Illaoi vs Ornn

Illaoi
vs
50.6%

over 1142 games

Ornn

Skill matchup

Very tankyHeavy CCHeavy AP damageStrong engage

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

Build vs Ornn

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Illaoi: Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, Sterak's Gage, Mercury's Treads, Spirit Visage, Death's Dance, 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
Spirit Visage
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport64%
ExhaustFlash17%

Other options

Spirit Visage
Death's Dance
Sundered Sky
Randuin's Omen
Thornmail
Hullbreaker
Tear of the Goddess
Bramble Vest
Spear of Shojin
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Kaenic Rookern
Overlord's Bloodmail
Endless Hunger
Fimbulwinter
Maw of Malmortius
Frozen Heart
Force of Nature
Heartsteel
Executioner's Calling
Serylda's Grudge
Guardian Angel
Trinity Force
Muramana
Lord Dominik's Regards
Zeke's Convergence
Voltaic Cyclosword
Unending Despair
56.0% WR182 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

Ornn's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Living Forge (P)

Ornn gains an additional bonus Armor and Magic Resist from all sources.Ornn can spend gold to forge non-consumable items anywhere.Additionally, he can create masterwork items for himself and for his allies.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s12s14s–
68s12s14s2m20
97s11.5s14s2m20
117s11s14s2m
167s10s13s1m40
187s10s12s1m40

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 Ornn

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay away from walls and his pillar

    Don't stand near a wall or the Volcanic Rupture (Q) pillar: if he slams into it with Searing Charge (E), enemies around him take a knock-up.

  2. Get out of his breath

    Get out of Bellows Breath (W) before the final burst of flame: it makes you brittle, and his CC then lasts 30% longer on you.

  3. Keep him in combat in lane

    Hit him regularly in lane: while he's being attacked, he can't forge his items on the spot with Living Forge (passive).

  4. Dodge the redirected elemental

    When he recasts Call of the Forge God (R), get out of the elemental's line: redirected, it knocks the first champion it hits into the air, then the next ones.

Patch 16.21.1