Discover all champions who counter Irelia. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Irelia in League of Legends and win in Champion Select! Irelia Data for all roles taken from 123,8285911,13813,58541,60566,929 matches.
Middle Lane 50% Win Rate51% Pick RateIrelia Middle Lane Counters: 66,43536,89522,3176,443606174 matches, 59 counter champions
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Tips Against Irelia in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
TheChoz3nOne says “Skill-based match-up. If you won't do any mistakes then it's easy match-up for you in 90% of times but there are some smart Irelias who use Red Trinket then this match-up will be really hard but still playable and you can outplay her.”
Hot Eboy Xerath says “THIS CHAMP IS MISERABLE :3 I go comet not for the farm jsut because every irelia is a crazy nutcase. They will do the most aggresive trading. Just try to save your e for when she tries to clear your casters. Play really far away from your minions and let her push you in. Dont die every irelia ints mid game. ”
Wizardd says “Don't stand next to your minions and allow her to get a free dash towards you. Dodge her stun and push wave and poke her under tower. She has insane dmg you still must be careful.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Conqueror or Phase Rush]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Ghost]
[Don't stay near low HP minions and dodge her E]
[Respect her early game and survive]”
freuio123 says “Irelia outpushed tatsächlich, weil du respektieren musst, dass sie auf Minions dich all-Innen kann.
Du kannst ihren Dash auf dich mit dem Charm interrupten, solange du das schaffst ist das Matchup fine. Mit nem early kill kannst du sie snowballen, ansonsten einfach respektieren und den Charm nicht missen :3”
ITSHOT says “Annoying and strong right from the start, multiple jumps and sticking power, stay back and wait for your jungler (probably my favorite ban)”
Aiytee says “Horrible matchup. She can just E you when you Q. She has incredibly good stick when you try to run and can easy just dash to escape your R or E.
Just hope you can scale and endure the miserable lane.”
AdrikN says “She is hard to go against so stay far from minions and throw your E on the minion wave to poke her when she goes in for the CS. Keep an eye on her passive don't fight her on max stacks cuz she will be tanky.
Ghost Exhaust!”
Zeusman00 says “Be careful level 1 for being Q'd on with max stacks, I generally go miasma level 3 instead of 4 for this, if fighting, try to fight inside of your miasma to help minimize her dashing and help you land your Q's.”
uwuimsocute says “Dodge her E, respect her early power + BotRK, and you are good to go.
Still you need good spacing tho.
You can put the matchup into "tiny" or "even", depends on how much experience you have.
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qkthr1 says “even. if theyre good youre in some trouble but honestly your stun does well. full w->aa>q>aa>ignite works well early then ult later. Try to play passive and make her take some turret shots, and stocking on some health potions will help you win against her. also take exhaust against her trust”
Angryappleseed says “RUSH STEELCAPS, maybe even GA. Probably one of the worst matchups, you might even want to dodge.
U can bully her a bit pre-6, as long as you dodge her E stun. DO NOT FIGHT HER WHEN SHE HAS FULL STACKS or can just get all her stacks by Q'ing to the nearest minions. After 6, she will curb stomp you.”
Anguish333 says “- Q whenever she last hits minion with her Q, but becareful when she has 3+ stacks
- Use Movement Speed, E and R to dodge her stun
- If you get hit by E or Ult, wait out her marks in Shroud
- Whenever she casts Q on you, your E will hit 100% if you react fast enough
- Try not bursting her whenever she has W up, unless you know you will kill her even through that”
Asturic says “Don't fight when you have minions and you easily win by ulting her (either away or into your turret. Just remember to do that when she doesn't have her mark on you or she'll dash to you again and you'll die.”
Shoei baron king says “a irelia tem um lv1 lv2 bem forte, mas você ainda consegue bloquear a ut e o e dela, alem de desviar do e dela tambem, ambos tem suas vantagem, então é skill matchup”
Painters says “Extremely tough match up. She heals a lot of the damage you do from poking. Respect her when she has Q reset, avoid her stun, and save your W for when she's on top of you.”
Jg_diff says “She can't kill you too early if you don't get stunned. She is probably still winning you at cs, like Yasuo. Prepare for a tough fight after 15 minutes.”
Cryniu says “Try to dodge her stun, your E will be key in this match to keep your distance. Irelia is a mele champion so try to poke and slow her if your jungler is coming.”
YasuoEnjoyer69 says “Need to be careful too, she have high damage early + if she build blade of the ruined king you will have hard early/mid game
Ping jg to help you”
Wraithlander says “D Ring / First Strike with Bone Plating, Unflinching / Ignite. W Max.
Look for short trades and only trade after you have a few points in W otherwise she will hard win. Dodge her E and you will win the trade. Once you have catalyst she will struggle. You lose 1v1 once she has completed BOTRK so don't try and fight her in the sidelanes unless you are ahead and have an item lead. Even then she could probably still kill you with just a vamp scepter :)”
WelcomeToLosersQ says “Very painful as she out scales you and once on top of you can cause you trouble. Do not engage or fight when she has her stacks.”
TismoTheTilted says “Personally I hate top-champs going mid, because Riot never manages to balance them properly. They're either dogshit or mega broken. But Irelia should always beat you because of how tanky she is despite building full damage. Can't really escape her either due to her mobility and CC from W and R.”
Trisend3 says “Terrible matchup run bone plating and don't shove wave out. Freeze under tower if possible. If she's freezing either ask jungler to help push or play back and soak xp and give up the cs or potentianly roam.”
TB Azir says “Çok zor olmayan bir matchup fakat yine de lane'in nerde kaldığı gerçekten çok önemli. Öne geçene kadar lane'i ittirmeyip kesinlikle üstüme alıyorum. Sadece 1 levelde üstüme atlamasına müsaade etmemek için 3. wave'e kadar perma push atıp sonrasında lane'i üstüme almaya çalışıyorum. Zaten lane'i üstüme aldıktan sonra kuleden ötürü irelianın yapabileceği playler kısıtlanıyor ve safe bir şekilde dürterek oynayabiliyorum. Rün olarak yenilmez tercih ediyorum. Son olarak ufak bir trick: Bu bahsettiğimiz güvenli bölgede oynarken eğer olur da irelia'yı kule altına atabilirseniz (FLASHI OLMADIĞINDAN EMİNSENİZ) adamdan olabildiğince uzaklaşın ki üstünüze Q ile atlayıp kule range'inden kolayca çıkamasın. Flashı varsa kule altına attıktan sonra E ile üstüne atlayıp asker yükünüzü alın, zaten o da flashla kaçacaktır.”
Allyooops says “This matchup somehow gets worse every patch. Irelia is unkillable with her items unless you coinflip early lead. She will go tabis and win every trade lol.
Use grass q and pray she ints 2 tower shots trying to dive you then you can win.”
The Unshackled says “Take absolutely no trades when she's stacked. Poke with Q3 + W, try to bait her into a river fight as she's much weaker there (she can't easily stack up). Early gank would be really helpful.”
vxnity says “HEAVY skill matchup. Stay close-ish to your low health minions. Chances are she'll dash to those which gives you an opportunity to poke her. Watch out for her E.”
darkezmond says “It is extremely problematic to get your Q because of her jerks, try to aggress on lvl 1, after lvl 2 and 3, do not try to contact her”
ardizzle says “This matchup is fully knowledge gap. Don't fight her level 1. Just concede the first wave and try to not let her bounce the third. You do that and she struggles against you pretty hard unless you over step. ”
EL ZUDO says “its an even matchup be careful lvl 1 and 2 she can dash on u and fuck u up with e at 6 u beat her if she doesnt rush armour time ur q's and try to land ur q's off the wave for maximised dmg”
Nooldles says “If you are able to play around her E and passive you should just win. Never fight her if she has fully stacked passive and save your mobility to dodge her E or R and you should be ok. Once she misses E those are your opportunities to look for trades.”
Tears of fears says “You can W her E or R, pick either exhaust or cleanse, both are good options. Do not push the lane until she goes for a roam, if she manages to get behind you, use E”
AnxialSociety says “Aery manaflow absolute scorch
eyeball ingenious
Everfrost.
Do not walk up/let her on you, she will dash to you and kill you. Always.
If she gets merc treads you can't kill her.”
Deru says “Depends on how good irelia is but you can solokill her with conq or outroam. In teamfights try to w her since she can dash on your whole team.”
Samikin says “Skill-Matchup.
Win early. Lose later.
Irelia hard loses until she gets Blade of the Ruined King. Although, it is still Irelia so she could just outplay you with 8 Q's if you're not careful. Dodge her E at all costs in the lane phase if you don't want to get chunked. Back off when she has 4 Passive stacks up. Try to set her as far back as possible before the first item.
Recommendation:
Aery (+ Ingenious Hunter) rune page
Crown of the Shattered Queen + Lich Bane”
Mayuushii says “Will sustain and dash everywhere and has high kill pressure. Avoid her E with your W and try to catch her with charm when she Q's. Harass with Q W and aery and get an oblivion orb to reduce her healing. Avoid being near wave if they are low and she has Q. Run when she has fully stacked passive. Avoid her R with yours”
MiniLuxi1 says “Keep your distance, stand passively. She can easily kill you, so you just have to poke her while you have the opportunity. When she does W (stands still), she does damage, get ready to give a camp and leave her, because she can easily fly into you.”
StralekS says “Not Playable: Conqueror/ Resolve: vs Assassins, Ignite + Flash, Doran Shield/ Dark Seal start. Play lane safely, farm, and when she wastes ability, punish her with Q and if you are in good situation go all in. Recommended BOTRK on start and then full AP or Sunderer rush.”
Deru says “Depends on how good Irelia is but you can solokill her with conq or outroam. In teamfights try to W her since she can dash on your whole team if you don't.”
Pulgontes says “Tenes que tener cuidado en los primeros 3 niveles Irelia es muy agresiva, que no te mate ni una vez, si llegas a nivel 6 sin morir entonces vas a poder matarla.
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YourDreamWaifuu says “[Runes: Conqueror]
[Item: Long Sword]
[Mythic: Eclipse]
[Dodge R with you R] [Don't let her touch you] [Upgrade E instead of Q] [Dont fight her in minions]”
WaveFunction73 says “idk how to explain this matchup but as u play more against irelia and get experienced it becomes easier.
all i can say is that don't try to 1v1 her even if ur 1.5 items away smth. SHE'LL WIN”
DabiDabi says “She's too mobile and tanky for you to kill early game. While she can kill you throughout the game if your Ult and Flash is down. Play safe till 6 and ult her towards your turret if she all-ins you.”
TheAfricanDream says “Irelia at all stages in the match can easily kill Swain. A good irelia will try to freeze the wave mid and force you to walk up and CS. If this does happen and you have to walk up deep into lane to last hit minions, try get your jungle to come and shove out mid wave or she will kill you when you walk up to last hit creeps. She will look to Q four minions and will then Q onto you and kill you with ignite. If you see lots of irelias and not many Sylas's, feel free to ban her because there isn't too much you can do to win this lane. Take exhaust as your summoner spell if you want to play safe in lane. Always take bone plating as your rune in resolve as this will heavily reduce her combo damage when she jumps onto you.”
AkuAku says “Playable...
poke her and play around your shroud, and as long as you dodge her E's and poke her with Q auto E auto while she has no stacks you're shilling :)”
Cjtheawesome says “I put her as major as many underestimate her level 3 spike, I repeat do not be near any minions as corki with her having full stacks she will burst you down. other than that take as much farm as you can.”
Demonsedge90 says “This matchup is only problematic if Irelia gets ahead of you in the lane. Dark sphere poke is your best friend when dealing with her to ensure you have a healthy push, but do note that when she gets a vampiric scepter, respect her pushing and counter when she pushes too far.”
Atemporal says “Na minha opinião, este é o confronto MAIS DIFÍCIL de Ekko no jogo. Não empurre a onda cedo, não importa porque ela o matará facilmente se acertar um E, e mesmo que ela não acerte seu E, ela ainda o destruirá. seu empurrão, tome cuidado para ela ficar
4 pilhas passivas então Qing em você nível 1. Fique bem para trás, Q os 3 minions corpo a corpo logo antes do dado para ter certeza que a onda empurra para você. Não desperdice seu E nesta partida. Nunca pule a menos que ela tenha 0 lacaios para Q to, 0 passivo
pilhas e seu E está baixo. Eu joguei essa partida inúmeras vezes e seu potencial de dano e morte ainda me surpreende todas as vezes. Sempre use seu E para evitar seu stun. O stun dela tem um cd de 18 segundos, seu E tem 9, então será difícil para ela
puni-la adequadamente se você sempre E para evitá-la. Tenha cuidado ao andar muito longe no poste 6 da pista. Se você andar muito longe, ela pode facilmente se envolver em você, e seu R o levará de volta e para longe de sua torre e ela correrá facilmente
você para baixo. Você quer pensar em como você se aproxima da onda quando for limpá-la. Caminhe até ele de sua torre. Desta forma, você pode facilmente voltar para a segurança se ela se envolver em você. Isso é importante ter em mente porque depois de nivelar seu
nível 7 ela não terá muito tempo para te punir antes de você deletar a onda e correr. Mesmo se você acabar na frente ou atrás na pista, uma vez que Irelia completar sua Blade of the Ruined King, você não poderá 1v1 ela de qualquer maneira. Se ela é muito atrevida
ela também pode pegar um Wits End, talvez alguns Merc Threads e um Shieldhow. Você não pode vencer Irelia 1v1 na side lane, a menos que você evite uma habilidade muito única, e mesmo assim você ainda pode perder para ela extremamente habilidosa e
Lâmina equilibrada do Rei Arruinado. Eu digo que esta é a partida mais difícil de Ekko, mas ainda bano Kassadin em todas as partidas. Isso ocorre porque Irelia é facilmente gankável pela maioria dos junglers, e Irelia é super difícil de jogar corretamente em teamfights. Primeiro jogo Irelia
estará na sua cara, perto da sua torre, então ela será fácil de gankar. Quando você estiver split empurrando mais tarde, chame qualquer um de seus companheiros de equipe para emboscá-la. Os jogadores de Irelia são geralmente agressivos e fáceis de atrair. Considere deixá-la acertar seu E de propósito
apenas para atraí-la para se comprometer com você.”
Balinthun873 says “She can dodge your q with your q and she counters your ult with her W, so try to bait it out before ulting her. Consider takeing conqueror to this matchup.”
IamBishop says “You just stat check the **** out of her early. She cant kill you until like 2-3 items if you're even. I recommend being mindful of the e stun, but honestly most cases you will annihilate her in lane. ”
Simelodeon says “I: Everfrost + Morello
R: Defensiv
S: Barrier
Bleib einfach hinten und farm dich hoch. Deine einzige Chance auf Kills ist wenn sie ungeduldig wird und schlechte Engages nimmt. Pass auf damit sie nicht die Backline Minions nutzt um dich anzuspringen.
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Mind Of Kayle says “Get 5 stacks of your passive as fast as first wave arrives to lane and dont let her stack her passive - If she fights u then u kill her on level 1. Dont fight her when she has fully stacked passive. Slowly push 1st wave and crash 2nd wave. If u kill her on level 1, then recall after u crash and buy stuff. If u dont kill her but crashed wave, stay far away when wave is bouncing! Ward and wait. After 6, u win short trades, just keep wave near your tower if u havent lead because u wanna do short trades. ”
SanyGame says “When facing an Irelia in top lane, it's important to be mindful of her dash abilities and how your turret placement may affect her ability to engage with you. Try to set your turrets in a triangle formation, but keep them far apart so she can't easily dash from one to another. Keep your distance and poke her with your abilities while she is farming, but be prepared to retreat when she tries to engage with you. You can also try to land stuns with your abilities, but be aware that she can dodge them with her dash. Morellonomicon and Exhaust are good item choices to counter her sustain and damage potential.”
