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Illaoi vs Garen

Illaoi
vs
47.9%

over 1367 games

Garen
Analyze a draft with Illaoi

Skill matchup

Heavy AD damageVery tankyHigh burstSustained DPS

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Garen

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Illaoi: Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, Sterak's Gage, Plated Steelcaps, Death's Dance, Spirit Visage, Sundered Sky, Randuin's Omen.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Black Cleaver
1
Iceborn Gauntlet
2
Sterak's Gage
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Death's Dance
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport47%
ExhaustFlash27%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Death's Dance
Spirit Visage
Sundered Sky
Randuin's Omen
Thornmail
Tear of the Goddess
Bramble Vest
Hullbreaker
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Spear of Shojin
Kaenic Rookern
Endless Hunger
Serylda's Grudge
Overlord's Bloodmail
Executioner's Calling
Frozen Heart
Fimbulwinter
Zeke's Convergence
Trinity Force
Heartsteel
Guardian Angel
Force of Nature
Maw of Malmortius
Muramana
Lord Dominik's Regards
Serpent's Fang
Stridebreaker
55.6% WR180 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Bone PlatingBone Plating
OvergrowthOvergrowth
PrecisionPrecision
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Last StandLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Garen's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Perseverance (P)

If Garen has not recently been struck by damage or enemy abilities, he regenerates a percentage of his total health each second.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s22s9s–
68s22s9s2m
98s19.5s9s2m
118s17s9s1m40
168s12s7.5s1m20
188s12s6s1m20

Playing as Illaoi

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Fight near walls

    Fight near walls: Prophet of an Elder God (passive) spawns your tentacles there, and each tentacle that hits a champion heals you.

  2. Hit the spirit you pulled

    After Test of Spirit (E), attack the spirit: it echoes part of its damage to its owner, and if it dies, the enemy is slowed and marked for your tentacles.

  3. Ult after the engage

    Cast Leap of Faith (R) in the middle of several enemies, after their engage or your team's: one tentacle spawns per champion hit, untargetable while it lasts.

  4. Recast W during your ult

    During Leap of Faith (R), recast Harsh Lesson (W) as soon as it's back: its cooldown is reduced, and each hit makes every nearby tentacle slam.

Playing against Garen

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Hit him regularly

    Hit him regularly, even with a small poke: Perseverance (passive) only regenerates him if he hasn't taken damage recently.

  2. At range, kite him

    If you're ranged, kite him: his kit has no dash, and only Decisive Strike (Q) speeds him up and removes his slows.

  3. Burst after his shield

    Wait for the Courage (W) shield to end before your burst: the spell starts with a shield and tenacity, then keeps only a damage reduction.

  4. Don't stay low once he hits 6

    Once he hits level 6, back instead of staying in lane at low health against him: Demacian Justice (R) deals true damage that grows with your missing health.

Other Illaoi matchups

Patch 16.21.1