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

Irelia vs Viego

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

based on 3,951 Irelia vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. In our database, Irelia fought Viego 3951 times. Using so many games with Irelia vs Viego gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful stats and a pro build to smash your opponent. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Irelia has to counter Viego in only 3.9% of her games.

Irelia vs Viego Matchup Summary

Irelia does a ok job of countering Viego. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.1% of games the champions battle one another in. In Irelia vs Viego rounds, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Viego.

Best Irelia vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

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

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraTrinity ForceTerminus

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
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Last skill for Irelia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: 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
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viego as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Viego

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 Viego Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Viego Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.4
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
4.9
< Assists >
6.8
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
206
< Minions Killed >
36
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.64
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.41
15,885
< Physical Damage >
15,331
5,922
< Magic Damage >
1,888
758
< True Damage >
944
22,566
< Damage Dealt >
18,164
30,523
< Damage Taken >
32,376
12,780
< Gold Earned >
12,068
2.33
< Towers >
1.4
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
10,606
< Total Healing >
16,219
14,892
< Experience >
13,571
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
5
112
< Time Dealing CC >
227

How to Counter Viego with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several significant Irelia vs. Viego counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego..

Irelia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Viego. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Viego

Who is Better, Irelia or Viego?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when playing against Viego, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes an ok counter to Viego.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Viego, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Viego.

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

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

Irelia is a decent counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Viego.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Irelia, we analyzed 3,951 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 Viego 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

If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to counter Viego during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often accumulates much more CS as Viego. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Irelia versus Viego build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Viego than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Viego with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Viego as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Irelia vs Viego clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.

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