How to beat Irelia

Common role: Top / Mid

A snowballing skirmisher who dashes through minions and stuns with her flag.

What makes Irelia dangerous

Irelia resets her Q dash on marked units and low-health targets, weaving in and out of fights while healing. Her W blocks damage while charging, and her ultimate is a wall of blades that damages and sets up a stun (E). Once she snowballs and hits her item spikes, she duels almost anyone and dives the backline.

How to play against Irelia

• 1Deny her Q resets: don't let her last-hit low minions with Q, and avoid fighting when she can dash to marks. A resource-starved Irelia is stuck in place.
• 2Dodge her E stun — she throws her flag, then dashes to it to stun everyone between. Break the line or sidestep and her all-in loses its lockdown.
• 3Her W blocks damage while she channels it. Don't dump your burst into her W — bait it, then trade while it's on cooldown.
• 4Punish her weak early game before her items. Irelia is mediocre at levels 1-5; trade hard and deny her the lead she needs to snowball.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Weak early game before item spikes.
• ✓Falls off if denied Q resets and kills.
• ✓E stun is dodgeable — break the flag line.
• ✓Squishy skirmisher; hard CC and burst punish her.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Irelia's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Ferveur ionienne

  Quand Irelia frappe des ennemis avec ses compétences, elle gagne un bonus de vitesse d'attaque cumulable. Au maximum d'effets cumulés, elle gagne aussi des dégâts à l'impact supplémentaires.

• Q
  Rush fatal

  Irelia fonce vers l'avant pour frapper sa cible tout en récupérant des PV. Si la cible était marquée ou si elle est tuée par Rush fatal, le délai de récupération de la compétence est annulé.

  Strong: dashes and resets on marked/low units, weaving through fights. Weak: no valid target means no dash — deny her Q resets and she's stuck.

• W
  Danse de défi

  Irelia charge une attaque. Plus la charge dure longtemps, plus les dégâts augmentent. Irelia subit moins de dégâts physiques pendant la charge.

  Strong: blocks damage while she channels it. Weak: don't dump burst into it — bait it, then trade while it's on cooldown.

• E
  Duo parfait

  Irelia envoie deux lames qui volent ensuite l'une vers l'autre. Les ennemis pris entre les lames sont blessés, étourdis et marqués.

  Strong: throws a flag and dashes to it to stun everyone between. Weak: break the line or sidestep and her all-in loses its lockdown.

• R
  Pointe de l'avant-garde

  Irelia tire un grand nombre de lames qui se dispersent en touchant un champion ennemi. Les ennemis touchés par les lames sont blessés et marqués. Les lames forment ensuite un mur qui blesse et ralentit les ennemis qui le traversent.

Itemization

Irelia is AD with true-damage passive and healing. Grievous Wounds cuts her sustain, Plated Steelcaps and armor blunt her, and hard CC that isn't blocked by her W shuts down her all-in. Ranged laners should abuse her before level 6.

This guide covers Irelia's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.