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How to Win Graves vs Irelia Counter MatchupGraves is in the a tier of champions

Graves vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Graves in LoLGraves is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Graves

based on 4,562 Graves vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Graves came out of an analysis of 4562 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Graves encounters Irelia in only 2.7% of his rounds.

Graves vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Graves does a average job of countering Irelia. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.8% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Graves versus Irelia games, Graves’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Graves vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Core Graves Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorHubris

Optional Items

OpportunityGuardian AngelBloodthirsterInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Graves to level upq
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Second ability for Graves to level upe
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Last skill for Graves to max outw

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Graves's passive ability p
Graves's q ability q
Graves's w ability w
Graves's e ability e
Graves's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Graves

Tips for Playing as Graves against Irelia

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

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.

Graves vs Irelia Counter Stats

Graves Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Irelia Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.2
5.7
< Deaths >
6.8
7.4
< Assists >
4.6
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
55
< Minions Killed >
212
1.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.44
17,669
< Physical Damage >
15,748
840
< Magic Damage >
6,074
1,751
< True Damage >
695
20,261
< Damage Dealt >
22,518
29,205
< Damage Taken >
31,187
12,852
< Gold Earned >
12,947
1.76
< Towers >
2.28
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
13,714
< Total Healing >
10,878
14,461
< Experience >
15,118
23
< Vision Score >
17
6
< Wards Placed >
8
488
< Time Dealing CC >
116

How to Counter Irelia with Graves in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several valuable Graves vs. Irelia counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..

Graves usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Graves and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Graves
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Graves
Irelia

Who is Better, Graves or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Irelia, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Graves makes an ok counter for Irelia.

While Graves does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Irelia.

Additionally, Graves also 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 facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Irelia matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Graves is a decent counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Graves against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Graves

Graves Loses Against

ZyraZyra46.8% winrateBardBard47.1% winrateNaafiriNaafiri47.2% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench47.3% winrate

Graves Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc55.2% winrateXayahXayah55% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 54.2% 11371 GamesZyraZyra+ 54.3% 6861 GamesMaokaiMaokai+ 54.6% 6548 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.7% 1241 Games

Additional Information for Graves Players

How We Calculated Our Graves vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Graves, we analyzed 4,562 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Irelia as Graves comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Graves Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Graves typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Graves versus Irelia build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Irelia than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Irelia with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Irelia as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Graves vs Irelia matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.

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