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Irelia Build 26.22

Irelia snowballs on tempo: her Q dashes to any target and refreshes off kills, so a good fight is her blinking through minions and champions faster than you can lock her down. The catch is her stun, Flawless Duet only lands if the enemy gets caught between the two blades, so a whiffed E leaves her exposed for a full rotation. She wants to stack her passive to max attack speed and simply shred. Playable but nothing scary at 49.9% and on the way down, she is a snowball duelist who is terrifying ahead and workable behind, so play the early game tight.

#64 of 128 top this patch · 3.5k games

Win rate49.9%−0.6Games3.5kPick rate4.4%Ban rate11.8%Last 8 patches−0.3 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 24%AD 71%True 4%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 49.9% WR

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.2%AhriMidA51.0%AkaliMidB49.6%AkshanMidC49.2%AlistarSupportS53.1%AmbessaTopC48.0%AmumuJungleB49.9%AniviaMidB50.5%AnnieMidA51.8%ApheliosAD CarryB49.4%AsheAD CarryB49.4%Aurelion SolMidA52.0%AuroraMidA51.3%AzirMidD47.7%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleA52.4%BlitzcrankSupportS52.3%BrandSupportC48.8%BraumSupportA51.1%BriarJungleB50.4%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.4%CassiopeiaMidC49.2%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.8%DariusTopB50.4%DianaJungleB49.7%Dr. MundoTopA51.5%DravenAD CarryA51.3%EkkoMidA52.2%EliseJungleC49.1%EvelynnJungleA51.3%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.1%FioraTopA52.0%FizzMidB50.2%GalioMidB50.4%GangplankTopA52.0%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopB49.4%GragasTopB49.5%GravesJungleB49.7%GwenTopB49.6%HecarimJungleA51.5%HeimerdingerTopA51.7%HweiMidA51.6%IllaoiTopC48.8%IreliaTopB49.9%IvernJungleB50.5%JannaSupportA51.1%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopD47.2%JhinAD CarryB50.3%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.0%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.9%KalistaAD CarryC49.2%KarmaSupportC48.0%KarthusJungleC49.0%KassadinMidA52.1%KatarinaMidS52.4%KayleTopA51.5%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.1%Kha'ZixJungleB49.7%KindredJungleA51.5%KledTopA51.7%Kog'MawAD CarryB50.8%LeBlancMidS52.5%Lee SinJungleC48.2%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA51.8%LissandraMidB50.0%LockeMidC48.8%LucianAD CarryC48.9%LuluSupportB49.4%LuxSupportC48.9%MalphiteTopA51.2%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA51.9%Master YiJungleB49.4%MelMidD47.5%MilioSupportC49.1%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.5%MordekaiserTopA51.3%MorganaSupportA51.5%NaafiriJungleB50.4%NamiSupportB50.0%NasusTopC49.1%NautilusSupportB50.2%NeekoSupportC48.2%NidaleeJungleA51.5%NilahAD CarryS54.1%NocturneJungleB50.1%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.0%OlafTopB49.9%OriannaMidD47.2%OrnnTopB50.7%PantheonTopA50.9%PoppySupportS53.5%PykeSupportB50.4%QiyanaJungleD47.2%QuinnTopD47.5%RakanSupportS52.5%RammusJungleS+55.5%Rek'SaiJungleA51.7%RellSupportA51.9%Renata GlascSupportC49.2%RenektonTopB49.5%RengarJungleC48.9%RivenTopB50.5%RumbleTopC48.6%RyzeMidD46.1%SamiraAD CarryB50.4%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.3%SeraphineSupportB49.8%SettTopS52.6%ShacoJungleB49.9%ShenTopS52.6%ShyvanaJungleS53.4%SingedTopA51.8%SionTopA51.6%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleS53.1%SmolderAD CarryA51.0%SonaSupportA51.6%SorakaSupportA51.2%SwainSupportB50.4%SylasMidC48.1%SyndraMidB49.7%Tahm KenchSupportD47.7%TaliyahJungleA51.3%TalonJungleA51.2%TaricSupportA51.6%TeemoTopA50.8%ThreshSupportA50.8%TristanaAD CarryB49.6%TrundleTopD47.7%TryndamereTopB50.1%Twisted FateMidB49.9%TwitchAD CarryB49.8%UdyrJungleB50.9%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.6%VayneAD CarryA51.6%VeigarMidC48.0%Vel'KozSupportS52.5%VexMidS52.5%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleC48.8%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.5%VolibearTopB49.7%WarwickJungleA52.0%WukongJungleB50.5%XayahAD CarryS53.0%XerathMidA52.0%Xin ZhaoJungleS52.6%YasuoMidC48.3%YoneTopC47.9%YorickTopC48.1%YunaraAD CarryC49.2%YuumiSupportC48.5%ZaahenTopB50.2%ZacJungleA51.8%ZedMidC48.8%ZeriAD CarryA51.9%ZiggsAD CarryA51.5%ZileanSupportA51.5%ZoeMidA52.3%ZyraSupportB50.4%

LoL ClassicSee how Irelia was built in the classic eraIrelia Classic Build

When Is Irelia Strongest?

