Irelia vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Irelia
based on 2,661 Irelia vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Evelynn
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 Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Irelia vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown here feature several strategic Irelia versus Evelynn matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Evelynn..
Irelia typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Evelynn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Irelia or Evelynn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when taking on Evelynn, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Irelia does have a higher win rate than Evelynn, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Evelynn.
Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Evelynn matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a decent counter to Evelynn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Evelynn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually racks up much more CS compared to Evelynn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Irelia versus Evelynn build include Ravenous Hydra, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Evelynn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 50.5% battling Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Evelynn as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Irelia vs Evelynn counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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