RuchaczSzmat69 says “Tricky matchup, you outdamage her hard if she has no stacks, but its very easy for her to get them while fighting in lane. Care about your lowhp minions that she can jump on and use as a way to get you. Try to not get hit by her E and if u do instantly W it. Place a barrel on your minions, if you take some practice you can destroy it as she dashes on them, passive auto her and you win most of the fights, but if irelia is skilled it could be very hard. Her ult is a huge threat.”
Spoomk says “Fuck this champion. She has more MR now so good luck doing more than 1 or 2 damage on your engage. If she has less health than IQ (around 70 or so) you should be able to engage and kill, if she doesn't dash a hundred miles away before you land.”
CFCryo says “Strong mobility and stuns, plus a huge statstick to boot make Irelia really really strong. Her dashes are fast and hard to Flay away, but preventing the Q reset when you're unsteady is of utmost important. If she ults you, ready your Flay. If you're stunned, you're probably screwed but you can try and flay her away and make every effort to get out. Get Plated Steelcaps and Titanic Hydra first.”
xblademojo says “Don't Push into her. Let her push or only last hit. She can jump on your voidlings. Be ready to dodge her Stun and always adjust your position. Start with Doran Ring for more early hp. Later on buy Oblivion Orb against her.”
Veng Shotz says “Ire's ability to One shot minions with Q all while stacking her stat stick passive will be your bane, your best bet is to either Q minions that she might q onto, or hold onto your e when she tries to all in you and dash out of her stun, You'll have a general hard time against her unless she either hard misplays or you managed to interrupt her dash.
post 6 this lane is almost unbeatable. with the slow on her ult giving her a free stun+ 4 stack passive, you'll lose half your health in 1 second and die the next, quite literally.
If you managed to get a kill early, rush an executioners, as when she loses the ability to spam q heal on minions without just ignoring your q's, she'll either have to win all in's or lose the sustain game.
Always play safe when she has a wave ready to spam Q onto, if she has no stacks she isnt a champion, and you should be able to all in her, just be aware of her ult and flash CD's. ”
sapphire__lol says “Skill matchup for sure. If she uses her w and q's well its not easy. Try to e her while she autos you so she does not use her w for it then use q aa w and if she commits you can go for all in with ignite you should win then. If she uses her w on your e she should win. Also she builds blade, which is good into you. I would still consider it Zac Favoured. ”
TwitchTv Kibbylol says “Even difficulty mid, extreme top but we aren't a guide for top lane now are we? Go aery ignite and ghost and take W second to pool her E and fuck her up. Focus on the wave coming to you and let her go ape. There is no matchup knowledge here, just play and let her push to you w her e's and kill this whore. Don't be caught lacking and forced to pool when the wave is towards her and respect her champion however. Can also go electro / first strike.”
Mvrshy says “[TOP] Unplayable, ban or dodge. she will chase you from midwave to your nexus soaking 800 tower shots kill you and recall scott free.
[MID] Farm under turret and hope to god they dont have functioning braincells because irelia is cancer. wait for her to dive you, ult flash ignite w everything and hope she doesnt 200 years her way into a free win”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
Adamonias says “unplayable lane. Dodge.
If you are forced to play it, just Q over your own wave aswell to maybe hit her and E her when she W
lane sucks. go next.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
BalkanGem says “Irelia can be quite dangerous but you can get away from her pretty easily with your stuns and E. If she can't catch you she is useless”
SkyBanana says “A high dive rush down champion, Irelia is not a champion you want to go up against if the player has a brain cell. She is designed to punish ranged champions and will all kill you level 1 if possible. Best to play a different champion when going against Irelia mid.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health.When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Avoid trading with Irelia when she has her Passive stacked as she will out trade you. Keep an eye on the little bar under her health. When trading with Irelia, keep an eye on low health minions in your lane. Irelia may use her Bladesurge(Q) on the minion to escape the trade or run you down after a skirmish. Irelia benefits from extended trades. Try and avoid going for extended trades with her as she will always win them.”
NegativePhoenix says “Poke her carefully and get grievous early. If you don't she'll just heal whatever damage you do to her by Qing minions to full health. If you manage to play safe enough that her E can't reach you or she can't do anything even if it does you'll be ok. She needs fed to stay in the game, if she's even a bit behind it hurts her.”
InfinityZero93 says “Tanky, speedy and with a built in sustain, she's the pain of a few midlaners, and Akshan is no different. Kite her best you can, but if your minions near you get low, pull back a bit and let her come to you.”
AkiraHopeXDDDD says “IF you don't dodge her E, She will fck you over and over and over again. DO not let her jump on you and don't fight her at 5 stacks (or 4 stacks).
Early executioners can help with the Q healing”
Body Those Fools says “This lane is very volatile. You need to communicate with your jungler and support that she will always play aggressive so you can just kill her over and over. Watch out for your minions' health bars; if they're low, she will Q onto them and onto you and trade heavily with you. If her passive is stacked, do NOT try to trade with her. She will try to freeze the wave near her tower so she can run you down. You want to freeze the wave on your side of the lane. You have to dodge her E or you die. You have to flash or drift away from her Ult or you die. Try to Ult her during her Q so she can't get the reset. Be aware she will use her W to chunk the wave so that she can execute minions and close the gap with her Q.”
RIPStollie says “Irelia is one of the most obnoxious mid laners to play against because she has a lot of sustain, mobility, and damage. You are never going to be able to win this matchup 1v1 unless they are trying to tower dive you. Let her push into you and try to get help from your jungler, and save your q for any tower dive attempts that may happen. It can also be useful to run exhaust in this matchup.”
Bughans says “Disgusting champion, beats your ass in lane, but at the same time you can oneshot her before she starts building tanky items when she's just at BOTRK”
RedRzr19 says “Take conqueror against her and bait her R, when she uses it instantly ult her and dodge the R, avoid the auto attacks by dashing away with W and poking her. Avoid close range combat for a long period of time. Get anti healing.”
KayyeN says “Just how it is for most melee midlaners, Irelia stomps you as soon as you try contesting her. Farm with Q, dodge her E with your own E. Try surviving lane.”
Edex_StarsUpYourASol says “As long as you dodge her 3rd ability, you will be fine no matter the stage. However, if she ever gets a snowball going, you have no control over what happens next. Irelia is vulnerable to ganks, so try to bring your jg and bait her into engaging you.
Mid to Late is similar to Katarina where she is either useless, or can get fed super easily. Always be wary of her and try to keep her away from the teamfight as you can stall her much longer than she expects.”
DragonMaster45 says “Irelia goes pretty even in lane with Zed, but her late game is untouchable by any Zed player. In order to beat Irelia as Zed, you have to rely on your team.”
Zarasaras says “Dodge her E and W her R
Hold your W
She can pretty much sustain herself with a vampiric + her Qs
Just wait for her to waste her mana
Play with ignite and ping her”
HikariWoosh says “This one is never fun. Irelia is able to run you down at all stages in the game, with the ability to dodge your CC and hard to disengage from, playing too far up against an Irelia will cost you.”
DabiDabi says “Super hard matchup. She is tanky, her W negates quite a bit of dmg. Her Q heals a lot and can dodge your abilities. Her passive Autos will do more dmg than your whole kit.”
OSG Rewynd says “Irelia is a generally rough matchup. Pay attention to her stacks and your minions' hp. Landing a stun on her rarely helps you, and usually baits you in. If she w's your stun, she takes reduced damage, does damage to you, then kills your casters healing up, and autos you down. Just play to outscale her.”
Kurchina says “Dashes.... Antiheal asap but even then it really depends how she plays it out, if she knows how to cuck ur barrels then ur pretty much doomed as she can 1v1 in any stage of game, but u can stomp on her also if u play perfectly (keep eye on passive)”
jesterjedi93 says “Irelia could be a challenging matchup. Usually you would wanna go Shieldbow rush against her, but if her team has 1 or more tanks, go for Kraken Slayer. Early game, avoid trading with her AT ALL COST if she stacks up her passive.”
Super08131208 says “Be careful of her level 1 cheese as she can Q the 3 back wave minions and Q onto you giving her passive, which will lead her into autoing you to death. Don't get stunned by her E as that's the only way she can beat you after level 3.
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ze kraken says “You should avoid this matchup. Switch lanes or play ultra safe. You could poke her down a bit early but she will eventually start to out sustain you. Her dashes make her even more dangerous. Wait for the jungler.”
feejee says “Cracked early game, can kill you level 1 or 2 if you're not careful. Once you get 6/Rocketbelt it becomes a lot easier. Go ignite to cut her healing, too.”
Zoose says “Play safe to avoid her E stun and you should win most trades. Look out for her passive once she's reached 5 stacks, and stay back as she'll have enhanced auto attacks. Respect her lv 6, as anytime she lands her ultimate, she can easily combo you from 100 to 0. Stay away from low hp minions as she'll use them to Q dash. Look to land E where you think she'll dash to low hp minions. Push waves and roam.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Aftershock or Phase Rush]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Try to dodge her E at all cost]
[Let her push your wave so that your jungler can help]”
spicy ricecaker says “You must have confidence in this matchup. Irelia has a very similar playstyle to yasuo in the sense that they both benefit from a very long wave. If Irelia can get 4 stack from multiple low hp minions or has 4 stack don't try to trade with her: she can 100 to 0 you with just autos. Look to trade with her while the wave is pushing towards you, when she doesn't have much space to maneuver. In terms of mechanics, you're looking to w her e, or tornado her q. If you knock her up mid dash, her q goes on cooldown and you have a window to trade or all in her. You spike harder than her after berserkers, but she spikes insanely hard after bortk, making it hard to 1v1 her after that unless you're winning supremely. Don't be afraid if you die to her once because you'll still be useful in a teamfight by windwalling her r. ”
basrty1p says “Depending on how much on your skill level.
Watch out her passive and her E, If her stack become full, Leave from your minion immediately.
If she wants to use her Q, you can cast E and she'll struggle so much to fight you since your E now has a stun if they dash or are pushed. Use your AOE Q harass her in lane.
After level 9, you can fight her easily because of insane damage and slow form Worked Ground Q.
If you can avoid her E and R, she'll dead for sure.
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SadgeBoyK says “dont walk up when she has her q's stacked. dodger her e, goo the wave so she cant spam q, and you beat her with ignite if you fight her when she has no more q. also, her mana pool is very limited, you can bait out her abilities to waste her mana.”
Esrucnl says “I swear this champion is so annoying because she can nullify so much of your burst with her W ability. You need to play around her stacks and the minion wave if she has no stacks you will win - if she does you won't. Moment she used her W you all in her and will usually win if you are equal in terms of gold.
Pre 6 use your E to dodge her stuns -- after level 6 when she has ult you need to use your E to dodge her R or else its a bit doomed.
However 90% of the Irelia players always push fast/hard so you are able to freeze and call your homie (jungler) and EASILY kill her. Good setup and Irelia mid is free kills for your jungler. ”
Azurio says “Skill matchup. Go fleet defensive (boneplate is really good), play far from wave when she has passive or about to get it, dodge her E with yours and smoke yourself when she R you. You can kill her pre 6 with ignite if you space and presure well.”
ddieguito_es says “Her dashes can help her getting out of your damage. She wins you pre-6 and probably post-6. Stay safe because if you get ulted you can be dead. Frozen Heart/Bramble Vest may be a great idea early. BOTRK = glhf.”
JT Andrew says “She's Is Not Range Champ It's To Easy To Kill
Don't Be Complacent Because There Is When There Is An E Irelia You Shouldn't Give Up Here Because You Could Die”
beansoce says “Really hard matchup early since he has a lot of mobility and cc. Try to use w early to dodge her stun, once she's 6 just save w for ult and try to dodge her e without using pool.”
King Turtle says “Irelia is a strange matchup for Gangplank as you can cleanse her E and punish her Q spam, but she's incredibly powerful and her healing is hard to beat until you get Mortal Reminder. This matchup mostly depends on how good the Irelia is. If she's good, she will make the game hell but if she's bad you can stomp her head in.”
ColdStuff says “Irelia is an extremely tough match-up given her proclivity to shrug off damage, how hard she counters ranged champions, and her tankiness. ”
Twisted Tea Fate says “She's not impossible to deal with. If you take glacial augment and freeze the wave you can harass her really hard and she can't easily escape ganks.”
Bunny Kata says “Don't think irelia is unplayable, get the mindset that you can beat her in 1vs1, and just think of her strengths : when she has full stacks she's godlike, and Vampiric Scepter is one of her Power Spikes. BotRK is her next Power Spike. You can definitely beat her once you get Riftmaker, as you can dodge her E with yours, and dodge her R if she goes for a long range one, as you can just press W. When she uses W, use your Q right on her and you will deal true damage and her W will be useless. If you really struggle against this champ, just try to play her and you'll understand the champ better.
Ignite-TP + Doran's Ring”
Magmora says “A snowballing lane bully with sustain and insane mobility. Levels 1/2 you can harass her like all melee matchups. She relies on dashing to minions to farm and heal, so watch out. If you are confident you can predict where she is going to dash to and stun her. If you need it everfrost is an amazing buy into her, since she is so reliant on mobility. Also, an early oblivion orb can really help out.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Summon Aery or Phase Rush]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Play extremely safe]
[Try to dodge her E at all cost]
[Get your jungler to help a lot]”
KyogoEntity says “Highly Skill match-up. Try to win before she gets BOTRK or she'll brute force you every single time. She has better items so betting it on late game 1v1's is not optimal, always try to will wall her ult especially on Team fights. If the jungler is a heavy ganker or can brute force you like Reksai or Udyr I recommend going exhaust and by executioner. ”
donidaking says “TOPLANE KINGDOM?
Midlane irelia wasn t unheard of a few patches ago now she doesn t show up midlane so often.
But in any case she s melee you are ranged(POKE POKE POKE AND EVEN MORE POKE) watch out the minions though fully stacked passive irelia is really scary.
Don t get cheesed early with her 4 stacks 3 on minions one on you and be chunked for no reason.
Poke her while she Q's as she s in a channeling animation(auto+Q+shortE) and dodge her E or her R with your pool. Don t step up next to minions without pool.
If she goes Wits Ends first item it becomes unplayable.”
Sakuritou says “A good irelia will destroy you.
A bad irelia will still be able to destroy you if you don't outplay her.
Once she has bork + wits end, do not fight her anymore.
Play around Teamfights and silence her in them!”
Aut0Lycus says “Just don't feed her, she has no kill pressure if you don't give it to her. Freeze near your tower and just wait for jg to fail to gank you.”
TheKingUltra says “Early game q and auto attacks will make you cry and if she builds blade you will insult the game for being unbalanced. But in the late game, you can peel your adc with a lot of hard cc and your 4 k hp plus 1 k shield will be a big upside in an fight against her. You dont have to worry dying against her. ”
Whitelies says “She can punish you if you get too close to low health creeps. Manage waves properly, don't let it get to her turret. She wins in level 1. Get W at level 2 and catch up with CS. Trading is possible with Conqueror but don't get cocky. Wait for her W to be on cooldown. Don't engage her with low health cs or marked units.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Really annoying match up. Stay clear of her E and do not fight her for more than 2 sec. She will beat you in an extended fight throughout the whole game.”
