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** {{ai|Ionian Fervor}} will not reveal hidden or invisible units, such as enemy champions in brush or {{ci|Twitch}} with {{ai|Ambush}} active.
 
** {{ai|Ionian Fervor}} will not reveal hidden or invisible units, such as enemy champions in brush or {{ci|Twitch}} with {{ai|Ambush}} active.
 
* {{ai|Bladesurge}} is a powerful farming tool as it refreshes and refunds [[mana]] if it kills the targeted enemy, including [[minions]], and also serves as a gap closer.
 
* {{ai|Bladesurge}} is a powerful farming tool as it refreshes and refunds [[mana]] if it kills the targeted enemy, including [[minions]], and also serves as a gap closer.
** If you miss when last hitting a minion, quickly use your {{ai|Bladesurge}} on it, so you still kill it successfully without losing too much mana or cooldown.
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** If you miss when last hitting a minion, quickly use your {{ai|Bladesurge}} on it, so you still kill it successfully without losing cooldown or too much mana.
 
** {{ai|Bladesurge}} applies [[on-hit effects]], including the [[True damage|true damage given]] by {{cai|Hiten Style|Irelia}}, the [[magic damage]] from {{ii|Wit's End}}, and it will proc and immediately apply the additional damage from {{ii|Sheen}}, albeit only every two seconds per its cooldown limitations.
 
** {{ai|Bladesurge}} applies [[on-hit effects]], including the [[True damage|true damage given]] by {{cai|Hiten Style|Irelia}}, the [[magic damage]] from {{ii|Wit's End}}, and it will proc and immediately apply the additional damage from {{ii|Sheen}}, albeit only every two seconds per its cooldown limitations.
 
** Use {{ai|Bladesurge|Irelia}} to cover great distances by targeting low life [[minion]]s on your way to champion targets. Inversely, targeting enemy [[minions]] can help {{ci|Irelia}} escape from ganks.
 
** Use {{ai|Bladesurge|Irelia}} to cover great distances by targeting low life [[minion]]s on your way to champion targets. Inversely, targeting enemy [[minions]] can help {{ci|Irelia}} escape from ganks.
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*** By using {{ai|Bladesurge|Irelia}} on a full HP ranged minion while having {{ii|Trinity Force}}, you will kill a full HP ranged minion instantly, so you can use it one more time.
 
* {{ai|Hiten Style}} gives {{ci|Irelia}} exceptional laning strength. Each level will provide increased sustain, doubled when active, and increased [[true damage]] per attack.
 
* {{ai|Hiten Style}} gives {{ci|Irelia}} exceptional laning strength. Each level will provide increased sustain, doubled when active, and increased [[true damage]] per attack.
 
** Combine with {{ai|Bladesurge}}, this combo make Irelia the best champion at last-hitting under ally turrets.
 
** Combine with {{ai|Bladesurge}}, this combo make Irelia the best champion at last-hitting under ally turrets.
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** {{ai|Hiten Style|Irelia}} also gives heals while attacking structures like [[turret]]s, because it heals per hit. Activate it during pushes to quickly heal extended amounts if safe to do so.
 
** {{ai|Hiten Style|Irelia}} also gives heals while attacking structures like [[turret]]s, because it heals per hit. Activate it during pushes to quickly heal extended amounts if safe to do so.
 
** [[True damage]] cannot be negated, so keep in mind that the {{ai|Hiten Style|Irelia}} active cannot be negated by {{si|Exhaust}} or any [[attack damage]] debuff.
 
** [[True damage]] cannot be negated, so keep in mind that the {{ai|Hiten Style|Irelia}} active cannot be negated by {{si|Exhaust}} or any [[attack damage]] debuff.
** Activating {{ai|Hiten Style}}, then using {{ai|Bladesurge}} will help you kill the caster minion instanly if you have {{ii|Trinity Force}}  This trick works as a quick dash with no cooldown.
 
 
* {{cai|Equilibrium Strike|Irelia}} will either stun or slow depending on the total % of [[health]] {{ci|Irelia}} has compared to her target. If higher, it will slow. If lower, it will stun.
 
* {{cai|Equilibrium Strike|Irelia}} will either stun or slow depending on the total % of [[health]] {{ci|Irelia}} has compared to her target. If higher, it will slow. If lower, it will stun.
 
** This gives {{ai|Equilibrium Strike}} a lot of flexibility in its use - it will slow in a chasing situation, and stun to either turn the tides of a fight or give {{ci|Irelia}} the means to escape.
 
