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Lillia

Lillia Rundown - How to Build and Which Runes to Take

Season 16 6 min read
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Champion Stats

Role Fighter / Mage
Difficulty
High (8/10)
Blue Essence 2400 BE

Why High-Elo Players Smurf with Lillia

Low elo players fundamentally cannot aim skillshots at fast-moving targets. With max Q stacks, you literally run circles around them while they hopelessly miss everything. They also don't respect her clear speed, which is S-tier—you steal their camps constantly while they're ganking bot lane for no reason. Her E (Swirlseed) is a global-range 'bowling ball' skillshot that lets you fish for engages from screens away, putting immense pressure on lanes without even leaving your jungle. They walk into E, you press R, and suddenly team fight turns in your favor.

The Level 1 Cheese

First Blood Strategy

The Raptor Start. Lillia clears Raptors incredibly fast and stays at nearly full HP without a leash because each Q hit heals her from multiple targets simultaneously. The optimal path is: Raptors > Red > Krugs > Gank or vertical jungle. You will usually be Level 3 while the enemy jungler is still Level 2, giving you tempo to invade or gank before they can respond. Her clear is so healthy that you can full clear and still be at 80%+ HP for an early fight.

The 'Pay-to-Win' Skin Advantage

When They Ban Lillia

Backup Pick: If Lillia is banned, Hecarim offers the 'Gotta Go Fast' style. Brand offers the % HP burn style.

Rune Setup

Best Runes:

Skill Priority

Order:

Q E WMax Q first for the speed stacks and true damage. Max E second for the slow/nuke. W is hard to land without CC, so max it last.

Mastering Lillia's Kit

Q Blooming Blows

Blooming Blows. Outer circle deals True Damage. Inner deals magic. Hitting anything gives MS. Keep stacks up!

W Watch Out! Eep!

Watch Out! The center sweet spot deals triple damage. Only use this on sleeping or stunned targets.

E Swirlseed

Swirlseed. The bowling ball. It rolls infinitely until it hits terrain or a target. Learn the cross-map angles.

R Lilting Lullaby

Lilting Lullaby. Global range. Sleeps anyone with Dream Dust (passive) on them. Damage wakes them up (bonus damage).

Matchup Tips

Hard. His Ultimate traps you. You can't run in a cage.

Hard. She outranges and slows you. Her Ult counters your Sleep burst.

Vs Udyr

Skill. You can kite him, but if he gets on you, you die.

The Ego Check

WARNING: You are squishy. Like, REALLY squishy—one of the squishiest junglers in the game. Do not engage a fight without your Prance (Q) movement speed stacks built up. Before joining a fight, hit a nearby crab, minion, or jungle camp to build your stacks first. Also, do NOT Flash-Q-R dive into 5 people unless you have Zhonya's Hourglass ready. The sleep from your R takes 1-2 seconds to trigger, and if you flash in without Zhonya's, you will die before the sleep goes off and your ultimate does nothing. The combo is: apply Dream Dust > R > Zhonya's > team kills sleeping enemies.

When to Queue Dodge

Dodge Master Yi. He creates slow immunity (Highlander) and runs faster than you. You cannot exist in a game with him. Dodge Rengar. He jumps on you from stealth and one-shots you before you can stack speed.

Teamfight Role

Fish with E. If you hit a carry, R immediately. If not, look for a flank. Run in, Q the team to apply dust, R, and then Zhonya's. Let your team wipe them while they sleep. Wake up and use W on the highest priority target.

The 'Disrespect' Build

Liandry's -> Rabadon's Deathcap -> Mejai's. The 'Speed Demon' build. One E burns them for half their HP. You engage and leave before they see you.

Power Windows

Level 6 (Sleep). Level 9 (Max Speed). 2 Items (Liandry/Riftmaker). You are a mid-game monster.

Tilt Factor

Spamming the 'Eep!' voice line while kiting a Darius who has Ghost popped but still can't catch you. It breaks their mental. Also, sniping someone with a global E while they are backing.

Recent Patch History

Recent Balance Changes
Patch Date Type Changes
V14.18 Sep 11, 2024 NERF P nerfed, R nerfed
V14.17 Aug 28, 2024 NERF P nerfed
V14.14 Jul 17, 2024 NERF P nerfed, E nerfed
V14.3 Feb 7, 2024 NERF P nerfed, Q nerfed
V13.8 Apr 19, 2023 BUFF P adjusted

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