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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!
2,217 Tips for countering Irelia below

Top Lane
48.9% Win Rate56% Pick Rate Irelia Top Lane Counters: 48 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

panoramico_ says “RUNES: DFT Bone Plating Stormraider's Bone Plating - Rush Bramble Vest. - Can try and get an early kill. - Don't fight her with four stacks and mind the minion wave when she can one-shot casters.”
GP guide [26.16] by panoramico_ | Gangplank Player
Hevari says “Play around her stacks. Without them she can be dueled levels 1-5. Level 6 her all-in gets insane. Pta for early cheesing. Tabis and/or exhaust work well against her.”
(WIP) (26.16) Rengar toplane by Hevari | Rengar Player
Auroline says “She has high mobility, a strong passive that empowers her trades, and reset potential on kills or low-health targets. If she stacks her passive and lands her abilities cleanly, she can out-trade or all-in you. The matchup becomes dangerous if she gets ahead or finds good reset opportunities. How to play: Don’t let her bounce between you and minions to stack passive for free. Try to fight when her passive is down. Be careful of her ultimate engage and save defensive tools for it. Short, controlled trades are safer than long fights.”
K'Sante 2026 by Auroline | K'Sante Player
Gwen Ladybug says “As scary as Irelia can be, she's actually a fairly easy match-up for Gwen. In early game you can try to [[Snip snip!]] her or even AA fight with her so long as [[Ionian fervor]] is not stacked. Be careful that even if you go 10/0 on her, as soon as she gets her [[blade of the ruined king]] you have to respect her a lot. Also note that she's very mobile but ONLY AROUND YOU. Her [[Bladesurge]] can make her go behind you, so try to delay your [[Snip snip!]] a bit to avoid wasting it. I recommend running [[ignite]] or rushing [[oblivion orb]] after your first item. Since Irelia players love to ignite any chance they get, they'll probably match your sustain during duels.”
A humble Gwen top guide (WIP) by Gwen Ladybug | Gwen Player
AMNH4ZE says “Go in when she doesnt have Q get out if she has 4 stacks of her Q pretty simple ”
[V26.13] FULL ZAAHEN GUIDE by AMNH4ZE | Zaahen Player
MokeyMokeyKing says “MAX Q, try to live as much as you can, her W reduces too much of the damage you deal and you are playing minion game to avoid her to dash around you like a madman. Keep consistent poke and manage your waves.”
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TEEMO INFODUMP I CAN MAKE by MokeyMokeyKing | Teemo Player
Liam1601 says “E the minions when they are low hp to prevent her to Q them and stack her passive. Run last stand over presence of mind and run ignite against her. She can dodge your E-Q combo or just tank it with W so careful. You outsustain her by miles.”
AShovelMan says “Permaban, otherwise you've already lost lane. Even with ghoul buff, her q one shots your ghouls and stacks her passive, she can dash through your cage, and freeze wave, making your life a living hell. If you are stuck with this nightmare, know that she has to go in on you, cage will be useless, max Q and E but keep one point into W, just in case she makes the mistake of dashing into your cage when her Q is on cooldown.”
rippytide09 says “If you give her a kill, the lane is likely over. She is one of the most snowball champs in the game. Play safe by farming with cleaver and Auto + e her when she walks up to you and disengage. Avoid ever fighting her when she has 4 q stacks as it gives her massive damage and lifesteal. Your window to kill her is after you get warmogs, level 11. Alternatively, you can likely get a gank from your jungler since she is always pushing into your turret with her q. ”
Sekirooo says “♡ Dancing lady you can always just buy bramble vest and she is will be more weaker or just freeze the wave punishing her away from it since she doesn't know any damage without stacking her passive ”
♡ Become The Hand Of Noxus ♡ by Sekirooo | Darius Player
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Mid Lane
48.11% Win Rate41% Pick Rate Irelia Mid Lane Counters: 39 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

Influentik says “Just don't disrespect her blade spike (she rushes it before boots, so she will get it first before you get your first core item) and it's the most free matchup of your life. You steal her conq stats, you steal her passive attack speed and passive dmg (Due to AD stats stolen), and you straight up stat check her. Just be careful in the laning phase and be patient.”
Mordekaiser Mid guide (Ex-pro GM/Chall) by Influentik | Mordekaiser Player
Kolashiu says “Tricky matchup, try to never flip [[sleepy trouble bubble]] unless her [[bladesurge]] are down or you are in a position where she can't punish if it miss. Her [[defiant dance]] is the same duration as your Sleep so you can wait for the very end of the Sleep to connect your [[Paddle star!]] so she doesnt have her massive damage reduction anymore. Become significantly harder if she goes [[mercury's treads]] or if she has [[cleanse]], and usually you don't really try to kill her anymore after she get her first completed item as she can punish you too easily. Dodging her [[flawless duet]] is massively important, don't hesitate to use [[ignite]] for the [[spell thief]] movespeed to dodge it, usually if you get hit you are dead, the matchup is not that hard precisely because you can dodge it reliably”
[26.15] Rank 1 Zoe Guide by Kolashiu | Zoe Player
RaptorHunter says “Respect low-health minions because they give her instant access to your position. Keep the wave close to your tower and avoid creating long dash chains for her. Save Q for after she reaches you and begins her empowered auto sequence. Do not fight while her passive is fully stacked or when your escape route is blocked. Use Statikk to clear quickly, leave vision and win through rotations rather than lane duels.”
👹 TEEMO THE MID LANE MENACE — THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE 👹 by RaptorHunter | Teemo Player
Marex_je_u_bushu says “She can get stacks from your dogs, without your dogs you cant fight her so she giga counters you. Consider banning her”
[26.14] Naafiri MID/JUNGLE Guide by Marex_je_u_bushu | Naafiri Player
AikoPanda says “you can rarely kill her, try staying away from your caster minions and poke her down, hope for jgl help / roam timers.”
PotkanIRL says “Keep wave on your side, very easy to freeze in this matchup if she lets you. Dodge her E and pool her R and dont fight when she has full stacks. If the wave ever starts pushing in then ur cooked, just try and wait for it to push back.”
Vladimir all match ups and builds by PotkanIRL | Vladimir Player
Sephyrixx says “This matchup is good for you if you know how to play it. Dont ever use your E to engage. Use it to dodge his E. If you hit your nails you can space him off cs. Let him engage on you and you win”
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Misuleague says “Ignite or Exhaust your preference. Skill matchup. If the irelia is good and you are also just good, i think its irelia favoured. Block her E with windwall, block her ult with Windwall, watch out for 5 passive stacks, take ignite to counter healing or if you take exhaust build antiheal.”
Misu's Yasuo Guide (Season 2026) by Misuleague | Yasuo Player
Hw3nh2 says “gets on you to easily and its hard to get off well doing heavly dmg to her good tip is stand close to tower and when shes dashes on you beacuase they are all low iq ult her into tower range and its free ”
Qiyana Builds by Hw3nh2 | Qiyana Player
SKO585 says “hard lanning phase u have to let her make the mistake and punish her once she misses the E or u dodge her R with ur E”
Katablade guide for matchups/builds by SKO585 | Katarina Player
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