KarmaFull says “She has really good waveclear and is very mobile. Her dash resets every time she kills something with her dash, or dashes on a recently ulted or stunned enemy (only counts her stun). If you see her fail a dash, you have around 4 seconds to engage her. Try to E her before ulting.”
Ahri Simplord says “If she plays ignite and she lands a stun on you early you're likely dead, if she plays TP she'll buy vamp scepter and come back to lane to be unkillable, she cannot randomly all in you though since you can interrupt her mid-Q and you're pretty mobile but you can probably only kill her if she dives you if you don't get an early lead. You likely win 2v2's with your jungler if you land your charm.”
PrestigeGalaxy says “Really hard matchup if you don't have experience. Her passive damage/lifesteal is way too high for kat to win auto-attack trades. Avoid staying close to low HP minions and try dodge her E + R.”
Kat_Alien says “Irelia is a champion that can win the fight without hitting any ability on you. Only way to win the lane is to poke her with fast trades with electrocute and dogging her e/r abilities. The better her mechanics, the harder the matchup gets and you won't ever win 1v1 if the Irelia is not bad at her champ even if you are 10/0.”
KeNaNFoR says “Do not fight under the creeps with her and do not let her get 4 stacks of passivity, she is strong at an early stage against Kassadin, but in leyte you will punish her”
ROLVe says “You can easily beat irelia in the early game, but you shouldn’t underestimate her. She can still beat you if she’s behind. Try to always block her E and not taking risks. Buy Anti-heal early, so build shieldbow into reminder.!Use Lethal tempo in this Match-up! ”
Dustyacer says “I like bone-plating secondary here. I am testing Exhaust here. Be careful LVL 1, she can all in you and kill after csing the first 3 melee minions. You can poke her LVL 1, but respect her all in. Try to not have the wave pushed, she can run us down a long lane. Try to poke off bone plating before hard engaging. Try not to fight post 6. She can cross up our e quite easily, so try to use our e after she has finished her 100 dashes. ”
m0rfeazz says “Tough AF, she can outsustain you + she has CC and her ult is strong against you , however her ult benefits you but you wont get any mark on her”
PrestigeGalaxy says “Really hard matchup if you don't have experience. Her passive damage/lifesteal is way too high for kat to win auto-attack trades. Avoid staying close to low HP minions and try dodge her E + R.”
Xalt says “This is a rough match up. You will need an early seekers and resolve secondary with shield bash and bone plating. Try to avoid fighting her in a minion wave as it'll be hard to land your Q and ult with her having targets to dash to. TIP: If you ult her mid dash to a minion it stops her from getting the reset making for a easy kill.”
SupaSnor says “Keep your distance when she starts stacking her passive, dodge stun, shoudnt be that much of a problem. Wait for your jungle and try pressuring other lanes if you can find the chance.”
DaffeLaffe says “UHH this one right here, is probably the worst possible matchup for Diana. You will need an early seekers and resolve secondary with shield bash and bone plating. But If you can ult her while shes dashing towardsa minion it stops her from getting the reset making for a opportunity to kill her.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: First Strike]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring]
[Play very safe and try not to die early]
[Broken champ as ****]”
DabiDabi says “Irelia is super strong if she gets her passive off. Don't get stunned by her E or else she'll chunk you to half. Level 6 when fighting, play around your Shroud. Dodge her E, wait for her W to run out. And do a fast combo so she won't be able to dodge. Be careful of her level 1 cheese, where she Q's the three Caster minions and onto you giving her passive. Which allows her to just Auto you down. She kind of destroys you late game unless you are fed so try to end early.”
TrueGIXERJ says “I love playing this matchup; while it's not your easiest, its definitely super easy, just jump out of her stun and land some free damage, just DO NOT fight her while her passive is stacked.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: First Strike or Phase Rush]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Corrupting Potion]
[Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost]
[Play extremely safe]
[Try to dodge her E at all cost]
[Pray for your ganks and that your team is better]
[Broken champ as ****]
[Swap with your Top laner if you can]
[If you have picked first Viktor and she locked Irelia second and you know she is going to be in Mid lane, dodge]”
Fake Supp says “This champ is so broken
this matchup is only about outplays
just watch your minions health bar because she can get on you with full stacked passive in 2 secends !!”
comfykoala1 says “Irelia is incredibly mobile and has great health sustain with her q, she can zone you very easily so you should focus on getting a good tp back and roaming.”
Ara55 says “irelia is not really a problem for akali. you have to concede kind of early to not fall into irelia LVL 1-2 cheese, ideally, you fight on mythic timing, past LVL 9, and especially at 11.
(Conqueror)”
desch3445 says “suffer.
She's too mobile, has too much sustain, too much all-in, and will eat you for breakfast with a side of hashbrowns or whatever the Ionian equivalent of hashbrowns is.
Take the First Strike page; Even though FS is generally for winning lanes, you can't utilize ANY other keystone vs her. Electrocute? She presses W and negates like half of it. Conqueror? Try taking an extended trade vs Irelia, I dare you. Aery? Yeah, try poking her when she has the Q button. First Strike is the only option.”
ThePieBeam says “Her dashes are painful, sustain is crazy, and the stun is very easy to hit. If you get hit it's going to hurt so don't use Q until she tries to fight (they always do). Don't bother using abilities on her if she's charging her W and avoid the stun at all costs. If you do that it's not a particularly difficult lane. Just remember not to play up close to her tower if she has ult because if you're away from help the ult slow makes for a free stun, then you're fucked.”
xmarksthesp0t says “wow this one is boring. Try to get a laneswap if possible. If you do have to face her, just realize you will be behind at all times. She has just to many ways of making your life hell. Stay the hell back and expect an E or a dash att all times. Take whatever farm you can get and if your jungler shows up, still prefer to farm rather than chase. She can easily turn on you and with all her healing she is full health after you die and suddenly she is 2-0. Unplayable if she is somewhat competent.”
TrueGIXERJ says “I get a little dopamine rush every time the enemy picks irelia, you can beat her at all stages of the game unless she gets fed. you can out-sustain short trades in lane, just make sure to dodge her E and stun her as she Qs to you”
Callmebee says “Despite her peachy butt, one of the most frustrating champions to lane against. Keep your calm and distance, farm up with auto attacks, do not use your spells on the wave. Charge Manaflow with E. Take exhaust. Keep an eye at your minions being low HP, she will dash to them and get her stacks + engage on you. ”
TcKatfish says “[Press The Attack Runes / Doran's Blade start.] GOOD EXHAUST GAME! This is what I would say is 1 of 2 of Akshan's worst matchups. This matchup has the highest risk of death. Lvl 1 be wary of YOUR caster minions. If they are low health Irelia will Q through all 3 and then to you giving her her passive and will heavily out trade you. If they are low completely back off the wave and let it come to you. You can beat her if she doesn't have her passive up and ONLY if you dodge her E. Being hit by E will result in you having to blow summoners or death. Post Lvl 6 you cannot be in the same screen as Irelia. Shove each wave and take every minion you can if it is free. You will have to give up experience and gold in this matchup so to try and counter this we will want to roam and play around your jungler. Shove waves with Q and sit under turret or look to roam if she tries to freeze on you.”
lonestar1870 says “Probably Syndra's hardest matchup in lane.
Best to slowpush level 1/2, then let slow push back to you. Abuse your level 1/2 range advantage. You will need to give up some CS on waves 3-5 to let wave come back to you. Save your E for if she goes in on you since unless you are positive you will land it. You can try to set up a freeze so she can't kill you or farm easily, but just make sure your jungler doesn't need mid prio.
It is hard to poke her out of lane since she has so much sustain.
Be careful of her engage when she has full stacks and when you have multiple of your minions low on HP.
Do your best to dodge her stun, it's fairly narrow.
She will always have kill threat on you mid/late game unless she is extremely far behind. Never facecheck her and don't fight her around minions.
Her Q puts her behind the target. You can Q on top of one of your low HP minions if you expect her to Q it. This makes it easier to land Q on her but requires patience/prediction.
If she Q's you near your tower, walk slightly forward and E-Q to knock her back/stun her under your tower. You can also E-Q or W-E when she dashes to you since it's harder for her to react to.
I like to take PR and TP since you don't win the lane and your best bet is trying to scale, but you can take Elec/Ignite if you are confident in your ability to win lane.”
Desperate Nasus says “On level 1 Start with E and try to last hit the firstt 3 melee minions. Never walk up for Cs against Irelia. If you get hit by her E the amount of damage she can deal is crazy. A good Irelia will zone you out of lane. Give Cs and experience if needed just dont die no matter what. Nasus outscales Irelia after a certain point. Staying alive against Irelia is really important. After you buy sheen kindlegem with 200 stacks you can kill her after she makes a mistake. Remember not to fight her in a big minion wave since she can use it to heal while you fight. Watch the wave before trying to all in her. This matchup gets way easier after you buy divine.”
itakute says “Level 1 try to abuse her, don't let her Q the first 3 creeps for free. Punish her for every Q she takes on the minions. Side stepping her E with yours lets you save windwall for her ult, making the matchup easier. If you can't dodge her E just windwall and sit in it and hit her.”
Rhybeaux says “Pretty self explanatory. She's annoying to play against. Too fast for you too. Just try to stay away and CS. Definitely stay away when she has full stacks, especially post buff.”
joojnene says “Pretty much a snowbally matchup. Don't trade her when she has full stacks, and avoid getting hit by her E, either by dodging or using your windwall. Avoids her ult at level 6 and abuser her lvl 1, try getting lvl 2 first to have some advantage over her at the start. Always poke her with you Q when she goes farm.”
IreliaS Secret says “Довольно сложный матчап. Лучше доджить. На линии ты ее никак не убьешь. В мид гейме лучше от нее держаться на другой стороне карты.”
Lowkii_d says “High Damage Burst, High Sustain and Tanky a recipe for Akshan disaster. Also she can also get on top of you. Makes it incredibly difficult for Akshan to farm and out trade”
CashLOL says “I find this to be a skill matchup. It comes down to how you use your W when she hops onto you. Barrier very useful or even exhaust here. Watch the wave. If she can quickly stack her passive off wounded minions you are in danger.”
ShokLoL says “Akshan actually deals with Irelia sorta well but she's really annoying overall. Take PTA ignite and max E. If she ever wastes her E you can look to punish by E'ing next to her (but not into her, especially after 6). Worst case you can use E to dodge her stun and just farm it out.”
Xelikari says “ This matchup generally favors Irelia, but not heavily. Once she get’s BoRK you pretty much can’t do anything without jungle help, before that is your opportunity to get a lead. You CAN take Exhaust in this matchup if you’re worried but it’s not necessary, and Ignite makes your roams a lot stronger once she gets BoRK around 12-14 mins.
Early on, avoid fighting her when she’s at max stacks. You can start Q and try to poke her early to get a minor advantage, play safe level 2 and look to control the lane from level 3+. You pretty much just outdamage her with raw strength early on, monitor her stacks and punish her when she’s not close to max for her passive. After 6 if she goes on you, dropping The Equalizer on top of you pretty much negates the all-in and usually results in a kill, just think about her Q and if she’s able to easily dash back out so she doesn’t bait your R. Plated Steelcaps first.
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iZianni says “Skill match up but slightly Vex favored due to Doom / Gloom interactions.
Irelia is annoying because she techs into first item merc or wits end which neutralizes your champion. ”
livikattt says “If the Irelia is bad, you should be fine, but if she has more than two braincells, she'll be able to get on top of you and oneshot you. She's also super tanky while still doing a disgusting amount of damage, so be careful. If she knows how to play Irelia, she's practically unbeatable. Either way, invest in antiheal. This is non-negotiable.”
pwins says “Zoe gets DESTROYED by Irelia. At this point, just ban her. If you play against her in lane, rush Zhonya's and play passively. Try to cast E when she tries to go in and kill you and run!”
TorvusDog says “Her sustain makes your poke pretty useless. Also if she stuns you and has full stacks you are doomed. I'd say go normal nasus or just another mid laner.”
BigChingas says “Easy to fight during early laning phase. Try to outplay her and not die. She has a lot of sustain and mobility so she can bully you hard. Sometimes this matchup can be a breeze if the enemy is not experienced. Try to let her push minions into you and try to slow or freeze the wave in front of your tower. If you do this, you can prevent her from dashing to minions since your hook is a threat to her.”
Prof Harambe says “Probably a bad matchup. Don't really play into any good irelias, but even so its a toplaner in the midlane. Would be tragic in the toplane, but midlane is too safe and short for irelia to kill you reliably, and if she opts for a dive, your passive, r and q will allow you to trade at least.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “This matchup is an absolute nightmare for Yone. It doesn't matter how well you play, or how bad the
Irelia is. Her champ is just better. Play to survive until Shieldbow. Even then, this matchup is still very
hard. If she ever freezes on you, you can't play the game. You can't walk up, similar to the Darius matchup.
She will just run you down and kill you. This is my personal permaban for top lane. Do your best to dodge
her E with your E. You can never fight her if her passive is stacked; you will always lose the trade/all-in.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Abuse her level 1 and try to get a trade on her when you get level 2 before her. Always Windwall her E if you can't dash out of it in time. If she hits you with even one of them, she can easily 100 to 0 you.
You should win all-ins as long as you Windwall her E. This matchup is very snowbally, so whoever gets the edge first will usually take over the lane.
When she gets 6, try to Windwall her R or you can E through her to dodge it.
Her E cooldown is a lot shorter than your Windwall so be aware of that. E out of some of her Es because your Windwall won't be up for all of them.
Irelia also just out stats you hardcore even if you Windwall her E and R.”
Katawina52 says “Irelia should have a hard favour in this matchup, but it's killable if you can dodge/avoid her E. If you use your dash to avoid her spells you can deny her Q resets (if you got hit by her E/R). If her E/R hits you will hard lose the trade and most likely die, that's why I put this matchup towards the Hard catagory. The better her mechanics, the harder the matchup gets and u won't ever win 1v1's if the irelia is not bad at her champion even if you're 3-0.”
Drewmatth Taliyah says “MELEE = PUSH EARLY (LEVELS 1-2) - CARE FOR GANKS! (SPAM Q'S TILL 50-60% MANA).
Ring + 2 Pots + an Extra Ring + Refillable if you still struggle. Get armor early if needed (Tabis/Parts of Zhonya). Irelia is a rather difficult matchup but doable. Im not advising for Corrupting because she will always try to 100-0 you when she hits her CC spell. Pre 6 you can fight and kill her but unless you are far ahead post 6 I don't really recommend trying to fight her since a good Irelia will always find ways to burst you down/dodge/outplay you due to her kit strength. Compared to Kata/Yasuo she is far more manageable and VERY susceptible to ganks. I usualy play with Ignite and try to poke her with Q from far away especially early on (Q+E at level 2 and push, but keep in mind their jungler!).
If you feel the opponent vastly outskills you go for all the extra runes/resistances you can and roam. Minion Demat + Time Warp Tonic is a must as far as I see it.
Pick Heal/Barrier if you feel you gonna get heavily outplayed (or you play against a smurf - op.gg to see that).”
