- The Will of The Blades -

Abilities

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★ Alternate Runes ★

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★ Warlord's Bloodlust 18-0-12 ★

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Warlord's Bloodlust works extremely well with Irelia in conjunction with her abilities and the items she purchases. If you are lower health than your opponent, you are guaranteed a stun from Equilibrium Strike. After you stun your opponent you should have ample to time to regenerate a large proportion of your health with your Hiten Style and Warlord's Bloodlust . This effect is accentuated further with purchases such as Blade of the Ruined King, Spirit Visage and Maw of Malmortius.

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Insight is well suited towards Irelia as the nature of the top lane role is isolated from the rest of the map, being able to Flash and Teleport more often enables to to make more plays such as Flash + Equilibrium Strike or Teleport to baron, dragon and gank the bottom lane.

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Fury 's added attack speed is a great addition to Irelia's potency to skirmish and battle in any instance. You often weave a lot of auto attacks with your Hiten Style and therefore the attack speed allows you to increase overall DPS.

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Fresh Blood is better suited towards this tree as you are going to be much more aggressive when using Warlord's Bloodlust . The added initial bonus of damage is a small, but noticeable benefit when attempting to jump squishy targets, and is the best option for this type of playstyle.

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Natural Talent provides a nice extra boost of Attack Damage and Ability Power. The added Attack Damage is always welcome to her kit, and the ability power gives a small buff to her Equilibrium Strike.

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Battle Trance synergizes well with Irelia's playstyle. She's a very sticky champion with her Bladesurge and Equilibrium Strike, meaning you should be in a fight for over five seconds at a time. By doing so allows you to maximize damage output over a prolonged fight.

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Battering Blows interacts nicely with Irelia's kit as she is heavily AD reliant. The added armor penetration enables you to fight tanks and bruisers more effectively, as well as burst squishy targets faster.

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Unyielding grants Irelia a welcome bonus of armor and magic penetration. These stats are vitally important to Irelia's playstyle as she has to get into the thick of things in order to be effective. What separates a good Irelia player from a great one is their ability to plan escape routes after engaging. This requires knowledge of how much damage you can take and how survivable you are.

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Tough Skin is nice for any melee champion to have, especially Irelia as she always has to be next to her opponent to use her kit effectively. This often means she has to be in the minion wave in order for her to skirmish with her lane opponent, to optimize use of Bladesurge.

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Runic Armor complements this build nicely with it's percentage increase to healing effects. Healing effects which stem from Hiten Style and Warlord's Bloodlust are amplified, making your sustain that much better.

★ Fervor of Battle 18-0-12★

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Fervor of Battle works well with Irelia. However, after significant nerfs coming to fervor in Season 7, it can be debatable whether to choose this mastery. I believe it still provides the best DPS. Irelia is often able to keep the stacks going in a prolonged teamfight, as she is very good at chasing. However, often with the current build, you should have ample damage from Trinity Force + Maw of Malmortius/ Blade of the Ruined King. Meaning sustain is more critical for Irelia in order for her to deal damage.

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Insight is well suited towards Irelia as the nature of the top lane role is isolated from the rest of the map, being able to Flash and Teleport more often enables to to make more plays such as Flash + Equilibrium Strike or Teleport to baron, dragon and gank the bottom lane.

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Fury 's added attack speed is a great addition to Irelia's potency to skirmish and battle in any instance. You often weave a lot of auto attacks with your Hiten Style and therefore the attack speed allows you to increase overall DPS.

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Feast is a quality of life mastery that allows you to sustain a bit better during the laning phase. As Irelia you should be able to activate this mastery as soon as it comes up, as it's very easy to farm with your Bladesurge. This mastery, coupled with your heal from Hiten Style, can make the difference in surviving an Ignite or bleed.

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Natural Talent provides a nice extra boost of Attack Damage and Ability Power. The added Attack Damage is always welcome to her kit, and the ability power gives a small buff to her Equilibrium Strike.

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Double Edged Sword works well with Irelia as she will be jumping in on her opponents often. She has a lot of burst damage with her Bladesurge, followed up by Equilibrium Strike, making Double Edged Sword a viable mastery in order for her dish out as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time.

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Battering Blows interacts nicely with Irelia's kit as she is heavily AD reliant. The added armor penetration enables you to fight tanks and bruisers more effectively, as well as burst squishy targets faster.

