Irelia vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Irelia
based on 1,571 Irelia vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Lulu
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 Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Irelia vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Irelia vs. Lulu counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lulu. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Irelia typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Lulu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Lulu
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Who is Better, Irelia or Lulu?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when trying to fight Lulu, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a good counter to Lulu.
While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Lulu, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into Lulu.
Additionally, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Lulu matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Irelia is an above average counter to Lulu. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Lulu.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
Additional Information for Irelia Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order to counter Lulu during both the lane 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 stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually gets much more CS as Lulu. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Lulu build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Lulu than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Lulu with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Lulu as Irelia, you 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 players used for Irelia vs Lulu counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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