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How to Win Senna vs Irelia Counter MatchupSenna is in the s tier of champions

Senna vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Senna in LoLSenna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Senna

based on 7,573 Senna vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our database, Senna faced off against Irelia in 7573 rounds. Using so many matchups for Senna vs Irelia provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce actionable stats and a recommended build to crush Irelia. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Senna fights Irelia in only 2.7% of her games.

Senna vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Senna does a average job of beating Irelia. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.5% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Senna vs Irelia games, Senna’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Senna vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Boots of SwiftnessSerrated Dirk

Core Senna Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeUmbral GlaiveThe Collector

Optional Items

Infinity EdgeMortal ReminderVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Senna to level upq
>
Second ability for Senna to level upw
>
Last skill for Senna to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Senna's passive ability p
Senna's q ability q
Senna's w ability w
Senna's e ability e
Senna's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Senna

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.

Senna vs Irelia Counter Stats

Senna Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Irelia Image
4.6
< Kills >
7.2
6.2
< Deaths >
6.9
11.9
< Assists >
4.7
1.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
62
< Minions Killed >
205
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,931
< Physical Damage >
15,916
296
< Magic Damage >
5,977
578
< True Damage >
703
17,805
< Damage Dealt >
22,596
18,575
< Damage Taken >
31,006
10,480
< Gold Earned >
12,797
2.26
< Towers >
2.33
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,520
< Total Healing >
10,713
11,459
< Experience >
14,910
48
< Vision Score >
16
20
< Wards Placed >
8
208
< Time Dealing CC >
112

How to Counter Irelia with Senna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Senna vs. Irelia counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Senna normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Senna and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Senna
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Senna
Irelia

Who is Better, Senna or Irelia?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Irelia, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Senna makes an ok counter to Irelia.

While Senna does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Senna into Ireliaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Senna also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna 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 allied champions during team fights.

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

Other Champion Matchups Against Senna

Senna Loses Against

ZyraZyra46.6% winrateFizzFizz46.6% winrateRammusRammus47.4% winrateLeonaLeona47.4% winrate

Senna Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.9% winrateSivirSivir55.6% winrateXayahXayah55.5% winrateOlafOlaf55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 56.1% 2685 GamesLeonaLeona+ 56.2% 1595 GamesBardBard+ 56.4% 1554 GamesMilioMilio+ 57.1% 907 Games

Additional Information for Senna Players

How We Calculated Our Senna vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Senna, we analyzed 7,573 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 Senna 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Senna in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Senna most often racks up a lot less CS as Irelia. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Senna versus Irelia build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Umbral Glaive, and The Collector. When Senna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Irelia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Senna boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Irelia with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Irelia as Senna, Senna players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Senna vs Irelia LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Senna are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.