How to win lane as Illaoi against K'Sante · 54.81% win rate over 1,155 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Illaoi dominates level 1 — K'Sante's early trades are too weak to answer your tentacles. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | Level 2 stays yours as he can't contest the wave without eating damage. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | At level 3 W Harsh Lesson punishes his cooldowns and you out-DPS him. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Levels 4-5 your tentacle field out-sustains his passive in every trade. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | Level 6 still yours — a landed E and R burst beats his R All Out disengage. |
| First item | Illaoi | First item, extended tentacle fights remain lethal before his armor comes online. |
| Two+ items | K'Sante | At 2+ items K'Sante's R All Out resets outscale you into an unkillable duelist. |
Levels 1-2 are yours — K'Sante's early damage is low and with tentacles in the wave he can't trade back, so pressure him off CS while his kit is still weak.
The full Illaoi vs K'Sante report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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