Irelia vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Irelia
based on 5,997 Irelia vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Irelia vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Irelia against Brand counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Brand..
Irelia typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Brand. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Brand
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Who is Better, Irelia or Brand?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when taking on Brand, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Brand.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Brand. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Brand.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically gets much more CS relative to Brand. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Brand build include Sterak's Gage, Wit's End, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Brand than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Brand as Irelia, Irelia players should equip 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 rune builds players chose for Irelia vs Brand matchups, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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