Irelia vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Irelia
based on 1,955 Irelia vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Vex
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.
Irelia vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Irelia vs. Vex counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vex..
Irelia often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Vex. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Vex
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Who is Better, Irelia or Vex?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when playing against Vex, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes an ok counter to Vex.
While Irelia does have a lower win rate than Vex, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Vex.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Vex. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to counter Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Vex. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Irelia versus Vex build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Irelia included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Vex than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Vex with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Vex 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. Out of all the runes players used for Irelia vs Vex battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vex as Irelia are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.