Illaoi Quotes

Champion Select

Pick

• "I'm not big on sermons—broken bones teach better lessons."

Ban

• "Life is too short for fear."

Movement

First Move

• "It is my burden to carry an eye of god. It is my privilege to see the truth."
• "To die is to drown, so I will swim well, till I can swim no more."
• "We cannot comprehend the design. A raindrop cannot comprehend a river valley."

Moving

• "How could I love only one man? They break too easily."
• "Wisdom is frequently a kick in the head."
• "Many gods ask for worship. They are weak gods."
• "I don't scare, I don't tire, and I don't stop."
• "We are not one soul. We are many."
• "It is terrible to be satisfied. The world needs us to chase dreams."
• "If I hate something, I destroy it. If I want something, I take it."
• "Even if I die, I die in motion."
• "Chase what is desired."
• "My name is Illaoi."
• "Motion is all."
• "Men live, men die. Change is good."
• "They will learn or they will die."
• "My god is not love. It is a kick in the pants."
• "I am a teacher. Bilgewater will learn."
• "I break hearts. I break spines."
• "They must be tested to grow."
• "This ends one of two ways: they run, or I break them."
• "Life is the sweetness of fruit, and the joy of battle!"
• "I value truth, and barbecue."
• "The waves will drag you down, unless you fight to shore."
• "Bearded Lady, Nagakabouros, names don't matter! Action does."
• "All that lives... moves."
• "Ah, everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face."
• "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens."
• "Life is too short for fear."
• "It is the storm that is life."
• "All of us are born storms."
• "Good? Evil? Why should we care for such things?"
• "There are kind and gentle gods. Mine isn't one of those."
• "We are born knowing what to do. We must only act."
• "The sea is ripe for battle."
• "There is joy in food... and fighting."
• "My god doesn't want peace."
• "The ocean is calm. It is our desires that stir it."
• "Many die. Worthy souls find new forms."

First Encounter

First Encounter with an Ascended

• "You suffered... but learned nothing."
• "Your soul is a fetid, stagnant pool, untouched by the tide!"
• "Foul creature, you would stop time when all things must move!"
• "You wanted to be a god! Instead, you are a useless antique!"
• "You are not free from death! You are dead."
• "Abomination! You are without motion."
• "Your powers are stolen from the flow. You have damned your homeland."

First Encounter with a Demacian

• "Laws, rules, these are falsehoods! Truth is chaos!"
• "Duty, honor, nations? These are stagnant falsehoods!"
• "You are slaves enchained by lies when we were born to chase our desires!"
• "What is truly noble and good would never ask you to serve another!"

First Encounter with a Freljordian

• "Your people seek a worthy death. Mine, a worthy life."
• "Your people pretend to be strong. I think they are afraid."

First Encounter with a Shadow Isles Champion

• "You are a cloud of broken souls, you are an abomination."
• "I am your enemy because you offend my god. Because you cannot change."
• "Fiend, I bring you true death."
• "You will challenge me? Ha ha ha ha... even death fears my god."
• "You will trouble this land no more."
• "You are not welcome here, creature."
• "You are a cycle without purpose. I will end you!"

First Encounter with a Yordle

• "Little one, I don't need empathy. Seek those who do."
• "Go back to where men are weak, and need your inspiration."
• "Why would I need a spirit's help? I am guided by Nagakabouros."

First Encounter with Aatrox Both sides

• "We know your true name. We do not fear you."

First Encounter with Akali

• "Life is not balance. It is motion!"

First Encounter with Anivia

• "Foolish spirit, begone!"

First Encounter with Ashe

• "You, I like."

First Encounter with Bard

• "Foolish spirit, begone!"

First Encounter with Braum

• "I know you are strong. I wonder if you have stamina."
• "Finally, a man who won't break."
• "Northman. There are motions I would like to show you."

First Encounter with Darius

• "You move well. Now, you must only find joy in the motion."
• "You live as Nagakabouros intends. Good."

First Encounter with Diana

• "Your god was forgotten. Mine cannot be ignored."

First Encounter with Elise

• "False prophet! You don't even serve a true god!"

First Encounter with Fiora

• "I do not challenge you, I bring you the test!"

