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How to Win Sejuani vs Irelia Counter MatchupSejuani is in the b tier of champions

Sejuani vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Sejuani in LoLSejuani is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Sejuani

based on 1,046 Sejuani vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.81
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Sejuani came out of an examination of 1046 ranked matches where both champs battled one another. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Sejuani encounters Irelia in only 2.7% of her rounds.

Sejuani vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sejuani has done a dismal job of countering Irelia. On average, she wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Sejuani vs Irelia games, Sejuani’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Sejuani vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Sejuani Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailFrozen Heart

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanKaenic RookernHollow RadianceForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sejuani to level upw
>
Second ability for Sejuani to level upq
>
Last skill for Sejuani to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Sejuani's passive ability p
Sejuani's q ability q
Sejuani's w ability w
Sejuani's e ability e
Sejuani's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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W
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Sejuani

Tips for Playing as Sejuani against Irelia

Melee allies can stack Frost for your Permafrost, keep an eye on who they are attacking.

Save Glacial Prison for encounters where you have teammates present to take advantage of it.

Use Arctic Assault to escape bad situations, interupt channeled spells or chase runners.

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.

Sejuani vs Irelia Counter Stats

Sejuani Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Irelia Image
4.1
< Kills >
7.1
5.4
< Deaths >
7
11.1
< Assists >
5.3
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
45
< Minions Killed >
201
1.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.48
7,034
< Physical Damage >
16,129
6,745
< Magic Damage >
6,291
974
< True Damage >
743
14,754
< Damage Dealt >
23,163
33,156
< Damage Taken >
30,788
10,672
< Gold Earned >
12,754
1.4
< Towers >
2.34
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
11,505
< Total Healing >
10,502
12,926
< Experience >
14,719
22
< Vision Score >
17
7
< Wards Placed >
8
493
< Time Dealing CC >
107

How to Counter Irelia with Sejuani in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Sejuani versus Irelia matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Sejuani’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sejuani may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Irelia. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Sejuani often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sejuani and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Sejuani
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sejuani
Irelia

Who is Better, Sejuani or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sejuani usually loses when taking on Irelia, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Sejuani makes a bad counter to Irelia.

While Sejuani does have a lower win rate compared to Irelia, when they face off with one another, Sejuani also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Sejuani into Irelia.

Additionally, Sejuani has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Sejuani vs Irelia matchups, Irelia 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 team fights.

Sejuani is a bad counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sejuani against Irelia.

Additional Information for Sejuani Players

How We Calculated Our Sejuani vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Sejuani, we analyzed 1,046 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 Sejuani 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sejuani in order to counter Irelia during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sejuani often racks up a lot less CS as Irelia. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Sejuani versus Irelia build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Sejuani combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Irelia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sejuani boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Irelia with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Irelia as Sejuani, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Sejuani vs Irelia counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Sejuani are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.