctive gameplay. Unlike most Anima Squad champions, Illaoi primarily deals damage through stationary tentacles, leading her to prioritize creating a secure area and remaining in place for extended periods.

Illaoi Swarm Guide

Illaoi’s abilities are as follows:

Active: Tentacles surround Illaoi’s base weapon, passively emanating from her, and granting Illaoi and her allies with 5 Health Regen per nearby tentacle. Consequently, Illaoi can effectively assume the roles of both team support and tank.

E: Illaoi smashes the ground in a line in front of her, damaging and knocking up enemies. She automatically spawns a tentacle at the far end of her E’s hitbox. This is Illaoi’s basic peel ability, and one of the few pieces of hard CC on a basic ability.

Ultimate: Illaoi slams the ground, summoning 6 + Projectile Count tentacles. She gains 200 Ability Haste, making all of her tentacles slam rapidly. This is how Illaoi becomes insanely tanky, stacking an absurd number of tentacles and regenerating more than enough to facetank whole waves of enemies.

Illaoi Weapons Tier List:

Here’s are the best weapons you should be looking to pick up on Illaoi most games.

S Tier: Cyclonic Slicers, Iceblast Armor, Vortex Glove, T.I.B.B.E.R.S

A Tier: Statikk Sword, Radiant Field, Gatling Bunny-Guns

Other weapons are less effective for Illaoi compared to champions who focus more on offense. Instead, Illaoi benefits greatly from weapons enhancing Durability or defense.

Illaoi Passives Tier List:

In simpler terms, here is the sequence of Passives that benefit Illaoi most in making her a robust and hard-to-eliminate threat for opponents.

S Tier: Armor, Duration, Health Regen

A Tier: Armor, Max Health

B Tier: Projectile Count, Damage, Movement Speed

C Tier: Critical Chance, XP, Pickup Radius

Yuumi Quest Upgrades

In terms of Yuumi Quest enhancements, Illaoi is advised to focus on ability haste, robustness, and length. The more tentacles you have, the better, and you want them to last long so that you can recover most of the harm you receive while they shield space.

How to play Illaoi in Swarm

Illaoi excels as the top-tier champion by courageously holding ground in a particular spot during intense wave attacks. Her tentacles accumulating in a limited space endow her with an extraordinary capacity for recovering health, a fundamental aspect of Illaoi’s gameplay.

Illaoi significantly strengthens with each new armor piece and max health point she gains, making her a formidable opponent to confront. It’s essential for your more vulnerable teammates to maintain some distance and for you to manage the larger crowds of Swarm’s minions as effectively as possible.

Her E skill has a rudimentary peeling function, but don’t forget about the tentacle spawns at the end of its hitbox. Use these to create an area swarming with tentacles for you to recover health. Employ this strategy to obstruct enemy columns attempting to breach your team’s formation or construct a fortress of tentacles.

Using her R ability, your team can hold their ground in Arena instead of constantly moving to kite, making it a potent weapon for standing your ground during battles.

After summoning numerous tentacles with her ultimate ability, your health restoration rate significantly increases. It’s usually more effective to use your ult in one spot and remain there. Collaborate with your team, and this strategy can help conserve their essential cooldowns for future use.

Based on my extensive experience of playing Illaoi in Swarm mode, I believe that mastering her unique abilities and synergies is essential to progressing to higher levels. With dedication and practice, you’ll be well on your way to conquering Hard and Extreme modes in no time!