Garen vs Illaoi

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

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Dodge her E

Her E (Test of Spirit) does huge damage and curses you so you can't walk up: the whole matchup is dodging it.

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Punish a whiffed E

When she misses E she won't fight: all-in if she's chunked to ~60-70% HP post-6, or take a free trade.

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Respect her W autos

Her empowered auto (W) hits hard on a 4s cooldown at level 1: avoid extended early trades since she starts it first.

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Never all-in through her E once it lands: she'll R, heal, and one-shot you.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERY

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 57% WR - 821 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

Garen vs Illaoi in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: the entire lane is her E, everything else is secondary to dodging it.

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