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

Irelia vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Irelia

based on 3,574 Irelia vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Irelia resulted from an examination of 3574 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Leona in only 3.5% of her games.

Irelia vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia does a pathetic job of countering Leona. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.8% of games the champions face each other in. In Irelia versus Leona rounds, Irelia’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Leona.

Best Irelia vs Leona 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

Sterak's GageTrinity ForceDeath'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
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
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
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Leona as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Irelia vs Leona Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Leona Image
7.2
< Kills >
2.2
7.1
< Deaths >
5.8
5.4
< Assists >
14.3
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
0.4
204
< Minions Killed >
32
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
16,005
< Physical Damage >
2,883
6,112
< Magic Damage >
6,947
816
< True Damage >
1,044
22,934
< Damage Dealt >
10,875
31,074
< Damage Taken >
22,729
12,810
< Gold Earned >
8,644
2.26
< Towers >
1.61
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
10,349
< Total Healing >
2,865
14,832
< Experience >
10,704
17
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
24
114
< Time Dealing CC >
246

How to Counter Leona with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Irelia vs. Leona matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Irelia typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Leona

Who is Better, Irelia or Leona?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a poor counter to Leona.

While Irelia does have a lower win rate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Irelia into Leona.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Irelia is a garbage counter to Leona. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Leona.

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

Top Synergies by Role

BardBard+ 54.1% 2868 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.1% 1444 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.3% 7222 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 54.9% 6229 Games

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Irelia, we analyzed 3,574 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 Leona 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 Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia typically gets much more CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often 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 Leona build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Leona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Leona with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Leona as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Irelia vs Leona face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.

If you need to view Irelia x Leona tips and counter stats for a a particular player tier, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all rounds run with these champs.