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the Blade Dancer
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (4,269 games).
Irelia, the Blade Dancer, resets Bladesurge on any target she has Marked with Flawless Duet or Vanguard's Edge, chaining dashes through a fight. Counted Master+ Irelias played Top and Mid, almost all on Conqueror, and their two printed paths both start Blade of The Ruined King, Hullbreaker.
FighterAssassin
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 4,269 games · Preview sample
4,269
Games
Very High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
54.2%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite57.1%Win Rate
FlashIgnite
This exact page: taken in 24.4% of games·52.8% win rate over 1,040 games.
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice. Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force. Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.
For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack grants you 1 Ability Haste. Gain bonus Adaptive Force at 5 and 10 stacks.
Press the Attack6.2% taken · 50.4% win266 games
Electrocute1.5% taken · 45.2% win62 games
Lethal Tempo0.8% taken · 48.6% win35 gamesPrecision + Inspiration75.2% taken · 51.1% win3,209 games
Precision + Resolve17.7% taken · 49.5% win757 games
Precision + Domination5.3% taken · 56.4% win225 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Irelia's most common path.
QIrelia dashes forward to strike her target, healing herself.
Cooldown 10/9/8/7/6s · 15 Mana
WIrelia charges a strike that deals more damage as she charges.
Cooldown 20/18/16/14/12s · 70/75/80/85/90 Mana
EIrelia sends out two blades which converge on each other.
Cooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10s · 50 Mana
RIrelia fires a massive number of blades that explode outward upon hitting an enemy champion.
Cooldown 125/105/85s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QBladesurge | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WDefiant Dance | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EFlawless Duet | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RVanguard's Edge | R | R | R |
How Irelia performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Irelia is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 5/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PIonian Fervor
When Irelia strikes enemies with spells she gains stacking bonus Attack Speed. At maximum stacks she also gains bonus damage on hit.
Passive — never cast
QBladesurge
Irelia dashes forward to strike her target, healing herself. If the target is Marked or dies to Bladesurge, its cooldown refreshes.
Cost 15 ManaCooldown 10/9/8/7/6sRange 600
WDefiant Dance
Irelia charges a strike that deals more damage as she charges. She takes reduced physical damage during the charge.
Cost 70/75/80/85/90 ManaCooldown 20/18/16/14/12sRange 825
EFlawless Duet
Irelia sends out two blades which converge on each other. Enemies caught in between are damaged, stunned and Marked.
Cost 50 ManaCooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10sRange 850
RVanguard'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.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 125/105/85sRange 950
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Irelia in 5 patches. The latest is patch 26.17, published 2026-08-25.
QBladesurge
WDefiant Dance
RVanguard's Edge
Irelia is one of League’s highest stakes snowballing dependant skirmishers, but we feel like even when ahead she is failing to scale into a real carry threat
WDefiant Dance
EFlawless Duet
AP Irelia is currently not viable or picked at all so we are letting this blade dancer bring some magic to the rift by upping her burst ability when building ability power. We're focusing on her high counterplay skillshots in order to give her a distinct playstyle difference compared to AD builds.
Base Stats
Unsurprisingly, Irelia’s power level has taken off between her recent direct buffs and last patch’s Blade of the Ruined King changes. We’re attacking her early health regen once again, as that stat is typically skewed toward mid lane, where she can stand to lose a little more power.
PIonian Fervor
Irelia's got some room to be a more powerful fighter and we'd specifically like to make her better at her skirmisher outputs of repeated damage without being as reliant on items to carry that power budget. So, we're juicing up her early game passive power to make her able to scrap and trade autos early on against other melee champions.
WDefiant Dance
EFlawless Duet
RVanguard's Edge
Irelia has been a strong performer for a while and is deserving of a nerf. However, we'd like to preserve how good she feels as a fast-moving auto-attacker with the tools to survive melee combat. As such, we're peeling out damage from places that she isn't very reliant on. Though there are a large number of changes here, each of these abilities contributes only a small fraction of her overall damage output.
Riot's data lists 17 looks for Irelia with their own art, the base skin included and 56 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Irelia | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 630 | =61st | 620 |
| Health per level | 115 | =9th | 104 |
| Base armor | 36 | =20th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.7 | =42nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 30 | =110th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 65 | =21st | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.656 | =83rd | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2.5% | =75th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 200 | =85th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 630 | +115 | 2585 | 15th of 173 |
| Mana | 350 | +50 | 1200 | =40th of 145 |
| Armor | 36 | +4.7 | 115.9 | =34th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +2.05 | 64.85 | 76th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Irelia, the Blade Dancer, is a Fighter and Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 5/10 for difficulty, 7/10 for attack, 4/10 for defense and 5/10 for magic. Irelia spends Mana and has 17 skins with their own art. Irelia's health per level of 115 is the 9th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 4 others).
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. After proving herself as a fighter, she was thrust into the role of resistance leader and figurehead, and to this day remains dedicated to the preservation of her homeland.
