Jarvan IV vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Jarvan IV
based on 1,458 Jarvan IV vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Irelia
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Win Against Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Jarvan IV vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Jarvan IV against Irelia matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Irelia
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Irelia, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Irelia.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Irelia.
Moreover, Jarvan IV has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Irelia build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Irelia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Irelia as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Jarvan IV vs Irelia matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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