IMPORTANT: This guide is currently a tiny bit outdated and not in perfect shape as I'm trying to add more actual content to the guide with the beginning of the new season. Besides, I'm planning on using a complete new visual layout. However, the build and provided information are still suitable to the current patch!

Introduction Pros & Cons Masteries Runes Summoner Spells

Abilities Items Gameplay Matchups Summary

I N T R O D U C T I O N

Hello everyone and welcome to my third guide (the other ones are archived) here on Mobafire! I have to admit that Irelia is my favorite champion and first choice in top lane since I've bought her. In this guide I'll try to elucidate players that are new to this champion how to play her in top lane. I just want to make suggestions and give a brief overview about the most important information you'll need and many hints I'll provide are based on my own experience. So in the following guide you'll receive information about what Summoner Spells, Runes and Masteries are recommendable when going to play Irelia, what items you generally should build and why and how to withstand the laning phase and fit in your (team) role almost perfectly in the course of the game. Enough talk, Let's get started!

Pros

+ True damage due to Hiten Style + High mobility with Bladesurge + Highest possible tenacity in the game + Good late game scaling + Excellent farming capability

The true damage of Hiten Style is part of Irelia's ability setup and makes it hard for opponents to build against but items like Sunfire Aegis in laning phase ( Renekton, Shen) and Randuin's Omen can be quite annoying. Besides, Irelia relies on excellent movement because of Bladesurge and the item build with Trinity Force (perhaps plus Enchantment: Furor) which allows her to position/reposition quite well. Furthermore her passive Ionian Fervor in combination with Mercury's Treads (or Zephyr) + Tenacious provides her more than 60% maximum tenacity in the near of at least three enemy champions. Bladesurge allows her to farm easily and secure siege minions and "last-hits" under turrets pretty easily. Her great farm capability plus late game scaling make her to an prefect Anti Carry in the course of the game.

Cons

+ Weak phase before level 9 + Relies heavily on items + Based on AAs with Hiten Style + HP based stun ( Equilibrium Strike)

In comparison to other decent top laners her early laning phase is fairly weak before reaching level 9 what entails maxing Hiten Style. She obviously relies on landing those auto attacks with Hiten Style what makes her weak against items like Randuin's Omen/ Frozen Heart and champion abilities like Jax's Counter Strike or Pantheon's Aegis Protection. Furthermore, she needs items like her main damage source Trinity Force to fit in her role the way she should. Last but not least Equilibrium Strike is a Hit Point based stun(/slow) what provides her less needed CC in some situations when she got more HP than her opponent but however its a good turn around when she got less HP because the stun gets prompted.

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Offense Tier 1: Double-Edged Sword provides you more damage output but you'll receive more damage but less you'll additional gain. Fury or Sorcery are the most important Masteries. Because she relies on auto attacking a lot I prefer Fury . Butcher is just used to get Feast. Tier 2 + 3 + 4: Brute Force , Martial Mastery and Warlord give you a good amount of scaling AD plus base AD. With the proper Runes you've got 75 basic attack damage and up to 84 AD with Doran's Blade. Executioner is one of the best offensive Masteries providing the more damage the lower the enemy when he less then 50% of his maximum hit points. Spell Weaving + Blade Weaving work great with Sheen. Dangerous Game restores for instance 100 Hit Points when having 2000 full Hit Points means it slightly helps you surviving Ignite or over time damage when not being able to help up otherwise. Tier 5 + 6: Devastating Strikes facilitate to deal more Hybrid damage based on you ability kit. Havoc isn't the best Mastery but it wouldn't be worth to just plain select 20 points.

Defense Tier 1 + 2: Block and Unyielding in comb with Doran's Shield block 14 damage dealt by auto attacks. Recovery is way stronger early on than Enchanted Armor and provides extra sustain. Veteran Scars provides additional health what would enable you 683 hit points on spawn with Doran's Shield/ Doran's Blade. Tier 3: Juggernaut shows its strength with the course of the game because you will be continue receiving scaling health and health from nearly every single item you generally buy.

