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Irelia vs Jayce

How to Beat Jayce as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Jayce as Irelia

based on 1,613 Irelia vs Jayce matchups
Win Rate
53.9 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our dataset, Irelia faced Jayce 1613 times. Including so many games with Irelia versus Jayce provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide useful stats and a pro build to annihilate Jayce. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Irelia has to counter Jayce in only 1.6% of her matches.

Irelia vs Jayce Matchup Summary

Irelia does a good job of countering Jayce. Typically, she wins a terrific 53.9% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Irelia versus Jayce rounds, Irelia’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Jayce.

Best Irelia vs Jayce Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyWit's EndExperimental 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
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Jayce

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 Jayce

Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.

Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.

If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.

Irelia vs Jayce Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
53.9 %
VS
Win Rate
46.1 %
Jayce Image
7.4
< Kills >
6.4
6.7
< Deaths >
6.6
4.9
< Assists >
6.6
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
212
< Minions Killed >
181
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.46
15,465
< Physical Damage >
18,994
5,816
< Magic Damage >
4,275
653
< True Damage >
707
21,935
< Damage Dealt >
23,977
31,468
< Damage Taken >
21,121
13,027
< Gold Earned >
12,017
2.44
< Towers >
2.31
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,987
< Total Healing >
2,685
15,165
< Experience >
14,421
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
111
< Time Dealing CC >
130

How to Counter Jayce with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several significant Irelia vs. Jayce counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..

Irelia usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Jayce

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Jayce
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Jayce

Who is Better, Irelia or Jayce?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when facing off against Jayce, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a great counter for Jayce.

While Irelia does have a higher winrate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Irelia into Jayce.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Jayce 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 team members during teamfights.

Irelia is a great counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Jayce.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Jayce Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jayce as Irelia, we analyzed 1,613 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 Jayce 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

To truly master Irelia in order to counter Jayce during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jayce. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Irelia versus Jayce build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Jayce than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 53.9% when countering Jayce with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Jayce as Irelia, you 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 runes players used for Irelia vs Jayce matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.

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