How to win lane as Illaoi against Yone · 48.94% win rate (1,694 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His mobility dodges your kit — E him at his snap-back, fight in your field.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. E him there.
Read from Illaoi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
This is Illaoi's own plan; across 1,694 pooled games the lane is leaning Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Illaoi's Q range and base stats beat a Windwall-less Yone at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | At 2 he still can't protect his soul, so your poke keeps the lead. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | W and E at 3 let you punish every dash and CS attempt for an Illaoi tilt. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Tentacle sustain out-values his poke through levels 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | R's tentacle ring at 6 overwhelms his all-in even through E. |
| First item | Illaoi | First-item bruiser stats keep extended trades yours. |
| Two+ items | Yone | With 2+ items Yone's crit scaling and E dash-out dodge your tentacles, flipping it to him. |
Yone has no Windwall and melee Q range, so your Q Tentacle Smash pokes him and your base stats win level 1-2 skirmishes; just respect his Q2 dash-knockup timing and don't stand in it. Early E on a step-up already puts him behind.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Illaoi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Illaoi vs Yone 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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Yone, slightly — Illaoi wins 48.94% of 1,694 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (51.06% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yone has the slight edge (Illaoi wins 48.94%), though it stays close.
Illaoi takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yone.
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 Plated Steelcaps.
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