Yeager says “She will just stat check you the entire laning phase because of her passive. Track her passive stacks and never trade when it's fully stacked. Stay away from low hp minions so she can't use them to gap close with and focus on dodging her E. If you get hit by that, she can all in and kill you. Let her push all game and just farm at your side of the lane, and wait for jungle ganks. You can punish her if you see her missing Q and/or E. When you are fighting her 1v1, you want to use the first part of your E to dodge her stun so she can't reset her dashes and stack passive fast enough. ”
eiensiei says “Surviving this lane is all about paying close attention to allied minions' HP, as she her Q resets if it kills her target. I'll generally make a point to stay behind the line my ranged minions form in lane. I'll poke her with E without going for passive procs. I'll usually only use my Q if I see one of my creeps getting low on HP and predict she's going to dash to it - if I hit, I'll follow it up with a full combo. Keeping the wave next to my tower is a must or any minion I try to last hit brings the risk of her all-in. Her first power-spike is Sheen and after she finishes Trinity Force, I won't be able to touch her unless I bait her into diving.”
xblademojo says “Dont get her E on your face get early Cloth Armor and you are totally fine to even contest her Level 1 with Nether Blade. Starting from Level 6 its becoming easier. Take care because she can cast her E during Dash and that's barely visible. ”
Avucado says “Can easily stick on you, does tons of damage and build relatively tanky. Never go for E because they will just dodge it with their Q. Executing them is a problem because they can dash around a lot and heal a ton. Roaming is a good way to get ahead but they can shove pretty fast. Ping for ganks because they can't get away but they are very capable of 2v1ing especially because it will be hard to land anything on them with their dashes. Best case is to gank while you're shoved in. Starting longsword is viable because they have little poke, it will make trades better.”
Yeager says “Broken champ... Don't fight her when her passive is stacked. Play at YOUR side of the lane. Good irelia players will animation cancel their E, so watch out if she suddenly plays aggro. Also don't stay close to low hp minions.”
Hullos says “High mobility, decent cc, good sustain, good engage, decent roams, good dmg. decent wave clear. Try to poke as much as possible before the engage then you might be able to kill her. Other wise never fight an even battle, take exhaust.”
Yeager says “She's mobile with CC, making it extremely hard to punish her.
Watch out for when her passive is fully stacked and don't trade. Let her push the wave and try have it at YOUR SIDE OF THE LANE. Focus on farming and getting your core items.
When trading, focus on dodging her E, and stay far away from your own minions so she doesn't use those to close the distance.
You can cripple her mobility with W of course but you don't have to force risky plays because you outscale her hard in the lategame. Farm for your important items and outshine her in teamfights. ”
Polarshift says “Hard to catch and very strong in a lot of phases of the game. She can engage hard on you if you ever misposition, so be careful, since you will never out-damage her when she has 5 stacks. Most Irelia's try to get a kill early and play very aggressive. Try to freeze and poke her. Then let your jungler gank her for a kill, but be careful of her turning on you both. Learn important ability cooldowns through an external website and fight enemies when their abilities are on cooldown.”
TygoVe says “In lane you should just play safe, make sure your passive is up for her E (stun). It blocks the stun but it does not block her mark. You can pretty much deny her early threat by staying under turret and using your Q when she tries to engage. Use R on her in most teamfights. Make sure you don't let her 1v1 you early on. Ping her when she roams.”
RezoneVerified says “Strong top and mid at the moment!..beware her hyper mobility on your turrets! Try and combo her down once she engages in melee range ( try not to get stunned )”
LunarVortex says “You usually don't have enough damage to 1v1 her even if you otherwise outplay her, but you can heavily shut her down in teamfights. Be patient with your Q. Be aware that she can get out of your R if there's targets for her to Q on. Just try to survive lane.”
Curt Mcbeltpants says “Irelia is also one of the hardest matchups, paired with conqueror and blade of the ruined king she can eaisly 100 to 0 you with ignite too. She also hard outsustains you with corrupting and a yuumi heal on every Q lol. ”
Halfhand says “TIPS:
Never push the wave, unless your jungler needs prio, you are ahead or you want to look for a roam. Make sure you watch your minions hp. She will be jumping onto them if they are low hp., so don't stand next to low hp minions. Try to get lvl 6 without dying, and start roaming with r afterwards. This champion is a laning god, but outside of lane she isn't as strong. Don't fight her strong points.”
Eriosunx says “Unbarable laningphase, all you have to do is NOT FIGHT HER UNLESS HE HAS E ON OR Q ON COOLDOWN.
If you get hit by her E in the wrong spot you are dead!
And dying in this lane means she will start towerdiving you.
So be carefull.
The only positive side for katarina is that she has way more impact in teamfights and scales way better”
Yeager says “Avoid fighting her when she has her passive stacked. Also keep an eye on her E. If you get hit by that, you're going to get chunked really hard with her follow-up damage. ”
Yeager says “Don't trade when her passive is fully stacked, she will just run you down.
Don't stay near low health minions, or she will use those to close the distance and get her Q reset.
Her E and R are skillshots which can be dodged. Getting boots early will help with that.
Seekers armguard rush can be of great help.
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Fuzzmonkey says “Dodge her E stun and you can pretty much all in her. Make sure you don't initiate on her when she has 4 stacks of her passive and conqueror (fully stacked) otherwise she'll easily out trade you.”
Urpog says “Toplane: Irelia's pretty easy but that might be a controversial opinion to those who don't know how to handle her; she's a squishy champion which relies on getting resets from minions, you need to be proactive about punishing her whenever she's going for minions and then being weary whenever she's managed to successfully stack, when she goes to Q onto a minion, press your Q onto the minion pre-emptively, if she gets hit by your Q then auto, W and walk around chasing her, if she Q's onto you then walk backwards as you don't want to take the prolonged trades, if she casts her E untoggle your W to get your movement speed back and dodge it, you'll trade about 20/30% of your HP for around 50 of hers, repeat this until you have a kill window on her and you've won. TP/IGNITE both work vs her. Midlane: The advice from top follows to midlane, you play the exact same way except the matchup is easier because when she's taken a bad trade it's harder to get away from you since you're able to end the trades as you feel like with the lane being shorter. ”
Dj Memelord says “This is one of the few matchups i would suggest you go standard build conqueror+ ignite and play the lane properly. Lane becomes much easier then.”
CashLOL says “Tough matchup, dashes to dodge your Q, which heals her and her W to ignore physical damage and a few of her auto attacks do more damage than your whole combo. ”
wDesired says “Don't fight her while she has 5 stacks or will get five stacks (Look at the minion wave if the minions are all very low don't take the fight) Dodge her E as that's how she wins the trade”
mrmundo says “F*ck her.
On rare occasions, you get a bad player who you can easily stomp, or most of the time you get an OTP that will destroy you. This is why Irelia is the top of my ban list. I just can't risk it. If you do face the unfortunate, ALWAYS play it safe. You get a level 5 power spike and you could potentially outtrade her, but really, she will always be a threat. ”
ShokLoL says “Irelia has so much sustain and mobility so as a poke champ you pretty much can't do anything. Play to keep the wave on your side and pray you get ganks. With electrocute and ignite you do have kill pressure on her if she makes a big mistake. Be very careful ulting forward at 6 because she can get a free stun off it.”
angeLoon says “lethal Dblade in Resolve Bone Plating and overgrowth
Irelia feels annoying to play against with the new lethal,but you can still win.
try to be near low minions lvl 1 so she can't q the minion without taking damage.
you need to dodge or block her E and R
Making Executioner's Early is really great against irelia if you don't have ignite.”
Kords says “With her newest changes she just makes short work on you and your family while drinking a tea on noxian corpses. She is the deffinition of Extreme difficulity. Being an anti ranged champion she has the tools to engage on you easily while making dragon jokes and killing you with her stacks up. Problems even with help killing her will be a problem.”
angeLoon says “dring first strike,bone plating unflinching.
you can win a short trade against irelia lvl 1 if she have conqueror and you hit your E.
irelia is really annoying but try to not give free minions to her to dash on,this kills her mobility.when she go for a minion try to punish her if she have 1-2 stacks.
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SaltCat says “You can kil her if you get level 2 first, you can also dodge her r and e really, NEVER fight if she has her passive already stacked, carefull level 1 and 2”
ShokLoL says “Irelia has a ton of sustain and mobility so don't waste mana, go for big trades rather than poking non stop, especially after she gets vamp scepter. You can electrocute ignite and play for a one shot or just take phase rush TP and sit back and try not to die.”
ShokLoL says “Pretty difficult matchup because of her extreme amounts of sustain but you do quite well to her in teamfights. Take electrocute ignite and dorans ring. You can look for quick QW trades but make sure to save your E and be very careful not to get hit by stun.”
Yasukeh says “ She can possibly beat you lvl 1-2, but past the first few levels, it becomes impossible for her to win a trade. Even if she gets ahead, you can still always win fights by just hovering your mouse over her and clicking. ”
Dr Eggmund says “Irelia can be very, very troublesome, your goal is to not let her get ahead, even if that means you both go equally in farm in lane. If Irelia gains the advantage in lane it's hard for you to stop her. With no crowd control and little movement speed in Vladimir, you are going to have a tough time escaping her and she will dominate. So farm poke when if you are comfortable you won't get punished and as always look to all in if she is low and you have your combo (Ultimate) ready.”
Elite500 says “Reworked irelia is kinda tough espeically if you fuck up, if you just cs up and are equal you should be able to win a 1v1 with pure damage since she can't counter vlads greatest weaknes (range) , either dodge her stun or her ult with your pool, if she buys wits end go next QUICK”
Ambitieux says “To lane against Irelia, you need to take huge advantage of ur ability to push her in and auto her as much as possible. Once she has backed and picked up phage/sheen You need to watch out for her ability to jump onto your backline and E you. Worse comes to worse Charm and walk away. Other than that Just like most melee matchups, push her in and try to look for roams. Her build can allow her to be quite tanky but for the most part once 6 you can just prance around her in fights.”
iZianni says “She has lots of mobility, sustain and hp pool.
Make sure to build Seekers first item, or after your Lost Chapter.
Avoid combat unless you have a jungle, your E doesn't matter outside of ManaFlow band stacks because she heals it back instantly.
She also goes first item Merc Treads :((”
kindo says “Don't fight her when she has 5 stacks and is slow pushing the wave. If the wave is frozen or slow pushing and she has 5 stacks, all you can do is ping jungle to help break freeze or let it slow push. Use your Q to dodge her E. Don't drop your E on her until she uses her last gap closer on you (if she lands E, wait until she dashes twice). At the end of the day, you'll likely have to bait her into overextending, dps her down, and execute her at the end of your ult. When pushing the wave, make sure to never let her freeze for free.”
Zethal_Na says “You still have to respect her damage. However, at level two, you can fear her away with your W and take a really good trade. Just keep on doing this once your passive is off cooldown.”
Baion says “It is really easy to hit your pokes on her, because of her Q's. Use your W on you to dodge her E and play really safe when he has ult. It's an 'even' on lane phase, but a 'major' on mid/late game. ”
Coldsong says “Irelia has huge amounts of damage, especially in teamfights with her ult. Make sure to dodge her E stun as it also causes her Q to reset. Do not combo while she is in her W, as it will negate a large margin of the damage. Dodge her ult at all costs, and make sure to not be in her Q range when she has her passive fully stacked, especially at level 1.”
King Turtle says “Even though she deals a lot of damage early, you can interrupt her Q with your Q and poke her back after. With your increased move speed it will be harder for her to land an E and you can use that to abuse her. ”
resetwice says “Her early game is strong too! She can ignore your passive with corrupt/biscuits/Q. Don't fight her with 4 stacks! You can dodge her E using your Q on a minion.
Her W can block a lot of your full combo, so only go when it's in cooldown.
Pay attention on your minions HP! Don't let her Q to gap close and full combo on you.
She can freeze wave a lot so you'll roam more, tell your teammates about this and give successfull ganks to your team.
BEST RUNE TO GO: CONQUEROR”
King Turtle says “She has high damage output and makes trades awkward if she gets on top of you, but after sheen and level 6 you should be able to get her to back off trades until you can get out of laning phase or just win outright.”
Sylvan Lore says “Irelia is an absolute menace in the mid lane for immobile scaling carries like Orianna. She can kill you from level 2 onwards and throughout you will have very little kill pressure on her without substantial jungle support. Zhonyas is a great early buy into this matchup so that you can avoid her all in if her Ult lands on you. Dont underestimate her ability to jump on you and burst you with just a Q and E once she has Tiamat. Do your best to avoid solo deaths and match her roams in order to minimize her impact. The usual on good thing about this is that their team is likely to lack the magic damage of a control mage in the mid lane. Cleanse can work decently for her stun, but she will likely still kill you. I would recommend either Exhaust or Barrier depending on whether or not you expect her to take Teleport or Ignite.
Recommend: Exhaust and Vs. AD Assassin.
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Tortizzy says “Irelia is really hard to beat because of her massive damage in the early levels. You have to avoid fighting her and just safely poke her, once you reach level 6 wait for her to dive you and be careful because she can dash out of your ult.
Update: She is a bit weaker in the midlane now so you will have an easier lane but all of the stuff above still apply!”
Saddest says “You will not beat an Irelia who knows how to keep her stacks. Speaking of stacks, never ever fight her when shes glowing. Even if she misses her stun, she will still beat you. Best case is to roam botlane.”
TheDisconnectEUW says “FOR MIDLANE AND TOPLANE
Impossible in toplane. Extremely hard to lane against past level 3. If you get a lot of ganks it can be okay but 1v1 it's not playable.
In midlane it's playable, but challenging. Play for your jungler! Irelia is easy to gank for Zilean.”
Yumi Project says “You win her. everytime you will win her trade. You can avoid her stun with your E. Remember the 5 stack.
Never trade her with her passive full stacked.....NEVERRRRRRR”
TrueSatan666 says “Irela is Irela... her ability to quickly chain-heal herself will out-heal your own ability to deal damage and harass her, her gap closer is also too strong.
She's also quite tanky and if the one playing her is good then, there's no possible way you'll catch up against Irela.
However, if you see her building straight-up attack damage items and not a single drop of magic resist then you got a chance, still that's more unlikely.
I recommend banning her.”
Impossible2Gank says “Good Irelias will always be tough but the nature of both kits allows you to keep up whoever is on her. If she procs you and goes in you can position yourself near your boxes to punish it as well as use R to escape any bad situation. If she's aggressive you can abuse this but be careful as they could get out of control later if they know how to play her.”
N0EG0 says “don't get cheesed lvl 1-2, lvl 1 she will always q the first 3 minions and jump on you, since she will do start W and AA+W her, you win trade as long as you are on your side of your minions. Care for lvl 2 Cheese, rest should be how much you respect her til lvl 6.”
duhnx says “Try to bait her E and you have a window to out trade or kill her. She is very strong around your minions waves so try to not fight her around them if possible. A lot of Irelias will try to tower dive if they hit E, you can E into your minions to predict her dashing to them and kill her under turret. If she gets ahead you're screwed so avoid it at all costs.”
Grayified says “[MID/TOP] Any Rune (not DH) - Cull or Corrupting Potion - Exhaust or barrier recommended | If you can dodge Irelia's stun, or if she misses R, you can win fights as she cannot get enough Q resets. Be careful when she starts glowing, as that means she has full passive stacks and is extra powerful.”
