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

Irelia vs Orianna

How to Beat Orianna as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Orianna as Irelia

based on 1,438 Irelia vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Orianna as Irelia came out of an evaluation of 1438 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Irelia fights Orianna in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Irelia does a decent job of beating Orianna. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.3% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Irelia versus Orianna games, Irelia’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Orianna.

Best Irelia vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Titanic HydraTerminusSundered SkyExperimental Hexplate

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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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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E
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R

Guide to Countering Orianna as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Orianna

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 Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Irelia vs Orianna Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Orianna Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.1
6.8
< Deaths >
5.7
4.6
< Assists >
9.2
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
205
< Minions Killed >
165
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
15,338
< Physical Damage >
1,052
5,957
< Magic Damage >
18,355
690
< True Damage >
378
21,985
< Damage Dealt >
19,785
30,748
< Damage Taken >
18,178
12,726
< Gold Earned >
10,864
2.28
< Towers >
2.05
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,596
< Total Healing >
1,710
14,789
< Experience >
13,976
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
110
< Time Dealing CC >
335

How to Counter Orianna with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Irelia vs. Orianna matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Orianna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Orianna..

Irelia usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Orianna. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Orianna

Who is Better, Irelia or Orianna?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Orianna, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a good counter to Orianna.

While Irelia does have a higher winrate than Orianna, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Orianna.

Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Orianna matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Irelia is a decent counter for Orianna. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Orianna.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Irelia, we analyzed 1,438 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 Orianna 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Orianna during both the laning 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 here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Orianna. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Irelia versus Orianna build consist of Sterak's Gage, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Orianna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Orianna with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Orianna as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Irelia vs Orianna battles, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.

If you want to see Irelia x Orianna tips and builds for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all games with data with these champions.