** This gives {{ai|Equilibrium Strike}} a lot of flexibility in its use - it will slow in a chasing situation, and stun to either turn the tides of a fight or give {{ci|Irelia}} the means to escape.
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*** {{si|Ignite}} combined with {{ai|Transcendent Blades|Irelia}} makes a rather strong combo to kill fleeing enemies.
 
*** {{si|Ignite}} combined with {{ai|Transcendent Blades|Irelia}} makes a rather strong combo to kill fleeing enemies.
 
** If coordinated well, it also makes an effective tool for escaping ganks or failed team fights at low [[health]]. By clicking the edge of your screen and firing off a few blades, you can heal off of the enemy champions chasing you to buy time to escape.
 
** If coordinated well, it also makes an effective tool for escaping ganks or failed team fights at low [[health]]. By clicking the edge of your screen and firing off a few blades, you can heal off of the enemy champions chasing you to buy time to escape.
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** {{ai|Transcendent Blades}} can give you a "stepping stone". By using it to lower HP of ranged minions, you can dash continously when using {{ai|Bladesurge}} on them.
 
* Even though {{ci|Irelia}} has a lot of sustain, she also has a lot of burst damage when her opponent has more hp than her and she is 6. Opening with {{ai|Equilibrium Strike}}, activating {{ai|Hiten Style}} and {{ai|Transcendent Blades}} immediately, and {{ai|Bladesurge}} as the opponent flees and gains some distance (so you can land another autoattack or even more with phage). This combo is capable of dealing a lot of damage. Combined with {{si|Ignite}} and {{ii|Sheen}} , it can even kill somebody from full health in a few seconds.
 
* Even though {{ci|Irelia}} has a lot of sustain, she also has a lot of burst damage when her opponent has more hp than her and she is 6. Opening with {{ai|Equilibrium Strike}}, activating {{ai|Hiten Style}} and {{ai|Transcendent Blades}} immediately, and {{ai|Bladesurge}} as the opponent flees and gains some distance (so you can land another autoattack or even more with phage). This combo is capable of dealing a lot of damage. Combined with {{si|Ignite}} and {{ii|Sheen}} , it can even kill somebody from full health in a few seconds.
 
** Irelia also can burst at level 2 (though you can only do that with a level advantage, or if your enemy has wasted an ability). Use your {{ai|Bladesurge}} onto a low HP minion near your enemy, then follow with a{{ai|Equilibrium Strike}}, attack him and then {{ai|Bladesurge}} after landed an auto attack or if he runs away. By using this trick, you can burn 2 {{ii|Health Potion}} of your enemy.
 
** Irelia also can burst at level 2 (though you can only do that with a level advantage, or if your enemy has wasted an ability). Use your {{ai|Bladesurge}} onto a low HP minion near your enemy, then follow with a{{ai|Equilibrium Strike}}, attack him and then {{ai|Bladesurge}} after landed an auto attack or if he runs away. By using this trick, you can burn 2 {{ii|Health Potion}} of your enemy.

