Irelia

Irelia Build

the Blade Dancer

Role: Top Pick Rate: 4.4% Win Rate: 52.97%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ignite Ignite

Skill Priority

Q W E

Items

Start
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Core
Blade of The Ruined King Blade of The Ruined King
Plated Steelcaps Plated Steelcaps
Hullbreaker Hullbreaker
Late
Wit's End
Death's Dance
Guardian Angel

Runes

Most Played
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 94.6% · 52% WR
Triumph
Triumph 93.4% · 52% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 97.8% · 52% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 94.1% · 52.1% WR
Inspiration
Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades
Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 94.6% · 52% WR
Triumph
Triumph 93.4% · 52% WR
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity 97.8% · 52% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 94.1% · 52.1% WR
Inspiration
Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic
Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 41.73%
Bronze Bronze 49.04%
Silver Silver 49.23%
Gold Gold 49.79%
Platinum Platinum 51.09%
Emerald Emerald 51.79%
Diamond Diamond 52.15%
Master Master 52.51%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 53.67%
Challenger Challenger 59.02%
All Elos All Elos 51.96%

Best Counters and Matchups for Irelia

See all counters for Irelia

Top 5 Counters Against Irelia

Warwick
44.3% WR -1.9%
Malphite
Malphite Matchup detail
45.9% WR -1.0%
Master Yi
Master Yi Matchup detail
46.5% WR -3.0%
Jax
46.6% WR -2.0%
Shen
47.0% WR -0.3%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Irelia

Smolder
71.2% WR +16.1%
Ryze
62.8% WR +13.5%
Twisted Fate
Twisted Fate Matchup detail
60.6% WR +9.4%
Zed
59.5% WR +13.0%
Gwen
58.1% WR +8.3%

