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

Irelia vs Heimerdinger

How to Beat Heimerdinger as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Heimerdinger as Irelia

based on 1,563 Irelia vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Heimerdinger as Irelia resulted from an examination of 1563 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Irelia has to counter Heimerdinger in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Irelia does a ok job of countering Heimerdinger. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions face each other in. In Irelia vs Heimerdinger rounds, Irelia’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Heimerdinger.

Best Irelia vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

TerminusSterak's GageDeath's DanceSundered Sky

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
2
E
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W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Heimerdinger

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 Heimerdinger

Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!

It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.

Irelia vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Heimerdinger Image
7.5
< Kills >
5.3
7.2
< Deaths >
6.6
4.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
199
< Minions Killed >
128
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
15,551
< Physical Damage >
861
6,141
< Magic Damage >
23,269
707
< True Damage >
864
22,399
< Damage Dealt >
24,995
32,194
< Damage Taken >
19,971
12,832
< Gold Earned >
10,843
2.24
< Towers >
1.97
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
10,966
< Total Healing >
1,991
14,984
< Experience >
13,386
16
< Vision Score >
28
8
< Wards Placed >
13
161
< Time Dealing CC >
248

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Irelia versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..

Irelia typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Irelia or Heimerdinger?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Heimerdinger.

Furthermore, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Irelia is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Heimerdinger.

Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia

Irelia Loses Against

TaricTaric43.5% winrateNilahNilah45.3% winrateTrundleTrundle45.4% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth45.8% winrate

Irelia Wins Against

ZeriZeri56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.5% winrateHweiHwei55.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Irelia, we analyzed 1,563 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 Heimerdinger 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.

Other Useful Resources

Irelia Build Heimerdinger Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Irelia in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often gets more CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Irelia versus Heimerdinger build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Heimerdinger than with most other common item sets. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Irelia vs Heimerdinger battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.

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