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How to Win Irelia vs Aphelios Counter MatchupIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Irelia

based on 2,264 Irelia vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
1.85
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Aphelios as Irelia came out of an examination of 2264 ranked games where both champs faced off against one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Irelia has to counter Aphelios in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Irelia does a good job of beating Aphelios. Typically, she wins a terrific 53.0% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Irelia vs Aphelios matches, Irelia’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Irelia vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

TerminusSterak's GageSundered SkyTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Aphelios

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 Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Irelia vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Aphelios Image
7.3
< Kills >
6.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
5.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
208
< Minions Killed >
177
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.46
16,295
< Physical Damage >
20,112
6,108
< Magic Damage >
1,354
736
< True Damage >
559
23,140
< Damage Dealt >
22,025
31,307
< Damage Taken >
19,050
12,979
< Gold Earned >
11,927
2.43
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
11,069
< Total Healing >
5,228
15,137
< Experience >
12,645
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
117
< Time Dealing CC >
135

How to Counter Aphelios with Irelia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Irelia vs. Aphelios matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..

Irelia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Aphelios

Who is Better, Irelia or Aphelios?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when playing against Aphelios, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a good counter to Aphelios.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Irelia into Aphelios.

Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Aphelios matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Irelia is a good counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Aphelios.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Irelia, we analyzed 2,264 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 Aphelios as Irelia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Irelia versus Aphelios build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Aphelios as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Irelia vs Aphelios clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.

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