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Irelia vs Katarina

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

based on 3,667 Irelia vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Katarina as Irelia came out of an analysis of 3667 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.6% of her matches.

Irelia vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Irelia does a decent job of countering Katarina. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.3% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Irelia vs Katarina matches, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Irelia vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraTrinity ForceDeath's DanceWit's End

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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Irelia vs Katarina Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Katarina Image
7.6
< Kills >
9.6
7
< Deaths >
6.9
5.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
2.15
208
< Minions Killed >
156
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.34
16,886
< Physical Damage >
2,264
6,306
< Magic Damage >
21,254
768
< True Damage >
1,061
23,960
< Damage Dealt >
24,580
30,810
< Damage Taken >
24,721
13,079
< Gold Earned >
12,252
2.47
< Towers >
1.43
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,511
< Total Healing >
3,455
15,055
< Experience >
14,129
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
110
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Katarina with Irelia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Irelia against Katarina counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Irelia usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Katarina

Who is Better, Irelia or Katarina?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when trying to fight Katarina, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a good counter for Katarina.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Katarina, when facing one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Katarina.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Katarina matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a higher 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 Katarina. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Katarina.

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 Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Irelia, we analyzed 3,667 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 Katarina 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 Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Irelia versus Katarina build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Katarina than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Katarina with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Katarina 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 runes we have analyed for Irelia vs Katarina fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.

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