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Irelia vs Fiddlesticks

How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Irelia

based on 1,754 Irelia vs Fiddlesticks matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
1.68
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Irelia did battle with Fiddlesticks 1754 times. Using so many matchups for Irelia versus Fiddlesticks gives us faith in our capacity to produce useful stats and a solid build to crush your rival. This pairing is relatively rare. Irelia has to counter Fiddlesticks in only 1.7% of her games.

Irelia vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary

Irelia does a average job of countering Fiddlesticks. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.8% of games the champs fight each other in. In Irelia vs Fiddlesticks matches, Irelia’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Fiddlesticks.

Best Irelia vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

TerminusRavenous HydraSundered SkyWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Irelia to level upq
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Second ability for Irelia to level upw
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Last skill for Irelia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Fiddlesticks

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.

Irelia vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Fiddlesticks Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.9
7.2
< Deaths >
6.2
5
< Assists >
9.5
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
211
< Minions Killed >
41
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.35
15,773
< Physical Damage >
307
6,294
< Magic Damage >
17,807
746
< True Damage >
1,311
22,813
< Damage Dealt >
19,426
31,982
< Damage Taken >
33,002
13,125
< Gold Earned >
11,411
2.39
< Towers >
1.16
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
10,740
< Total Healing >
17,172
15,368
< Experience >
13,164
17
< Vision Score >
46
9
< Wards Placed >
4
112
< Time Dealing CC >
743

How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some valuable Irelia vs. Fiddlesticks matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between these two champs. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks..

Irelia often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Fiddlesticks

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Fiddlesticks
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Fiddlesticks

Who is Better, Irelia or Fiddlesticks?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Fiddlesticks, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes an ok counter to Fiddlesticks.

While Irelia does have a lower win rate than Fiddlesticks, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Fiddlesticks.

Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Fiddlesticks. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Fiddlesticks.

Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia

Irelia Loses Against

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Irelia Wins Against

ZeriZeri56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.5% winrateHweiHwei55.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Fiddlesticks Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Fiddlesticks as Irelia, we analyzed 1,754 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 Fiddlesticks as Irelia 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

Irelia Build Fiddlesticks Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often gets much more CS as Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to use in your Irelia versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Fiddlesticks than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Fiddlesticks with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Fiddlesticks as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Irelia vs Fiddlesticks LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.

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