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How to Win Urgot vs Irelia Counter MatchupUrgot is in the s tier of champions

Urgot vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Urgot in LoLUrgot is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Urgot

based on 1,881 Urgot vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League matches every week. Within our dataset, Urgot engaged Irelia 1881 times. Including so many games with Urgot vs Irelia provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce enlightening data and a solid build to crush Irelia. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Urgot is forced to battle against Irelia in only 2.6% of his games.

Urgot vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Urgot has done a decent job of countering Irelia. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.1% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Urgot vs Irelia matches, Urgot’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Urgot vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPhage

Core Urgot Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverThornmail

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateYoumuu's GhostbladeSpear of ShojinDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Urgot's passive ability p
Urgot's q ability q
Urgot's w ability w
Urgot's e ability e
Urgot's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Urgot

Tips for Playing as Urgot against Irelia

Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.

Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage

Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.

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.

Urgot vs Irelia Counter Stats

Urgot Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Irelia Image
7.1
< Kills >
7.3
6
< Deaths >
6.9
5.2
< Assists >
5.3
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
181
< Minions Killed >
207
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.45
20,217
< Physical Damage >
15,274
194
< Magic Damage >
5,894
1,952
< True Damage >
723
22,363
< Damage Dealt >
21,891
28,079
< Damage Taken >
31,456
12,629
< Gold Earned >
12,984
2.63
< Towers >
2.26
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,083
< Total Healing >
10,619
15,400
< Experience >
15,141
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
9
254
< Time Dealing CC >
117

How to Counter Irelia with Urgot in LoL

The stats shown here show some significant Urgot against Irelia matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..

Urgot often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Urgot and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Urgot
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Urgot
Irelia

Who is Better, Urgot or Irelia?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Urgot usually wins when facing off against Irelia, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Urgot makes a good counter to Irelia.

While Urgot does have a higher winrate compared to Irelia, when on opposite teams, Urgot also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Urgot has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Irelia matchups, Urgot is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Urgot is a decent counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Urgot against Irelia.

Additional Information for Urgot Players

How We Calculated Our Urgot vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Urgot, we analyzed 1,881 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 Urgot 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 Urgot to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Urgot usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Urgot versus Irelia build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Thornmail. When Urgot incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Irelia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Urgot boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Irelia with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Irelia as Urgot, Urgot players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Urgot vs Irelia matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.

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