Fighter

Irelia

The Blade Dancer

The Noxian occupation of Ionia produced many heroes, none more unlikely than young Irelia of Navori. Trained in the ancient dances of her province, she adapted her art for war, using the graceful and carefully practised movements to levitate a host of deadly blades.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Ionian Fervor
Q
Bladesurge
W
Defiant Dance
E
Flawless Duet
R
Vanguard's Edge

Irelia

Overview

On patch 16.21, Irelia is rated C tier in the mid lane, winning 47.9% of 4,388 ranked games with a 4.5% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Conqueror with Flash and Ignite and builds Blade of The Ruined King, Death's Dance, Kraken Slayer, and Chainlaced Crushers.

Irelia struggles most against Hwei (38.2%), LeBlanc (38.6%), and Vladimir (40.6%) and does best against Orianna (65.4%), Ryze (63%), and Twisted Fate (60%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 4,388 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

47.9%

Win rate

4.5%

Pick rate

4.4K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Irelia

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Playing against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

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Matchups

All Irelia matchups

Strong against

Orianna65.4%52
Ryze63.0%27
Twisted Fate60.0%25
Diana55.4%121
Mel55.2%87

Weak against

Hwei38.2%34
LeBlanc38.6%83
Vladimir40.6%133
Kassadin40.8%49
Qiyana41.2%34

Abilities

P
Ionian Fervor
When Irelia strikes enemies with spells she gains stacking bonus Attack Speed. At maximum stacks she also gains bonus damage on hit.
Q
Bladesurge
Irelia dashes forward to strike her target, healing herself. If the target is Marked or dies to Bladesurge, its cooldown refreshes.
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6Cost: 15Range: 600
W
Defiant Dance
Irelia charges a strike that deals more damage as she charges. She takes reduced physical damage during the charge.
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12Cost: 70/75/80/85/90Range: 825
E
Flawless Duet
Irelia sends out two blades which converge on each other. Enemies caught in between are damaged, stunned and Marked.
Cooldown: 16/14.5/13/11.5/10Cost: 50Range: 850
R
Vanguard's Edge
Irelia fires a massive number of blades that explode outward upon hitting an enemy champion. Enemies hit by the blades are damaged and Marked. Afterwards the blades form a wall that will damage and slow enemies that walk through it.
Cooldown: 125/105/85Cost: 100Range: 950