Patch History

V14.15
  • Stats Base health increased to 630 from 590. Base health regeneration reduced to 6 from 8.5.
V14.14
  • Stats Attack damage growth reduced to 3.5 from 4.
  • Ionian Fervor Attack speed per stack changed to 7.5% − 25% (based on level) from 7.5% − 20% (based on level). Now scales with every level. Maximum attack speed changed to 30% − 100% (based on level) from 30% − 80% (based on level).
  • Vanguard's Edge Bladesurge cooldown reduction reduced to 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 seconds from 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5.
V14.11
  • Stats Health growth reduced to 115 from 124.
V14.4
  • Divine Sword Irelia Bug Fix: Homeguard run VFX no longer appears to be more intense than intended.
  • Infiltrator Irelia Ionian Fervor Bug Fix: VFX of the blades now shifts color at maximum stacks.
V14.2
  • Bladesurge Bug Fix: Dash now properly resets if cast at max range and the target dies right before she arrives. Undocumented: Check rate for the reset to have been successful quadrupled to once every 0.0625 seconds from once every 0.25 seconds (resultingly every 2 game ticks instead of every 8 game ticks).
V13.18
  • Vanguard's Edge Cooldown reduced to 125 / 105 / 85 seconds from 140 / 120 / 100.
V12.16
  • Stats Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 4.2. Base magic resistance increased to 30 from 28.
V12.14
  • General Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.
V12.11
  • Bladesurge Heal increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11% AD.
  • Flawless Duet Cooldown reduced to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 590 from 520. Health growth increased to 124 from 110. Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Bladesurge Heal reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% AD.
V12.9
  • Ionian Fervor Bug Fix: No longer only grants stacks for champions hit when hitting champions and minions & monsters simultaneously.
V11.20
  • Ionian Fervor Bonus AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% bonus AD from 30%.
V11.19
  • Ionian Fervor Bug Fix: Blades VFX now properly changes color while at 4 stacks.
  • Bladesurge Bug Fix: No longer occasionally hits its target twice (thereby dealing its damage twice). Correction: This bug could still be reproduced in this patch and future ones. The bugfix did not prevent it from occuring completely.
V11.17
  • Bladesurge Heal AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20% AD.
V11.15
  • Defiant Dance Minimum AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50% AD. Maximum AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)120% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)150% AD. Base physical damage reduction reduced to 40% − 70% (based on level) from 40% − 80% (based on level). Base magic damage reduction reduced to 20% − 35% (based on level) from 20% − 40% (based on level).
V11.14
  • Stats Base health reduced to 520 from 580. Health growth increased to 110 from 95. Base magic resistance reduced to 28 from 32.
  • Ionian Fervor Maximum stacks reduced to 4 from 5. Bonus attack speed per stack changed to 7.5% − 20% (based on level) from 8% − 16% (based on level). Maximum bonus attack speed reduced to 30% − 80% (based on level) from 40% − 80% (based on level). Base damage reduced to 10 − 61 (based on level) from 15 − 66 (based on level). Bonus AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% bonus AD from 25%. Secondary resource bar (count of passive stacks) is now also visible to enemy players.
  • Bladesurge Base dash speed reduced to 1400 from 1500. Bonus minion damage changed to 55 − 259 (based on level) from 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135.
  • Defiant Dance Base physical damage reduction changed to 40% − 80% (based on level) from 50% at all levels. New Effect: Now reduces magic damage by 20% − 40% (based on level) (+ 3.5% per 100 AP). Maximum base damage increased to 30 / 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 from 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140. Maximum AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)150% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% AD. Maximum damage AP ratio increased to 120% AP from 80% AP.
  • Flawless Duet Missile travel time changed to 0.264 seconds at all distances from 0 to 0.396 seconds (based on distance). Removed: Can no longer be recast during cast-inhibiting crowd control.
  • Vanguard's Edge New Effect: Now passively reduces Bladesurge's cooldown by 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 seconds. This takes effect before ability haste.
V10.25
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 65 from 63.
  • Bladesurge Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
V10.23
  • Stats Mana growth increased to 50 from 30.
V10.19
  • Vanguard's Edge Barrage base damage increased to 125 / 250 / 375 from 125 / 225 / 325. Perimeter base damage increased to 125 / 250 / 375 from 125 / 200 / 275.
V10.15
  • Ionian Fervor Bonus attack speed per stack increased to 8% − 16% (based on level) from 8% − 12% (based on level).
V10.10
  • Flawless Duet Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.
V9.15
  • Flawless Duet Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would target incorrect positions in Howling Abyss and Summoner Rift's river.
V9.12
  • Flawless Duet Cooldown increased to 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12 seconds from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10. Target range reduced to 775 from 850.
V9.9
  • Frostblade Irelia Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where her moving blades did not play sounds during her Golden Chroma respawn animation.
V9.3
  • Stats Health growth increased to 95 from 85. Base armor increased to 36 from 34.
  • Ionian Fervor New Effect: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 5 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions and large and epic monsters refreshing the duration. Irelia gains 8 / 10 / 12% (based on level) bonus attack speed per stack, up to 40 / 50 / 60% (based on level). At maximum stacks, Irelia's basic attacks deal 15 − 66 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 25% bonus AD) bonus magic damage on-hit. Old Effect: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 4 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions and large and epic monsters refreshing the duration. Irelia's basic attacks deal 4 − 17 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 4% bonus AD) bonus magic damage per stack, up to 16 − 68 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 16% bonus AD). At maximum stacks, Irelia gains 30 / 40 / 50% (based on level) bonus attack speed.
  • Bladesurge Minion bonus damage increased to 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 from 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105.
  • Defiant Dance Base damage reduction increased to 50% from 40%. New Effect: Damage reduction now only applies to physical damage.
  • Flawless Duet Hitbox visuals are now easier to see.
V9.2
  • Ionian Fervor Removed: At 4 stacks, no longer deals 200% bonus damage to shields.
  • Bladesurge Removed: No longer deals double damage to minions. New Effect: Deals 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 bonus damage to minions.
  • Vanguard's Edge Wall duration reduced to 2.5 seconds at all ranks from 2.5 / 3 / 3.5. Removed: No longer disarms enemies passing through the wall for 1.5 seconds. Slow increased to 90% from 60%. Base wall damage increased to 125 / 200 / 275 from 75 / 125 / 175. Undocumented: Wall VFX no longer changes depending on whether Ionian Fervor is fully stacked or not.
V8.24
  • Defiant Dance Cooldown increased to 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12. Base damage reduction reduced to 40% from 50%. Removed: No longer grants 1 additional stack of Ionian Fervor.
