Illaoi vs Singed Counter Pick

Mega Adhesive grounds. That single property is why the matchup sits at 43.0% for Illaoi over 337 games on patch 16.13.1: grounded champions cannot use movement abilities, and Harsh Lesson is the leap she relies on to convert Test of Spirit into damage. Singed drops the vial, Fling throws her backwards, and the exchange ends before tentacles reach anything.

The damage profile is equally awkward. Singed is a magic threat, so her 120 armour at level 18 is close to irrelevant and her 32 base magic resist carries the load, while her own physical output grinds against 105.4 armour plus whatever Insanity Potion adds. Poison Trail costs nothing to maintain, and Noxious Slipstream returns a burst of move speed whenever he drafts past a champion, turning his 345 base against her 350 into a chase she loses. Health lines favour Illaoi on paper, 2,611 to 2,282 at level 18, but a champion who never stops moving does not need to win a stand-up fight. Difficulty ratings of 5 and 4 understate the problem, since the relevant skill is knowing when to stop following. Insanity Potion widens the gap further by attaching Grievous Wounds to Poison Trail, which cuts the healing Illaoi draws from her own trades, while Prophet of an Elder God only spawns tentacles on nearby impassable terrain — the one resource Singed never has to walk near.