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• 9 Greater Mark of Attack Damage:
  The best choice because Irelia doesn't really benefit from Armor Penetration and needs the early amount of AD for improved farming. You could also use Greater Mark of Attack Speed if you prefer a full AS oriented Rune setup or AD Quintessences.
  
  
• 5 Greater Seal of Health + 4 Greater Seal of Armor:
  The changes after Patch 4.5 made even some Seals next to Armor Seals useful but I still consider them to be your choice in the first place. Against AP Lane matchups like Lissandra or Ryze you can definitively go for Greater Seal of Scaling Health or if you feel like prefering Health over Armor or vice versain all circumstances you can probably go for 9 Greater Seal of Health/ 9 Greater Seal of Armor.
  
  
• 9 Greater Glyph of Magic Resist:
  You can choose either flat or Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist depending if you face an AP lane like Lissandra, Elise or Rumble but also AD champs like Lee Sin ( Tempest) or Aatrox ( Blades of Torment) often maximize abilities which deal magic damage so in general you will go for flat magic resist. Again you can probably combine these Runes 5/4.
  
  
• 1 Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed:
  Generally you can simply go for 3 Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage but I recommend this variant after the Patch 4.5 due to the huge buffs on these Runes.
  Depending on the matchup Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed works well against most Ranged or Movement Speed based champions (thus Singed) or even Greater Quintessence of Health Regeneration against most melee and sustainable matchups.

• Flash: Standard choice for engage and disengage. Coupled with Bladesurge you can pass really long physical distances either to escape or chase. Flash + Equilibrium Strike can be also a possibilty to initiate a trade and/ or getting the focus on one of the opponents' carries.
• Ignite: Mostly your secondary spell for securing kills in laning phase and the extra amount of damage in late game trades + the eventual healing reduce. Be aware of the changes to Masteries because in Season 3 the summoner improvement for Ignite gave you 5 additional AD and AP so many players used it early on to gain these stats but for now they removed summoner improvements.
• Teleport: Often a tactical descision against someone like Nasus, Singed, Shen or even Twisted Fate. Against Shen for example it helps you to deal with split pushing along with your great wave clear with Bladesurge and eventually Ravenous Hydra. Besides, Teleport successful ganks in bottom lane due to this spell can provide you an early lead which you rest upon but generally you select Teleport when expecting losing lane because your kill potential falls off.
  I'm currently recommending this summoner spell in the cheat sheet because it's used in nearly every High Elo game on Irelia and it's more common on many top laners now thus you need to adapt but don't underestimate that Ignite can make some lanes way easier.
• Heal: Finally an option after the recent changes (Patch 4.5) with good scalings into late game which allows you to bait people into turret dives. Later on it has the same effect as Talisman of Ascension and can save you while still being a tool for engages or chasing.
  

• Ionian Fervor: Reduces the duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, snares, immobilizes, blinds and silences for each nearby enemy champion.
  1 Champion: 10%
  2 Champions: 25%
  3 Champions: 40%
  
• This passive makes Irelia even stronger the more enemies are nearby. Its sight range is about 1200 and when building one tenacity item like Mercury's Treads or Zephyr + selecting Tenacious in the defense Mastery Tree you gain the highest possible tenacity in the game (approximately 65%). The combination of Ionian Fervor and Tenacious makes you more vigorous for example when the opponents' jungler ganks you top (25% tenacity instead of 10% due to Ionian Fervor + 6 additional Armor and 3 Magic Resist instead of 3 Armor and 1.5 Magic Resist).
  
