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Irelia Counter Stats

Irelia Counters
Discover all champions who counter Irelia. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Irelia in League of Legends and win in Champion Select!
2,162 Tips for countering Irelia below

Top Lane
49.4% Win Rate58% Pick Rate Irelia Top Lane Counters: 50 counter champions

Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.

Tips Against Irelia in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors

Saneryus says “This is a very snowbally match up, with favoring her as she has fuild build at BORK XD. You can beat her 3-0 early game, but the second she gets BORK, you have to treat her like a raid boss and play smart. Standard PTA, AS & Adaptive + 65HP shards. Ignite/Flash DBlade E Max Levels 1, start E. If she walks in range, just E her. Begin autoing the minions to stack passive. Once you have passive stacked, WALK UP and start contesting her. DO NOT wait until your 3 melees are low enough for her to Q onto to stack her passive. IF Q's onto you and start autoing. Pop your pot immediately! You will win the level 1 against her as long as you don't cancel autos. IF she gets down to 50-60% HP, ignite her. This will either force her to all in you or back off. If she all ins, you win. If she backs off, you get priority and you get priority and shoving cannon for free. Even if she has ignite, she will lose. IMPORTANT*** WHEN BOTH of you are all ins, try to kite AWAY FROM HER MINIONS AND TOWARDS YOURS. This way, your minions help you dmg her and her minions don't damage you. Next, try to hold the wave to your turret for as long as possible until 6. When both of you are 6, WAIT for the wave to bounce back at your turret and trade HP to hold it there (IF YOU CAN). Stack up your passive at your turret and she can never hop on to you since she will take turret damage. IF you're at the middle of the lane, just concede all minions and soak until she slow pushes back to you. IF she lands E on you in the middle of lane without you stacking passive, you will lose. Again, main idea is to have your passive stacked up before you fight irelia. The second she gets BORK, PLEASE RESPECT HER. You'll win, but you have to stack your passive first. I also recommend going SF/Void/Crypto as your 3rd item since most irelias will build witz end. ”
TheTeaDrinkingBrit says “Rush frozen heart into her. I generally perma ban as if the Irelia is good the matchup can be complete one sided.”
Swain Top Guide {Emerald} by TheTeaDrinkingBrit | Swain Player
ObiW says “A highly volatile matchup. Punish her heavily when she uses Q (Bladesurge) to farm, but RESPECT HER PASSIVE! Never fight her when she has 4 stacks of Ionian Fervor. Be careful near low-HP ranged minions; she can dash through them to stack instantly and engage on you. Dodge her E (Flawless Duet) or you lose the trade. Rushing Plated Steelcaps is mandatory to survive her auto-attacks.”
tahe says “really hard if she lands e, try ur best to dodge it, she can perma fight u if shes same hp as u, put traps on ur self in lane so u can jump on her to escape (jump backwards when she q's on u) tabis and bramble are good early.”
Coach Woodon says “Skill based matchup, make sure to save your e to dodge her e at all times. ”
S16 RIVEN GUIDE - RUNES/ITEMS/MATCHUPS by Coach Woodon | Riven Player
TENSION019 says “Tahm Kench is definitely stronger than Irelia (as long as she doesn't get free kills.) She falls behind both early and late game, so don’t interact with her too much. Just play safe and farm, she’ll eventually fall off. However, once she gets Blade of the Ruined King (BotRK), she can start putting up a fight and become more annoying. Take Grasp of the Undying and Ignite. Don’t forget to build a Bramble Vest to reduce the healing she gets from minions and items.”
The River King by TENSION019 | Tahm Kench Player
zwartebliksem says “Flash + Ignite This is a full skill-based matchup. The outcome is decided on how fast Irelia's reaction time is and you knowing what Irelia wants to do. Level 1, she will try to get 3 passive stacks on the melee minions, then dash onto you and run you down. The only way to avoid this, is to get priority in lane and shoving your wave much harder. Never walk up early when there are 2 or more low health minions. Look to go in when her passive stacks are down, but keep watching your wave and try to dodge her stun.”
The Holy Scripts of Kled Toplane by zwartebliksem | Kled Player
BriarCachorra says “Bem fácil. foca matar ela early game e não deixa ela stackar, se ela for pra cima dos minions só pula nela. Recomendo colocar uma runa mais agressiva e menos tank, ao invés de Determinação coloca uma de Dominação, vai ir bem contra ela.”
Briar TOP TANK / OFF META e teste. BRASILEIRO by BriarCachorra | Briar Player
PoopingInSinks says “nashor teemo counters irelia as long as you don't let her fully stack before you start skirmishes, but AP teemo does not. you just lose. ”
Brain-dead AP/CDR Teemo by PoopingInSinks | Teemo Player
TemoOnlyIfOK says “Frequency: 6/10 Annoyance: 9/10 Difficulty: 7.5/10 Summs: FLASH TP Runes: DAMAGE O2: RUSH Strat: Start Q level 1, so if she jumps on you, you walk away. Dont fight her when she has 4 stacks on her Q. Try not to get hit by her E. If you do, hold your Q ready. If needed, practice clicking on her while she dashes 50 times a second, as a missclick can have you walk up into her range.”
A different type of Teemo (Vibes-based WIP) by TemoOnlyIfOK | Teemo Player
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Mid Lane
50.17% Win Rate41% Pick Rate Irelia Mid Lane Counters: 38 counter champions

Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.

Tips Against Irelia in Mid Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors

EueAmor says “Irelia é uma das mais difíceis de enfrentar, ela consegue usar o Q na nossa passiva e ativar a passiva dela com facilidade, e dominar a rota.”
NAAFIRI MID 2026 by EueAmor | Naafiri Player
EggPlantEgg says “Pray to god. Keep your gold card, always, bone plating needed and maybe plated steelcaps too. Extremely volatile matchup.”
26.02 EggPlantEgg's Twisted Fate by EggPlantEgg | Twisted Fate Player
Zamus says “An interesting matchup. Care for your caster minions hp because she will try to q on them to reach you. Also i recommend the aery + ignite combo.”
Vladimir 1v9 Guide 📖✒️ by Zamus | Vladimir Player
danimedie says “If she has 4 stacks of her passive, do not fight. She will stat-check you with auto-attacks. Dodge her E or you die.”
⏳ 26.3 | Ekko Mid by danimedie | Ekko Player
Rainbow hater says “Runes: Aery (with resolve if your prefer) Build: Standard Reasoning: 1. Irelia is very mobile with her q, however her q movement is usually predictable so its easy to aim poke onto her with long range q's. 2. Irelia can easily kill zoe if zoe misses her e once. 3. You cannot kill good irelia players in lane. 4. Zoe cannot survive side lane against irelia Lane: Most irelias try to go for lvl 1 q dive onto you after qing the first 3 minions of the wave, you can start e and usually outtrade her if she does this with minion dmg and autos. beyond lvl 2 this lane is very hard, stay far back and farm from long range q's do not stand near low hp minons as irelia can easily follow up with her e. However if irelia misses her E ONCE you can punish her hard pre 6 by playing aggresive. Aim your q to low hp dying ally minons as most irelia q onto them. Would not reccomend trying to hit e this way as if it misses irelia can immediatly jump onto you without her e and kill you. ”
Random Zoe guide with detailed matchups by Rainbow hater | Zoe Player
komikazeLoL says “Yeah she just qs on your plants, but low pick rate in mid so I would not really perma ban her.”
Zyra Mid by komikazeLoL | Zyra Player
kekseres says “Make sure you never get hit by her E otherwise you HARD lose, if not you just lose anyways since she statchecks you. Never go for an all in when she has 4 stacks cause she can auto you to death. Hold E for her R so she can never hit you. Boneplating is pretty nice. Don't play electrocute because she has insane sustain so it is pointless to go for short trades. I suggest to go conqueror and be stronger in skirmishes and teamfights. You hard lose on side lane. Just always avoid fighting at any stage of the game, unless she missplays hard.”
AntiMetaFae says “Irelia is a very predictable champion. They generally won't trade with you because they don't have their passive fully charged, and they'll always build Ruined King as their first item. Your W incredibly negates their trading ability, and their R is practically useless against you. Just make sure you build anti-heals as soon as possible.”
Lulu Mid: Small Mage, Big Damage | 3.3M E IV+ | W.I.P by AntiMetaFae | Lulu Player
Spaceturtlez says “This is a skill match-up of knowing when to trade and when not to trade. Irelia's healing is not all that it is hyped to be before she recalls, so maximizing damage on her with W can just straight up let you run her down. If she does start healing, ignite can shut it down for a free early kill. Roam at 7 with E, and she will cry. Standard runes + Ignite”
areyouforezreal says “focus on poking, watch out for her stuns and stay as long range as you can so its harder to jump on you. very easy to lose cs and once again goes against the whole machinegun ezreal thing. not fun”
MACHINEGUN EZREAL - by a monkey brained OTP by areyouforezreal | Ezreal Player
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