Draven vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Draven
based on 3,274 Draven vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Irelia
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Draven versus Irelia matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..
Draven normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Irelia
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Who is Better, Draven or Irelia?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a poor counter to Irelia.
While Draven does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Draven versus Irelia build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Irelia than with many other common builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Irelia with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Irelia as Draven, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Draven vs Irelia counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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