The BEST Illari Guide: Advanced Tips, Tricks, & More!

Illari, the flashy & new OW2 support that's lighting up (literally) the lobbies with her damage and heal potential, but ESPECIALLY that duel potential. How do you play this character to a high level, and while we're at it, how do you start to learn this character in low/mid ranks? Coach Spilo gives a full run through on ALL of her abilities (and her ultimate), followed by in-depth coaching for low, mid, and high ranks to REALLY teach you how to actually play this character (and not just tip/tricks!).

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Weapon
2:40 Heal Pylon
4:33 Outburst
5:38 Ultimate
8:12 Playstyle
8:42 Silver Coaching
11:16 Diamond Coaching
15:00 T500 Coaching

[froggod]

Only Johnny G himself could truly teach us how to master Illari

[CoachSpilo]

ILLARI is a 1.5x multiplier, not 2x- my mistake!

Had a couple of mic issues in the last two sessions which means I may cut out a few times- apologies!

[spacecowboy]

“I don’t know, I used to play guitar hero.” That girl rules.

[scyle]

Should also mention that for her Outburst if you tap it you go further forward and if you hold it you go further upward

[val]

Something I discovered today is that the long headshots are much, much easier if, once your crosshair is next to the target, you press your palm into the mousepad to steady it, then just use your wrist to pivot the mouse around it. You can also take the pressure off and pivot from your forearm if you need to make quick turns, or use a little bit of palm pressure to smooth out longer strokes and avoid shooting your crosshair past the target.

I wish someone had just pointed this stuff out to me when I started playing shooters.

[asymmetricfuzion]

Quick tech with her.

You jump higher if you don’t move when you use shift

So if you can’t hit a high ground, try standing still and booping THEN moving towards it. You’ll go that little bit higher. It’s important for hitting the hybrid point high ground on numbani and a few other ones

[RunicSoulEater]

Little trick I use with her outburst- crounching before outburst shortens the high of the apex of your jump so less flight time.

[brmdaddy]

Your coaching and tips are nice, but for me what is even more pleasant thing is that you talk with no strong accent, have nice voice and with overall good quality audio

[Darkot]

5:13 There's a tech to mitigate this weakness. If you just tap outburst while holding a movement direction, without holding jump OR holding the ability down, then you get tons of horizontal distance without the vertical height. In other words, no vulnerability for getting around corners.

Also just a really good tech for mobility in general. When you need to reposition quickly, while leaving spawn, etc. You can even hold jump before landing again, to get an extra b-hop for more distance.

[Booyaah]

This was extremely helpful! I really liked the new format where you spliced three reviews together to illustrate the thought process at varying skill levels.

[lovekeego]

i love that spilo puts quick vod reviews IN the guide itself, just to help reinforce what he's just taught us, genius honestly

[niceguywillis]

Been playing a lot of illari recently and want to add a note to her ultimate usage, I have actually found that it's a perfect response to the OPPONENTS ultimate push. If a rein shatters or a genji blades, anything that starts the push for the opposing team, popping your illari ult and hitting a few targets immediately stops their push as they scramble for cover. Specially genji blade has become an insta ult reaction for me not only because of hitting him with the ult, but also getting up in the air where he can't hit you.

As you play her you will start to find many of these powerful ultimates that illari can immediately shut down. It can really turn a fight.

[ts]

you were talking about indirect value around 8 min and ive gotta say i absolutely love getting solo tired as a genji instead of having them take out our tank or sups.

im learning in a lot of instances me diving and taking out a supp and weakening the other (then dying) often provides a lot of value for the fight, i dont necessarily have to be there for the entirety.

im like an entry fragger and ill gladly trade myself with a higher value target to lessen their resources (with the assumption i can confirm the kill otherwise im feeding lol

[cmar]

one of the best OW2 channels I've come across so far

[coriexiu]

0:59 isn’t illari’s hs multiplier 1.5x? 112.5 instead of 150. unless they changed this recently?

[brian]

There are edge cases where I use her ult for mobility to peak over a wall or traverse big gaps. Create a crazy off angle and then use primary fire even if I sun gets eaten or hits a wall because the projectile is the size of sigma rock (TY ML7).

[senor]

the OWL casters were told they can just say "Ill-arr-ee". i think whatever basic pronunciation is fine really. i hear ranked callout is "larry" haha

[CharlotteSyx]

Your pronunciation is on point! Thx for the vídeo, appreciate it! Cheers from Brazil

[ossifiedtoad]

I rather like using captive sun as a zoning tool. I’m not actively looking to use it that way, but it can be pretty nice when there’s a situation that you’d like to not have to think about for a few seconds because something else is going on that needs your attention, or to ruin the enemy’s attempt to pincer your backline. Obviously, it’s a lot more dopamine-inducing to just blow people up, but forcing enemies to just chill for several seconds can be so valuable if done at the right time.

_Edit:_ In general, I feel like I’ve been pretty well-served by using Captive Sun in many of the situations where I’d use Coalescence. To me, Illari feels like Moira for people who actually want to aim.

[metazeen]

Thanks for explaining how to use illari ult I always thought I wasted is when using it just to zone