First Encounter with Gangplank

• "You have learned your lesson, now fight! Kill! Conquer!"
• "Did she not show you the way forward? Go!"
• "You want revenge? Take it!"
• "You paid your tithe to the mother. Now show me what she taught you."
• "I do not want excuses. The failure was yours."
• "I broke men's hearts. I broke men's spines. You're the first who's going to get both."
• "You swim well, Gangplank."
• "You are in motion, love."

First Encounter with Garen

• "Honor? Duty? Ha! What your heart demands is all that matters."

First Encounter with Gragas

• "You live as Nagakabouros intends. Good."
• "You have followed our ways as if born to them."

First Encounter with Graves Both sides

• "You live as Nagakabouros intends. Good."
• "Gangplank will find you."

First Encounter with Janna

• "The tempest is Nagakabouros. You serve, but are blind."

First Encounter with Jax Both sides

• "I do not challenge you, I bring you the test!"

First Encounter with Jinx

• "You, I like."

First Encounter with Karma

• "Trust the motion. All spirits are Nagakabouros'."

First Encounter with Katarina

• "No love is impossible, my god demands you follow your desires."

First Encounter with Kindred

• "Foolish spirit, begone!"

First Encounter with Leona

• "Your faith asks for obedience. It is weak."
• "You worship the sun. It is my god that drives it through the sky."
• "Your god offers light without wisdom."

First Encounter with Miss Fortune Both sides

• "Gangplank was drowning. Your actions reminded him to swim."
• "It is you who have shown Gangplank his path. For that, I thank you."
• "Gangplank will find you."

First Encounter with Rek'Sai

• "You are in motion, but only as a parasite on a host."
• "Creature, you move, but are useless."
• "Ugly thing. You weren't designed by god, you were made by fools."
• "You are a foul creation, born from ignorance."
• "What kind of stupid god made you?"

First Encounter with Sejuani

• "You, I like."

First Encounter with Sion Both sides

• "They have cheated you of rebirth."

First Encounter with Tahm Kench

• "Creature, why would I listen to lies when I can see the truth?"
• "You move only from hunger that consumes itself."
• "Your fine words don't disguise your foul design."

First Encounter with Twisted Fate

• "Gangplank will find you."
• "Aw, child, you are cute, but I doubt you will be for long."

First Encounter with Vi

• "You, I like."

First Encounter with Viktor

• "Change, or feel my god's wrath."

Taunt

• "I want you to hit me as hard as you can."
• "Live your life, chase what you desire, what else matters?"
• "A fool and his spirit are easily parted."
• "Smile, child, or I'll shove your jaw into your brain."
• "Watch your mouth, or I'll slap the soul out of you."
• "Fight me, if you have the spirit."

Attack

Attacking

• "Now... we begin."
• "The vortex is all."
• "You stagnated."
• "They need wisdom. They don't need teeth."
• "Ha! Let's begin again!"
• "You will be destroyed."
• "This is a great day."
• "Blessed is motion."
• "This will be quick."
• "I am here to test souls."
• "Reality is brutal."
• "You will be tested."
• "Ha ha ha, you think you can beat me?"
• "We never stop."
• "A good fight."
• "To live... is to fight."
• "This is the first lesson."
• "You are not in motion."

Attacking › Attacking Baron Nashor

• "I slayed greater serpents as a child."
• "Here they call you a monster. In Buhru, we would call you dinner."

Ability Casting

Using Tentacle Smash

• "Move!"
• "Now!"
• "Learn!"

Using Test of Spirit

• "Ha!"
• "Ha!"
• "Haa!"

Using Test of Spirit › Hitting an Enemy

• "Altak, kaye-sayu. Altak kaye-sayu. Altak kaye-sayu."
• "Uwon shayos kaya. Uwon shayos, kaya."
• "Tua-shak yaoto. Tua-shak, yaoto, homu."
• "Uratu-shak uracheon-mata, rubura-atatufon."
• "Chae-yama oka-shai."
• "Buhru-lalare-shi Nagakabouros-sho, Naga-sho."
• "Behold."
• "Nagakabouros surrounds us."
• "The truth is all around you."
• "This is the motion. All is Nagakabouros."
• "I do not walk alone. I am with my god. It is here."
• "You cannot hide from god. You cannot hide from the test."

