The ultimate Irelia guide - the blade goddess!
Irelia ultimate guide (latest patch) - bringing misery to any enemy with your blades!
Summoner Spells:
Flash: This is a must-have for most champions, providing an instant gap closer or escape tool.
Teleport: This spell allows Irelia to have a global presence, helping her to return to lane quickly, join team fights, or apply pressure on other parts of the map.
Irelia runes
Primary Path - Precision:
Conqueror: This Keystone Rune synergizes well with Irelia's ability to stack up quick attacks, providing bonus damage and healing.
Presence of Mind: This rune helps with mana sustain, especially after takedowns.
Legend: Alacrity: This rune provides additional attack speed, which is crucial for Irelia's damage output.
Last Stand: This rune increases your damage as your health gets lower, synergizing well with Irelia's tendency to fight to the death.
Secondary Path - Inspiration:
Cosmic Insight: This rune provides cooldown reduction, which is beneficial for Irelia's abilities.
Biscuit Delivery: This rune provides additional sustain in lane.
Irelia items build:
Starting Items:
Against safe laners: Cull and Health Potion
Without Inspiration: Doran's Blade and Health Potion
Core Items:
Blade of the Ruined King
Wit's End
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Frozen Heart
Force of Nature
Ability Skill Order:
Q - Bladesurge: Level 1, 7, 10, 12, 13
W - Defiant Dance: Level 3, 4, 5, 8, 9
E - Flawless Duet: Level 2, 14, 15, 17, 18
R - Vanguard's Edge: Level 6, 11, 16
General Playstyle:
Irelia is a champion that excels in extended fights due to her ability to reset her Q, Bladesurge, and her passive, Ionian Fervor, which grants her attack speed and bonus damage. She is a strong duelist and can also be very effective in team fights due to her ultimate, Vanguard's Edge.
Farming:
Irelia's Q, Bladesurge, resets on minion kills, making it a crucial tool for farming. It's important to manage the minion wave to ensure you can use your Q effectively for both farming and trading.
Laning Phase:
In the early game, focus on farming and stacking your passive. You can look for trades when your passive is fully stacked. Use your Q to dodge enemy abilities and to engage/disengage.
Mid and Late Game:
In the mid to late game, Irelia can split push effectively due to her strong 1v1 potential. However, she is also very useful in team fights. Look to flank the enemy team and use your ultimate to disrupt and deal damage.
Team Fights:
In team fights, aim to hit as many enemies as possible with your ultimate. Use your Q to dash around the fight, focusing on squishy targets in the backline.
Objectives:
For Dragon and Baron, Irelia can provide good DPS due to her passive and Q resets. She can also use her ultimate to zone enemies or turn the fight.
Matchups:
The documents provided some information on matchups. For example, Akali is considered a threat after level 6, but Irelia can win the lane before that. It's important to gain as much advantage as possible before Akali reaches level 6.
Synergies:
Alistar is mentioned as an ideal synergy with Irelia, providing team fight setups and frontline.
Remember, this guide is a general overview and your playstyle may need to adapt based on the specific game situation and enemy team composition. Good luck!
This was Irelia’s ultimate guide for the latest patch.