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Unyielding grants Irelia a welcome bonus of armor and magic penetration. These stats are vitally important to Irelia's playstyle as she has to get into the thick of things in order to be effective. What separates a good Irelia player from a great one is their ability to plan escape routes after engaging. This requires knowledge of how much damage you can take and how survivable you are.

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Siegemaster is helpful in situations when you are fighting your lane opponent and opposing jungler under turret. This mastery, combined with your tenacity from Ionian Fervor, creates opportunities for you to at least trade one for one more often than not.

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Veteran's Scars provide an excellent health increase. It is not as potent as it used to be, it used to provide a percentage health increase. However, it is now more effective early, granting a static +50 health. This allows you to cope with more difficult matchups such as Pantheon with his poke.

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★ Summoner Spells ★

FLASH Reasoning Flash is a necessity on Irelia due to the incredible amount of possibilities it adds to her already insane amount of versatility. Flash gives Irelia multiple more opportunities to excel with her versatile kit, showcasing just how frightening she can be. + Flash enables you to flash engage with your E. Potentially securing an easy kill for you and your teammates. + Flash allows you the opportunity to close the distance between you and your enemy, combined with your Q + Flash grants you an escape which can be used in a multitude of different situations

TELEPORT Reasoning Teleport is a strongly recommended Summoner Spell due to the potency of game impact it retains throughout all stages of the game. It is the premier Summoner Spell for the top lane and with good reason. + Teleport enables you to assist your teammates whenever they are in danger from enemy ganks and engages. + Teleport allows you to quickly travel to other places in the map to contest objectives such as Dragon and Baron. + Teleport grants you the ability to return to your lane quickly without missing any experience.

IGNITE Reasoning Ignite is a very suitable Summoner Spell vs certain champions such as Vladimir. It is also the choice for the mid lane, if you intend to take Irelia there. + Ignite enables you to create kill opportunities that would otherwise not be present without the summoner spell. + Ignite allows you to gank other lanes with a higher chance of success due to the added damage over time. + Ignite grants you the ability to halve an enemies healing due to the grievous wounds it applies.

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★ Itemization ★





Starting Items

CORRUPTING POTION Starting with Corrupting Potion allows for a very sustainable and trade-enabling lane. By starting with this item set you should be able to out-sustain your opponent through continuously forcing favorable or even trades, also free refills. Thus with the regen advantage they will be forced to back before you, allowing you to either push or freeze based on the current situation that you are in. Make good use of the passive.

CLOTH ARMOR Starting with Cloth Armor and 5 Health Potions allows Irelia to negate a large amount of damage when facing up against a heavy AD harass lane. When starting with this item set you should be aiming to farm as efficiently as possible and only trading when necessary. This item set should be taken against: e.g Pantheon or Renekton as they are completely AD based: no substantial AP damage given.

DORAN'S BLADE Starting with Doran's Blade allows you to farm a jungle camp at level one. By doing this you receive a fast level 2 and are able to bring a few extra consumables into lane; an advantage. I do not recommend it on Irelia though, she cannot clear the camp very quickly without the Attack Speed Rune Page. However, by doing so, you allow yourself to have a more aggressive playstyle in the lane.

Core Items

MERCURY TREADS

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Mercury's Treads are an still excellent pickup if you intend to teamfight. Since Irelia's passive Ionian Fervor was nerfed, the tenacity from your Mercury's Treads are important, stuns, slows, roots etc shouldn't pose a substantial threat to you in large-scale skirmishes when the odds are stacked against you. Remember tenacity does not effect knock-ups so analyse your opponents skills carefully.

TRINITY FORCE

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Trinity Force is Irelia's first big item. Irelia is able to make full use of all the beneficial stats it provides, making it an extremely cost-efficient item. All of her abilities are able to activate the Spellblade Passive. The Rage Passive it provides is phenomenal for Irelia, It allows her to stick to her opponents, making use of the true damage that her W provides.

BoTRK

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Blade of the Ruined King is a outstanding pickup for Irelia as it gives her even more versatility when it comes to skirmishing and fighting. The benefit of the slow, percent health on-hit effect and lifesteal is a wonderful addition. Be wary of picking this up and make sure you are survivable enough to elicit the purchasing it. Because when you're dead, you don't do damage. I decided to add this into the core lineup for Season 7 rather than the Maw of Malmortius; you'll more likely than not find this more useful against AD Assassins which are all the rage right now.

