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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Irelia Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Kai'Sa

based on 4,283 Kai'Sa vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Kai'Sa came out of an evaluation of 4283 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against one another. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Irelia in only 2.7% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a pathetic job of beating Irelia. On average, she wins a lowly 46.7% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Kai'Sa against Irelia games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Kai'Sa vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeZhonya's HourglassTerminus

Optional Items

Guardian AngelThe CollectorBloodthirsterStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Irelia as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Irelia

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Kai'Sa vs Irelia Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Irelia Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.2
< Deaths >
6.9
6.3
< Assists >
5.1
1.74
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
180
< Minions Killed >
207
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.5
11,916
< Physical Damage >
16,014
7,911
< Magic Damage >
6,008
525
< True Damage >
742
20,353
< Damage Dealt >
22,764
19,725
< Damage Taken >
30,936
12,421
< Gold Earned >
12,918
2.04
< Towers >
2.39
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,270
< Total Healing >
10,657
12,740
< Experience >
15,063
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
45
< Time Dealing CC >
112

How to Counter Irelia with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some significant Kai'Sa against Irelia counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..

Kai'Sa usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Irelia

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Irelia, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Irelia.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Irelia.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a bad counter to Irelia. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 4,283 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 Irelia as Kai'Sa 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

Kai'Sa Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Irelia 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Irelia build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Irelia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 46.7% battling Irelia with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Irelia as Kai'Sa, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kai'Sa vs Irelia battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.

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