Lissandra vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Lissandra
based on 1,283 Lissandra vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Irelia
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Lissandra vs. Irelia matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Lissandra normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Irelia
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Lissandra does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Irelia.
Additionally, Lissandra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lissandra versus Irelia build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Irelia as Lissandra, Lissandra players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Lissandra vs Irelia battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Lissandra are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.