The mid-game item window is the high point of the curve, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Irelia wins by snowballing skirmishes into a stat lead, so use the strong window to pick fights she can win, stack her passive, and turn every reset into map pressure before enemies out-scale her.

Game timeline · Irelia drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:27

Ambush zone8:06–9:36 Power spike 11:36

11:58

11:36

11:58

19:08

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 67/100 · Strong

Core 2/3 items

Gold ~5.6k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Hullbreaker · 19:08

Irelia Item Build

Irelia is a snowballing skirmisher who spirals out of control once she gets a few kills and her passive stacks running. The build blends attack speed, on-hit damage, and bruiser stats so her dashes reset, her blades ramp, and each trade fuels the next.

Standard loadout · Irelia The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Blade×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps70% · 50.4%

Mercury's Treads30% · 50.8%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.W

Wit's End1.3k51.1%M

Maw of Malmortius11340.7%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.G

Guardian Angel37057.0%F

Frozen Heart5954.2%R

Randuin's Omen10054.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.T

Terminus18252.2%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens42356.5%F

Farsight Alteration1.1k52.8%S

Stealth Ward2.0k46.9%

Best Irelia Runes

Conqueror is the standard keystone, and it clicks with how Irelia fights, stacking up over a drawn-out duel as her attack speed climbs. Her damage is built on landing hit after hit, so a keystone that ramps with sustained combat rewards exactly that pattern. Round out the runes for the survivability that keeps her swinging through the extended trades she wants.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Triumph95% · 49.8%

Legend: Alacrity98% · 50.1%

Last Stand95% · 50.0%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Bone Plating32% · 48.9%

Unflinching25% · 48.7%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Blade of The Ruined King into Hullbreaker, the item her whole kit is waiting on. The power is up front, so snowball while the lead is fresh. Once Hullbreaker comes online by roughly 19 minutes, her stacked attack speed and Q resets turn every skirmish into a bladestorm she usually walks out of, and dueling almost anyone becomes favorable. Play for that timing and dodge coinflip fights before you reach it.

Irelia Skill Order

Flawless Duet grabs level 2 for the stun and then goes quiet until 14. Bladesurge covers 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9, and Defiant Dance takes the rest of the early curve at 3, 8, 10, 12 and 13.

Skill order · Irelia R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W38101113max 13

E214151618max 18

R61217max 17

Irelia Abilities

Look past the resets and you find Defiant Dance, a charged swing that cuts the physical damage she takes while she holds it. Vanguard's Edge then throws up a blade wall that damages and slows anyone crossing it after the marks land.

Abilities · Ireliapatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Ionian FervorPassiveP

BladesurgeMax 1stQ

Defiant DanceMax 2ndW

Flawless DuetMax lastE

Vanguard's EdgeUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

BladesurgePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+20 per rank+80% ADlv 15lv 425lv 545lv 765lv 985Cooldown-1 per ranklv 110slv 49slv 58slv 77slv 96sConstant at every rankCost15same at all ranks

Irelia Base Stats

Base stats · IreliaPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD65+3.5AS0.656+2.5%MS335Range200HP630+115HP53.5+0.85Armor36+4.7MR30+2.05MP350+50MP58+0.8

Irelia Matchups

Irelia has a rough time against long-range pokers and disengage who whittle her down before she can stack her passive and stick to a target. She thrives against immobile melee laners who give her marks to dash onto and cannot escape once she gets rolling.

Lane matchups · Irelia click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs bruisers 01Short trade with Q auto then W to survive their return damage.02Build armor and push waves to force them off vision control.03Scale to your item spikes then dive with R and E stun. Win rate by game lengthIrelia overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min54.4%20–28 min55.4%28–35 min44.2%Over 35 min44.2%

Respect Tryndamere, Kayle, and Shen, the ranged laners and poke champions who chip Irelia down and deny her the all-in her Q needs a target for. Farm carefully, wait for a mistake to Q onto, and do not force the engage without your stun ready. She runs down Yorick, Yone, and Gragas in melee, so once you have a lead, roam and use those Q resets to snowball fights across the map.

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