Using Test of Spirit › A Champion becomes a Vessel

• "This will be a good day, if you live."
• "Drive forward. it is destiny that calls you."
• "Every day is waiting to be taken."
• "Each lifetime is a spirit. Each lifetime is a chance. Take it."
• "Fear is good. Use it."
• "The battle is lost only when you surrender. Fight for your soul."
• "Live your journey, or die in mine."
• "We are all free. Seeing the truth only reminds us."
• "Love, fight, live."
• "Give up, and your life is nothing."
• "I don't want you to fail, I want you to learn."
• "Seize today, and you've earned tomorrow."
• "I don't want you to worship. I want you to learn."
• "Now... do you see the truth?"
• "My god doesn't want you to kneel. It wants you to fight."
• "Your soul drowns. Fight."
• "Death is only one outcome."
• "Each of your lives has served the vortex."
• "We learn from action. Move, or die."
• "This... is... the test."
• "You have been given the tools to know your destiny."
• "Take back your spirit."
• "You are drowning. I want you to swim."
• "Countless lifetimes lead our bodies foward, and drive our spirits towards their true destiny."
• "You speak of having a soul. It was never yours. None of them were."
• "Your spirit is held, take it if you can."
• "Each moment is earned."
• "This moment is waiting to be seized."
• "The failure of your lives is written on your soul."
• "You are the tinest sliver of energy held briefly in shape. Where this energy flows is your destiny."
• "Our mother demands your tithe."
• "All of us are lost, all of us are blind. You must swim towards your destiny."
• "Fight and die with purpose."
• "I will break you if that's what it takes."
• "Change, or you will be pulled down."
• "Child, you must earn your soul. Prove yourself."
• "What you desire, you must take."

Using Test of Spirit › A Champion kills a Tentacle while being a Vessel

• "Not bad! At least you're moving."
• "Perhaps you're not hopeless after all."
• "Yes, you are learning."
• "This is how you learn."
• "Don't stop!"
• "Good, this is the lesson."
• "Do not tire, do not slow, push onward."
• "Exactly. If you want your soul, take it."
• "Keep going, keep striving. This is our way."
• "Again. Push onward."
• "Ha! Well done."
• "Better."
• "Your souls wait for you. Take them back if you can."
• "This is the way of Nagakabouros: motion!"
• "Finally, now you are in motion."
• "To challenge, to fight... this pleases Nagakabouros."

Using Test of Spirit › A Champion stops being a Vessel

• "You have learned the first lesson."
• "Pray I don't have to teach you again."
• "Nagakabouros accepts your tithe."
• "You swim well."
• "Learn well, or you will be tested again."
• "You are in motion."
• "You have been tested. You have done well."
• "Don't make me test you again."
• "Did you blunder into victory, or did you learn?"

Using Leap of Faith

• "Kebouros!"
• "Shai!"
• "Naga-sho!"
• "Altak!"
• "Behold!"
• "The truth!"
• "This is motion!"
• "All is Nagakabouros!"
• "All is motion!"
• "You cannot hide!"

Kills and Objectives

Scoring a Pentakill

• "Tentakill!"

Shopping

Buying an Item

• "It is not what we have, it is what we can throw away."
• "Things should be held only when we need them."
• "Only what moves, only what lives... has value."
• "When I am done with this... it will make a fine offering."
• "I like this. I should buy everyone one of these."

Buying Boots

• "I am going to walk all over them."

Buying Mercury's Treads

• "My god is motion, but speed is useful."

Buying Dead Man's Plate

• "This fits me better than Gangplank."

Buying Randuin's Omen

• "Who is Randuin? Was she a priestess?"

Buying Sterak's Gage

• "Sterak? It is the fury of the mother I will bring."

Buying Titanic Hydra

• "The Kraken. The Serpent. The Hydra. A god's appearance is limited only by those observing it."

Buying Warmog's Armor

• "It is my god that protects me, but these metal clothes are nice."

Recall

• "Nagakabouros, uki, uki."
• "Buhru-nurataliata-shok."
• "Sheeyutu Nagakabouros. Nagakabouros-shee-shok."
• "Buhru-latachi."
• "Epoi-Buhru, daliet-shee."