How to win lane as Illaoi against Singed · 44.95% win rate (643 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Don’t chase through poison — build tentacles and E him when his E is down.
Track: Singed's E — Fling (10–8s cooldown). His flip. Bait it, then slam.
Read from Illaoi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Singed.
This is Illaoi's own plan; across 643 pooled games the lane is Singed-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Poison Trail is a 13-mana toggle on no cooldown, so at level 1 he chips you for free. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | Level 2 W lets you dash in, reset Harsh Lesson, and win any point-blank trade. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | At 3 your tentacle field plus W outdamages anything his poison ticks can answer. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Levels 4-5 give you enough tentacles that his Fling commitment is a free kill. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | At 6 your R answers his commit, but Insanity Potion's Grievous halves your healing. |
| First item | Illaoi | First item keeps your all-in threat above a tank-building Singed's survivability. |
| Two+ items | Singed | Late, Singed's proxy-and-Fling kiting outlasts your slow tentacle field and takes over. |
Level 1 is his: Poison Trail is 13 mana on no cooldown and he simply walks through you. From level 2 your W leap answers it, and any point-blank trade you force at melee range favours you hard.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Illaoi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Illaoi vs Singed 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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Singed — Illaoi wins only 44.95% of 643 games, so Illaoi plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Singed holds a real statistical advantage (55.05% win rate), so Illaoi is the one working uphill.
No — Singed counters Illaoi (Illaoi wins only 44.95% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Illaoi takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Singed.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet (the slow makes tentacles land) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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