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Irelia Wild Rift champion guide

Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
the Blade Dancer
Official role
FIGHTER, ASSASSIN
Lane
Baron / Top
Difficulty
High
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE IONIAN FERVOR

When Irelia strikes enemies with spells she gains stacking bonus Attack Speed. At maximum stacks she also gains bonus damage on hit.

1 BLADESURGE

Irelia dashes forward to strike her target, healing herself. If the target is Marked or dies to Bladesurge, its cooldown refreshes.

2 DEFIANT DANCE

Irelia charges a strike that deals more damage as she charges. She takes reduced physical damage during the charge.

3 FLAWLESS DUET

Irelia sends out two blades which converge on each other. Enemies caught in between are damaged, stunned and Marked.

ULTIMATE 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.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Blade of the Ruined King
  2. Trinity Force
  3. Death's Dance
  4. Mercury's Treads

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 8reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.

Quick answers

Who counters Irelia in Wild Rift?

In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Irelia: Renekton (Baron / Top), Jax (Baron / Top), Fiora (Baron / Top), Sett (Baron / Top), Malphite (Baron / Top), Pantheon (Jungle), Lissandra (Mid), Vex (Mid). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.

How do you play against Irelia in Wild Rift?

Riot's ability text for Irelia describes a dash, leap or blink in BLADESURGE (ability 1), DEFIANT DANCE (ability 2); healing or regeneration in BLADESURGE (ability 1). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Irelia is, so read the full descriptions on this page.

What is the best build for Irelia in Wild Rift?

The Nexus-reviewed core build for Irelia, in purchase order: Blade of the Ruined King then Trinity Force then Death's Dance then Mercury's Treads. Runes: Conqueror, Demolish, Second Wind, Perseverance, Last Stand. Situational swaps: against enemy crowd control: Mercurial Scimitar; against enemy burst: Bone Plating. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.

Which lane and role does Irelia play in Wild Rift?

Irelia is a Fighter and Assassin by Riot's classification and is played in Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty High. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows A tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.

Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.

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