Katasandra says “[1] Try to harass her when she's stacking her passive.
[2] Keep track of her passive stacks and don't go near her when she has 3-5 stacks.
[3] Let the wave push and dodge her E at lvl 2. If she hits it she can kill you.
[4] Don't stand right next to low health minions.”
richardlized says “Irelia is statistically the hardest matchup for Zed (in lane) since relatively good irelia would be able to make a Zed suffocate in his own tears by their incredibly dominant and aggressive playstyle. I suggest playing safe af and try to get ahead elsewhere on the map. If you are ever going to try and kill her make sure she does not have W. Good irelia’s will E and stun you when you come out of ult so you might need to flash it. Try to follow her Q with your W. (Prowlers)
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PH45 says “Has high mobility so be careful of getting caught. If you manage to dodge her E then you have a chance of fighting her as that denies her at least 1 Q reset. Keep track of her passive being up since that's a big boost to her damage output, so you are likely to lose a fight if she has it up. Try to pick fights where there aren't allied minions since she will not have targets to dash around and kite you. ”
xMetix says “Most Irelia players are overaggressive but have the damage to back it up. After she buys a Vampiric Scepter you can't poke her to prepare an all-in so the lane becomes pretty much unwinnable. Try to play close to your tower, only go for short trades and trade as often as you can so she doesn't have time to heal up.”
Eoba says “HARDEST MELEE COUNTER TO TALON, next to Kled. LCS PLAYERS GUARANTEED TO PICK IT MASTERS+. Go the bruiser build. Phage into dusk and build ninja tabis as well.”
Sanyol667 says “You lose almost every trade with her and she perfectly zones you off the creeps and experience. Once she gets Botrk it is hard to contest trading with her. Try to use gap between Seeker's purcahse and her botrk to trade and gain lead.”
DabiDabi says “Her 4 stack passive makes her scary. Don't get hit by her stun and hit two Ws. Without her stun she is pretty easy to fight. You will want to avoid comboing her while she's in her W. Do also be careful of her lvl 1 fight potential as she can Q the back wave and then Q onto you giving her passive, and she'll auto you down. ”
Nanelol says “This matchup is really bad for Kayle. Dodge worthy. Pay attention to your minions health so she can't quickly stack up passive stacks and dive you. You don't really ever beat her in lane so just try and freeze close to tower. Irelia has a very good 1vs1 kit especially in the early game you should play careful since your champion is melee til you hit level 6. You should just play around and earn experience and wait for the wave to freeze it.”
nZk01 says “(Top) very hard to play against, hold your range to her and to low HP minions, try to cancel her Q with your E otherwise its unplayable, would recommend Exhaust/Ignite.
(Mid) easier than toplane but same problems, hold your range to low HP minions and try to poke her down, would recommend Ignite/exhaust.”
Nanelol says “Can be dangerous with her Q/E dash resets. Also probably she will get Wits End to make easier 1v1. Try to rush Seeker's Armguard from Zhyona and Tabi to reduce her damage. ”
tozosi says “Skill matchup. Though, if Irelia gets a lead, even a small one, she's able to snowball really hard in lane against Talon. Generally, as long as you avoid her E, you should be able to win a trade against her. Otherwise, you'll probably lose the trade and you should just back off. As electrocute Talon, avoid taking extended trades after using your full combo if she hasn't died since her damage and life steal can be kinda nutty.”
TheSecretsWithin says “More annoying than hard matchups, most of the time, you will try to fight your enemy when you have your wave as you have a minion advantage. But for Irelia's case, it is actually better for you to just to her shove in the wave. Her Q stacking empowers her auto's so much early, that if she manages to stack her passive entirely, it is just a confirmation that you walk away and wait for it to expire. Wait for both minion wave to be gone and see that she has no passive stacks. Before even considering going in, you should be able to dodge her E with your R quite simply, but do not underestimate her.”
TheDuskWalker says “MID
Flash Ignite or Ghost Ignite. Phase Rush or Electrocute.
You must respect her early especially when she has full stacks. Pool her e pre 6 and pool her r 6+. She's pretty much impossible to kill if she rushes wits end. If she rushes bork do not take extended trades since she will outrade you. Void staff is great here.”
TheEnglishman says “Ad champs tend to fare better due to his lower armor. Her high burst and cc make this matchup one I dread. Take boneplating, get an early seekers, and pray.”
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DeathKnight77 says “She is one of the worst match up against you be carful of her passive stacks try to avoid fighting her while her stack is at 4.”
Jinx_48 says “She is easy lane if thats averge irelia if that is any better irelia thats rly skill matchup for her.
DONT USE HER ULT .
If you can take other ult like dian ult etc take it. Her ult except ap ratio is bad bc you cant use mark this is just aoe ap dmg ult who scaling with your ap so early game this ult is bad. Ofc take her ult to end her from poke or something under turret on lane but in teamfight are much beter.”
Nanelol says “Q auto Trade when she Q's on first 3 minions but walk out of her q range if she can get a 4th stack early - Don't hesitate using your ability to dodge her stun - She wins extended trades so position your wave close to your tower or avoid going for long trades when pushed in - Use Shroud to wait out her Marks if you get hit by E / R - Use E when she dashes on you with q, it will land 100% of the time since your E hitbox starts behind you, Passive Auto and E again for Extra Passive. ”
Adamo3012 says “*Skill Matchup, Dont Fight Her When She Has 4 Stacks On Her Passive And Try To Dodge Her E. Also Try To Bait Her W So You Can Easily Oneshot Her.”
shidonryoku says “Wins any trades. Hard to kick out after buying Vampiric Scepter. Bait her on the dive. It's better to clear the waves as quickly as possible so as not to let it go away, always keep an eye on the fights on the map and warn those (if possible help) who she went to.”
ProdScu says “Irelia can be a lane bully and we all know that. Don't fight her when she has a fully stacked passive bacause her damage can be devastating even in the early game.
Dodge her E because it's her only CC ability and then you can pretty much trade/all-in her.”
cookanarities says “Don't fight her when she has 5 stacks and is slow pushing the wave. If the wave is frozen or slow pushing and she has 5 stacks, all you can do is ping jungle to help break freeze or let it slow push. Use your Q to dodge her E. Don't drop your E on her until she uses her last gap closer on you (if she lands E, wait until she dashes twice). At the end of the day, you'll likely have to bait her into overextending, dps her down, and execute her at the end of your ult. When pushing the wave, make sure to never let her freeze for free.”
SeptikYT says “Skill based matchup. Take Conqueror. You may need to bait out her E as it stuns you. Unless the Irelia is bad, the time you can kill her is level 6 as you have your ultimate, but do not rush to use your R as her W can block the damage. Wait for the W to be used on something else then use your ultimate to finish her off.”
TheWerefloof says “A good one can make your life hell, but her fatal flaw is that she almost always pushes towards your tower. If she doesn't have E, abuse her. Q, E, and then AA but cancel the second half for movement speed so you don't get E'd (If you engage with her E on cooldown, presuming she plays it not like an idiot.)”
AceRHYTHM says “Irelia is similar to Heim in she is incredibly sufficient in out farming you. Let her approach you, and use your Q when shes in on you to slash a big portion of her health. Tap whenever possible and use your W to get the CS you cant approach with normal attacking. ”
DarDarThePenguin says “With the changes to Irelia's kit done in patch 11.14, Irelia absolutely dominates Yone for almost the entire match. Her early game is extremely threatening, only requiring 4 stacks of her passive or a stun to instantly kill you. In addition, you typically lose to her in the side lane. Take the Standard page with Armor.”
Aethlo says “Irelia has the wave clear advantage. ||
Irelia wins pre-3. ||
Irelia wins pre-6. ||
Irelia is slightly stronger than Annie post-6 (Annie has to chunk Irelia before one-shotting her with full combo). ||
Annie outscales Irelia. ||
Tip: Play around your jungle, save your e to dodge her e. Abuse your ranged advantage and chunk her before one-shotting her -she is an all-in champion so you control the pace of the fight and have the utility advantage. Consider taking e second for disengage, as well as building sorc shoes for the same reason.”
TheMockingSnowman says “Buy Seeker's Armguard and/or Plated Steelcaps early. There is not much you can do against her since she has a lot of sustain. Do your best to outroam her.
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A55AILANT says “Can be dangerous with her Q/E dash resets. She will get Wits End to make it easier to win against you in a 1v1. Try to rush Seeker's Armguard and plated steelcaps. to reduce her damage.”
Dimitrisbabas1 says “irelia is an easy matchup because she cant block most of ur damage with her W cause u deal mixed damage and also you can block all her attack with your E.”
NigYone says “she completely shits on u, take exhaust, and anti healing first back, use ur E to dodge her stun. generally no matter what u do u lose this matchup. unlucky”
Robertonkartul says “You can beat her in a short trade but you get destroyed in longer fights. After the rework you'll see more irelias so its a good idea to ban her. Irelia is the biggest counter to akali and in the current meta is dominating her.”
Daers says “Watch her passive, do not fight her if she has her stacks. Keep track of your minion wave to predict where she will Q, and try to punish those with your own Q. Have a good tether if you know her passive is going to be fully stacked. ”
Little Planet says “Irelia beats you in both the burst trade and sustained trade department due to her sustain.
Avoid if you can or call for jungle help, otherwise try to stay alive and even in cs.”
Papa Urgot says “Legit impossible matchup imo, dashes to dodge your Q(also heals from it) W to ignore Physical Dmg and a few of her auto's probably do more dmg then your whole combo. Get anti-healing to make it a little bit less impossible. when she has deaths dance you can go cry in the corner.”
Excalibxr says “This matchup is notoriously bad for Katarina, I recommend grabbing boots first if you have a botlane with an engage support and just roaming down to gain a lead. If you don't, then grab a Seeker's and just farm last hits under tower, and outside of tower use q. Make sure you are not standing near a low hp minion otherwise Irelia can dash to it and auto you down to death. ”
Farg says “Irelia is one of those matchups where if she's ahead, she will snowball out of control. Level 1-2 you can't fight her. The most important thing in this matchup is respecting her passive. If you fight her with her 5 stacks up you will HARD lose in trades. Fighting her level 6 is generally safe, just make sure not to full combo while she has her W active. Level 3-5 you can fight her but just be aware not to get hit by her E, otherwise she has potential in all-inning you and 100-0'ing.”
Joseph Evanss says “If she has her passive stacks or is close to having them all don't fight her, use your e to dodge her e and pray she is bad at the champion. You also don't out scale her but you do out teamfight her as long as she isn't ahead. Go Bone Plating, Overgrowth + D Blade”
ahspaghetti says “rush seekers. dodge her e and you will be able to do things against her, try to go for jungle skirmishes or roam as she will perform less favorable outside of lane minions. don't go in on her when she has all of her stacks up, and don't stand too close to a low health minion so that she doesn't get a free engage on you. don't think you can kill her even if you are fed 3-0. try to only farm under tower and use q outside of tower. ”
Black Shadow QIYANA says “you would have a problem to beat irelia before lvl 6 but if you use my new fav build vs brusiers i think you will have even matchup”
BullRedHunter says “Irelia is a really hard matchup for Ekko but try to stay safe as much as u can, play Teleport + ignite and buy Corruption potion, trade with her early and recall then teleport to fight her when she is low hp, make sure to use your ignite to stop her from healing a lot”
peytonqt says “[SKILL MATCHUP] [PR/Conqueror] [D Blade/Long Sword] This is a heavy skill matchup. Whoever plays better wins. Try to harass Irelia when she goes for minions or dashes onto them. Look at your minion's health constantly as its how she gets her passive stacked and how she's going to gap close onto you. If she hits you with her stun wait until she uses her dash stack on you to Hammer Form E her away because she'll just dash back onto you. After you do this just try and kite her. The main thing to do though is to play around her passive stacks. If you do that you should be decent.”
JoshAy says “Don't extend trades against Irelia, if she stacks passive you lose. Avoid her stun and save E1 for disengage. Her ult does good damage and slows but thats it. If she ever misses Q and doesn't have 5 stack kill her. This is a skill matchup that is Irelia favored. ”
ChimpNA says “Irelia is one of those matchups where if she's ahead, she will snowball out of control. Level 1-2 you can't fight her. The most important thing in this matchup is respecting her passive. If you fight her with her 5 stacks up you will HARD lose in trades. Fighting her level 6 is generally safe, just make sure not to full combo while she has her W active. Level 3-5 you can fight her but just be aware not to get hit by her E, otherwise she has potential in all-inning you and 100-0'ing.”
JimmothySmith says “A very similar classification of threats is explained very well in a spreadsheet made by HawHawNeverLucky. I altered the positioning of a couple, but it's basically the same. You can find their matchup sheet as well as HHNeverLucky's guide in the sources section of my guide.”
Ryank30 says “Fleet or Conq + Resolve. Very big lane bully threat, it's very hard to trade back with her mobility, especially if she is skilled. time your Q's when she Q's a minion, be wary of her E cooldown, that is her ticket to winning lane. Play it safe level 6 as her ult will give her a lot of dive opportunity especially if you are low.”
1 Am Zed says “Irelia can be a bit though, Its mainly a skill matchup. nothing much to say - becareful about her 5 stacks lvl 1/2 and try to dodge her R with your R.”
Tauricus2017 says “Very dangerous matchup. Pick Exhaust and don't trade with her when her passive is up. Watch out for her E and do your best to sidestep it. Try to Buster Shot her under your turret and exhaust her there. Use your W for disengages in this matchup as you should keep your distance between her and you.”
eternalkuuseki says “quick trades and if she has 5 stacks don't go near minions. she will win extended trades if she has 5 stacks. don't go in if she has that golden glow.”
Zileni says “The other version of the hardest matchup to Ekko. Pushing the wave early is NOT recommended, she benefits easily from a huge wave and can result in a death. Use your E to dodge her E, and even then if you E her she's gonna W it and possibly outplay you. Irelia though, is vulnerable to ganks which is why this matchup is still winnable. If she engages on you, go back in time.”
Luciiid says “If the Irelia knows how to hit stuns then its a really hard lane. Try to use your q to q to minions and dodge her E. Take conqueror and ignite into her to win the long trades. Her W can mitigate most of your damage if you take a bad timed trade.”
Noodles912 says “Play safe pre 6. After R, use R to dodge her E, and possibly her R. Never fight her near your low hp minions, or when she has passive stacks. Go seekers if you would like. You win after level 11.”
ziolo to noob says “If she didnt stack her passive, you can outdamage her, but be aware of her good burst and attack speed from passive after the combo.”
Noodles912 says “Save your E for her stun, then you win the 1v1. Get out if she uses R, because you never know how strong it is against you. You win almost every trade at all times. If she is playing safe, just roam. Dont fight if she has a lot of passive stacks.”
Havenia says “If she 'pretends' to be Faker, you will probably just kill her. If she's fast, she'll E you as you spellshield and just dive you as soon as she thinks it's stunned. If she's smart, she'll wait.”
pavelp420 says “Very strong early game, high damage. Don't let her get fed. Dodge her E with your E, R her R, Q when she comes at you with her Q, W her while she is in her W. Lines up pretty well if you ask me!”
PASS10NE says “Dodge her E. Getting stunned by Irelia will pretty much guarantee you to burn sums or die. If you're able to dodge her E you have a chance of winning, but her attack speed is better than yours, so she can still fight you even if she doesn't hit her E. Go Irelia when she messes up her Q (Did not execute target with Q, leading her Q to go on CD. Can also counter your burst with her W, just nerf this champion pls. GO ANTI HEALING.”
