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Irelia

How to beat Irelia

Common role: Top / Mid

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

Best counters vs Irelia

Champions with the highest win rate against Irelia on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.

  1. 1OlafOlaf63.3%73 games
  2. 2IllaoiIllaoi60.5%86 games
  3. 3WukongWukong62.5%39 games
  4. 4JaxJax57.6%310 games
  5. 5VolibearVolibear57.7%151 games
  6. 6MalphiteMalphite56.9%305 games
  7. 7TryndamereTryndamere56.3%125 games
  8. 8UrgotUrgot55.8%97 games

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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

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

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

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.

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