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
  艾欧尼亚热诚

  当艾瑞莉娅用技能命中敌人时，她会获得可叠加的攻击速度加成。这个效果在满层时还会为艾瑞莉娅提供攻击附伤。

• Q
  利刃冲击

  艾瑞莉娅向前突进以打击她的目标，并治疗自身。如果目标被标记或死于利刃冲击，那么它的冷却时间会刷新。

  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
  距破之舞

  艾瑞莉娅开始蓄力以进行一次打击，蓄力越久则打击造成的伤害越多。在蓄力期间她所受的物理伤害降低。

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

• E
  比翼双刃

  艾瑞莉娅放出两柄相互聚拢的利刃。利刃之间被击中的敌人会受到伤害、晕眩效果并被标记。

  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
  先锋之刃

  艾瑞莉娅发射庞大数量的利刃，它们会在命中一名敌方英雄时向外爆开。被利刃命中的敌人会受到伤害并被标记。然后利刃会形成一道刃墙，在敌人穿过时造成伤害、和减速效果。

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.