This is my first guide. I really love playing Lillia top. I don't claim to be amazing at the game (platinum 4) but I have a lot of fun with this champion so I thought I would share how I play her. I will update match ups and such over time.

The main reason I wanted to make this build is because the way I play Lillia top seems to be quite different from how the majority of people do. I do not opt for the conqueror Riftmaker build. I came to the conclusion that comet is better through discussion with LegoPotato (a high platinum mid Lillia main) and his discussions with HeavensTower, a Grandmaster Lillia top main and through extensive theory crafting and testing in the practice tool. I had asked other people if they would consider making a match up guide but they all said it was too much work so I thought I would give it a try myself. I hope it helps someone!

THE GUIDE IS CURRENTLY INCOMPLETE.

Pros

+ Cute Deer! + AP Damage Source + True & Max% Health Damage + Very Few Hard Counters + Huge Team Fight Potential + Amazing Waveclear + Tanky & High Damage + She is THE FAST + Extremely Fun!

Lillia is an amazing top laner. It's great to have an AP Pick in your champion pool when you play top lane, especially with how prominent AD mid laners and junglers are these days. Lillia can help round out your team comp perfectly and purchasing MR items is far less efficient than armor items for your opposing laner. Plus, with her true damage and max % health damage, she can melt through tanks easily. Lillia has amazing waveclear. This will be useful for shoving lanes before backing, punishing your enemy laner if they roam/TP and also late game she can absolutely melt super minions if your team is ever down an inhibitor. Lillia also has very few "unplayable" matchups in the top lane. She struggles against ranged champs and a couple high mobility champs (Irelia, Riven) and champs who can cancel her ult and W (Camille). However, she is very strong into most meta top laners currently such as Sett, Tahm Kench and Jax. Generally, she does well into AD bruisers tanks and melee champs. With my build, she is extremely durable with high defensive stats while still dishing out huge amounts of damage and utility. Not to mention, she's SUPER FAST and just super fun to play as!

Cons

- Weak Early Game - Low Range - Weak to Poke - Weak to CC - Semi-Ult Reliant - Weak Split push without Demolish

Since her rework, Lillia's early game is much weaker in exchange for a stronger late game. She cannot hold her passive movespeed stacks early anymore which means you need to be extremely careful about ganks and you can't bully as hard early as you could before. Her low range makes her naturally weak against poke lanes. She has to step up to the wave in order to farm and she has no way of getting on top of these champs early on without her MS stacks and ult. Lillia is really great at teamfighting but not so much at split pushing, despite her amazing wave clear. The reason is because she doesn't take towers very quickly. You can remedy this by taking demolish but it's not a rune you can afford to take every game as she does typically need unflinching since she's very weak to CC. But her team fighting capabilities are so strong that you generally want to do that over split pushing anyway. She's also somewhat ult reliant for team fights but can still 1v1 without it.

SUMMONER SPELLS - FLASH: Flash is mandatory on Lillia. Her W dash is too short to be used as an escape and cannot go over walls. Lillia also relies on Q + Flash to help set up her ultimate in teamfights. TELEPORT: Due to Lillia's weak early game and low mana pool, you aren't generally looking to play too aggressive super early. It's definitely possible to get a cheeky first blood with ignite but teleport is the better summoner in my opinion. It gives you great macro control later on in the game and helps you get into position for flanks. IGNITE: Although I think TP is better, you can still run ignite if you think you can bully your enemy laner early. It's possible to get a surprise kill on them with it but late game I think you'd rather have TP.

Early Game:
Lillia isn't very strong early game since her rework. She cannot maintain her passive MS stacks anymore which makes her very vulnerable and her Q is on a 6 second CD with a higher mana cost.

Early game you want to play mostly passive. Against melee champs you can harass them with Q when they go to last hit but be careful not to shove the wave too hard as you can be extremely vulnerable to ganks. Shoving the first 3 waves and backing is viable to protect yourself from a gank.

Once you get your first item and level 6, you should be able to fight most people. By this point you can spam your Q on them and maintain enough MS to run away. Q and E are your primary poke. Once they are at roughly 40~50% HP you can usually kill them with a full combo. (E > Q > R > (Everfrost if you have it) > W > Q).

Keep an eye out for teleport opportunities in the bot lane and always be aware of scuttle fights in the river. A good roam can land your team some huge leads. Be sure to push your wave out before roaming, though!

Mid to late Game:
At this point in the game, you want to pressure side lanes as much as possible while also joining team fights for objectives. Shove waves past river and then go to join your team when necessary. Always push lanes on the opposite sides of the objective you want to prioritize. For example, if baron is up then you should be splitting bot side IF you have teleport available.

Shove waves hard with your skills and stay aware of the map state. Do not push too far up if you have zero pressure elsewhere. Although you can usually get out of most sticky situations with your MS, ult and Everfrost you will still likely die if the entire enemy team collapses on you. Make sure you know where the enemies are; keep a good ward placed to watch your flank and COUNT THE RED CIRCLES (enemies) ON THE MAP. :)

Don't forget to steal enemy jungle camps as much as possible. This will deny some gold and buffs to the enemy team so if you can do it safely you absolutely should.

Solo Fighting:
Your fight pattern hasn't changed. You generally want to Q someone, run away with your MS and then run back in again as your Q is coming back up. Do this repeatedly until you can kill someone.

Team Fighting:
To join team fights, you will want to look for good flank opportunities or wait for someone else to engage for you. Going in first on your own can be dangerous unless you have Zhonyas or MS stacked already. Try to stack off minions or jungle camps before joining a fight. Cause as much chaos as possible, running around the fight with your Q spam and then press R when you have tagged a few people or a priority target. Use Zhonyas if you have it and need it. (Pro-tip: You should already know beforehand what you want to use Zhonyas for. Ie; Yasuo tornado, Yone ultimate, etc).