Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Tryndamere versus Irelia counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually wins when playing against Irelia, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Tryndamere makes a great counter for Irelia.
While Tryndamere does have a higher winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Tryndamere also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Tryndamere into Irelia.
Furthermore, Tryndamere has only a small 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Irelia matchups, Tryndamere is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Tryndamere is a great counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Tryndamere against Irelia.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tryndamere 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Tryndamere versus Irelia build include Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Tryndamere combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Irelia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Irelia with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Irelia as Tryndamere, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Tryndamere vs Irelia battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Tryndamere are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.