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Irelia vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Irelia

based on 4,283 Irelia vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Irelia faced off against Kai'Sa 4283 times. With so many matchups for Irelia vs Kai'Sa provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a supported build to suppress Kai'Sa. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Irelia has to counter Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her matches.

Irelia vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Irelia has done a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a terrific 53.3% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Irelia versus Kai'Sa matches, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best Irelia vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Blade of The Ruined KingTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageTerminusTrinity Force

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 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
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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 Kai'Sa as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Irelia vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Kai'Sa Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.6
6.9
< Deaths >
6.2
5.1
< Assists >
6.3
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
207
< Minions Killed >
180
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
16,014
< Physical Damage >
11,916
6,008
< Magic Damage >
7,911
742
< True Damage >
525
22,764
< Damage Dealt >
20,353
30,936
< Damage Taken >
19,725
12,918
< Gold Earned >
12,421
2.39
< Towers >
2.04
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
10,657
< Total Healing >
4,270
15,063
< Experience >
12,740
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
112
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Irelia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Irelia against Kai'Sa matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa..

Irelia often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Irelia or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a great counter for Kai'Sa.

While Irelia does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into Kai'Sa.

Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Kai'Sa 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Irelia is a great counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Kai'Sa.

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 Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Irelia, we analyzed 4,283 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 Kai'Sa 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

Irelia Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Irelia versus Kai'Sa build include Blade of The Ruined King, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Kai'Sa than with many other common builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Kai'Sa with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Kai'Sa as Irelia, you 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 builds players chose for Irelia vs Kai'Sa fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.3% winrate overall.

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