Lot of Wind here says “If you can scale, the matchup is easy. You can block her E and R, so you can deny her dashing in most of the time. She will outdamage you very hard early on.”
Wunsch3957 says “Stat checks you to death in long trades when she has 5 stacks. Q her every time she last hits with Q and back off when she has 5 stacks on passive or near it. Punish it when it's down. Get healing reduction after lane ends. Conq with either red or green tree. flash/ignite.”
Twitch.Tv-LimitBreaker88 says “A matchup dependant on your skill. Becomes quite easy, if you know what to do. I recommend you watch my commentary vs Febiven's Irelia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqyBCI_7KSA
TLDR: Slowpush, dodge stun and it's free. As with momst melees, you can shuffle her into your own tower easily.”
ReYkoTheLord says “Very diffcult earlygame, once she gets her 5 stacks she can do whatever she wants with you, stay away when she is fully stacked and try to harras her as much as possible when she tries to Q the minions, play on your W into her. Don't die in this matchup or you are done. You outscale her. Farm.”
GeDBo says “Irelia is very mobile and hard for an Azir player to play against her. You both deal sustain damage and she tends to have life steal in either her first or second item (BOTRK depending when the enemy buys it). I'd personally rush Oblivion orb and Zhonya's so she can't sustain against you. For runes pick either Conqueror or Lethal Tempo. Here is a tip: Never rush in spawning your soldiers. Spawning soldiers in the correct positions is incredibly important on Azir. You should always place them in a position where you can damage the opponent, and if they jump on you (For example Irelia's Q) the soldier will still be close enough to attack her. Never go pass the river on mid lanes unless you are ahead of her items-wise. I'd strongly recommend to just poke her and farm. No need to be aggressive just yet. Ask jungler for help if necessary. Ward ward ward!”
CrazyyBrrr says “Very easy matchup if u know when to use ur w for her e
It can be a very easy matchup for u or for her
Depends on the skill of eachother”
Edg3Lord says “A lot of bullying and has some sustain which can rival yours, so just make sure to block her E. Otherwise, she may outtrade you, and in that case, if you really want to battle her, applying Ignite on her while she has her passive up may be a good idea.”
Coldsong says “Irelia is very mobile and can W a lot of your damage. Stun her before she gets on top of you and rush Seeker's first back. Tabis are also good if you really need more armor.”
JEAFlashSword says “Skill matchup Don't fight her when she has 5 stacks
you can windwall her E and R but she pretty much outscale you when she gets BOTRK”
Gloglito says “High burst, high mobility, sick sustain. Try to stay under your turret and play correctly with the waves so that you do not get allin'd. Once you scale more, you can fight her and outvalue her in teamfights.”
KawaiiSpecter says “Terrible laning phase. Don't fight her unless her E or Q is on cooldown. use E to dodge her E and if she misses her stun (E), you should win the trade. If you get hit by her E in the wrong spot you are dead! And dying in this lane means she will start towerdiving you. So be carefull. The only positive side for katarina is that she has way more impact in teamfights and scales way better”
nZk01 says “(Top) very hard to play against, hold your range to her and to low HP minions, try to cancel her Q with your E otherwise its unplayable, would recommend Exhaust/Ignite.
(Mid) easier than toplane but same problems, hold your range to low HP minions and try to poke her down, would recommend Ignite/exhaust.”
l2ingeR says “The free dash resets, the free auto buffs, the quick-activation AoE stun, all combine to make Irelia a difficult Midlaner to contend against.
Get those level 2 E traps and aid the jungler. If we go even, we win.”
Gtoxer says “runas recomendável : eletreocutar. Feitiço de invocador: Ignite ou exaust. 1) Antes do nivel 6, voce pode arrebenta ela, mas a parti do nivel 6, uma boa irelia, vai da dor de cabeça. 2)Tente não luta com ela stackada. 3) sempre, que um minion, estive com metade da vida já comece a pokeia ela. 4)Quando ela vim para cima de você, com o a skill Q, ulte no meio de voce e nela, porque assim ela vai sofrer muito dano e vai ter que recuar.”
SamIAm12 says “Irelia is a bit more tricky to deal with but she is very squishy so you can easily kill her but she does quite a bit of damage so be cautious.”
Do1HaveTh3Sauce says “She is able to use your plants to stack her Q up. She has a very high skill cap, making it hard to put her in one threat level given that she can be on all 5. Irelia Mid does lose very hard to CC, which is why her win rate is so low, which you have CC built in making it a skill match up in your favor.”
BigFatCat909 says “I recommend Conquerer with this matchup, with Eclipse this matchup is fairly easy and if their team is AD heavy, even plated steelcaps.”
Hiimkata says “relia should have a hard favour in this matchup, but it's killable if you can dodge/avoid her E. If you use your dash to avoid her spells you can deny her Q resets (if you got hit by her E/R). If her E/R hits you will hard lose the trade and most likely die, that's why I put this matchup towards the Hard catagory. The better her mechanics, the harder the matchup gets and u won't ever win 1v1's if the irelia is not bad at her champion even if you'r 3-0.
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mrsuits says “Respect her lvl 2 Cheese. Try to farm and poke from a distance. After 6 play under your tower and if she wants to fight you she will have to do it under the tower. Exhaust is a good option. Dont waste your R if she has a mark on you as she can q over it”
bboyxje123 says “You don't have the early advantage here because of her passif. Because of your low range you will get in her Q range when you try to auto attack her. Try to walk away if she activates her passif. I would take teleport in this matchup and farm to the late game. ”
ParkChnm says “Irelia can easily stun you and stay onto you really easily since Orianna is very immobile. Zhonya's is recommended after Luden's. Try to farm under tower and try not to give her any kills for free. Or at all.”
UnoTrickCho says “Although you can windwall her E and her R, she will literally just auto you to death. Try and catch her without 5 stacks, or you can rarely win even if you dodge and block all of her spells.”
KataTocDo says “Dodge E and you will have a decent time. Will most likely ult you when you ult, just shunpo behind her when you see her wind up her ult.
Runes: Conq-Dom/Resolve
Starting Items: D. Blade/Shield”
Yamikaze says “This matchup is not as hard as it was before her rework, since we can now [[Wind wall]] her [[Flawless Duet]] and [[Vanguard's Edge]]. Will be updated once i have played some games against her.”
ITSDEBEAR says “If you die in early youll have to afk farm for the rest of the game. If you do kill her in early youll be able to duel her. Dodge E and R or else youll die.
Aery ghost/ignite works really well as well as predator if you know what you are doing”
rajsovsky says “Gap close, stun, damage, etc. Don't fight her, rush seeker's armguard. Try to farm and ask jungler for help when you get Hextech you are able to kill her with some help”
invalidd says “Really hard lane if they're good with the champ, the lane will be won or lost depending on your E usage, if you get hit by her E and goes for
a trade you can hook her easily if she doesn't have a minion behind her that is low hp, keep track of your minions' HP to know where she will dash to,
you win the trades if she doesn't land her E and has no passive, E lvl1 can work but it can be really dangerous and mess up your lane so i don't
suggest it. Complicated to gank.
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_Nightmare_G says “If she hits her E early, then its over for u. Dont fight her if she has full stacked passive. U can block her Ult with ur windwall, which lets u win trades with her most of the time.”
lkycch says “Ban her every game. When Irelia is coupled with a supportive ADC like Yuumi or Lulu, it makes it very hard to kill her. She has the mobility to dodge your Q+W+Q. A good Irelia will pickup Mercury's Treads, rendering your Q+W+Q stun useless! You really need to shut her down as early as possible with your jungler. Otherwise, she will completely wreck your team lategame. She has the ability to splitpush and 1v1 any top laner as well, making her highly versatile. Bare in mind she also assassinates your ADC very quickly, so make sure you ult them in time! Don't ever let her jump onto you, otherwise you'll have to waste your ult on yourself. If your team is all squishy or doesn't have enough cc, I suggest dodging in champ select.”
Aikairi says “You win her early as long as you dodge her E and she doesn't have 5 stacks. Be careful of her post-6 when she has ulti as she can kill you from there. Once you dodge her ulti, you win unless there's alot of low-health minions on your side she can dash to.”
lkycch says “Ban her every game. When Irelia is coupled with a supportive ADC like Yuumi or Lulu, it makes it very hard to kill her. She has the mobility to dodge your Q+W+Q. A good Irelia will pickup Mercury's Treads, rendering your Q+W+Q stun useless! You really need to shut her down as early as possible with your jungler. Otherwise, she will completely wreck your team lategame. She has the ability to splitpush and 1v1 any top laner as well, making her highly versatile. Bare in mind she also assassinates your ADC very quickly, so make sure you ult them in time! Don't ever let her jump onto you, otherwise you'll have to waste your ult on yourself. If your team is all squishy or doesn't have enough cc, I suggest dodging in champ select.”
KASSAW1N says “Kass vs irelia: elec, ignite y sortija de doran, evita su E (stun ) a TODA COSTA y peleale sin usar tu R aun (usala para esquivar su E o si ya la utilizo puedes entrar) y evita pelearle con las 5 marcas de la pasiva estackeadas por minions (compra lyandri por su curacion o hielo eterno)
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Rauschel says “She can easily punish you for any small mistake you make, just dashing into you and being able to dash right out of there after it. You are trying to kill Minions from afar with you Q. You should be looking for situation to all in when there are none of your minions arround. She is a strong gapcloser and if you are in her R you cant jump out of it. Punishing her for little pushes is hard, because you only have your Q to poke her down.”
YIVENDER says “This matchup is not as hard as it was before her rework, since we can now [[Wind wall]] her [[Flawless Duet]] and [[Vanguard's Edge]]. Will be updated once i have played some games against her.
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YIVENDER says “This matchup is not as hard as it was before her rework, since we can now [[Wind wall]] her [[Flawless Duet]] and [[Vanguard's Edge]]. Will be updated once i have played some games against her.
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KatarinaScriptz says “Irelia is winnable if she doesn't know how to maneuver her stuns well the reason is, is if you get stunned you lost and if you don't you most likely win early on. Lose Late game tho.”
Tortoise_Maniac says “- In lane she beats you with her passive stacks and Conqueror
- Look for short trades to poke her out that she can't followup with an all-in
- you can outpush her and help your jungler get pressure/roam bot or top
- Beats you in sidelane
- Out sustain-damages you
- Way too tanky for you to kill late game”
Scyrine says “This should be a free game for you if you play it correctly. A lot of people feel pressured since Irelia can move around a lot but you outplay her in every possible way. Pressure her lvl 2 and once you have R just full engage her. If you hit all your skillshots im sure you'll win it. You can also wait until she uses her stun to fully engage if you're skeptical of making the first move.”
BCota says “For new players this matchup is rhinoceros asscheeks but all you have to do is take DRing and farm undertower its that simple just scale kill anyone you can in teamfights and hope your team can kill her. You can cheese early but its somewhat difficult”
Chili Dog says “Reworked irelia is kinda tough especially if you fuck up, if you just cs up and are equal you should be able to win a 1v1 with pure damage since she can't counter vlads greatest weakness (range) , either dodge her stun or her ult with your pool, if she buys wits end go next QUICK. Both runes are viable.”
JustGalaxy06 says “Fight her when she has not so much stacks and build anti-heal if you can dodge her e and r she's done for and you can easily kill her . If she has 5 stacks and you're not very ahead just simply retreat”
Flarank1 Azir says “If you can dodge his e than she can't do nothing to you pre 6. After 6 if you marked try to not use your ult because she will get you anyway”
kimjisoo8 says “You don't want to lane against this super mobile assassin. She might play passive for the first few levels but trust me, when she goes aggressive you need to run. Roam and score a few kills and hope that you'll be more fed than her.”
Niqkl says “Irelia is really annoying to me, because if you dare to get hit by an E at max stacks youre almost guaranteed to be sent back to fountain. Thats all I can say, try to dodge e by dancing and pool ult.”
Loading..Please wait says “Don't even try to fight her 1v1 until lvl16. Let her push the wave, don't be greedy and farm. Start roaming as soon as you can. ”
vCraze says “Irelia is a very tough matchup with the amount of damage she has early and the amount of mobility she has. Play safe and poke, if you are able to survive until Ludens you can poke her out but make sure you are not in range of her Qs when she resets on minions as she will do massive damage at all points.”
Sadkid says “Keep your distance this lane. ALWAYS keep and eye on your minions' health bars. She will likely try to Q to low one's this is where you E her. Similar to the LB matchup. ”
WolfRider01 says “This season's Irelia can easily make you have a bad game if you aren't mindful of her passive or her all in potential. Your W can block her E if you place it correctly, though I wouldn't rely on that, as it can be a buggy interaction and sometimes lead to you getting stunned anways. You can W her R as well. If in top, take TP. If in mid, take ignite. Let her shove waves, as she will struggle to run you down due to her being rather immobile with no minions around. Be careful of her Q masking E animation cancel (If timed correctly she can almost entirely hide the E animation with her Q). ”
S4V4 says “Unfair match up. Why is that? All she has to do is get 5 stacks by killing minions with her Q, use her Q on you and AA you to death. She doesn't need anything else in this match up. She doesn't need E, she doesn't need R, all she needs is Q and 5 stacks. Let not talk about what happens if you get hit by her E or R. You can windwall both of her E and R, but won't help that much. Jungler's help is needed.”
Katfire says “Irelia is a hard match up, but it is winnable. DO NOT trade with her when her passive is stacked (5 stacks, her blades glow when her passive is stacked) Trade with her when he passive is down. Dodge her E or she will easily get her passive up. Getting hit by E is almost deadly. She is really strong at level 6, respect her. You don't want to go extended basic attack trades with her unless you are running Conqueror, have AD and she doesn't have you minions to Q or E to stack passive.”
Marfiok7 says “In this macthup Plated steelcaps are a must. Irelia is stronger than you almost every stage of the game. She has crazy sustain with her q and all in potential. In lane she will almost q to every minion, which you can use to your advantage, this means you have free poke. You can easily have your ball in the middle of the minion wave and land your "Q" every time she goes for minions. Beware of her gap closers, she can "Q" to a minion execute it and q you. I woud highly recommend buying Seeker's Armguard as your first item. If she stays in lane for a long time i would recommend rushing Zhonyas as first item. Irelia also has great roaming potential which also requires you to have good vision setup. DONT! start skirmishes at crab or in river with her, she is much much stronger than you. You will probably get pinged for not participating, but for the love of god, DONT. ”
MagicalFartz1 says “Aery with heal or barrier(DONT TAKE IGNITE UNLESS YOUR SURE SHE IS BAD). It's irelia you can't win lane against her(Unless she Hard misplays) you have to survive this lane. Her mobility makes it hard to land ability's on her and even if you do she is usually going to be hard to burst. You can predict her q and land your E but I would not Recommend that in this lane as one mistake and she can kill you whether your full hp or not. Mid game you can burst her down if you have 2-3 items. She is a side laning champion while you are not she can easily kill you in the side lane in the mid to late game don't side lane against her. Get Seekers or Steelcaps(only if they have 4 or 5 Ad)”
hickeyo says “Good irelia's will rush mr and make you a laughing stock. If you can land your combo it can be managable, but she out-trades you if you miss. Badly. ”
MINISE says “It is a skill vs skill very macro matchup, Irelia would then play safe and hard scale because we know how much dashes Irelia could do over time and its rough.”
i am ori main says “Whenever Irelia midlane is meta (last time during early Season 10) I perma ban her. She has way too much gapclose for you to be able to kite her early game. Very bad matchup for ori.”
economistastonks says “It is an ok match up. You can't trade with her passive stacked. But if she's trying to go for you, just use your E to either scape or to stun and escape.
