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What decides the mid lane matchup: Irelia vs Twisted Fate in League of Legends
What decides the mid lane
A tactical read of the mid 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.
Irelia
mid lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
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.
Twisted Fate
mid lane · Roaming assassin
Leaves the lane to kill somewhere else, so tracking and pings are worth more than the wave.
Shove him under tower so he can't roam, and back off whenever he goes missing after six.
Destiny at six turns any losing side lane into a 2v3; TF pays for his roams with a weak lane, so pressure is the tax.
Irelia vs Twisted Fate: Common Questions
- Who wins Irelia vs Twisted Fate?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Irelia against Twisted Fate 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. Twisted Fate: Shove him under tower so he can't roam, and back off whenever he goes missing after six.
- How do you play the Irelia Twisted Fate matchup?
- It is a mid lane matchup between a lane bully and a roaming assassin. Irelia's Q resets off low-health minions, so a stacked wave is a highway to your face; thin waves cage her. Destiny at six turns any losing side lane into a 2v3; TF pays for his roams with a weak lane, so pressure is the tax.
- What should I know about Twisted Fate vs Irelia?
- Twisted Fate is a roaming assassin: Leaves the lane to kill somewhere else, so tracking and pings are worth more than the wave. Irelia is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Twisted Fate: Shove him under tower so he can't roam, and back off whenever he goes missing after six. Irelia: Keep the wave thin. Her all-in scales with every minion she can dash through.
- How do I beat Twisted Fate as Irelia?
- Destiny at six turns any losing side lane into a 2v3; TF pays for his roams with a weak lane, so pressure is the tax. Shove him under tower so he can't roam, and back off whenever he goes missing after six. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Twisted Fate 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.