Viego vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Viego
based on 3,951 Viego vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Viego
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.
Viego vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Viego in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Viego against Irelia matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Viego often has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Irelia
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Who is Better, Viego or Irelia?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Viego makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Viego does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viego into Irelia.
Additionally, Viego also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Viego is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Viego against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viego to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Viego versus Irelia build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego included at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Irelia as Viego, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Viego vs Irelia clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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