Irelia vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Irelia
based on 1,954 Irelia vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Irelia vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Irelia versus Gwen counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Irelia normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Gwen
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Who is Better, Irelia or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a great counter for Gwen.
While Irelia does have a higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into Gwen.
Moreover, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Gwen matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a great counter to Gwen. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Irelia versus Gwen build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Gwen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 53.1% battling Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gwen 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. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Irelia vs Gwen matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.1% win rate overall.
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