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Irelia vs Nilah

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

based on 1,488 Irelia vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
1.78
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Irelia resulted from an analysis of 1488 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Irelia fights Nilah in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia does a terrible job of countering Nilah. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.3% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Irelia vs Nilah matches, Irelia’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Irelia vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceWit's EndTerminus

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 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
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Nilah

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.

Irelia vs Nilah Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Nilah Image
7
< Kills >
7.8
6.8
< Deaths >
6.4
5.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
199
< Minions Killed >
167
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.52
15,619
< Physical Damage >
17,859
5,930
< Magic Damage >
168
747
< True Damage >
502
22,297
< Damage Dealt >
18,530
29,762
< Damage Taken >
23,225
12,382
< Gold Earned >
12,488
2.14
< Towers >
2.59
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
10,203
< Total Healing >
8,407
14,490
< Experience >
13,050
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
105
< Time Dealing CC >
83

How to Counter Nilah with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown here show several significant Irelia vs. Nilah counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nilah..

Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Nilah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Nilah

Who is Better, Irelia or Nilah?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 45.3% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Irelia does have a much lower winrate than Nilah, when facing one another, Irelia also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Irelia into Nilah.

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

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Irelia is a terribly counter for Nilah. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Nilah.

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Irelia, we analyzed 1,488 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 Nilah 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 Nilah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nilah. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Irelia versus Nilah build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Nilah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 45.3% battling Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Nilah as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Irelia vs Nilah clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.3% winrate overall.

If you need to see Irelia x Nilah tips and counter stats for a a particular player tier, please select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches finished with both champs.