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Irelia vs Rakan

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

based on 2,928 Irelia vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
1.74
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Irelia resulted from an examination of 2928 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Irelia has to counter Rakan in only 2.9% of her games.

Irelia vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia does a poor job of beating Rakan. On average, she wins a lowly 48.4% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Irelia versus Rakan matches, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Irelia vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

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

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSterak's GageSundered SkyExperimental 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

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Irelia vs Rakan Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Rakan Image
6.8
< Kills >
1.5
6.8
< Deaths >
5.1
5
< Assists >
14.5
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
204
< Minions Killed >
32
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.49
15,362
< Physical Damage >
1,242
5,891
< Magic Damage >
4,948
721
< True Damage >
794
21,975
< Damage Dealt >
6,985
29,913
< Damage Taken >
19,162
12,506
< Gold Earned >
8,163
2.18
< Towers >
1.8
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
10,220
< Total Healing >
5,821
14,541
< Experience >
10,295
16
< Vision Score >
63
8
< Wards Placed >
30
110
< Time Dealing CC >
181

How to Counter Rakan with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some strategic Irelia versus Rakan matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Irelia typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Rakan

Who is Better, Irelia or Rakan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when trying to fight Rakan, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a bad counter to Rakan.

While Irelia does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Rakan.

Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Rakan.

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 Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Irelia, we analyzed 2,928 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 Rakan 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 Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to counter Rakan during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia typically picks up much more CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Rakan build include Ravenous Hydra, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Rakan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Rakan with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rakan as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Irelia vs Rakan counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.

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