Vladimir vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Vladimir
based on 3,004 Vladimir vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Irelia
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Vladimir versus Irelia matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Vladimir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Irelia
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Irelia?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when facing off against Irelia, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Vladimir does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Ireliaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Irelia matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Vladimir versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Cosmic Drive. When Vladimir included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Irelia than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 50.9% when countering Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Irelia as Vladimir, Vladimir players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Vladimir vs Irelia LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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