Irelia vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Irelia
based on 5,756 Irelia vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Aatrox
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Irelia vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Irelia vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Aatrox..
Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Irelia or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a good counter for Aatrox.
While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Aatrox.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Aatrox matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Irelia is a decent counter to Aatrox. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Irelia versus Aatrox build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Aatrox than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Aatrox as Irelia, Irelia players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Irelia vs Aatrox counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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