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How to Win Lulu vs Irelia Counter MatchupLulu is in the b tier of champions

Lulu vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Lulu in LoLLulu is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Lulu

based on 1,571 Lulu vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
3.16
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our data, Lulu fought Irelia in 1571 matches. With so many matchups for Lulu versus Irelia gives us faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a solid build to obliterate Irelia. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Lulu has to counter Irelia in only 2.7% of her matches.

Lulu vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a below average job of countering Irelia. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.5% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Lulu vs Irelia games, Lulu’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Lulu vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionMikael's BlessingMoonstone RenewerShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
>
Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Irelia as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Irelia

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

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.

Lulu vs Irelia Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Irelia Image
1.6
< Kills >
7
5.1
< Deaths >
6.8
14.5
< Assists >
5
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
27
< Minions Killed >
207
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.5
980
< Physical Damage >
15,549
5,546
< Magic Damage >
6,011
572
< True Damage >
686
7,099
< Damage Dealt >
22,247
16,070
< Damage Taken >
30,593
8,272
< Gold Earned >
12,802
2.09
< Towers >
2.47
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,170
< Total Healing >
10,564
10,685
< Experience >
14,859
58
< Vision Score >
17
25
< Wards Placed >
8
243
< Time Dealing CC >
110

How to Counter Irelia with Lulu in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several significant Lulu versus Irelia matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Lulu normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Irelia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lulu and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Irelia

Who is Better, Lulu or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually loses when taking on Irelia, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Lulu makes a poor counter to Irelia.

While Lulu does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lulu into Irelia.

Moreover, Lulu also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Lulu is a garbage counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lulu against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Lulu

Lulu Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateAniviaAnivia42% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune42.8% winrateZyraZyra42.9% winrate

Lulu Wins Against

GnarGnar53.7% winrateYuumiYuumi53.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee52.9% winrateKog'MawKog'Maw51.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Lulu, we analyzed 1,571 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 Irelia as Lulu 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Lulu versus Irelia build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Lulu combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Lulu had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Irelia with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Irelia as Lulu, Lulu players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Lulu vs Irelia LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

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