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How to Win Taliyah vs Irelia Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Taliyah

based on 1,193 Taliyah vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Taliyah came out of an evaluation of 1193 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Taliyah has to counter Irelia in only 2.9% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah has done a dismal job of beating Irelia. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Taliyah against Irelia matches, Taliyah’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably won't get first blood against Irelia.

Best Taliyah vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah'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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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Irelia

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Irelia Counter Stats

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

How to Counter Irelia with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Taliyah against Irelia matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Irelia..

Taliyah typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Irelia

Who is Better, Taliyah or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when trying to fight Irelia, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes a bad counter for Irelia.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Taliyah into Irelia.

Moreover, Taliyah 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 ton of burst damage.

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

Taliyah is a trash counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Taliyah

Taliyah Loses Against

MaokaiMaokai43.7% winrateFizzFizz44.1% winrateTeemoTeemo44.2% winrateZiggsZiggs44.5% winrate

Taliyah Wins Against

AlistarAlistar55.8% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrateRenektonRenekton54.8% winrateYuumiYuumi54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NocturneNocturne+ 54.1% 1433 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 54.3% 184 GamesTaricTaric+ 55.2% 402 GamesIvernIvern+ 55.9% 290 Games

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Taliyah, 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 Irelia as Taliyah 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

Taliyah Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah often racks up less CS compared to Irelia. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Irelia than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Irelia as Taliyah, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Taliyah vs Irelia LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% winrate overall.

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