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2008

Theos

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Kiyomi said :
Theos said :
Kiyomi said :
And the down side to that bot lane is that the enemy will have a farmed up adc who will just group mid and siege. You need an adc to take towers.

Farmed up ADC? Not likely to happen if the Heimerdinger and Illaoi players know what they're doing. If the ADC groups mid, they will lose the bot inhibitor in absolutely no time.

It isn't as easy for a person to farm against that type of bot lane. Every time I have played Heimerdinger + Illaoi bot, we have applied overwhelming pressure to defeat their bot lane and force the jungler to camp our lane (to no avail). A decent Heimerdinger player should also be able to poke them down to the point where they are forced to back.

Does the strategy have weaknesses? Certainly. I shared the strategy because from my experiences it has been a fun and effective unconventional strategy for shutting down enemy bot lanes. I'd consider it the "new" Mordekaiser bot, except even better and more consistent lane pressure. Not having a marksman can be a weakness if the team doesn't have a top, or jungle marksman like Graves (or even a Jhin mid). Having a marksman is by no means a necessity to win a match. Mechanics, and objective control are in my opinion far more influential. Heimerdinger and Illaoi apply far greater lane pressure, and objective pressure than most bot lanes.

Any marksman will just destroy the turrets and then the jg will camp.

Do you play Heimerdinger? His W, and the lasers from his turrets put out a considerable amount of damage. The key part of this strategy is strategic positioning, and strategic pressure. If the Heimerdinger and Illaoi are passive/unskilled, then sure they will get rekt. It is a "cheese" meant to be played highly aggressively, with the capability of 2 v 3ing or 2 v 4ing and walking away successful.

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