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How to Win Vayne vs Irelia Counter MatchupVayne is in the s tier of champions

Vayne vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Vayne in LoLVayne is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Vayne

based on 5,458 Vayne vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Vayne resulted from an analysis of 5458 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Vayne encounters Irelia in only 2.6% of her rounds.

Vayne vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Vayne has done a good job of countering Irelia. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.7% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Vayne against Irelia games, Vayne’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Vayne vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerVampiric Scepter

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonGuardian AngelPhantom DancerWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Vayne

Tips for Playing as Vayne against Irelia

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

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.

Vayne vs Irelia Counter Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Irelia Image
7.8
< Kills >
7.1
6.3
< Deaths >
7
5.8
< Assists >
5
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
163
< Minions Killed >
205
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
15,043
< Physical Damage >
15,560
1,513
< Magic Damage >
5,868
4,601
< True Damage >
749
21,159
< Damage Dealt >
22,177
21,276
< Damage Taken >
30,824
12,196
< Gold Earned >
12,770
2.33
< Towers >
2.27
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,973
< Total Healing >
10,309
12,918
< Experience >
14,896
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
69
< Time Dealing CC >
115

How to Counter Irelia with Vayne in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several influential Vayne vs. Irelia counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia..

Vayne usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vayne and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vayne
Irelia

Who is Better, Vayne or Irelia?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vayne usually wins when facing off against Irelia, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Vayne makes a good counter for Irelia.

While Vayne does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when facing one another, Vayne also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vayne into Ireliaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Vayne also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Irelia matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Vayne is a good counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vayne against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vayne

Vayne Loses Against

TeemoTeemo45.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.6% winrateTwisted FateTwisted Fate46.5% winrateFizzFizz46.5% winrate

Vayne Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.2% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.6% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.2% winrateKalistaKalista55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TrundleTrundle+ 53.6% 11628 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.9% 12421 GamesZacZac+ 54.1% 4551 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.7% 4442 Games

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Vayne, we analyzed 5,458 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 Vayne 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Vayne in order to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vayne often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Vayne versus Irelia build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Irelia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 52.7% when countering Irelia with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Irelia as Vayne, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Vayne vs Irelia LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.

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