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Mastering Irelia or at least being very good with her

Zahkara·6/6/2015, 6:50:30 PM·1 votes·891 views

After being away from League for a bit because of business I've finally come back and it feels great. I saw the new Irelia skin and I bought it right away. after playing a couple games with her I have a renewed want to be proficient with her. Partly because i really like her new skin and a big part is her gameplay feels smoother now. before it felt kinda clunky and not very fluid but now it does. So I wanted to ask for any tips or advice on how to get better with her, I play her jungle by the way.

my current build right now is.. -Skirmisher's Sabre w/ Warrior -Ninja Tabi w/ Furor -Trinity Force -Spirit Visage -Sunfire Cape Statikk Shiv

runes are... 3x attack speed quints 9x attack damage marks 9x armor seals 4x cdr glyphs 5x scaling mr glyphs

and my masteries are 22/8/0

if you have any suggestions on what I could change to improve it'll be appreciated these were all mostly based on what felt right.

2 Comments

Dedrius6/6/2015, 6:59:46 PM1 votes

I would not go visage, sunfire, or shiv if I was you and would also not use any CDR blues. I would pick Frozen Heartor randuins over sunfire and Ghostblade over shiv. Visage is ok but I prefer banshees if I am trying to go tanky or wit's end if I am ahead and want MR and the on hit is good.

I have played a lot of irelia in the past 2 seasons but I have never jungled her so I don't know that much about that portion of her playstyle but I would also give cinderhulk a try.

Hope it helped a bit, if you think your build works better for your style of play then keep what you have but these are some suggestions based on my style.

Reluctor6/6/2015, 8:23:51 PM1 votes

Her new skin makes her look like she's wearing capri pants imo.... :)

As far as a jungle build, I feel like cinderhulk is the better enchant right now. At least on irelia. She doesn't need the AR / pen as much because she is more about doing true damage on hit. Also in that regard, instead of statikk shiv other attack speed items offer you more for her kit.

Botrk has synergy with spirit visage, which is the ideal MR item on her. The slow active is helps you stick to carries / make picks, and it has that all important true damage on hit. Witts End offers good MR if needed, true damage and reduces their MR for your mixed damage / your carries damage. Zephyr is the last item I would consider on her. Tenacity is great on irelia because of it stacking with her passive. You have a minimum of 45% after you get 1 tenacity item in a fight.

Tri force + 1 other damage Item is as far as I would go on her though. After that build full tank so you can survive burst and stick on carries. This lets you essentially neutralize them while your carries go ham.

Defensively Sunfire cape is really sub par. Randuins offers you more in pure stats along with an attack speed slow and an active slow to help you continue to stick. Frozen Heart is ok but the lack of hp doesn't synergize with cinderhulk as well.

Spirit Visage is awesome. Favorite MR item.

Runes I would suggest AS Quints, 8 AD marks, 1 crit mark, 9 Armor seals, 5 AS glyphs and 4 flat MR glyphs. Gives you tons of ad, speed, and armor to survive those jungle camps.

Hope this helped :)