Illaoi is back to TFT as a Tier 1 champion with her huge health bar as a tank that is able to deal a fair amount of damage early.

Illaoi links souls, which allows her to heal the amount of damage the target took from any source.

In this article, we will mention the combos to place Illaoi in, her best items, and how to make sure you take out your enemies with the power of souls.

I want you to hit me as hard as you can.

Illaoi is a strong pick in early rounds as she shares the Bilgewater, so you would be able to activate the trait faster and deal more damage.

She also shares the bastion trait, which increases her armor and magic resistance, making her a great tank.

Illaoi’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome by placing her on your team.

Best Illaoi builds in TFT Set 9.5

Illaoi’s stats:

• Cost: 1 Gold
• Health: 700 / 1260 / 2268
• Mana: 40 / 80
• Armor: 40
• MR: 40
• Ability Power: 100
• DPS: 33 / 59 / 107
• Damage: 60 / 108 / 194
• Atk Spd: 0.55
• Crit Rate: 25%
• Range: 1

Illaoi’s traits:

1. Bilgewater

Bilgerat attacks and Abilities mark enemies. The mark stores a percentage of damage dealt to the enemy by Bilgerats.

Marked enemies are struck by a cannonball after 2 seconds, dealing the stored damage plus a flat value as physical damage.

• 3 100 + 33% damage dealt
• 5 170 + 60% damage dealt
• 7 325 + 70% damage dealt
• 9 999 + 135% damage dealt; nearby enemies take 50% of cannonball damage

2. Bastion

Bastion champions gain Armor and Magic Resist. This is increased by 100% for the first 10 seconds of combat.

• 2 20 Defenses
• 4 45 Defenses
• 6 75 Defenses
• 8 140 Defenses

Illaoi’s ability

 Harsh Lesson

Deal magic damage to the current target, linking souls for 5 seconds. While linked, heal for a percentage of all damage taken by the target.

• Damage: 220% / 330% / 500%
• Healing: 25% / 30% / 40%

Carousel priority:

These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:

Illaoi’s best items

1. Warmog’s Armor

Grants 800 bonus Health.

2. Sunfire Cape

Every 2 seconds, deal 1% Burn and 33% Wound to an enemy within 2 hexes for 10 seconds.

3. Redemption

Heal allies within 1 hex for 15% of their missing Health every 5 seconds. They also take 10% less damage for 5 seconds (damage reduction does not stack).

Best comps for Illaoi

3. SHIPS PIRATES

Synergies:

• 7 Bilgewater
• 1 Reaver King
• 2 Gunner
• 2 Vanquisher
• 2 Juggernaut

This comp revolves around having Miss Fortune as a damage dealer for the early and midgame, and Nilah will do the rest.

The comp is a fast reroll to level 8 with solid economy to make sure you get more copies of 3 to 5 tier champions.

Best team for this build:

1. Illaoi is the early tank in the front line, sustaining a lot of damage while sharing the Bilgewater trait.

2. Darius is a must, as he shares both the Juggernaut trait, which makes him a tank, and the Vanquisher trait, which increases his critical damage and chance.

3. Nautilus is the second Juggernaut and second Bilgewater member, being a huge tank, having a lot of crowd control, and dealing a percentage of damage.

4. Graves is a great choice as he shares both the gunner and bilgewater traits, making him able to deal a lot of damage in both early and late games.

5. Nilah is the late-game damage dealer, sharing both the Bilgewater and Vanquisher traits, which greatly increases her damage.

6. Twisted Fate will be adding to the bilgewater and dealing some early damage.

7. Miss Fortune shared the bilgewater trait, dealing tons of damage in both the early and midgame rounds.

8. Gangplank is your Tier 5 Bilgewater member, dealing tons of damage while also sharing the gunner trait with Graves.

2. MULTI PIRATES

Synergies:

• 5 Bilgewater
• 2 Bastion
• 2 Multicaster

This comp is a slow reroll to level 7, focusing on getting Tier 1–3 champions to level 3 to get the most out of the comp.

The comp revolves around having everyone in your arena deal a lot of damage while maintaining a strong front line.

Best team for this build:

1. Illaoi is a bit stronger on this team, as she shares the bastion trait with Poppy while also having the Bilgewater trait activated.

2. Poppy will be the 2nd bastion member to sustain a percentage of the damage.

3. Nautilus is a great pick as he has the most crowd control while sharing the Bilgewater trait.

4. Nilah is the late-game damage dealer sharing the bilgewater trait.

5. Sona is a good fit in this comp as she shares the multicaster trait with Twisted Fate while increasing the attack speed of all those who stand in the path of her skill.

6. Twisted Fate will be one of the main damage dealers, sharing both the Bilgewater and multicaster traits.

7. Miss Fortune is the Bilgewater member who will be dealing tons of damage to the backlines.

1. PIRATES

Synergies:

• 5 Bilgewater
• 2 Gunner
• 2 Bastion
• 2 Ixtal
• 2 Rogue

This comp is one of the balanced ones, as it has a strong frontline, a strong backline, and assassins.

The comp revolves around many traits, and it’s a slow reroll to level 8 until you get every tier 1 to 3 champion to level 3.

Best team for this build:

1. Jinx is a great damage dealer from the backlines, sharing the gunner trait, which allows her to stack more damage.

2. Miss Fortune will be dealing great damage while also sharing the bilgewater trait.

3. Illaoi will be one of your frontline tanks, sharing both the bastion and bilgewater traits.

4. Graves is a great fit as he shares three critical traits: bilgewater, rogue, and gunner, which makes him a huge damage dealer.

5. Neeko will be sharing both the Ixtal and bastion traits, which makes her a must on your team.

6. Nautilus is your tank bilgewater member while sustaining a lot of damage.

7. Qiyana is your 2nd Ixtal and rogue member.

8. Nilah will be sharing the bilgewater trait while dealing a lot of damage and shielding herself with her ability.

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