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How to Win Irelia vs Gangplank Counter MatchupIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia vs Gangplank

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

based on 1,639 Irelia vs Gangplank matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Gangplank as Irelia came out of an analysis of 1639 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Irelia has to counter Gangplank in only 1.6% of her games.

Irelia vs Gangplank Matchup Summary

Irelia does a decent job of countering Gangplank. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.9% of the time the champions face each other in. In Irelia versus Gangplank games, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Gangplank.

Best Irelia vs Gangplank 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 KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Wit's EndRavenous HydraDeath's DanceExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Gangplank

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 Gangplank

Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.

Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!

Irelia vs Gangplank Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Gangplank Image
7.8
< Kills >
6.8
7.1
< Deaths >
6.7
4.8
< Assists >
6.7
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
216
< Minions Killed >
195
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.42
17,002
< Physical Damage >
16,470
6,234
< Magic Damage >
3,859
717
< True Damage >
5,384
23,954
< Damage Dealt >
25,715
33,507
< Damage Taken >
26,238
13,553
< Gold Earned >
14,063
2.42
< Towers >
2.06
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
11,688
< Total Healing >
6,765
15,913
< Experience >
15,880
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
116
< Time Dealing CC >
311

How to Counter Gangplank with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some valuable Irelia vs. Gangplank matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gangplank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..

Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Gangplank

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Gangplank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Gangplank

Who is Better, Irelia or Gangplank?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when facing off against Gangplank, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a good counter for Gangplank.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate compared to Gangplank, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Gangplank.

Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gangplank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Gangplank matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Irelia is a decent counter to Gangplank. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Gangplank.

Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia

Irelia Loses Against

TaricTaric43.5% winrateNilahNilah45.3% winrateTrundleTrundle45.4% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth45.8% winrate

Irelia Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Gangplank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gangplank as Irelia, we analyzed 1,639 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 Gangplank 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 Gangplank Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Gangplank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gangplank. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Irelia versus Gangplank build consist of Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Gangplank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Gangplank with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Gangplank as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Irelia vs Gangplank matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.

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