Darius vs Illaoi in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: Her E is the entire matchup — dodge it or she takes over the game. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPILLAOIthe Kraken Priestess

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge her E

Her E is the whole matchup — trade behind minions so she can't land it on you.

Punish a missed E

If she misses E, you just run her down — keep the wave on your side so you're in range to punish.

Play around Q

Play around your Q poke and only trade in spots where minions block her E.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never all-in her past level 6 unless she's already missed her E.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 791 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

MAXQ→E→W

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