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Irelia vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Rek'Sai as Irelia

based on 511 Irelia vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our database, Irelia fought Rek'Sai 511 times. Including so many games with Irelia vs Rek'Sai provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce informative stats and a supported build to suppress Rek'Sai. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Irelia has to counter Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of her games.

Irelia vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a dismal job of countering Rek'Sai. Normally, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Irelia against Rek'Sai matches, Irelia’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Irelia vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sundered SkyWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Rek'Sai

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.

Advice to Win Against Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Irelia vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Rek'Sai Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.7
7.1
< Deaths >
6.3
5.1
< Assists >
8.2
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
206
< Minions Killed >
34
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.44
16,540
< Physical Damage >
14,406
6,058
< Magic Damage >
74
733
< True Damage >
3,940
23,332
< Damage Dealt >
18,421
31,320
< Damage Taken >
35,012
12,909
< Gold Earned >
11,901
2.44
< Towers >
1.41
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
10,789
< Total Healing >
16,809
14,783
< Experience >
13,315
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
6
112
< Time Dealing CC >
287

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Irelia in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some critical Irelia versus Rek'Sai counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai..

Irelia often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Irelia and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Irelia or Rek'Sai?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually loses when taking on Rek'Sai, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a poor counter for Rek'Sai.

While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Rek'Sai.

Moreover, Irelia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia

Irelia Loses Against

TaricTaric43.5% winrateNilahNilah45.3% winrateTrundleTrundle45.4% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth45.8% winrate

Irelia Wins Against

ZeriZeri56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.5% winrateHweiHwei55.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Irelia, we analyzed 511 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 Rek'Sai as Irelia 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

Irelia Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Irelia to counter Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia usually picks up much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Irelia versus Rek'Sai build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Rek'Sai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Rek'Sai as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Irelia vs Rek'Sai counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.

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