Irelia vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Irelia
based on 9,950 Irelia vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Irelia vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Irelia versus Caitlyn counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Irelia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Irelia or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Irelia versus Caitlyn build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Caitlyn than with many other common builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Caitlyn as Irelia, Irelia players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Irelia vs Caitlyn counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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