Caitlyn vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Caitlyn
based on 9,950 Caitlyn vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Irelia
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Caitlyn against Irelia matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..
Caitlyn often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Irelia
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Irelia.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Irelia matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Irelia build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Irelia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Irelia with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Irelia as Caitlyn, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Irelia counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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