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How to Win Ashe vs Irelia Counter MatchupAshe is in the b tier of champions

Ashe vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Ashe in LoLAshe is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Ashe

based on 6,888 Ashe vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Ashe came out of an evaluation of 6888 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Ashe fights Irelia in only 2.6% of her matches.

Ashe vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ashe does a below average job of countering Irelia. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.3% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Ashe against Irelia matches, Ashe’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Ashe vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Ashe Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceRunaan's HurricaneTerminus

Optional Items

Axiom ArcWit's EndChempunk ChainswordBloodthirster

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ashe to level upw
>
Second ability for Ashe to level upq
>
Last skill for Ashe to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ashe's passive ability p
Ashe's q ability q
Ashe's w ability w
Ashe's e ability e
Ashe's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Ashe

Tips for Playing as Ashe against Irelia

Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.

Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.

Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.

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.

Ashe vs Irelia Counter Stats

Ashe Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Irelia Image
5.4
< Kills >
7.5
6.5
< Deaths >
7
9.4
< Assists >
5.1
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
138
< Minions Killed >
205
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
14,691
< Physical Damage >
16,349
2,582
< Magic Damage >
6,161
678
< True Damage >
764
17,952
< Damage Dealt >
23,275
19,305
< Damage Taken >
31,525
10,968
< Gold Earned >
12,975
2
< Towers >
2.34
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,646
< Total Healing >
10,827
12,112
< Experience >
15,104
30
< Vision Score >
17
12
< Wards Placed >
8
603
< Time Dealing CC >
112

How to Counter Irelia with Ashe in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several valuable Ashe versus Irelia counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Irelia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Ashe usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ashe and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Ashe
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ashe
Irelia

Who is Better, Ashe or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Ashe makes a bad counter for Irelia.

While Ashe does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Ashe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ashe into Irelia.

Furthermore, Ashe has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Ashe is a somewhat poor counter to 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 do very well as Ashe against Irelia.

Additional Information for Ashe Players

How We Calculated Our Ashe vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Ashe, we analyzed 6,888 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 Ashe 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ashe in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ashe on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Ashe versus Irelia build include Trinity Force, Runaan's Hurricane, and Terminus. When Ashe combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Irelia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 48.3% battling Irelia with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Irelia as Ashe, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ashe vs Irelia clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.

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