RANDUIN OMEN

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Randuin's Omen is what I consider to be the best defensive core item that you need. This is because of the potency that crit now has in the late game from eg. Jinx, Vayne, Ashe. The helpful 10% reduction for crits is extremely noticeable and makes you a very well armored up tank in the late game. The 15% Attack Speed debuff combined with a Frozen Heart reduces a very significant 30% attack speed if you choose to go the armor route; extremely beneficial for you and your team.

SPIRIT VISAGE

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Spirit Visage is my usual MR pickup unless the enemy have a lot of poke or instant nukes. eg. Annie, Nidalee, Lux. A granted bonus is the helpful passive that it provides increasing all forms of healing by 20%. This synergizes with both your W passive and Blade of the Ruined King if you intend to purchase it, granting you a lot of sustain in extended teamfights.

GUARD ANGEL

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Guardian Angel is now a very cost-efficient pickup, however it does have a long passive cool-down timer. Despite this it can be the difference between a win or loss and should you find yourself being focused, definitely consider purchasing this item come late game, and now maybe even relatively early for the stats. You should absolutely pick this up if you're the only one doing well and carrying, as your death will likely result in defeat.

Situational Items

WARMOG'S ARMOR

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Warmog's Armor is a great pickup vs very burst-orientated lineups eg. Zed, Annie, Riven. These champions tend to pick up a lot of penetration items so Armor and Magic Resist aren't always the best options. Raw HP can help a lot if you find yourself being bursted without being able to retaliate. Being able to come in and out of fights is also very beneficial as the enemy won't expect you to come back to a fight again.

FROZEN HEART

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Frozen Heart is usually your first big defensive item if you don't purchase Randuin's Omen. You could argue you should pick this over Randuin's Omen due to critical strike not being very significant in the early-mid game and also the cost-efficient 20% CDR. The mana it provides as well as the attack speed debuff it provides is very advantageous if you're playing against anyone that is remotely reliant on auto-attacks. eg. Riven, Fiora.

THORN MAIL

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Thornmail is an excellent pickup once you already have one or two armor items, the return damage is significantly effective against auto-attack reliant champions Jinx, Vayne, Twitch. I tend to purchase this item when I need a fast and effective means of getting armor, usually when I'm behind. The weakness of the item stems from its ineffectiveness if the enemy damage dealers do not focus you, practically making the item useless.

STERAK'S GAGE

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Sterak's Gage is a hybrid item that synergizes well with Irelia's Q, giving her more leeway to juke around creeps with the additional AD. The Unique Passive allows Irelia to duel other champions and tank damage much more frequently, taking on more of a bruiser role. I would recommend you pick this up as a second or third item after Trinity Force if you're ahead. However, as it provides no other defensive bonuses besides Raw HP and a temporary shield, you must be careful when engaging.

MERC SCIMITAR

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Mercurial Scimitar is a rare pickup for Irelia as her tenacity negates most of the time of stuns/slows/taunts etc. However longer stuns such as Morgana, Malzahar and Annie can be devastating none-the-less, which justifies the pickup and can make a tremendous difference in clutch situations. This is emphasized even more as of Season 7 with her new update to her passive, which is very much nerfed in teamfights.

DEAD MAN'S PLATE

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Dead Man's Plate is a great pickup for Irelia if you intend on roaming a lot and trying to get a good mix of defense and offense. The discharge dealing double momentum stack damage is insane and the slow synergizes well with Irelias' W. Combined with your E, not many opponents will have the opportunity to run away. Coupled with having a decent amount of armor and HP, it certainly is a contender against Frozen Heart and Randuin's Omen.

EDGE OF NIGHT

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Edge of Night is a new season 7 item which is primarily intended for assassins. However, having said this if you intend to play Irelia in a more burst/assassin playstyle this item is perfect against teams with heavy CC. It brings a great mix of attack damage and magic resistance. I would heavily consider picking this item up against the likes of Vi, Sejuani and Ashe for example.

MAW OF MALMORT

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Maw of Malmortius is still an excellent pickup with it's recent rework. With increased magic resist and new cooldown reducation, as well as an amazing lifegrip passive which grants spell vamp, attack damage and lifesteal (All utilized well on Irelia) make it an unmissable choice of MR item.

