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

Irelia vs Elise

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

based on 765 Irelia vs Elise matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. Within our dataset, Irelia engaged Elise 765 times. Having so many games with Irelia vs Elise provides us faith in our ability to provide informative data and a pro build to annihilate your rival. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Elise in only 0.8% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Elise Matchup Summary

Irelia has done a decent job of beating Elise. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Irelia versus Elise games, Irelia’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Elise.

Best Irelia vs Elise Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyExperimental HexplateTerminus

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 ForceArmor
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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Q
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Guide to Countering Elise as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Elise

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 Elise

Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.

Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.

Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.

Irelia vs Elise Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Elise Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6.1
4.9
< Assists >
7.7
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
207
< Minions Killed >
31
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.41
15,214
< Physical Damage >
1,289
5,952
< Magic Damage >
16,060
726
< True Damage >
1,450
21,894
< Damage Dealt >
18,800
30,168
< Damage Taken >
28,466
12,912
< Gold Earned >
11,355
2.47
< Towers >
1.42
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
10,342
< Total Healing >
12,843
14,889
< Experience >
12,716
16
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
7
113
< Time Dealing CC >
170

How to Counter Elise with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here show several significant Irelia vs. Elise matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Elise..

Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Elise. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Elise

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Elise
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Elise

Who is Better, Irelia or Elise?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Elise, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a good counter for Elise.

While Irelia does have a higher winrate than Elise, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Elise.

Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Elise matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Irelia is a decent counter for Elise. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Elise.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Elise Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Elise as Irelia, we analyzed 765 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 Elise 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 Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often racks up much more CS relative to Elise. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Elise build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Elise than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Elise with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Elise as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Irelia vs Elise fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.

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