Irelia·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Irelia Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Wit's End. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 2 878 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Irelia Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Wit's End, Sterak's Gage and Frozen Heart. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.7% win rate over 311 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Wit's End as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Blade of The Ruined King as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 45.2% win rate across 84 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Irelia Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Wit's End as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.6% win rate over 57 matches played.

Situational Irelia Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Irelia build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.