MORTAL REMIND

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Mortal Reminder is a noteworthy pickup if the enemy have a lot of heavily stacked armor champions. eg. Dr. Mundo, Shen, Sion. If your team is lacking Attack Damage carry potential this item is certainly a viable option. The added damage allows Irelia to assassinate squishy targets much easier.

WIT'S END

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Wit's End is viable when your team is lacking AP or the enemy don't have a lot of Magic Resist. It provides a small amount of Magic resist but the Attack Speed is quite substantial, allowing you to manipulate more auto-attacks. Consider this as a suitable alternative to Blade of the Ruined King or Last Whisper if the appropriate conditions are met.

YOUMUUS GB

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Youmuu's Ghostblade is a very nice pickup combined with Frozen Heart and Spirit Visage gives us 40% CDR. The extra attack speed and movement speed allow you to assassinate squishy backline targets with ease as well as giving some very nice armor pentration. However with the new Maw of Malmortius 10% CDR, I would heavily advise buying that most of the time over this.

FROZEN MALLET

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Frozen Mallet is becoming very popular in the new season for heroes such as Yasuo and Irelia, and for good reason. They're adapting to a more bruiser sort of role to counteract the new assassin burst update. Frozen Mallet gives you an excellent surplus of health as well as some nice Attack Damage and Slow to boot.

Booty and Enchantments

IONIAN BOOTS OF LUCIDITY Ionian Boots of Lucidity are a great pick-up if you are going to be playing the crowd control role in your team, constantly weaving in and out of teamfights effectively using a full rotation of spells to CC and Burst your enemies. Choose these if you feel you don't need the defensive stats and are reliant on using your abilities to skirmish effectively in extended teamfights.

NINJA TABI Ninja Tabi are very effective against AD based champions such as Riven, Pantheon, Renekton. The flat reduction of auto-attack damage helps you fight against these champions and retains its usefulness throughout all stages of the game. Choose these if the enemy team is primarily AD based or you're against a hard lane e.g. Pantheon, Renekton, Fiora.

BERSERK GREAVES Berserker's Greaves are not as potent as they once were with Guinsoo's Rageblade. I will rarely pick them up now as Irelia has become more of a tank/burst champion again. However, they are still very good if you are going to be a consistent damage dealer on your team, i.e you are the only or one of the only AD carries in your team composition.

Alacrity Why Pick Alacrity? Enchantment: Alacrity is a well suited pickup to the top lane as you find yourself constantly walking between the river and jungle if you want to assist other lanes and to contest objectives. If you find yourself being outrun or kited, consider these as a nice movement speed boost.

Homeguard Why Pick Homeguard? Enchantment: Homeguard is a necessary pickup if you are rushing to objectives after teamfights/dying, especially if Teleport is down or there are no wards around. They are also a vital essential if the enemy are pushing your base and you need to defend.

Distortion Why Pick Distortion? Enchantment: Distortion suits Irelia well as she can make use of it for both of her summoner spells usually. The movement speed and cooldown reduction on your summoner spells means you can frequently assist your team and engage for your team when you're split-pushing or skirmishing.

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★ Laning Matchups ★


Knowing what a champions strengths and weaknesses and how you can abuse them is a key factor in learning any champion. Having no prior knowledge on a certain match-up can be very frustrating and can lead to unnecessary losses. Being caught off guard by some technique or mechanic you weren't aware of can make you susceptible to very avoidable deaths. I will be covering the most frequent matchups; see the VS CHAMPIONS for a quick synopsis.



- Yasuo - The Unforgiven -

Yasuo 3/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Yasuo matchup is pretty easy as long as you don't die early on. -I will generally max E as it is devastating to his mobility, allowing you to quickly burst him down. -Respecting his early game damage and movement with his Sweeping Blade is paramount to securing an easy lane. -Play safe for the first 4 levels or so and focus on getting your Sheen. -Fight whenever he just used Steel Tempest's knockup, making him vulnerable to an all in. -Try and avoid fighting around creeps as he can still be slippery after your E ends.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Randuin's Omen, Ninja Tabi



- Maokai - The Twisted Treant -

Maokai 3/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Maokai matchup is fairly farm-eccentric until you get a few levels and items. -I will generally max W as maokai builds very tanky. -Repeatedly harass and abuse him in lane as much as possible. -Go aggressive at level 5-6, with a few points in W you shred through him. -Be extremely careful and ward heavily as Maokai is exceptional at setting up ganks. -His arcane smash can cancel your Bladesurge be wary of this when fighting.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads



