Gwen vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Gwen
based on 1,954 Gwen vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Irelia
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Gwen versus Irelia counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..
Gwen normally has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Irelia
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Who is Better, Gwen or Irelia?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a bad counter for Irelia.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Irelia.
Moreover, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Gwen is a trash counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Gwen versus Irelia build include Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Shadowflame. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 46.9% battling Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Irelia as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Gwen vs Irelia LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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