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How to Win Akali vs Irelia Counter MatchupAkali is in the a tier of champions

Akali vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Akali in LoLAkali is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Akali

based on 6,331 Akali vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Akali came out of an evaluation of 6331 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Akali is forced to battle against Irelia in only 2.8% of her rounds.

Akali vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Akali has done a decent job of beating Irelia. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.1% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Akali versus Irelia rounds, Akali’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Akali vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurgeVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
>
Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Irelia

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Akali vs Irelia Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Irelia Image
9.1
< Kills >
7
5.8
< Deaths >
7.2
5.3
< Assists >
5
2.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
156
< Minions Killed >
203
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,392
< Physical Damage >
16,197
21,880
< Magic Damage >
6,173
860
< True Damage >
765
24,133
< Damage Dealt >
23,136
25,993
< Damage Taken >
31,124
11,760
< Gold Earned >
12,698
1.49
< Towers >
2.22
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,310
< Total Healing >
10,367
14,414
< Experience >
14,860
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
71
< Time Dealing CC >
106

How to Counter Irelia with Akali in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some strategic Akali versus Irelia matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..

Akali normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Akali and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Irelia

Who is Better, Akali or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when facing off against Irelia, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a good counter to Irelia.

While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Ireliaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Akali has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Irelia matchups, Akali is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Akali is a decent counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Akali

Akali Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.2% winrateTaricTaric45.7% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.8% winrate

Akali Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.5% winrateHweiHwei53.7% winrateOriannaOrianna53.2% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 52.5% 2290 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.1% 10960 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 53.2% 13190 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.3% 30791 Games

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Akali, we analyzed 6,331 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Irelia as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Akali Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Akali versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Irelia with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Irelia as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akali vs Irelia counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Akali vs Irelia tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all games run with these champs.