Illaoi vs Renekton Counter Pick

Across 1,020 games on patch 16.13.1 the split settles at 56.5% for Illaoi, a sample large enough to treat as a real read rather than a fluctuation.

• Fury against mana. Reign of Anger builds Renekton‘s resource from attacks and generates it faster at low health, so his empowered windows arrive once he is already committed. Illaoi’s mana pool imposes no comparable rhythm.
• Armour parity. Both start at 35, and Renekton ends higher at 123.4 to 120, though empowered Slice and Dice reduces armour on the units it passes through, which tilts the comparison during the seconds he cares about.
• Health curve. 660 against 656 at level one, 2,547 against 2,611 at level 18 — nearly identical bodies with the advantage drifting slowly toward Illaoi.

The decisive question is what happens after an empowered Ruthless Predator stun. Renekton is rated 3 for difficulty and thrives on short, decisive trades from 125 range; Illaoi is rated 4 and needs the fight to continue past his Fury dump, with Leap of Faith spawning a tentacle for every champion it hits. Move speed of 350 to 345 gives her just enough to hold that reset. Cull the Meek is what sustains him through it, healing a portion of the damage dealt to everything around him and scaling up above 50 Fury, so a wave shoved into her tentacles refills his health as fast as they drain it.