  
  Calculation for Irelia's maximum tenacity

  
  Requirements:

  • Three nearby enemies becaue of Ionian Fervor
  • One tenacity item ( Mercury's Treads, Zephyr, Spirit of the Ancient Golem or Moonflair Spellblade)
  • The Mastery Tenacious in the Defense Mastery Tree

  
  Calculation:

  • CC reduction stacks multiplicatively, not additively. This means that you cannot just add up the particular figures like this: 40% + 35% + 15% = 90%
  • The correct computation looks like this: 100% - (100% - 40%)(100% - 35%)(100% - 15%) = 100% - 33.15% = 66.85% or decimals whch should be used when using a calculator 1 - (1 - 0,4)(1 - 0,35)(1 - 0,15) = 1 - 0,3315 = 0,6685
  
  
• Bladesurge: Irelia dashes forward to strike her target for 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 (+1 per Attack Damage) physical damage. This applies on-hit effects. If it kills the target, Bladesurge's cooldown refreshes and refunds 35 Mana.
  
• This ability is your gap closer which you can use on low HP minions for securing last hits (avoid overxtending this early in spite of the mana refund) or to engage/ disengage. Always try to use it for taking the last hit because you'll receive the reset on cooldown what makes you even stronger. Due to this save, Bladesurge when chasing and just use it to last hit or to close the gap if the distance between you and the enemy is obviously too big. Besides, you can use Stealth Ward/ Greater Totem to jump to a jungle camp but you'll rarely make use of this. With Transcendent Blades you can make minions low from afar to receive the reset when using Bladesurge.
  
  
• Hiten Style: Irelia is skilled in the art of Hiten, passively giving her physical attacks 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 health restoration. Activating Hiten Style doubles the health restoration to 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 and adds 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 true damage to her physical attacks for 6 seconds.
  
• This ability is your main damage output and it is based on dealing true damage when activating so Irelia can be played with a huge amount of attack speed like Trinity Force, Wit's End or Blade of the Ruined King provide it. Besides, the passive effect gives you a bit more sustain along with Greater Quintessence of Life Steal. You can use the active ability to last hit under the turret more easily and often the mana costs are lower when you don't use Bladesurge but rather Hiten Style. If this ability is on cooldown be aware of your low trading potential.
  
  
• Equilibrium Strike: Irelia's attack balances the scales, dealing 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+50% of ability power) damage and slowing the target by 60% for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 second(s). However, if the target has a higher Health % than Irelia, then the blow stuns the target for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 second(s) instead.
  
• This ability is a single target crowd control effect which either slows or stuns the opponent. When the enemy is slowed he will be able to use Flash or attacks you but when he got stunned he won't be able to do so. Use this spell as an initation tool which helps you to shut down a single target enemy. Your next auto attack will procs the Sheen effect (after you have purchased it).
  
  
• Transcendent Blades: Irelia summons 4 spirit blades which she can fling at her enemies. These blades deal 80 / 120 / 160 (+50% of ability power) (+0.6 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to enemies that they pass through, and she heals for 25% of that damage vs champions and 10% vs minions.
  
• A really versitale ability with a relative short cooldown. When trading this ability shows its strenghts because you heal up quite well and you have 10 seconds, so you can gain four procs on Sheen. Due to its short cooldown you can use Transcendent Blades to clear up minion waves before turning back to base (it's available every two wave of creeps) and you can use it in combination with Bladesurge like I mentioned when talking about Bladesurge for the jump + reset. Be aware on how to use the ability because every single spirit blade will arrive at your mouse cursors location which makes it especially hard to hit when walking in the opposed direction.

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

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The skill sequence is relatively easy explained: Transcendent Blades is your ultimate ability so you should skill it whenever it's available. Hiten Style is your main damage output and provides a good amount of sustain. Equilibrium Strike is really much needed when trading and it also deals magic damage which makes it more difficult for enemies to build against. Bladesurge should never be on cooldown so you won't need the scaling cooldown reduce.

This item is your main damage source in general because it works well with Bladesurge (procs) and Transcendent Blades (max of four procs). Mostly you start building Trinity Force with Phage due to the movement improvement for a consistant speedup. The Sheen passive gives you a bit more damage on Equilibrium Strike and also the excellent auto attack procs with all of your abilities. You could even start off building Trinity Force with Zeal maybe along with Berserker's Greaves for a decent amount of early attack speed and movement speed. The finished Trinity Force provides you AS for Hiten Style, AP for Equilibrium Strike and the Sheen's spellblade which generally adds a good amount of damage to Hiten Style's true damage.

