Illaoi vs Tahm Kench Top Matchup

Illaoi Top wins 52.8% of 1,074 Low Elo games against Tahm Kench Top, +1.5 points vs expected, 2-patch window 26.19-26.20.

Researched on LoL patch 26.20. Tips are written to hold at any rank; stats come from Low Elo ranked games up to patch 26.20.

How to play as Illaoi

If Tahm has the three stacks needed for Devour(R), predict the cast and use Leap of Faith(R) before the swallow completes; its displacement immunity can deny his ultimate. Do not wait until you are already inside his belly.

Avoid diving Tahm while he has three stacks and Devour(R) ready unless you can predict it; he can disrupt a dive by swallowing you.

Enemy Devour(R) requires three An Acquired Taste stacks and cannot swallow a displacement-immune target; Leap of Faith(R) gives Illaoi that immunity during its cast.

How to play as Tahm Kench

Keep minions between you and Illaoi to make Test of Spirit(E) harder to land. Build three An Acquired Taste stacks, then bait Leap of Faith(R) or wait for her to commit before using Devour(R).

Sources

These notes come from LoL Wiki, r/Illaoi, and r/Tahmkenchmains.