Irelia vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Irelia
based on 1,427 Irelia vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Irelia vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Irelia against Sivir matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sivir..
Irelia often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Sivir
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Who is Better, Irelia or Sivir?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when trying to fight Sivir, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a great counter for Sivir.
While Irelia does have a higher winrate compared to Sivir, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Irelia into Sivir.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Sivir matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Irelia is a great counter for Sivir. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically gets a similar amount of CS as Sivir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Sivir build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Sivir than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Sivir 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Irelia vs Sivir counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.7% win rate overall.
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