Udyr vs Illaoi · Top
The lane in ten seconds, then the whole brief — written by our coach for your level, from Riot's own kits for patch 16.22. Every number checked against Riot's data. Options, never orders.
The same lane is not played the same way in Silver and in Diamond: pick your level, the advice changes. Signed in, Olymps opens on your rank. Coaching, not statistics — the abilities and Riot's cooldowns are the same at every level.
Fight away from walls and never hit her spirit.
Hit Illaoi, not the spirit, and stay close.
›AA›
›AAAfter she misses or wastes E or W.
How the lane plays · Iron – Silver
Both fighters with equal reach: Illaoi wants walls and tentacles, you want open lane, short trades and her abilities wasted.
Short trades near the middle of the lane. Walk up with an ability ready, hit her with E (Blazing Stampede) stun, then Q (Wilding Claw) hits, and step out.
Watch for her E (Test of Spirit) and W (Harsh Lesson). Fight away from walls, where passive tentacles can't spawn, and keep your wave near the middle.
Her R (Leap of Faith) adds a tentacle to any fight. Don't stand in her wall-side pocket, and keep W (Iron Mantle) ready to absorb the burst.
Play it aggressive
When she wastes E or W on a minion or a miss, walk up with E (Blazing Stampede) and trade while those are on cooldown.
When the wave sits in the open, middle of the lane and away from walls, fight her: her tentacles can't spawn there.
After she uses Q (Tentacle Smash), step in with E, AA, then Q and hit her before she can follow up.
Play it safe
When you are near walls or terrain. Her passive tentacles spawn there and hit you for free, and heal her.
When she has E or W ready and you are chasing: don't follow her into the fog without checking for the jungler.
When your mana is low and your W (Iron Mantle) is spent. Back off and reset rather than take a fight with no shield.
Their threats · Riot's cooldowns
Pulls her spirit out of you. Hit Illaoi, not the spirit, since spirit damage echoes onto you. Don't walk far from the spirit or it makes you a Vessel.
Leaps onto you and calls nearby tentacles. Fight in the open, away from walls, so her W has fewer tentacles to bring.
Hits everything near her and spawns a tentacle per champion hit. Don't sit in melee range of her once she hits level 6 and has R up.
Your combo
›AA››AAWhen her E and W are on cooldown and you're in open lane: stun, then Q hits, then back out.
Illaoi's kit · Riot's cooldowns, every level
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Our coach reads both kits exactly as Riot publishes them for the current patch — abilities, cooldowns, costs, ranges — and writes the lane for one level at a time: Iron – Silver, Gold – Platinum, Emerald – Diamond, Master+. Every number in the text is checked against Riot's data; a line that cites anything else is dropped. No win rates, no tier lists: coaching, not statistics.