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

Irelia vs Taliyah

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

based on 1,193 Irelia vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as Irelia resulted from an analysis of 1193 ranked matches where both champions faced each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Irelia encounters Taliyah in only 1.2% of her matches.

Irelia vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Irelia does a good job of beating Taliyah. Typically, she wins a whopping 52.6% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Irelia vs Taliyah games, Irelia’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Irelia vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Titanic HydraWit's EndTerminusExperimental 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
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Irelia vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Taliyah Image
7.3
< Kills >
6.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.4
4.9
< Assists >
8.7
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
209
< Minions Killed >
124
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.42
15,608
< Physical Damage >
774
6,174
< Magic Damage >
20,649
674
< True Damage >
1,260
22,456
< Damage Dealt >
22,684
31,375
< Damage Taken >
20,920
12,942
< Gold Earned >
12,042
2.33
< Towers >
1.64
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
10,920
< Total Healing >
4,254
15,132
< Experience >
14,177
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
109
< Time Dealing CC >
549

How to Counter Taliyah with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Irelia vs. Taliyah counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..

Irelia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Taliyah

Who is Better, Irelia or Taliyah?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Taliyah, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a good counter to Taliyah.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into Taliyah.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Taliyah 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 team fights.

Irelia is an above average counter to Taliyah. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Taliyah.

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

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Irelia, we analyzed 1,193 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia typically gets more CS as Taliyah. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Taliyah build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 52.6% battling Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Taliyah as Irelia, you should take 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 builds players used for Irelia vs Taliyah matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.

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