Your general option for gaining tenacity along with Ionian Fervor. These boots help you in several situations in team fights and against nearly any opponent because generally you will face champions with at least one crowd control effect/ ability. Ninja Tabi are also decent boots if falling behind against AD or facing just unimportant crowd control for instance double AD Carry matchups.

Great item against all kind of AD/ AS which is your general choice for Armor and Hit Points. It makes you nearly untargetable for AD Carries which allows you to shut them down more easily. Don't forget about the useful active and its use as a tool to close distances between you and enemies.

This item has rised after the changed to Spirit Visage and is the alternative for even this item. It has always been a great choice on AD Carries and AP Carries and at the moment it's such a standard choice even on many junglers and top laners because it works great against heavy engage combos and provides you great Health Regeneration after the shield has vanished.

This item has been the core damage item next to Trinity Force for a long duration and after it rises it was pretty much THE core (damage) item on Irelia. The recent nerfs makes it a bit more unsuitable but it's still strong because it's provides you attack speed ( Hiten Style) and also a nice gap closer due to the active effect. For many reasons Ravenous Hydra has become more popular on many champions Blade of the Ruined King had been a perfect item choice for champions like Rengar. After the 4.10 Patch this item is more of a late game option because it provides higher damage against targets with a high amount of hit points.

This item gives you both Armor and Magic Resist and you can decide based on the situation wether you purchase Chain Vest or Negatron Cloak first. It detaches the opponent's focus on you in a team fight what allows you to blow up enemy carries fairly easy. You will get a hardly killable target so after receiving full build in late game Irelia will offer her strength at this stage of the game by being tanky along with dealing damage and relatively invulnerable in team fight situations.

• Frozen Heart: Great item on Irelia because she can benefit from all its stats like the debuff on attack speed to make you unkiteable (thus against AD Carries) and the additional Armor to support you tankyness. Cooldown Reduction is always worth especially considering a lower cooldown on Bladesurge maybe along with Sorcery, Blue Buff or even Spirit Visage. As distinguished from Randuin's Omen you can rush this item in lane against heavy AD matchups.
  
• Thornmail: This item is an option against full AD compositions with for instance AD Mid Laners like Yasuo, Kha'Zix or Zed which are not that rarely played at the moment. This item makes you nearly untargetable for AD Carries so forcing them to use auto attacks on you makes it a lot easier to gain advantages.
  
• Sunfire Aegis: This item has been changed due to Patch 4.1 and it's not longer a strong rush option against AD but now it has got a slightly better sclaing but overall it's not so strong anymore. It is inferior to Randuin's Omen in team fights but it provides you damage and tankyness if you don't need Randuin's Omen at all (depending on the game).
  
• Spirit Visage: A good option and alternative to Banshee's Veil to improve you consistant fighting due to additional Health Regeneration and even more healing from self healing effects like Hiten Style and Transcendent Blades. Before the slight changes to the item meaning the decrease on cooldown reduction it was your first choice for gaining Magic Resistance but regarding to the actual champion pickups in the support role (thus Morgana or Karma) Banshee's is superior.
  
• Warmog's Armor: Decent choice against mixed/ true damage (reasons why it's strong aginst Irelia herself) and it provides massive sustain which can help if not relying on some sort of lifesteal. Can replace Guardian Angel.
  
• Frozen Mallet: Can be combined with Trinity Force for the combination of slow and speed buff against kiting heavy teams (thus AD Carries). You can use it against kiting based opponents so generally AD based champions. However, it simply provides you health and not really needed attack damage. You can't go for it after Trinity Force because you won't gain any source of defense stats next to Hit Points. This is also a reason for not purchasing Warmog's Armor in general.

• Ravenous Hydra: In spite of the stats it's a really good item choice for Irelia that allows her to clear waves even more faster plus improving her capability to split push. Otherwise items which provide attack speed are more viable choices. With the item's active effect "Crescent" you can create a surprising high damage output in a short duration along with Trinity Force's spellblade.
  
