I was thinking about buying her after I played her on PBE but I had no clue what to max and just went for the true damage autos then the stun then leap. Mainly that's because of what I normally do with champions but I'm a bit scared to play her because of that reason of not knowing what to max.
Help.
Also ETA on her VU? Should of gotten it far beyond Fiora.
Baseball3b1 votesGenerally I usually max W first since it maximizes your early damage potential, then Q second to maximize your burst when you get sheen/Trinity and E third.
There are some lanes where you'll want to max Q or E first though. (i.e. max E vs. Riven) I have class rn so I can't go into detail but i'm sure someone will explain
Knalxz1 votesThanks, I'll hopefully learn the 1%s as I play her.
Just didn't want to bring noob pain into someones game.
My style is, Ask, Bots, norms and check play,
Baseball3b1 votesYeah generally you won't really have to worry about what to max first with her until higher ranks, her kit has a ton of in-built sustain, damage and tankiness so you can experiment.
Generally I max E against: Riven, Rengar, Zed, Jayce, Swain, Wukong Fiora* and Jax
W against: Shen, Fiora* Darius, Nautilus, Singed, etc (basically anyone who rushes a lot of armor which is a majority of top lanes)
Q against: Vayne, Quinn, Gnar
Alternatively, W is always a safe max if you're taking a lot of poke or you want to play safe because of the sustain it gives
Nick Valentine1 votesEasy ideas:
E: Max when you are fearful of dying to hyper damage (Riven etc) who you can immediately CC off and run.
Q: Almost never. This is like...if you got really ahead and want to deal lots of dmg, I see no reason for Irelia to be maxing this over another unless shes aggressively butchering her lane.
W: At all other times. This is just a super safe skill and there is absolutely no harm in maxing this first.
K1LL3R H0RN3T1 votesHey, another good place to look for Irelia tips is Irelia Carries U guide(I'll link it at the bottom of the post). He's a pretty high ranked Irelia main, that not only talks about skill order, but he also has runes and builds there too. He also has a youtube channel that talks about specific matchups and shows how Irelia can win them. I've been using it and I've gotten quite a bit better at Irelia IMO.