You can try to bait her E to then quickly use your E into her for an unexpected all in. ”
Bobbab says “Personally irelia is another matchup i hate. Her autos when she has passive hurts. Building seekers is advisable and try to roam as she cant keep stacks when following. You generally dont win 1v1 if she hits any abillity as she can block most of your burst.”
MetaKnight13373 says “When Irelia Q's you, you have a small opportunity to charm her, as long as you save your charm for this she will avoid engaging on you. ”
sweodigaming says “Pretty easy, just harass and poke. It is pretty straight forward, just be cautious of the enemy jungler so she does not get ahead. ”
Midlane God says “U can poke her before lvl 6 but a good Irelia will go with her full combo on u and u will be most likely dead.
Also high risk of buying Wits End.”
Magical Rock says “Irelia is honestly just like Akali, but even easier to play against because she cannot go into smoke. Her stun is easy to dodge, and she is easy to jump onto and kill.”
Raigiku says “She can kill your turrets at level 1, has a long range dash, has a lot of sustain and mobility. It's very difficult to land your grenade on her, because she dashes so much with her Q. So don't try to fish for hooks when she is farming and is level 6. Try to just farm and wait for your jungler.”
Grayified says “She can dash to you, but if you avoid her CC then she can't get the reset off of it, and most Irelia players hate using Q unless they get a reset.”
Kaali says “A good Irelia is a hard counter. She can heal up , stun you, and overall outplay your E. The best course of action is to dodge her stuns with your E and do heavy lane poke before you try to all in. ”
Simp4DuCouteau says “Irelia is able to jump on you and deal absurd amounts of damage in the early game, amounts so high that Corki cannot properly deal with them without help from his jungler. Irelia always has kill pressure on Corki. She can follow your W with her Q to keep applying pressure. Stay away at all costs.”
Yeager says “She can easily out-trade you if she gets within range and has her passive stacked. Don't ever stay close to low-hp minions as she can dash to them. Never push unless you can completely shove the lane. Play safe entire laning phase and wait for ganks.
Her E is a skillshot that she must hit in order to get a Q reset on you. Dodging that makes it much harder harder for her to engage. ”
Yeager says “One of the hardest matchups for Ekko. She is super mobile, so she can easily dodge most of your damage but she will also shred you in extended fights with conqueror and a stacked passive.
You don't have a lot of options in this lane because it's in her favor at all stages of the game. Even if she loses, she can simply buy wit's end and auto-win.
When trading, you want to go for short trades that procs your passive and electrocute, and then you BACK OFF. Irelia is insane in extended trades, so you want to avoid that. Left click on her champion and keep an eye on how many stacks she has on her passive. If it's close to full then don't attempt to trade at all, and just wait it out. Use your E to dodge her Flawless Duet. (She can animation cancel it with her Q, so be careful and always be ready)
Early game you should just let her push the wave while you farm under the turret. It keeps you safe from her and the enemy jungler. You should keep doing that until you have enough AP to instantly clear the wave and just roam. Your gameplan against Irelia should be to constantly roam and get your teammates ahead. ”
Veigarv2 says “Skill matchup, She can freeze vs you if you mess up the wave because if you try to stop her she can kill you.
Your E is super good vs her and you outscale her.
Respect her Sheen and triforce spike.”
TheCatOfCheshire says “It's hard. You'll lose every trade, so poke her from a safe position, don't let her engage you and don't engage if you don't charm her first. You can predict her dash on a minion to charm her. She got a great wave-clear and a good roam so clear the waves to block her in her roaming.”
Lunasta says “Just avoid her E (Stun) with your W then just go all in, she won't be able to react without her core ability besides that if she Ults your entire team... then just press R.”
Haywyre says “Irelia in most matchups will lose trades if she misses her e so if you can dodge that you'll do just fine. Beware of long fights due to her passive dmg.”
Yeager says “Mobile champions are pretty good against Zoe because most of her damage are skillshots.
Don't go near her when her passive is stacked because she will run you down. Don't stay near low hp minions because she can reset her Q with it and close the distance.
If you avoid the pushing wave and let it stay at your side of the lane, she can't engage on you. ”
Ambience14 says “Irelia is a very strong mid laner with tons of kill pressure. Even with the Conqueror rune page, she is nearly impossible to kill or even survive against. Stay under your tower and do NOT, under any circumstances, push the wave if you can't get it back to your turret. If played correctly, you won't die to Irelia and she'll get impatient, potentially even trying to dive you. Build Frozen Heart ASAP if she's half decent.”
BloooodTV says “D-Blade. Level 1 watch out for her passive because if she has max passive stacks she will always beat you. The big part of this matchup comes down to how you use your windwall. Pre-6 use your windwall on her e and run her down. Level 6 don't waste your windwall on just an e because she has a lower e cooldown and can full engage. Outscales you. Take Conq.”
Fadedreformed says “Skill matchup you can win her by getting w lvl 1 and then just outscale her. Care for her 5 stacks cuz she can shred you really easily. Don't get hit by her e and you should be fine. After level 6 don't let her hit any ability or else she is gonna all in you even in the tower.”
Shock_101 says “A lot of people say Akali counters Irelia, but since you're reading this guide, I'm assuming you're new to the champ. At least a little bit. Dodge her e and don't fight her when she has 5 stack. This is a difficult matchup, so be careful. Get ahead in some way pre-6, so you will either have ult first or have more dmg, and keep trades short.”
DaggerTV_ says “Irelia will jump a lot, but is rather predicatble. She will gain a masive powerspike at her first item, but as long as you can just hop around and not get marked by her e or ult. Then it hould be fairly easy
Her w only blocks ad damage, so dont get fooled.”
Arrgh Matey says “Tabis after sheen is a MUST.
Keep your distance from minions she can execute with Q to get to you.
It doesn't matter if you W her stun, she gets a free dash onto you so she will opt to execute a minion with Q, Auto, Q, Auto weave while she E's, and Q's you again.
Her auto range is deceptively long which means she can auto a barrel while out of its range.
If you're desparate, get Sheen, Tabis, then Sterak's.
She CAN and probably WILL dive you ate level 3 if the opportunity shows itself, so be aware.”
Yuki H. says “She is a very difficult champion to play against, given that she naturally builds tanky and her base damage is pretty whack. Try to take advantage of her Qs to last hit minions. When she does this, she is exposed in front of her minions, allowing your Qs to do max damage. Don't overextend trades by dumping your entire combo on her when she does this though, since she can Q right to you and potentially kill you. If you are hit with her stun or ult, her Q cooldown is refunded, which allows her to Q out to minions for a short trade. Do NOT trade with her if she has 4 stacks from Qing minions. Dodging her stun or her ult with R or W will give you a huge edge in a 1v1 situation.”
Proma says “Dblade
Don't fight her when she's at 5 stacks. You can win before she gets BoRK.
After she hits 1 item the matchup is Irelia favored. Play safe and look for Q>E under tower. Don't E in post 6 as she can R and kill you if you miss stun.
This matchup is very skill based but slightly favored towards Irelia if she a good player.”
DarkM3tal87_ says “Short-trade her with basic combos, be aware of her mana bar and passive charges. You should win longer-trades if you dodge her stun.”
Fyir says “They can go for an all in level 1 or 2 and they will melt your hp bar. So just farm from a distance. If a minion is low irelia is there and so you should stay dash range away from that minion. Level 3 cage and she can not do much.”
Veralion says “This champion can go to hell. Play extremely defensively and avoid her E at all costs. You can only fight her when there are no minions around for her to instantly stack her passive on. Max stack Irelia does infinite damage and will one hit you. Wait for jungle assistance; Irelia players are extremely crazy and play like complete psychos, making them vulnerable to being ganged up on. The hitbox on Irelia’s ult is actually deceptively small and can be sidestepped, even by a thicc dragon. Make sure you give it a shot. If that whiffs and her stacks are down, she’ll be easy pickings. She got the magic reduction on her W trimmed off of her kit, so I almost never see her played mid anymore. Give her even more respect than usual once she completes BoRK.”
Qibi says “Irelia is very mobile as well and if she is able to stun you with her E, you are pretty much dead with her ignite. She will build Merc Treads against you and you are no longer in the game. To counter this - build Seeker's Armguard and CS carefully. Ask for assistance from jungle to get an early kill before she builds Merc's. Lastly, you should be able to survive this lane if you can manage to dodge her stuns. ”
RikudouDovahkiin says “Irelia is an AA based champion with additional damage on-hit. So your main resistance items will be meaningless against her because of her nature, she will probably build Maw of Malmortius so your damage will not be much of a threat to her since she has a noticeable sustain arsenal as well. Call your jungler at early stages of the game if its possible; against an agressive Irelia, or wait her to dive and land inevitable combos so that you can scare her off a bit, later on might get some minion. Exploit her melee range, but care for her long ranged stun setups, which also triggers a mark that allows her to dash twice or more times, also try and dodge that skill as well. Care for her defensive form and don't waste your all combo on her defensive dance. Taking early boots should be useful to dodge her all-in wraths, and make kite-chase scenarios for you much more possible. But don't ever go into her melee range, (unless she's totally gg'd) cuz that can be deadly.”
ai darkfluid says “During lane, force deny her trading when she gains her passive stacks. For her passive, she gains attack speed and at five (max) stacks, bonus on-hit damage. W where she is going to dash to, then blast her with Q > E > AA. When she has four to five stacks, as she can Q you for the final stack and try to run you down.
Preferred rune: Phase rush/Summon Aery/Electrocute”
Brentonlop says “Skill matchup. Dont trade with her when she has 5 stacks on her passive. Avoid her E and you can kill her. She will most likely buy MR items like wits end and it will be annoying.”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Low Even
Don't let her get ahead due to jungle camping you or she'll literally 1v5 the game.
You can otherwise poke her down easily in lane as long as you dodge the E.”
snukumz says “Stay away from her!
Try to wave clear so she can't roam.
She'll dumpster you if she gets on top of you.
If you stay far enough back she can't stun you.
You can combo her if she messes up by getting hit by your E.”
1256 says “the better irelia is the worse matchup gets (from 2 up to 4-4,5 imo), fighting with her when she has 5 passive stacks is straightup suicide, best bet is to take short trades and try to outscale but she is abusing broken items now (botrk+dd+wits end), your e stacks up almost instantly when she spams q
electro, fleet if not used to”
Sanyol667 says “She is your permaban. You lose almost every trade with her and she perfectly zones you off the creeps and experience. She can dive you and survive without any problem.”
LightningTemplar says “A matchup very dependant on both your and Irelia's skill level. A good Irelia doesnt struggle to win against Zed. Her W is good to negate the dmg from your R and her mobility can make it hard for you to hit your spells. She can also build armor which makes her hard to kill, especially late game. I play a lot of Irelia myself, and this is usually my counterpick to an opposing Zed. ”
Art1val says “Just poke her out, if you land your sleep you will be fine. She does have high damage though when she gets her stacks. Late game you won't be able to 1v1 her at all(Unless you are like 10-0 and she is 0-15).”
gonzales1 says “her W is annoying but overall u should be winning against her. Always run conq and dodge her E and dont fight in her passive iuts too broken. ”
Gageowago says “She definitely has a kill advantage over you and can destroy you if her passive is at 5 stacks. If you want to go for a charm try and do it when there are either no minions for her to q to or her q is on cooldown. If she stuns you back off immediately and save charm until after she goes onto you. Ulting through her wall still slows you and applies the damage. Just play safe and poke her from afar and then roam.”
BigFatCat909 says “Irelia is a skill matchup, but a fairly easy one. Use your ult try to try and dodge either her ult or her e, and the fight is free for you, just try and avoid comboing into her W.”
Lil Tidepod says “Irelia's mobility is not a strong suit against Ryze, as it usually just gets her into his range for combos. Her stun doesn't last long enough to lock you down before she all-ins you. Kite away from her after popping your shield. Just keep getting her health down. She has to get close to the wave in order to farm, which means Ryze really thrives against her. Do be careful if she stacks her passive fully, as well as if she's fed by another lane, because then she'll seem to delete you.”
JacWilly says “Max E, her w Makes you do 50% less damage and has better waveclear, take very short trades, try to all in when shes low, be careful of her healing after she stacks conqueror”
Capparelli says “Skill matchup, dont fight early look for roams and use canopy if you can't avoid getting hit by E in order to stop Q, don't use R if she is in her W”
ahrienthusiastmain says “Irelia loses lane hard if you freeze. It's easy to land charms if she comes near you or you predict her dashes. you win the lane hard if she cant land her stun. ”
MartinMorningstar says “Play safe, E her stun and/or ult. Farm and wait for jungle or roam. She beats you if she gets to stack up, your all in if she doesnt have stacks and has used her dmg reduction is enough to kill her. ”
serruh says “do. not. fight. her. if she lands one E, you're dead. if she gets even slightly ahead, she can rush mercs and your life is just misery at that point, she can literally dive you from almost full hp at 6. play very very safe and take bad backs if it means not dying, this champ will just snowball out of control(although decently hard to pilot at a good level).”
RefFusioner says “Not very devastating lane.
Just don't get her fed.
Put your E on top of your low health minions.
If she's passive stacked up wait few seconds.”
RockitoAhri says “This matchup is a pain for Ahri. You cannot win a trade with her. Try to freeze and be extremely cautious for her engage. Patience is key here. Only poke from as far away as possible. She will freeze lane on you (if she has functioning brain cells). you can freeze better tho. Again. Stay away, poke in a way that you dont push, freeze. Best bet is roaming or waiting for ganks. ”
Kami_EU says “Easy matchup for Yasuo, the only way Irelia wins trades is if she lands her E stun or fully stacks his passive on minions prior to trading AA's with Yasuo.
Yasuo's Windwall will dodge Irelia's E stun if it's placed between the 2 blades.”
P0rk0 says “in this matchup you have to stand nearby you minions that dont have much hp, if she Q on them, do autoattack W reset combo and poke her when she runs away, if she hits her E you are dead.”
LBmyBB says “If you face an irelia mid, you NEED to land your chains. She outdamages you early and mid game and is hyper mobile, as well as having a damage reduction spell”
Sloyr says “This matchup depends on Irelia skill level. A bad Irelia is really easy to beat, but a good Irelia is a big problem for Katarina. Always dodge her E and try to bait her R and dodge it using your E. If she's good she'll dodge every dagger you place with your Q, so you'll have to outsmart her. Don't try to trade her when she has full stacked passive and Conqueror, because their damage combined are really high.”
Gogicha55 says “Don't fight her when she has her passive active ( her blades start glowing ) and dodge her E and its pretty much free. some people find it hard but its easy for me ”
8wolf says “You'll probably die. Her damage is extremely high, and with all the q resets she can use to get on you (3 q almost instantly if she gets her e q r q q combo on you) she doesn't really care about your wall. Play safe and try not to feed her. Farm for the late game.”
