Yasuo with Irelia
How to Synergize Yasuo and Irelia
based on 3,750 Yasuo with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Irelia Synergy Summary
Best Yasuo vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Irelia
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo 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, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Yasuo perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yasuo tries to synergize with Irelia, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Irelia does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Irelia. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Irelia.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Irelia on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Yasuo in teamfights.
Synergies between Yasuo and Irelia
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no ideal companion for Yasuo that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Irelia is a below average teammate for Yasuo. By being on the same side as Yasuo, she decreases their win rate by -2.1% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Yasuo and Irelia that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Irelia has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Irelia allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Yasuo players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Yasuo and Irelia together, you may not be providing your team a lot of utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Irelia ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to pair well with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to build first in your Yasuo and Irelia synergy build include Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Irelia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 48.5% helping carry Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Irelia with Yasuo are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.