• Last Whisper: If hard carrying you can go for this item simply because of the percentage penetration and flat attack damage. I really consider to buy Ravenous Hydra then because in this case you'll really play for AD and deal mostly physical damage. Generally a nonsense item but a possibilty when going for playing "Max DPS Irelia".
  
• Zephyr: First of all NEVER purchase double tenacity items like Mercury's Treads + Zephyr. You can sell boots for this item later on or go for Ninja Tabi + Zephyr depending on the factual situation. Basically Irelia benefits from its stats like attack speed ( Hiten Style), cooldown reduction, tenacity ( Ionian Fervor) and movement speed (along with Trinity Force).
  
• Youmuu's Ghostblade: Pretty fun item which let you burst down enemies pretty fast and might be an option as a third offense choice (along with Trinity Force + Blade of the Ruined King or Trinity Force + Zephyr). The active buff and stats overall work great with Trinity Force and you gain a noteable amount of critical damage overall along with attack speed Irelia's basic needed offense stat.
  
• Wit's End: Could be also mentioned as an defense item. If you need magic resist in lane you can go for this item. To a greater degree this item is strong against Armor stacking and makes it even more harder to build against because of the extra amount of magic damage from auto attacks. It's just a worth purchase during the laning phase.
  
• Berserker's Greaves: I mention your two main boot choices in the cheat sheet but these boots are also noticeable because especially early on they grant you a huge trading buff and they work great in combination with a full AS oriented Rune setup + Fury to make use of as much Hiten Style auto attacks as possible (early on).

E A R L Y

Laning Phase is really important for Irelia, here are some brief notes: Just last hit minions (eventually with the use of Bladesurge or Hiten Style) especially if you haven't got a ward or your Stealth Ward expired Generally avoid trading before reaching level 6-9 Be aware of early ganks when you're generally level 2. Always make sure what jungler you will face because then you'll know how they gank post and pre level six Be aware of enemies like Renekton, Jax, Darius or Heimerdinger because mostly they'll stomp you if not playing and building safe but there is generally no way of saying that they counter you. Picking Irelia against assassin matchups is often your turn to be able to win top lane. You generally go for double Doran's Blade into Trinity Force and then decide on the game whether you for an armor or magic resist option next. If you notice that you suffer from heavy cc you can even prefer early Mercury's Treads and for snowballing a second offense option is viable.

More Information Aatrox is characterized by his high amount of sustain due to Blood Thirst and his passive "revive" by Blood Well which is available every 225 seconds. He often seems to be superior til level four and if you don't feel that confident you can choose a different start option (of course you can do it in many matchups) but afterwards you can generally get advantages. Grab two Doran's Blade, Ninja Tabi and Sheen and don't forget about how important your Ignite can be. His passive doesn't restore the same amount of health every time and you can see how much health he will gain back when he's in his static position, may help you to know if you will be able to kill him then.

More Information One of the hardest matchups you can get in lane because at level six his all-in potential is much higher due to Noxian Guillotine and even before he deals an annoying amount of damage with Decimate. Let him outpush you because he's pretty susceptible to ganks and you should generally focus on farming. Again dropping Ninja Tabi early can be helpful along with two Doran's Blade into your standard build.

More Information When laning against Dr. Mundo Lifesteal in Runes and items can be helpful. Just try to avoid Infected Bonesaw by standing behind creeps and avoid using too much on him when he is healing up due to Maximum Dosage and already has got more than half hit points. Just build straight damage in general and run Ignite if possible.

More Information Annoying matchup mostly because of Decisive Strike. Try to use Hiten Style before he is able to silence you in progress and theoretically you can trade with him when he falls back after using Judgment. After reaching level seven you can mostly trade him safely and you don't need to abuse too much mana beforehand. Ninja Tabi are assistant early on.

