Irelia·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Irelia Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Bone Plating and Unflinching 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 Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Guardian Angel and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.4% winrate over 11 432 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Gunblade as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Lich Bane as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 41.7% win rate across 499 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Irelia Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching 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 Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Kraken Slayer as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Wit's End and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.7% win rate over 212 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.