Blitzcrank with Irelia
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Irelia
based on 3,703 Blitzcrank with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Irelia Synergy Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Irelia
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Blitzcrank Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Irelia helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Blitzcrank is paired with Irelia, he sees a little drop in his total damage output. This may signal that Irelia does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played alongside Irelia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Irelia.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Irelia on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Blitzcrank during teamfights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Irelia
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no one best synergy for Blitzcrank that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Irelia is a not very good companion for Blitzcrank. By being on the same side as Blitzcrank, she lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 49.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Blitzcrank and Irelia that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Irelia has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means you must be cautious when arranging Irelia allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Blitzcrank players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Blitzcrank and Irelia together, you will not be granting your other teammates much magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Irelia teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to work well with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Blitzcrank and Irelia synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Frozen Heart. When Blitzcrank incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Irelia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 49.9% helping carry Irelia with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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