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Irelia vs Jhin

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How to Beat Jhin as Irelia

based on 11,270 Irelia vs Jhin matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
1.73
Pick Rate
11.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Jhin as Irelia resulted from an evaluation of 11270 ranked games where both champs fought each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly common. Irelia has to counter Jhin in 11.1% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Jhin Matchup Summary

Irelia does a ok job of beating Jhin. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.8% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Irelia versus Jhin rounds, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Jhin.

Best Irelia vs Jhin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowRanduin's OmenSterak's GageKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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Q
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Jhin

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 Jhin

Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!

Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.

Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.

Irelia vs Jhin Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Jhin Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.8
7
< Deaths >
5.4
4.8
< Assists >
8
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
209
< Minions Killed >
173
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.48
16,562
< Physical Damage >
18,822
6,298
< Magic Damage >
1,051
766
< True Damage >
470
23,627
< Damage Dealt >
20,343
31,783
< Damage Taken >
18,746
13,050
< Gold Earned >
12,313
2.33
< Towers >
2.17
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
10,926
< Total Healing >
4,921
15,206
< Experience >
12,881
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
114
< Time Dealing CC >
145

How to Counter Jhin with Irelia in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Irelia against Jhin matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..

Irelia normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Jhin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Jhin

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Jhin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Jhin

Who is Better, Irelia or Jhin?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jhin, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes an ok counter to Jhin.

While Irelia does have a lower win rate compared to Jhin, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Jhin.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Jhin.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Jhin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jhin as Irelia, we analyzed 11,270 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 Jhin 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 Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind 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 typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jhin. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Jhin build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Jhin than with many other common builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Jhin with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Jhin as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Irelia vs Jhin counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.

If you want to get Irelia x Jhin tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and guides given are calculated using every match with data with both champions.