More Information As a ranged champion he is superior to you in lane and you should avoid trading him while being surrounded by his turrets. Run Teleport and wait for being able to buy Trinity Force and auxiliary Mercury's Treads. You can fight him when he returns back to lane and is forced to replace turrets with H-28G Evolution Turret.

More Information Highly dicussed and common matchup nowadays. Generally he will beat you after level 11 because of Grandmaster-At-Arms. Previously it's important to wait after you got stunned by Counter Strike and then you can turn back trading with him. Otherwise he might be able to bait your Hiten Style and then stun you to ditch your whole damage output. You can still try to avoid Counter Strike by using Bladesurge on a low health minion and if he follows up with Leap Strike to land his Counter Strike you can use Equilibrium Strike beforehand. All in all it's all about avoiding getting stunned and avoiding to waste Hiten Style due to being stunned.

More Information Early on he might be able to bully you out of lane but Ionian Fervor and Mercury's Treads will help you to avoid Mark of the Storm. When until level four, run Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed and wait for using Bladesurge after you got stunned.

More Information Start with Equilibrium Strike at level one because most Lee Sin players start with Tempest and max it til level nine. When being able to avoid Tempest you can trade with him and due to Bladesurge you are nearly as versatile as him. If building Tiamat he will be pretty squishy and you might be able to beat him at level nine. Be aware of Dragon's Rage if he tries to use it combined with Flash or Safeguard + Stealth Ward to kick you back in his turrets!

More Information He needs to invest a lot of mana when harassing and has low kill potential overall in a 1v1 situation. Try to get rid of Granite Shield before trading and maybe run Greater Mark of Attack Speed and Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed. You can trade maybe once or twice after level 4 but with the course of the game and him being able to build armor try to focus on roaming.

More Information He will generally focus on gaining stacks on Siphoning Strike causing that you should focus on roaming and building your core items. You can trade him early on a few times and if he falls back once it will be hard for him to catch up. Avoid fighting while standing in the area of Spirit Fire!

More Information When thinking about Olaf as a matchup I always call the Season 2 World Championship final to mind because Shy lost his lane so badly as Irelia. Everytime he attacks you with Reckless Swing you can turn on him but be aware Tough It Out and Berserker Rage because the lower he gets the more he heals up and the more attack speed he receives. As in many matchups you can trade after level four (especially if he fails landing Undertow or overextends collecting the axe) and it's always good to know that his ultimates makes him losing his passive resistances but enabling him to deal more damage.

More Information Let him outpush you and basically start of with Cloth Armor followed by Doran's Blade + Ninja Tabi. He can constantly trade and you will need to wait til level seven to nine before trading (premised you're even in lane with him). Renekton is one of the matchups you can handle better and better when receiving more and more experience with Irelia.

More Information Really depending on the opponent Riven's mechanics. Everytime she tries to deal damage to you early with Broken Wings turn on her with auto attacks and if she lands a stun with Ki Burst on you wait with using Equilibrium Strike + Hiten Style afterwards. You can try to dodge the third use of Broken Wings or Wind Slash with Bladesurge.

More Information After the recent changed he is again a matchup in top lane. You can abuse Flamespitter and Electro-Harpoon by running behind him while auto attacking and it's important to not stand in Flamespitter's area without using Hiten Style on him because it's just free damage for him on you. Run Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed and wait for level four as usual. Movement speed and good timing can help you avoiding The Equalizer which is key for him later on and hard to handle.

More Information Don't allow him to poke him and avoid Rune Prison with Bladesurge. Early Mercury's Treads and Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed will help you to deal with Desperate Power and Rune Prison. Because he mostly builds Mana items early on relying on receiving stacks you can easiyl win your lane.

More Information After level four and espeically level six you can trade with him. Just start Doran's Blade or mabye Crystalline Flask and safe your Equilibrium Strike to cancel his ultimate. He can set up some plays with Shadow Dash or Stand United so either interrupt Stand United, follow him with Teleport if running it and you know you can counteract his action or push down top lane and instruct your team mates.

