Xayah vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Xayah
based on 1,592 Xayah vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Irelia
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here feature some vital Xayah against Irelia matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..
Xayah usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Irelia
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Who is Better, Xayah or Irelia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a poor counter to Irelia.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xayah into Irelia.
Furthermore, Xayah 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 in League of Legends, in Xayah 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 late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often gets a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Irelia build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Irelia with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Irelia as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Xayah vs Irelia clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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