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
  アイオニアの熱情

  敵にスキルを当てるとスタックを獲得する。スタック数に応じて増加攻撃速度を獲得し、最大スタックになると通常攻撃時に追加ダメージを付与する。

• Q
  瞬刃

  前方にダッシュして対象を攻撃し、自身の体力を回復する。これによって対象をキルするか、対象がマークされていた場合は、「瞬刃」のクールダウンが解消される。

  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
  不屈の舞

  チャージ攻撃を行う。チャージ時間が長いほど、与えるダメージが増加する。チャージ中は被物理ダメージが減少する。

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

• E
  無欠の連舞

  2枚の刃を飛ばす。これらの刃は互いの方向に飛んで収束する。2枚の刃に挟まれた敵はダメージとスタン効果を受けてマークされる。

  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
  先陣の刃

  大量の刃を飛ばす。刃は敵チャンピオンに当たると放射状に広がり、当たった敵はダメージを受けてマークされる。その後、刃が壁を形成し、この壁を越えた敵はダメージとスロウ効果を受ける。

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.