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Irelia vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Irelia

based on 3,239 Irelia vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each and every week. In our data, Irelia did battle with Sylas in 3239 rounds. Using so many games with Irelia versus Sylas provides us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening data and a supported build to annihilate your opponent. This matchup is relatively rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.2% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Irelia does a average job of countering Sylas. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.8% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Irelia versus Sylas games, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Irelia vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeRecurve Bow

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered 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 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
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Irelia vs Sylas Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Sylas Image
7.4
< Kills >
8.2
7.2
< Deaths >
7.2
5.2
< Assists >
7.1
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
202
< Minions Killed >
124
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.37
16,748
< Physical Damage >
559
6,309
< Magic Damage >
21,963
774
< True Damage >
872
23,831
< Damage Dealt >
23,395
30,851
< Damage Taken >
29,987
12,830
< Gold Earned >
11,472
2.34
< Towers >
1.53
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
10,452
< Total Healing >
7,897
14,790
< Experience >
13,542
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
110
< Time Dealing CC >
274

How to Counter Sylas with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Irelia versus Sylas matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sylas..

Irelia often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Sylas

Who is Better, Irelia or Sylas?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sylas, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes an ok counter to Sylas.

While Irelia does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Sylas.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Sylas matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Irelia is a decent counter for Sylas. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Sylas.

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

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Irelia, we analyzed 3,239 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 Sylas 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 Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Irelia to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia on average accumulates more CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Irelia versus Sylas build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Sylas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Sylas 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Irelia vs Sylas counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.

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