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Irelia vs Gnar

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

based on 1,170 Irelia vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our database, Irelia engaged Gnar in 1170 games. Having so many matchups for Irelia versus Gnar provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to obliterate your enemy. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Irelia encounters Gnar in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Irelia has done a good job of beating Gnar. Normally, she wins a terrific 53.8% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Irelia vs Gnar games, Irelia’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Gnar.

Best Irelia vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyTerminusExperimental 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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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Gnar

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 Gnar

Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.

Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.

Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.

Irelia vs Gnar Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Gnar Image
7.3
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.1
4.9
< Assists >
6.4
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
205
< Minions Killed >
162
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.44
16,236
< Physical Damage >
17,366
6,025
< Magic Damage >
3,278
661
< True Damage >
619
22,923
< Damage Dealt >
21,263
31,536
< Damage Taken >
28,773
12,852
< Gold Earned >
11,276
2.37
< Towers >
2.19
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,848
< Total Healing >
5,930
14,949
< Experience >
14,700
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
111
< Time Dealing CC >
411

How to Counter Gnar with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several significant Irelia vs. Gnar matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gnar..

Irelia normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Gnar

Who is Better, Irelia or Gnar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a great counter for Gnar.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate compared to Gnar, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Irelia into Gnar.

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

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Gnar matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Irelia is a great counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Gnar.

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

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Irelia, we analyzed 1,170 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 Gnar 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Gnar 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 tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gnar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Irelia versus Gnar build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Gnar with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Gnar as Irelia, Irelia players 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 we have analyed for Irelia vs Gnar battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.

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