More Information Her constant damage from Burnout is annoying and you shouldn't allow her to deal free damage to you. If you can avoid Flame Breath you can trade more safely and this should generally happen after you put two points in Hiten Style. Don't let her allow her to bully you around your turret and if setting up a gank in a situation like this be aware of her mobility due to Dragon's Descent (you know whether it's available or not when noticiing the red bar under her hit points).

More Information Fight him when arriving in lane early on and if he Fling you back use Bladesurge to abuse as much damage as possible. Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed is mandatory and cooperative play with your team aswell when he makes use of "Proxy Singed". Start Crystalline Flask and use potions while standing in his poison.

More Information Starcall can be annyoing but if you turn on her once after level four you can win easily when being able to activate Hiten Style before she uses Infuse. Don't let yourself fall for baits due to her two heal abilities.

More Information Betwenn level four and six you might be able to kill him and it's all about baiting out Blinding Dart to be able to use as much auto attacks from Hiten Style as possible. Even if he plays AD Noxious Trap can be a threat allowing him to auto attack your for free. There are common spoty for placing Noxious Trap and Sweeping Lens can help you aswell even during the laning phase. Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed and Mercury's Treads!

More Information Like against Jax fighting him after level 11 isn't a great deal and building health early on isn't one either. The decrease on your damage after using Chomp doesn't effect Hiten Style. After he uses Subjugate trade him slowly and wait for an all-in. Pillar of Ice can set up plays for him so be aware of not using Flash into it if he is about to using it.

More Information After level four and before level six there is a window of opportunities to trade with him and buying Ninja Tabi + Doran's Blade is pretty much mandatory. Use Ignite late to be able to kill him after Undying Rage ends. Don't let him auto attack you for free with full stacks on Battle Fury and generally avoid trading after he received something like Statikk Shiv/ Blade of the Ruined King in a 1v1 situation.

More Information Don't allow him to poke you for free and Ignite him when he has got less than half hit points to make Sanguine Pool ineffective. Early Mercury's Treads after Sheen alloww you to beat him easily after level seven. If he runs Ghost it can be a bit annoying because he can use it while being untargetable.

More Information One combo blows half of mana pool and if you stay at nearly full hit points after level four it can be pretty easy to trade with him. You can use Hiten Style on him while waiting for him using Warrior Trickster and then you can follow up with your other abilities. You can simply use Transcendent Blades while he uses Cyclone and might abuse it with Equilibrium Strike or Bladesurge on a minion.

S U M M A R Y

I hope you enjoyed reading and learned a bit about Irelia. If you miss important information or you think I provide incorrect information please instruct me and I'll try to update and overwork the guide/ specific section. This guide is still in progress and I'm going to adapt it to the current state of the game. If you guys wish to see more information about Matchups I'll try to collect the needed information and I'll also try to collect video material to clarify things about Gameplay and so on. Furthermore I hope you can understand everything I wrote because I obviously lack of an decent English thesaurus which can cause some mistakes in terms of grammar or parlance. Credits go to jhoijhoi for creating Making A Guide where I could find helpful templates I also want to thank the guy who creates this Irelia Wallpaper which I used to create my banners To sum up, enjoy your day guys and leave your feedback if you want to, really much desirable! - emoriam aka Niklas from Germany

• 01.12.2013 - Published Guide!
• 02.12.2013 - Updated Masteries + Don't suggest Frozen Mallet anymore
• 22.12.2013 - Completely reworked design + Advice on Matchup section
• 10.01.2014 - Setted Perseverance as standard choice + Edited start options
• 11.01.2014 - Added Greater Quintessence of Health Regeneration in Rune section
• 18.03.2014 - Changed Masteries to 21/9/0 + Added Banshee's Veil as an option
• 16.04.2014 - Reworked Cheat Sheet (Runes + Items) + Started adding Matchups
• 01.06.2014 - Finished Matchup section + Added Teleport in the cheat sheet
• 20.07.2014 - Expanded content about Runes + Added Warmog's Armor
• 14.08.2014 - Added a sidenote about video gameplays