  • Vanguard's Edge Bug Fix: Corrected interaction when casting Flash mid-cast. Skillshot now fires in target direction.
V8.21
  • Stats Base movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
V8.17
  • Bladesurge Minion increased damage increased to 100% from 70%.
V8.15
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 63 from 60. Base health increased to 580 from 550.
  • Ionian Fervor Base damage per stack increased to 4 − 17 (based on level) from 1 − 12 (based on level).
  • Bladesurge Target range reduced to 600 from 625. Base damage reduced to 5 / 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90. AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)60% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)70% AD.
  • Defiant Dance Base damage reduction changed to 50% at all ranks from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65%.
  • Flawless Duet Target range reduced to 850 from 900. Base damage reduced to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240. Removed: No longer deals 50% reduced damage against monsters.
  • Vanguard's Edge Target range reduced to 1000 from 1050.
V8.13
  • Ionian Fervor Base on-hit damage per stack reduced to 1 − 12 (based on level) from 2.5 − 16.5 (based on level). On-hit AD ratio per stack changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)4% bonus AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)2% − 4% (based on level) AD. Bonus attack speed increased to 30% / 40% / 50% (based on level) from 20% / 30% / 40% (based on level).
  • Defiant Dance Minimum base damage reduced to 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90. Minimum AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)60% AD. Maximum base damage reduced to 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 from 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180. Maximum AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)120% AD.
  • Flawless Duet Mark duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
  • Vanguard's Edge Mark duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
V8.9
  • Ionian Fervor New Effect: Duration now also refreshes when attacking large monsters.
V8.8
  • Stats Base armor increased to 34 from 31.
  • Bladesurge Bonus damage to minions increased to 70% from 60%.
  • Flawless Duet Bug Fix: No longer credits her for several minion kills with each cast.
  • Vanguard's Edge Cooldown increased to 140 / 120 / 100 seconds from 120 / 105 / 90. Missile base damage reduced to 125 / 225 / 325 from 150 / 275 / 400. Wall base damage reduced to 75 / 125 / 175 from 125 / 200 / 275.
V8.7 - April 5th Hotfix
  • Stats Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 63. Base armor reduced to 31 from 34. Base health reduced to 550 from 580.
  • Bladesurge AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)70% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)80% AD.
  • Flawless Duet Stun duration reduced to 0.75 seconds at all ranks from 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1 / 1.2.
  • Vanguard's Edge Disarm and slow duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.
V8.7 - Full Relaunch
  • General Title changed to the Blade Dancer from the Will of the Blades. Complete visual upgrade across all skins. New splash artwork for Original Irelia, Nightblade Irelia, Aviator Irelia, Infiltrator Irelia and Frostblade Irelia. Tweaked splash artwork for Order of the Lotus Irelia. New voice over. New lore.
  • Stats Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345. Base attack range increased to 200 from 125. Base attack damage reduced to 63 from 70. Base attack speed reduced to 0.656 from 0.665. Base health reduced to 580 from 607.2. Base mana increased to 350 from 338.8. Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1. Base mana regeneration reduced to 8 from 8.1. Attack speed growth reduced to 2.5% from 3.2%. Attack damage growth increased to 4 from 3.3. Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.75. Health growth reduced to 85 from 90. Mana growth reduced to 30 from 32. Health regeneration growth increased to 0.85 from 0.65. Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.8 from 0.65.
  • Ionian Fervor (Innate) Innate: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 4 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions refreshing the duration. Ionian Fervor: Irelia's basic attacks deal 2.5 − 16.5 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 2% − 4% (based on level) AD) bonus magic damage per stack. At maximum stacks, Irelia gains 20% / 30% / 40% (based on level) bonus attack speed and deals an additional 20 − 132 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 16% − 32% (based on level) AD) magic damage against shields.
  • Bladesurge (Q) Passive: Enemy champions and monsters hit by Flawless Duet and Vanguard's Edge's initial barrage are Damage to champions with H-28G Evolution Turrets or H-28Q Apex Turrets (Q)marked for 6 seconds. Active: Irelia dashes to the target enemy, dealing 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 80% AD) physical damage, applying on-hit effects and healing herself for Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20% AD. Bladesurge deals 60% increased damage to minions. Bladesurge's cooldown is refunded if the target was Damage to champions with H-28G Evolution Turrets or H-28Q Apex Turrets (Q)marked or dies to Bladesurge. Target Range: 625. Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds. Mana Cost: 20.
  • Defiant Dance (W) First Cast: Irelia aligns her blades around her, gaining 1 Ionian Fervor stack and channelling for X seconds, during which she reduces incoming damage by 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% (+ 10% per 100 AP). Defiant Dance cannot be interrupted. Second Cast: Irelia swipes with her blades in the target direction, dealing 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 60% AD) (+ 40% AP) physical damage to all enemies around her and in a line, increased by 0% − 100% (based on channel time), up to 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 120% AD) (+ 80% AP). The Second Cast activates automatically toward the cursor's direction at the end of the duration. Target Range: 825. Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds. Mana Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
  • Flawless Duet (E) Active: Irelia sends a blade to the target location for 3.5 seconds. While active, Irelia may re-activate Flawless Duet to send another blade toward another location. Once both blades have been placed and after a X-second delay, they fly toward each other, dealing 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 80% AP) magic damage and stunning enemies caught in the crossfire for 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 seconds. Monsters receive 50% reduced damage. If Irelia does not re-activate Flawless Duet the second blade will automatically be placed at her current location unless she is affected by crowd control. Target Range: 900. Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds. Mana Cost: 50.
  • Vanguard's Edge (R) Irelia launches a barrage of blades through a wide line in the target direction, exploding outwards upon hitting a champion, dealing 150 / 275 / 400 (+ 70% AP) magic damage to all enemies struck. The blades form into a spade-shaped perimeter around the explosion for a 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 seconds, knocking aside all enemies. Enemies that pass the blades are dealt 125 / 200 / 275 (+ 70% AP) magic damage, and are disarmed while being slowed by 60% for 2 seconds. Target Range: 1000. Cooldown: 120 / 105 / 90 seconds. Mana Cost: 100.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Irelia on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Irelia's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Irelia struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Irelia's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Irelia, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.