# Irelia Counters Who counters Irelia? Best and worst picks against Irelia by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Irelia in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) ## Page Content [Irelia guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) [Play against Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/how-to-play-against/) [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) Best and worst picks against Irelia in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Warwick, Tahm Kench and Zaahen beat Irelia most often. Tryndamere, Sett and Trundle win the laning phase against Irelia by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Irelia Highest win rate versus Irelia in Top. - 1 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 272 games 59.9% - 2 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 268 games 58.2% - 3 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 338 games 57.7% - 4 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 287 games 56.5% - 5 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 387 games 55.8% - 6 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 516 games 55.4% - 7 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 786 games 55.3% - 8 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 137 games 54.7% - 9 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 738 games 54.6% - 10 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 1,027 games 53.8% - 11 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 982 games 53.5% - 12 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 397 games 53.4% - 13 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 303 games 53.1% - 14 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 633 games 53.1% - 15 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 859 games 52.7% ## Worst picks against Irelia Lowest win rate versus Irelia in Top. - 1 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 110 games 41.8% - 2 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 190 games 42.1% - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 630 games 42.5% - 4 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 122 games 42.6% - 5 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 184 games 44.6% - 6 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 252 games 45.2% - 7 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 539 games 45.8% - 8 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 381 games 45.9% - 9 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 600 games 46.5% - 10 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 163 games 46.6% - 11 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 326 games 47.2% - 12 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 727 games 48.4% - 13 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 937 games 48.6% - 14 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 290 games 48.6% - 15 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 227 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Irelia Largest gold lead over Irelia at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 123 games +337 - 2 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 374 games +243 - 3 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 112 games +183 - 4 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 148 games +76 - 5 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 181 games +47 - 6 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 322 games +34 ## How to play against Irelia Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Thin low-health minions before trading so Q resets cannot carry her into you. - Back away when passive stacks are full; punish only after she spends Q or E on the wave. - Avoid fighting her inside large minion waves in side lanes; clear the wave first, then collapse. - Hold disengage for her R or E entry instead of spending it on poke. - Peel the first target she marks and deny Q resets with shields, CC, or spacing. ## Where Irelia is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Irelia needs low-health minions and passive stacks to chain dashes, so cleared waves limit her access. - Her engage is committed once resets end, making layered crowd control effective after she dives forward. ## Irelia counters: questions ### Who counters Irelia in Top? At Gold+, Warwick (59.9%), Tahm Kench (58.2%) and Zaahen (57.7%) have the highest win rates against Irelia. ### Who does Irelia counter? Irelia wins most often against Riven (41.8%), Vayne (42.1%) and Naafiri (42.5%). ### Who wins lane against Irelia? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Tryndamere (+337), Sett (+243) and Trundle (+183) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Irelia. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Tryndamere counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/counters/) - [Sett counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)