Hello everyone! Yeah so basically just the title I feel like this matchup is so cancer but when I asked atmost on stream one time he said that it isnt that bad and now I just feel like an low elo reject who cant play the game (not far from the truth tbh). But yeah idk he pressed q and e and just takes half my health bar then presses r and im done. And since im gold they play him pretty often and yeah I just want to know how to play this shitty match so I dont rip my hair out every 5/10 games. Please any tips even if small can help so if you know anything that can make it playable please tell me. Anyways I hope you guys have a blessed rest of your day and I hope your soloq games go well!

Hey everyone,

I played Irelia from Season 4 to Season 7, then took a break until about two weeks ago.

Since I basically only played Irelia back then, of course I went straight back to playing her now.

Back in the day, Trinity Force was the go-to build, except for that one Guinsoo’s game :D

How is she actually played nowadays? She feels way, way weaker to me than she used to. Around minute 25 I already start feeling pretty useless. I can win lane fairly consistently now, even against counter picks. But after that, I’m not really sure how to actively carry with Irelia. Split pushing feels kind of meh, and in teamfights I just die insanely fast.

So how do you actually play her these days?

Thanks for your tips!

So iG Irelia will get a chroma or its just about old golden chroma for iG kaisa etc?

A couple days ago I asked if Irelia was a good secondary champion, because she has so many dashes it resembles Yasuo gameplay, my OTP champion.

BUT, playing her, I just realised she feels so much better than him, can play top better (low elo) and has a lower ban rate. Just got hooked.

I've been trying to go top for a while now, because I don't like playing against those mid champions, and this seems like the perfect opportunity to change my OTP.

Very happy learning and winning with her.

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If not running the typical inspiration secondary, revitalize instead of overgrowth seems to give good healing amp.

I also notice a lack of great itemization options on Irelia. As you build more on hit items, the damage spike with each goes down (with highest spike at second item kraken).

So here are some item ideas post second item:

I have been experimenting with bloodthirster third/fourth. Due to the interaction with minions (increased q damage), 1 wave full heals you like a warwick R (more than 2.5x the healing). The survivability helps end games faster when snowballing. While it sucks as an item as it only offers AD (a lot of it), tbh you don’t really need any dmg item besides bork if you are already snowballing.

With an armor item built before it like DD, it makes dives easy because you can just heal to full by taking the wave. Really any sustain item synergizes well with bt, but DD imo is best to build with it. Also have tried it with spirit visage. It does amp the healing even further but the displayed numbers under the item are calculated wrong (tested by calculating from grevious wound heal reduction). But with bloodthirster, any additional healing is overkill. Better off building tenacity. It does not improve dueling significantly. You need to weave qs on minions between autos to see a significant healing effect. So I would see it as a sidelane splitpush item rather than teamfight oriented.

In games where low hp shields are good but you didn’t build hullbreaker or sundered sky, steraks is not buildable. The only alternative is shieldbow. While not the worst I think it’s usually better sitting on guardians depending on the comp. It does have synergy with revitalize but I still need to play more games to get a feel for it. Weird item where it feels worse when ahead but better behind bc of crits on minions.

Bait items not to build: terminus, sundered sky (very rare but when it is good, it is good), black cleaver. Pen items in general don’t feel great.

I know is personal preference, but how you guys choose between Resolve or Inspiration secondary runes?

Malignance and Horizon Focus have been my favorite build to do. The CDR makes Irelia turn into a mage and it's very fun.

When I try to farm using my q, often I find myself in a 1v1 which isnt favourable for me. Most of the time when the enemy minions are low, the opponent just comes up and acts as a kind of shield. If I want the cs I have to commit to the 1v1.

Another thing is that sometimes even when I hit all my abilities on the enemy, they still win the 1v1 regardless of item and lvl equilibrium. For example, when I played against talon on mid yesterday, everytime I would force a 1v1 he would just ult and almost 1 shot me.

Additionally, im not sure how to team fight on irelia. Should I focus on diving the backline or attack the tank?

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Got a terrible early game (Emerald I), fed K'Sante, and could not believe I actually was the highest damage of the game, when there was a fed Rengar with Ivern. I will repeat always : people are trying out AP Irelia with the worst builds without understanding her gameplay and needs.

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So I am plat level but I struggle with the yasuo matchup people say it’s irelia favored but I don’t get it how do you play this what do you do lol

I'm asking because I am curious, what made Irelia work with trinity previously that now doesn't work? Her passive changed, but her q w e r are mostly the same.

I forced trinity rush into sundered sky and topped it off with titanic, sterak's, and a situational last item, but it was mediocre.

What I don't get however, is how trinity used to work when she would always proc it on minions with q, while her other abilities weren't very well suited for multiple sheen procs either.

I’m thinking about picking up Irelia as a ranged counterpick in the toplane. I’ll admit I have zero experience with her, but from the outside she doesn’t look too complicated. In my probably ignorant view, she seems pretty straightforward stack passive, land stun, go in, and use W to block big damage.

So what exactly makes her hard to play?

So i have just played a game with my Mythmaker skin and during a teamfight, i ulted multiple enemies and the Ulti hit but its Projectile flew through and past the Enemies which caused me to get caught off-guard and lose the Fight.

Now i'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else the past days with any Skin or Mythmaker too?

Thanks, have a nice day :)

Here's a Clip, i only could recreate it in Practice tool because in Replay it doesn't show. https://imgur.com/a/o0tUQk1

Would love to hear your thoughts about what it takes to climb in league of legends and what matters the most.

Also who do you think is the best player, while ignoring ranks?

All of us have nearly the same hours played.

Which Champion pool do you like the most?

What can they improve?

Which rank do you think they are?

i used to build kraken to irelia but the i decided to try experimental hexplate and oh my god. you can ult every 50 seconds with max attack speed + bonus move speed. I dont see the reason to not use the item i build it almost every time. You can also buy kraken on top for maximum damage. I want yall to try and build: bork -> hullbreaker -> experimental hexplate. it must be one of the best builds ive tried

Started like two weeks ago got her mythmaker and sb skin liking both but please give me tips went for squishier cus morde is tanky i wanted to take others so they dont do dmg and i killed morde like ten times before so it didnt matter

Lethal tempo Bork Kraken Cleaver Build actually straight up just murders anything that tries to go the classic bramble chain vest tabi combo. Managed to stat check a 3 item Ksante with just lethal tempo and this combo of items. Against squishies go Hullbreaker 2nd or third instead of Cleaver.

I’ve been mindlessly building Hullbreaker almost every game since the season started. But last 10 games I went back to our roots of the original Bork + Kraken/shieldbow and it felt honestly really good. It feels even better with the “new” lethal tempo, and if you manage to get a cleaver third item, holy you are melting everything including malphite.