MrRiots says “Starting Item: Dark seal + Potion
Irelia is one of those champs thats good, but stay out of range and shes dead in seconds.
harass, poke, E, W, Q, R all day long”
NebuIa says “SCARY. Be aware of her q'ing to your minions when they're low! At level 1, don't mess with her when she can get 5 passive stacks! She will just auto you. Be aware of her q e's early, just play safe unless your jungler is there. She can't all in you if you play back-ish. Save bubble until she looks like she's done with dashing around, or if she's being very obvious with them.”
TheBlueImperial says “Annoying and slippery and should probably go back to Top lane. However, you have better roaming potential and can easily survive the laning phase against her.”
KK Antitoxin says “She has some good amount of CC and can use W to decrease your damage drastically . Since your ult does an amount of the Pre-mitigation damage you have dealt to her, she will not expect that the damage your ultimate will deal will be the damage you dealt to her before her W decreased it . I good Irelia will try to hold her W as long as possible prioritizing your ultimate burst damage. Try to ult her when her W is down .”
ioannissid says “In laning phase it all depends on who gets ahead first when the two people have the same skills after that they snowball. Late your primary action before you fight will be to always use winds of war BEFORE the engage and retreat until it's almost off cooldown then engage with justice punch escaping her stun.”
charlton says “Really tough matchup, you lose the 1v1 before and after Tiamat. Best you can do is look for a hook when her Q is on cd and don't get hit with her E. Start Q as she can just Q away from an E start.”
stupid katarina says “(E) After nerfs, she's pretty useless against auto attack based funnelers, just make sure to constantly shield your partner, because you never know what damage to expect from this champion.”
LONERlSM says “Irelia doesnt take reduced w dmg to ap anymore so this match up is fine. However if you play this lane too long she will abuse you and has kill threat. Play care ful and more towards your side of mid lane. Build rylias 2nd.”
DravensBukkake says “Exhaust matchup.
She literally cannot do anything to you. If she Q's a bunch of minions and Q's you in, walk back and W Q AA AA AA her as she walks back. If she lands stun however, she'll win the trade, so either E away or dodge her stun. If she uses Q on you without ult or E stacks, insec her as she no longer has Q up. Otherwise, perma shove and perma harass, she can't realistically do anything other than farm and beg for jungler ganks.”
Mid Win Repeat says “You can stomp her fairly easily. She dashes around alot which is good for your E, same thing as diana, Just hold onto your W until she dashes onto you than push her away and chase her down. Make sure she has to fight you in your own minion wave don't walk up to her.”
MarkeleleYasuo says “always one sided matchup, it depends on who gets ahead first, dont fight her lvl 2 unless you are 100% sure you can dodge her e, also dont fight her with her passive up it does A LOT of dmg ”
YeeDS says “If you get hit by her e prock your phase rush and E W her and run out of there. Otherwise it should be a clear lane which you outscale with.”
Garybaldo says “Hard lane, watch out for low health minions near you, only throw your E whenever all your minions are healthy or you don't have her passive on you, run Phase Rush and buy Frozen Heart whenever possible.”
paykanishe says “Irelia is an absolute menace in the mid lane for immobile scaling carries like Orianna. She can kill you from level 2 onwards and throughout you will have very little kill pressure on her without substantial jungle support. Zhonyas is a great early buy into this matchup so that you can avoid her all in if her Ult lands on you. Dont underestimate her ability to jump on you and burst you with just a Q and E once she has Tiamat. Do your best to avoid solo deaths and match her roams in order to minimize her impact. The usual on good thing about this is that their team is likely to lack the magic damage of a control mage in the mid lane. Cleanse can work decently for her stun, but she will likely still kill you. I would recommend either Exhaust or Barrier depending on whether or not you expect her to take Teleport or Ignite. ”
Novok says “This matchup is a pain for Ahri. You cannot win a trade with her. Try to freeze and be extremely cautious for her engage. Patience is key here. Only poke from as far away as possible. She will freeze lane on you (if she has functioning brain cells). you can freeze better tho. Again. Stay away, poke in a way that you dont push, freeze. Best bet is roaming or waiting for ganks. ”
ShuUis says “You outrade her you out roam her. What else would you want in a mid-lane matchup? She kinda technically scale better and has better wave clear than you, so don't just leave her to farm.”
Xalt says “Do not at any point fight this champion while there is a creep wave or she has conq stacked she will out dps you and out sustain your burst.
Build seekers and wait for a mistake to punish her!”
Euphoric Toaster says “Before the nerf to Irelia's W (her damage reduction now does not reduce magic damage, where it did before) this matchup was borderline impossible against a remotely decent player. Now, its still very very hard, but a bit more manageable now that you can actually burst her early. Before shes able to one-shot your turrets with Q you have a lot of time to be able poke/harass and get an early kill, but once she gets sheen and can oneshot your turrets with Q, you have to give over lane control and play reactively unless you're already far ahead of her. During the laning phase in general, just dodge her E stun as thats a lot of her threat. When she tries to all-in you, you want RQ + Q, E (when she jumps on you for a point blank stun), Q, W for maximum burst generally. With the W not reducing AP damage now you have a good chance to burst her down and kill her or force summoners now, but there gets a point in the game where she can eventually just run you over. If you have to face Irelia top instead of mid, i would dodge the game, the longer lane makes this matchup a LOT harder than it already is.”
Fox1ne says “First rule ever vs irelia,don't get hit by her stun,her 1v1 kit is really strong and especially her dashes are powerful with the q damage with passive being up. Try predicitng her movements and don't let her approach you in melee range and freeze. It's like kassadin match-up.”
Yeager says “- Let her push and don't attempt any fights.
- Don't go anywhere near Irelia when her passive is stacked. She can run you down and out trade you with only autos (very balanced yes)
- Look out for low hp minions and keep your distance from them because she uses those to get within range of you.
- Her E and ultimate are skillshots, so theres always a chance of dodging it. Learn the pattern of the enemy player and use it to predict when they will do what. That will help a lot when you have to dodge fast skillshots. It can even be used to bait them! ”
schulti012 says “She's strong lvl2 but you can just freeze the wave. As long as you dodge her E you're fine. Go for short trades, gain lead by freezing and harassing. Electrocute+sorcery wins.”
Ninjuo says “Play defensive and she should not be able to do anything to you. As soon as you get protobelt you should keep her from farm, trade with her and eventually kill her.”
Zero Two says “Tanky, but you will destroy her early on. Be dominant in lane early game, and she wont stand a chance late game. However, don't get too overconfident. She can still kill you pretty quickly.”
talonmains says “This lane goes side ways it can be hard winning this match up, don't stay close to your minions she can refresh her q and AA you in the process, throw your W when she does so and get an easy trade. Dodge her E and fight her when she doesn't have any stacks on her passive.”
Michelaengelo says “Be mindful of her lv 2 all in if she takes ignite. Staying out of the range of her Q will get you out of laning phase. After she gets tiamat don't walk up to your wave at all. Let her minions get under your turret then farm.”
SepekuAW says “Extremely hard lane even if you solo kill her. Once she gets merc treads and phage/sheen she is almost impossible to solo.
Punish her early by q + autoing her when she goes to farm a minion with q. If you can time your e you can cancel her Q by e'ing her when she q's you. (she does not get a reset if you do this)
Always try to use ur ulti on her before stunning to ensure you land the stun (more balls = more stun)
if she lands stun on you, you are pretty much dead so try to dodge it. you can flash her ult also! ”
Pumparum says “Irelia will try for early kills, so try not to get into long trades. Ult only after she uses her stun. You will outsustain her damage in bursts.”
kilgta says “Like any assassins, irelia is really strong against you in the laning phase but you are extremely strong against her in teamfights. Keep the wave at even or closer to your tower. Try to farm with your AA in order not to shove. Try to freeze if she allows it. If shes pushed your way, poke her with ease. If you are pushed her way, farm from far and be ready to flash out. She will burst you easily. Start corrupt pot, into lost chapter. If shes not aggressive towards you, you can finish ludens, if shes really aggressive and winning, go zonhya and finish ludens later. Build morello third.”
MechaaZero says “Sometimes I see this match up and it bothers me. Most of the time her playing style revolves around her Q being on max stacks and her diving you, but if your patient and land an E or two, you'll see things shift into your favor.”
SrSuders says “Irelia kann man gut besiegen, jedoch sollte man nicht ihr zu nahe gehen, wenn man selber keine Fähigkeiten frei hat.
Wenn Irelia die Irelia W draußen hat, hat sie kaum Chancen einen One-Shot zu überleben vorrausgesetzt es ist Mid-/Early-Game und sie ist nicht gefeedet. ”
DaytonMcCloud says “Even if ahead, beating an Irelia in lane is no ordinary task. This champion has sustain, damage reduction, you name it. Take Conqueror here.”
KatAirlines says “Do NOT play aggressive in the first 2 level. In level 3 you can start trading.
Ask for ganks. Once she falls back in gold & level, she can't catch you back.”
TotallySugoi says “Not the worst match up, just don't get caught up in her E as she can get fed pretty easily. Catch her with stuns and pop her. If she builds tank, just go full damage / magic pen.”
virkon says “Very hard matchup, you must know how to position yourself and play around her to get control of the lane. You cant be a bitch here, you gotta make her your bitch. (Look up imls Orianna vs Irelia coaching video)”
borsamalac says “Dodge her stuns, save W when she uses R. Always watch your minions hp as well, and u will know where will she move with Q. Her Q is rly predictable so u can harass her when she does it. Free AA her when she is in range. If she has rly good micro play just farm and play for teamfights.”
YourBestSenpai says “Be careful of that one. She can easily dodge your skills if there are minions around, and she can get easily to you, when at 5 stacks, you will lose A LOT, and I mean A LOT of HP.”
Helnakensbrorsa says “Poke with Q and back off when your minions get low because she will q them and get to you. Dodge her E and do small trades with electrocute. After 6 you can win if she miss R.”
HerrSolahri says “Skill Matchup but favored by the Leblanc, because shes range. Poke her down, bait her W so she cant reduce your burst dmg and then kill her.”
chillin kenshi says “Very easy poke her Level 1 just Q her dash, avoid her passive procs, wInd wall her w or r, level 6 dodge the e and wind wall the r
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aButteredPoptart says “Very much a skill matchup. She has mobility, but you'll know where to stay away unlike Yasuo. Be careful of her all-in potential, you don't want the wave pushed when she's healthy and has ult. Be wary of her W, as it will absorb your charm and make your all-in defense that much harder. Your ult doesn't bypass hers. Ask jungler to camp so she doesn't snowball.”
SmokeyEggs says “As an Irelia main, Irelia shreds Ekko in the early game so you NEVER fight her early. Bait out her E and that's when you fight her. Never let her stack Conq on you and Push her wave Hard so you can get some roams”
vukashin.xyz says “Her Q makes it hard to land Q
Avoid her E stun
Her W shield will negate a lot of your damage
Hard to kill
So just play passive and look to roam (mobility boots are good)”
AzureArmatt says “After her nerfs and desperate fight to move her towards top lane Irelia isn't as strong as she used to be on mid lane. She will have hard time to deal with your magic dmg. but if she stuns you and attack you when she has her passive fully stacked you still can be killed. Her ultimate now slows for big % so if you get caught by it you will be in a trouble since it will be hard to escape if you let her catch up to you. She will struggle to go against you if you doge her stun and poke her when she goes for CS but still.... she has potential to kill so don't underestimate her.”
javimc17 says “She can't do nothing against you. Stay focused on farm and poke her with E. If she engages, use your E+W to survive her combo and kill her easily with your Q+R. You can build Rilay's Crystal Scepter to catch her when she tries to scape.”
Shaawn says “This matchup is not as hard as it was before her rework, since we can now windwall her stun and ult, try to poke her with your q early game when she is qing minions that she wants to lasthit (specially in the first waves) if she hits her stun she has a good probability to kill you.”
overweight_zoe says “Auto lots, dodge the stun or die. Don't stand near low health minions. Would honestly be a pretty easy match up if her burst damage wasn't so absurd. ”
Jammy158 says “Mostly skill matchup. However, Yasuo has advantage early and outscale her later. Your windwall can block her E and Ulti so make note of that. Do be careful she can outtrade you with her passive stacks and respect her all-in potential.”
apsonalol says “Irelia tem muita mobilidade e dano, rushar zhonya não irá ajudar muita coisa, pode te salvar do burst, mas talvez você precise jogar em base da sua passiva W e como ela foi nerfada você pode dar um burst muito grande se você acertar sua ultimate.”
K4SS says “She can push you eaisly and then roam. Play def but don't get pushed too much. One or two ganks from your jungler should be enough to win your lane.”
Itsyaboyorchid says “Irelia can outscale Syndra pretty easily, her ability to snowball based off of 1 or 2 components of an item makes her a very dangerous opponent. You have 2 ways to go about dealing with Irelia. The first (and most reliable) option is to simply farm with your range, poke her as much as possible, and maybe look for a pick pre 6. The second option is to be very aggressive, sacrificing CS to output damage, and rely on your early snowballing. The main issue with the second option, is you're stunting your CS per minute and potentially throwing your early game based on your confidence in killing Irelia early on. Be aware that once Irelia hits 6, gets her Phage/Tiamat, she will be able to full combo you and kill you quite quickly.”
Gambinos says “Respect her level 2-3 as she gets her stun at level 2.
Wind wall her stun and ult, that's the perfect time to tornado ult her. She is very tanky early game but thing is, you're Yasuo, you out scale her late game. If she's building tanky, buy dusk.”
Sozzoh says “Irelia is surprisingly easier than you'd expect. Ult her out of her own ult, dodge her e's and constantly poke her. When she misses an E or her Q goes on cd, abuse that.”
undeadsoldiers says “I never had any problems with Irelia, pre or post rework, I will admit she is too OP and should be nerfed, but she isn't too bad on Swain in early game. Late game tho she is a monster.”
Witwickies says “You need to keep her at distance. If she will dash to you - you are probably dead. Just be cautious of her E, and make her lining phase hell. And never be near low-health minions.”
undeadsoldiers says “She has so much mobility, she's really bad for you. She can very easily burst you and you can't do anything about it. Wait for nerfs I guess xd.”
Itsyaboyorchid says “Farm safely in early laning phase with auto's + Q/W. Once you hit level 6 try to engage, however once Irelia hits level 6 + Phage item power spike avoid the 1v1.”
Eccentrik says “Ughhhh this champ is a pain in the eyes playing against her. Dash dash dash at level 1. Just switch lane with your top laner or if you're lucky, call for backup with your jungler.”
Kaeze Poulsen says “Her mobility is the srtongest counter to you, and she has a lot of ways to kill you and that's not as easy to predict as Zed.
You can't roam against her, because she will melt your turret. But you can take ghost or exhaust to outran her initiation.”
Cheddar Soup says “Busted right now, anyone that plays her can destroy. You can easily dodge her stun though, making her easy to kill early game. Make sure you wind wall her E and R.
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asffg123 says “Although she can't cross your E, she can time her lunges to escape it. She also counters your damage with her shield. Additionally, she has an aggressive kit, so you will be losing laning phase.”
Smol Jelly says “Dangerous for the same reason Galio is. Her damage reduction can save her during your ult, she's got very strong wave clear, and she's got a very deceptively strong burst. If she's got four stacks, watch out, because she's about to go in on you.”
Top Lane 51% Win Rate49% Pick RateIrelia Top Lane Counters: 56,82129,69419,1277,072516412 matches, 54 counter champions
Counter RatingCounter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.