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Skill usage

  • Irelia's Irelia's Ionian Fervor Ionian Fervor is her staple ability, making it very difficult to lock her down in teamfights and skirmishes with crowd control due to her extended tenacity.
    • Coupled with Mercury's Treads Mercury's Treads and Template:Mi, Irelia Irelia can achieve a maximum of 71% tenacity, one of the highest values in the game. This effectively turns a three second silence such as Malzahar's Malzahar's Call of the Void Call of the Void last only one second.
    • For this reason, Irelia Irelia is a feared assassin and very capable at targeting and killing carries due to the difficulty involved in keeping her off of them with crowd control.
    • Bear in mind that this tenacity does not reduce the crowd control applied by being knocked airborne or from suppression.
    • Ionian Fervor Ionian Fervor will not reveal hidden or invisible units, such as enemy champions in brush or Twitch Twitch with Ambush Ambush active.
  • Bladesurge Bladesurge is a powerful farming tool as it refreshes and refunds mana if it kills the targeted enemy, including minions, and also serves as a gap closer.
    • If you miss when last hitting a minion, quickly use your Bladesurge Bladesurge on it, so you still kill it successfully without losing cooldown or too much mana.
    • Bladesurge Bladesurge applies on-hit effects, including the true damage given by Irelia's Irelia's Hiten Style Hiten Style, the magic damage from Wit's End Wit's End, and it will proc and immediately apply the additional damage from Sheen Sheen, albeit only every two seconds per its cooldown limitations.
    • Use Bladesurge Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets. Inversely, targeting enemy minions can help Irelia Irelia escape from ganks.
      • By using Bladesurge Bladesurge on a full HP ranged minion while having Trinity Force Trinity Force, you will kill a full HP ranged minion instantly, so you can use it one more time.
  • Hiten Style Hiten Style gives Irelia Irelia exceptional laning strength. Each level will provide increased sustain, doubled when active, and increased true damage per attack.
    • Combine with Bladesurge Bladesurge, this combo make Irelia the best champion at last-hitting under ally turrets.
    • Hiten Style Hiten Style synergizes strongly with attack speed. The more hits Irelia Irelia can apply within the duration of its active means increased sustain and increased damage output.
    • Hiten Style Hiten Style also gives heals while attacking structures like turrets, because it heals per hit. Activate it during pushes to quickly heal extended amounts if safe to do so.
    • True damage cannot be negated, so keep in mind that the Hiten Style Hiten Style active cannot be negated by Exhaust Exhaust or any attack damage debuff.
  • Irelia's Irelia's Equilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike will either stun or slow depending on the total % of health Irelia Irelia has compared to her target. If higher, it will slow. If lower, it will stun.
    • This gives Equilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike a lot of flexibility in its use - it will slow in a chasing situation, and stun to either turn the tides of a fight or give Irelia Irelia the means to escape.
      • For this reason, it is often best to save Equilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike until later in a fight to secure a sudden advantage and turn around.
    • To help your jungler gank your lane, purposefully letting your health drop below your target's can provide a much-needed stun to ensure a kill.
    • Consider investing your first skill point into Equilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike in order to avoid and survive a potential early gank during laning.
  • Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades allows for strong, multi-target damage and sustain, giving Irelia Irelia increased survivability in fights, especially when focusing down important targets.
    • Remember that Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades will heal Irelia Irelia for more when striking champions than striking minions.
      • In a teamfight, it's generally best to aim Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades to hit as many champions as possible to keep you alive, rather than directly at a single target for extra damage, as this will give you the best sustain. With proper positioning, both these effects can be achieved without having to compromise. For example, shift around to fire the blades forward into the bulk of the enemy team while also hitting the main target.
      • During laning, fire into as large of a minion group as possible to regain large amounts of health either to continue laning or to survive a skirmish.
      • Ignite Ignite combined with Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades makes a rather strong combo to kill fleeing enemies.
    • If coordinated well, it also makes an effective tool for escaping ganks or failed team fights at low health. By clicking the edge of your screen and firing off a few blades, you can heal off of the enemy champions chasing you to buy time to escape.
    • Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades can give you a "stepping stone". By using it to lower HP of ranged minions, you can dash continously when using Bladesurge Bladesurge on them.
  • Even though Irelia Irelia has a lot of sustain, she also has a lot of burst damage when her opponent has more hp than her and she is 6. Opening with Equilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike, activating Hiten Style Hiten Style and Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades immediately, and Bladesurge Bladesurge as the opponent flees and gains some distance (so you can land another autoattack or even more with phage). This combo is capable of dealing a lot of damage. Combined with Ignite Ignite and Sheen Sheen , it can even kill somebody from full health in a few seconds.
    • Irelia also can burst at level 2 (though you can only do that with a level advantage, or if your enemy has wasted an ability). Use your Bladesurge Bladesurge onto a low HP minion near your enemy, then follow with aEquilibrium Strike Equilibrium Strike, attack him and then Bladesurge Bladesurge after landed an auto attack or if he runs away. By using this trick, you can burn 2 Health Potion Health Potion of your enemy.

Build usage

Recommended items

Doran's Shield Doran's Shield Ruby Crystal Ruby Crystal

Countering

  • Irelia Irelia is a champion that relies on attack speed. A Frozen Heart Frozen Heart or Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen is a good counter to her AS.
  • Buying a Doran's Shield Doran's Shield in the first trip back is a great way to counter Irelia Irelia if you are having trouble vs her, since most of her damage come from autoatk and her true damage.
    • ​After that, by using the same logic, you can buy Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi or stack HP (Giant's Belt Giant's Belt is good since it has many upgraded paths).
  • Keep your current % of HP higher than her or you will lose lane. Picking a champion that can outburst her like Darius Darius is always a good idea.
  • Try to disengage when you see her Hiten Style Hiten Style is activating. It only has 6s duration, so you can harass her back when it is on cooldown.
  • It is recommended not to fight Irelia Irelia in minion waves. Her Transcendent Blades Transcendent Blades allows her to heal a lot of damage if it deals damage to both you and minions.
    • Try to counter her healing with healing reduction from Ignite Ignite. It can be quite powerful in early game.
  • Ask for early ganks, shut her down early. Snowball champions like Riven Riven will give nightmare to Irelia Irelia when they are ahead.

Champion spotlight

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