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What decides the top lane matchup: Irelia vs Renekton in League of Legends
What decides the top lane
A tactical read of the top lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Both are lane bully champions in this lane: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Irelia
top lane · Lane bully
Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through.
Irelia's Q resets off low-health minions, so a stacked wave is a highway to your face; thin waves cage her.
Renekton
top lane · Lane bully
He wins short trades levels two to five. Give up CS rather than fight at half fury.
Renekton's empowered W stun trade is close to unanswerable pre-6; farming through the bully phase is winning it, not losing it.
Irelia vs Renekton: Common Questions
- Who wins Irelia vs Renekton?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked top lane games of Irelia against Renekton to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Irelia: Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through. Renekton: He wins short trades levels two to five. Give up CS rather than fight at half fury.
- How do you play the Irelia Renekton matchup?
- Irelia and Renekton are both lane bully champions in the top lane matchup: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Irelia's Q resets off low-health minions, so a stacked wave is a highway to your face; thin waves cage her. Renekton's empowered W stun trade is close to unanswerable pre-6; farming through the bully phase is winning it, not losing it.
- What should I know about Renekton vs Irelia?
- Renekton and Irelia are both lane bully champions: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. What separates them is what each one does with it. Renekton: He wins short trades levels two to five. Give up CS rather than fight at half fury. Irelia: Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through.
- How do I beat Renekton as Irelia?
- Renekton's empowered W stun trade is close to unanswerable pre-6; farming through the bully phase is winning it, not losing it. He wins short trades levels two to five. Give up CS rather than fight at half fury. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Renekton you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.