Blitzcrank vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Blitzcrank
based on 3,851 Blitzcrank vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against 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 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.
Blitzcrank vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Blitzcrank against Irelia counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Irelia
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Irelia, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Irelia.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Irelia.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Irelia matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Irelia build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Irelia as Blitzcrank, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Blitzcrank vs Irelia clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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