- Shen - Eye of Twilight -

Shen 4/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Shen matchup is quite farm-orientated unless you get a lead. -I will generally max W as Shen builds very tanky. -Harass whenever possible however don't miss any minions, as he can heal quite a substantial amount back due to his Vorpal Blade. -Be careful around turrets, as he can taunt you into turret range. -Try and all in him once you purchase Phage with a few levels in your W. -Attempt to stop his ultimate from channeling if he does it in a bad spot, can be a game changer.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force Dead Man's Plate, Mercury's Treads



- Gnar - The Missing Link -

Gnar 5/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Gnar matchup is having the right timing and knowing when to go aggressive. -I will generally max W as Gnar is naturally tanky with his mega gnar form and builds a lot of armor. -Minimizing poke from her early on is essential; focus on farming. -Do not engage unless you're sure you can kill him, he can easily chase you down if you make a mistake. -Do not fight when his Rage Gene is nearing full capacity, unless you are completely confident in killing him. -His spells are primarily skillshots and are for the most part able to be dodged with your Q.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, Ninja Tabi



- Riven - The Exile -

Riven 6/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Riven matchup is very skill and knowledge dependent. -I will generally max E as it is a vital disrupt to her combo. -Don't be predictable with your Equilibrium Strike as she can negate the damage with her Valor. -You want to try and get effective trades as you will have more sustain her level 1. -Focus on farming for the next 2-3 Levels. -You want her to use her spells and interrupt them with your E, then when she has cooldowns re-engage with your spells. -Don't fight her with her spells up, unless you have some sort of distinct advantage.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, Ninja Tabi



- Rumble - The Mechanized Menace -

Rumble 6/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Rumble matchup is quite difficult early on due to his heavy amounts of poke and slow. -I will generally max either W or E dependent on the situation, if you find yourself being kited max E, otherwise W. -Play passively early on as his Flamespitter naturally pushes the wave to your turret, allowing you to farm. -Make efficient use of your Bladesurge as you can dodge his abilities. -Fight after you have purchased your Sheen around Level 7-9, saving your Bladesurge is important for getting out of The Equalizer.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads



- Fiora - The Grand Duelist -

Fiora 7/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Fiora matchup is very prediction dependent and being unpredictable. -I will generally max E as you need to stop her from continuously auto-attacking your vital spots. -Don't be predictable with your Equilibrium Strike and Bladesurge as she can block and return the stun/damage with her Riposte. -Try and Equilibrium Strike + auto-attack her as much as possible early on, you are stronger at level 1. -By harassing her early on she'll be afraid to harass you later on, securing you a relative lead. -Whenever she engages on you don't automatically stun her, she'll be expecting that. Wait for her to commit and then stun. -Don't try and fight her when she uses her ult, unless you can burst her down. She has better dueling potential than you on a equal footing. -Try and avoid getting hit by her Lunge and especially don't let her easily attack your vital spots.

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Recommended Starting Items - Corrupting Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Randuin's Omen, Ninja Tabi



- Renekton - The Butcher of The Sands -

Renekton 9/10

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Matchup Details The Irelia vs Renekton matchup is very difficult due to his amount of free sustain and harass. -I will generally max W as his ultimate gives him bonus health. -Play as passive as possible in the early game and focus on hitting your power spikes. -You scale much better than Renekton so not falling behind is essential. -He pushes the wave naturally with his Cull the Meek, let him push to your turret and farm safely there. -Once you hit the levels after your ultimate you can look to engage with a Sheen or Phage, try and save your Bladesurge for when he uses Slice and Dice.

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Recommended Starting Items - Cloth Armor, 5x Health Potion

Recommended Items - Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, Ninja Tabi


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★ Tips and Tricks ★

Setting up a Bladesurge path.

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Bladesurge Tip #1 Having a well placed engage route and escape path in lane on Irelia is paramount to play her well. You want to leave a caster minion below half health so that you can easily Bladesurge to it, resetting your cool-down, and then proceeding with Equilibrium Strike and the rest of your combo. Example Sequence: Bladesurge Minion > Equilibrium Strike > Hiten Style > Bladesurge.

Using Transcendent Blades to set up a bladesurge path.

