Irelia vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Irelia
based on 1,604 Irelia vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Irelia vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Irelia against LeBlanc matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than LeBlanc. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.
Irelia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Irelia or LeBlanc?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when trying to fight LeBlanc, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a great counter to LeBlanc.
While Irelia does have a much higher winrate compared to LeBlanc, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into LeBlanc.
Additionally, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs LeBlanc 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Irelia is a great counter to LeBlanc. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter LeBlanc during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to LeBlanc. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Irelia versus LeBlanc build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus LeBlanc than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 54.2% when countering LeBlanc with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against LeBlanc as Irelia, Irelia players should use 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 used for Irelia vs LeBlanc fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.
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