Playing Melee vs Illaoi is on of the least fun things I have ever experienced in this game. The tentacle damage + range just gives no real counterplay for melee. It's super oppressive to play against.
If you're referring to the Tentacles that spawn after Illaoi takes your soul try and keep an eye out for the warning effects before they spawn. There are green bubbles that appear before the tentacle spawns warning you where they'll appear.
They do attack really quickly once spawned so if you wait to adjust until then it's probably too late but the tentacles do lead their swings so if you reverse direction right when they appear they'll miss 100% of the time and the time between attacks is long enough you should be able to kill them before they attack again or just walk away, though killing a few of the tentacles makes the effect stop as well.
It takes a little getting used to, I had a similarly frustrating experience the first time I played against her, but she's pretty manageable once you get the hang of it.
They do attack really quickly once spawned so if you wait to adjust until then it's probably too late but the tentacles do lead their swings so if you reverse direction right when they appear they'll miss 100% of the time and the time between attacks is long enough you should be able to kill them before they attack again or just walk away, though killing a few of the tentacles makes the effect stop as well.
It takes a little getting used to, I had a similarly frustrating experience the first time I played against her, but she's pretty manageable once you get the hang of it.
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