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How to Win Irelia vs Shen Counter MatchupIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia vs Shen

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

based on 1,712 Irelia vs Shen matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
1.61
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Shen as Irelia resulted from an examination of 1712 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Shen in only 1.7% of her games.

Irelia vs Shen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a dismal job of beating Shen. On average, she wins a lowly 47.9% of games the champions face each other in. In Irelia against Shen games, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Shen.

Best Irelia vs Shen 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 KingTerminusDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSterak's GageSundered SkyWit's End

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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Shen as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Shen

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 Shen

Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.

Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.

Irelia vs Shen Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Shen Image
6.5
< Kills >
4.4
7.1
< Deaths >
4.8
4.9
< Assists >
10.7
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.04
203
< Minions Killed >
126
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.45
15,817
< Physical Damage >
7,856
6,110
< Magic Damage >
7,017
682
< True Damage >
1,225
22,610
< Damage Dealt >
16,099
30,997
< Damage Taken >
28,910
12,491
< Gold Earned >
10,152
2.18
< Towers >
1.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
10,468
< Total Healing >
3,950
14,523
< Experience >
13,951
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
114
< Time Dealing CC >
325

How to Counter Shen with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some valuable Irelia versus Shen counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shen. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.

Irelia often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Shen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Shen

Who is Better, Irelia or Shen?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually loses when facing off against Shen, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a bad counter to Shen.

While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Shen, when facing one another, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Irelia into Shen.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Irelia is a terribly counter for Shen. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Shen.

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Shen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shen as Irelia, we analyzed 1,712 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 Shen 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 Shen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually accumulates more CS relative to Shen. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Irelia versus Shen build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Shen with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating Shen as Irelia, you should take 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 Shen counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shen as Irelia are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.