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Bladesurge Tip #2 Your ultimate allows you to easily create an escape route or gap closer by using it on caster minions. This is useful in a variety of ways and allows you to close a substantial distance between you and your target. Based on if you have Sheen or Trinity Force you may need to ultimate only once, otherwise twice is more than sufficient. Example Sequence: Transcendent Blades > Bladesurge Minion > Flash > Hiten Style > Bladesurge > Equilibrium Strike.

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★ Warding ★


Warding is an essential part of the game and top lane is no exception.
This is especially true due to the isolation that the top lane pertains; help is unlikely to come. This makes warding paramount to become not only a successful Irelia player, but a top laner as well.

Blue Side Ward #1

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Red Side Ward #1

Universal Ward #1

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Universal Ward #2

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★ Teamfighting ★


Teamfighting as Irelia is very tentative and is subject to change based on a variety of factors and situations. There are 3 'Categories' which I like to describe teamfighting as Irelia, the ways I will be describing them are very uniform. These are general tips that can be applied universally. In order to optimize your play, take parts from each of them and apply them correctly to your situation.

Assassin How To Play This Style Playing the Assassin role means you are confident in your ability to burst or take down and high priority target (ADC/APC Usually) in a short amount of time. You should generally adopt this playstyle when you hit your Trinity Force, as it is still quite early into the game when the enemy carries do not have any major defensive items such as Zhonya's Hourglass, Quicksilver Sash, Banshee's Veil etc. Tips whilst playing in this style: - Try and take an appropriate route or have a plan of action in order to reach the backline effectively. - Recognize that sometimes taking down/stunning a tank/cc champion is more valuable to your team than diving into the enemy teams backline. - Try and make effective use of your trinity-force passive by correctly spacing out your Transcendent Blades. - If the enemy is quite mobile and slippery such as Vayne or Fizz consider using Flash + Equilibrium Strike when they are on full health to ensure you get a stun, rather than a slow.

Crowd Control How To Play This Style Playing the Crowd Control role means you are able to effectively weave in and out of teamfights providing helpful stuns/slows to your team whilst steal doing as much effective damage as possible. Managing your timings of spells and ability to land them is essential in order to adopt this role optimally. Use this playstyle whenever you aren't tanky enough to be consistently in the frontline, being dead and not providing support to your team isn't helpful. Tips whilst playing in this style: - If you're unable to tank much damage, dive in and out of teamfights using your rotation of spells when they come off cooldown. - Target selection, similar to the Assassin playstyle choosing who to use your rotation of spells on is vital to having a successful skirmish. If you stun a high priority target it can be devastating to the enemy team's damage output. On the opposite end of the spectrum, stunning the wrong target can allow the enemy carries to wreak havoc on you, and your team. - Know your boundaries, if you're adopting this playstyle you cannot afford to die. If you don't think you can escape, analyze the benefits you can potentially get and see if they outweigh the costs. Then proceed with the plan of action. - This playstyle is incorporated in all types of play, honestly it shouldn't be in it's own category but I want to stress the importance of well managed spell rotations and cool-down timing.

Tank/Peel How To Play This Style Playing the Tank/Peel role means you are trying to divert the enemies attention as much as possible in order to allow your carries to deal as much damage as possible. Usually this is the style you should adopt in the late game, as the Assassin playstyle gets worse as enemies pick up defensive items and get tankier. Tips whilst playing in this style: - There's a difference between tanking and taking free harass. Realise that just because you're tanky doesn't allow you to play sloppy. Getting caught and taking free damage is terrible if you have to teamfight soon after. - Analyze whether you should engage, or wait to disengage. If you jump in on the enemy ADC/APC this creates an opening for your own ADC/APC to be susceptible and wide open. Recognize when you need to set up kills for your team and when to deny kills from your enemies. - If you're ADC/APC is getting focused by the enemy team try and make effective use of your Equilibrium Strike by using it on the highest damage dealer. - Again these are very generalized tips and apply to many situations and scenarios, use these tips if they apply to your current situation.

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★ Achievements ★


I would like to give a sincere thanks to everyone who takes a look at my guide and finds any part of it useful. Without you, the audience, I wouldn't be here writing this guide. I have a tremendous appreciation for all who have helped me along the way, for they have been the ones who made this guide what it is!


















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★ A Few Parting Words ★








Remember in solo-queue.

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”


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