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

Irelia vs Graves

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

based on 4,562 Irelia vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
1.74
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our dataset, Irelia faced Graves in 4562 games. Including so many matchups for Irelia vs Graves gives us confidence in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a pro build to destroy Graves. This particular champ pairing is fairly uncommon. Irelia fights Graves in only 4.5% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a poor job of countering Graves. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Irelia against Graves matches, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Graves.

Best Irelia vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeRecurve Bow

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageTerminusSundered Sky

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
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Irelia vs Graves Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Graves Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.6
6.8
< Deaths >
5.7
4.6
< Assists >
7.4
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
212
< Minions Killed >
55
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
15,748
< Physical Damage >
17,669
6,074
< Magic Damage >
840
695
< True Damage >
1,751
22,518
< Damage Dealt >
20,261
31,187
< Damage Taken >
29,205
12,947
< Gold Earned >
12,852
2.28
< Towers >
1.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
10,878
< Total Healing >
13,714
15,118
< Experience >
14,461
17
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
6
116
< Time Dealing CC >
488

How to Counter Graves with Irelia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Irelia vs. Graves counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves..

Irelia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Graves. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Graves

Who is Better, Irelia or Graves?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Graves, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter for Graves.

While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Graves.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Graves.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Irelia, we analyzed 4,562 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 Graves 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia typically accumulates much more CS relative to Graves. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Graves build include Ravenous Hydra, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Graves than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Graves with this build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Graves as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Irelia vs Graves clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.

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