Irelia vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Irelia
based on 7,215 Irelia vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Irelia vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some valuable Irelia against Yasuo counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Irelia often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Irelia or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a bad counter for Yasuo.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Irelia into Yasuo.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a bad counter to Yasuo. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Irelia versus Yasuo build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Yasuo than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Yasuo as Irelia, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Irelia vs Yasuo matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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