Ezreal vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Ezreal
based on 6,161 Ezreal vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Irelia
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Ezreal vs. Irelia matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..
Ezreal normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Irelia
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Irelia?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when trying to fight Irelia, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Ezreal makes a bad counter to Irelia.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate compared to Irelia, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ezreal has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ezreal is a terribly counter to Irelia. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ezreal against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ezreal to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Irelia build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Muramana, and Navori Quickblades. When Ezreal bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Irelia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Irelia with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Irelia as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ezreal vs Irelia matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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