Syndra vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Syndra
based on 2,313 Syndra vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Irelia
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Syndra against Irelia counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..
Syndra normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Irelia
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Who is Better, Syndra or Irelia?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when trying to fight Irelia, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a bad counter for Irelia.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Ireliaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Syndra versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Irelia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Irelia with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Irelia as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Syndra vs Irelia face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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