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How to Synergize Warwick and Irelia

based on 3,643 Warwick with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Warwick has gone into battle with Irelia in 3643 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are confident that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Warwick play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Warwick to play alongside Irelia on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.2% of matches with Warwick.

Warwick Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a dismal job of teaming up with Irelia. Usually, he wins a dismal 47.7% of matches the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Warwick when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Warwick vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Black CleaverThornmailJak'Sho, The ProteanSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Warwick and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Warwick with Irelia

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Warwick Irelia Synergy Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Irelia Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
6.9
< Assists >
6.9
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
40
< Minions Killed >
53
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.39
6,906
< Physical Damage >
7,595
8,438
< Magic Damage >
8,971
840
< True Damage >
824
16,184
< Damage Dealt >
17,391
39,201
< Damage Taken >
39,970
11,318
< Gold Earned >
11,570
1.26
< Towers >
1.37
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
21,364
< Total Healing >
21,569
12,876
< Experience >
13,215
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
292
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Play with Irelia as Warwick in LoL

The Warwick Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Warwick sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Irelia helps Warwick perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Warwick plays on the same team as Irelia, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Irelia does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Warwick is played with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Irelia.

Moreover, when Warwick plays with Irelia on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Warwick during team fights.

Synergies between Warwick and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Warwick
Irelia

Is Warwick better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no perfect ally for Warwick that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Irelia is a relatively poor ally for Warwick. By locking into the same side as Warwick, she lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 47.7%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Warwick and Irelia that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Irelia has a greater difficulty than Warwick. That means Warwick players need to be very careful when finding Irelia teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing together, Warwick players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Warwick and Irelia together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of magic damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Irelia teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Warwick and Irelia, we analyzed 3,643 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Warwick with Irelia comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Warwick to work well with Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to include in your Warwick and Irelia synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Warwick players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Warwick and Irelia synergy tips and stats for a a distinct division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all matches with data with both champions.