I really like this build but I've one question: Why do you choose not to use a Wits End? It seems like a really great item to me. it gives magic damage, it gives magic resist and it gives so much attack speed. The attack speed combined with hiltenstyle and the extra magic damage per hit seems to make you untouchable. Can you explain why you don't use it in your core build?

It's a great guide btw and i use it most of the time. +1

VERY NICE BUILD.

Irelia is my main and when I used this build, with mine, my first game was 26/10/15
Best K.D in the match! Thanks!!!!

- Rapidable

Im so noob in this game and i bought Irelia with my first IP. But to be honest i still do not understand the builds that the game or the top guides suggest. I tried them but i find the champion so slow.

I can´t see Irelia as a tank. She do not have AoE skills, armor pasives or buffs for the team.

I usually try to build an attack/run speed Irelia. If i manage to finish my build i have more than 2 hits per sec and more than 500 run speed. (bersekers Greaves, Trinity Force, Phantom Dancer. After that i can build another Phanton Dancer, a high damage item, or some armor if needed).

But i´m not complaining or sugesting. As i said on the beggining, Im really noob, and with my stile i win somes games, lose some others, but i never made an awesome game.

Why it is supposed to have so much armor and so few speed? ( I Know that, oviously, all af you can´t be wrong, and my usual build can´t be right)

have a nice day...

Wit's End situational item? It should be in very game where enemies have magic damage. Combined with Mercury's Treads it adds up to 55 MR, and goes to 75 when you attack. Why on earth would you ever need more than this? You really think that with Irelia's damage output any mage will be able to last long enough to out-damage someone with a 75 MR bonus? Why would u ever go over board and use Banshee's Veil or Force of Nature, that's just stupid. You pay almost 1k more gold for NOTHING and you lose 40% ATS and 42 on-hit damage. That's just palin stupid Wit's End is as must-have on Irelia as Trinity Force.

And yes, definitely, tank Irelia can be ignored pretty much by anyone except the squishiest of carries. NEVER build full defense, it's just STUPID. Just cause you have 75 true damage on your attacks doesn't mean you do good damage, they won't waste their time fighting you, they'll still go for the carry and kill him without problems. Tank Irelia is STUPID

Hey, just to say, i just created that account, as I've always using mobafire's guides, but never had a account, and I did it now cuz i wanted a little help here. Also forgive me for my terrible english, i'm not american.
Anyway, when I do good matches and i'm there with my trinity and core gp/secs itens already, I always hesitate on what to build. That's cuz sometime I need just armor, their only ap player isn't doing any kind of damage, for example. And then i hesitate on building FoN. I also don't know what to buy after this.
I also sometimes like to build something different on the place of trinity, I make Irelia a little more tanky( I don't do that all the times) And then I put a Madred's razor , which for me is best on Irelia, you should give it a try. Attack speed can be amazing, as she got her auto lifesteal and also true damage. Anyway, your guide is amazing, and so Irelia is. You can maybe also put a warmog's to have like 3,5k and still do damage with madred's

awesome guide. i'm using the 9-9-12 masteries set up and i never loss my lane. one doubt i have is about the farm.. 170~180 in 20 minutes is ok (onsidering ganks and recalls)?

lol...
1. I'll only every take exhaust on solo top lanes when I can coordinate with my jungler, otherwise ignite is your best bet, for being your finisher. More often than not enemy will use flash and survive with a little bit of hp. With that first kill, you usually gain a lead and you try to maintain or increase it. I agree with ghost being kinda useless. As it is more geared towards early game, but once you hit late game there will be so many slows that ghost will be useless and the only way to escape would be to flash over walls.
2. personal preference, but I use a mix of ad/armor pen red/quint
3. You make me laugh, if Irelia isn't built tanky she will get blown up. Her kit screams that she needs to go in and kill high priority targets, since she has no solid escape mechanism she needs to be tanky. Unlike fiora, irelia doesn't have a skill to make her invulnerable and regain massive amounts of hp. (Glass cannon build Pros; my irelia does tons of damage. Cons; she gets blown up as soon as she goes to kill ad/ap carry.)
4. Your anecdote doesn't mean anything, because maybe your friend was new to fiora and doesn't know her damage range and limits, giving them a build and expecting them to do well is stupid. Besides this is a guide. It was successful with this person, but people who read this guide can make adjustments for their own needs.

Btw to author, I'll say renek would be hard, if he manages his rage properly and if the enemy jungler ganks early. You also forgot to add in Olaf. Olaf will is a very hard lane to fight. He trades so well with melee champs and he becomes immune to cc once he hits 6. The problem is that Olaf true damage is a shorter cd than irelia's stun. He should be able to just zone you and if you get too close, he just undertow followed with reckless swing, will leave you severely crippled.

hey, great job explaining how to play irelia on this guide
I really love the charts and tables that show your data.
but there is just one question
recently i have played several matches against an irelia who seemed to follow your guide, and my team was always crying about how irelia was OP. As I was also playing Irelia, i wondered how you can help your team when the match is not going your way?
thank you

Nice guide :) +1 from me. This guide got me going with Irelia. Though for some reason I like to buy the Back Cleaver as it gives Attack Damage, Attack Speed and that extra slow that you sometimes need from the passive.

@Killingfame: While Flash is useful to escape or to get closer instantly to your opponent I still think that Ghost is way better, it provides movement speed without collisions and has worked way much more for me than Flash. As for Ignite, it is more useful on early game basis to help ensure that you get a kill (very situational though). Well it is your Personal choice.

I'm sorry but I completely disagree with you're build there are too many things wrong with it right from the beginning.

1. Ignite and ghost? Really? I'd personally take flash and exhaust.
2. Your runes; hate them, they aren't the greatest but they aren't bad either.
3. Irelia isn't made to be played as a tank!!! I don't know how many people I tell this but it drives me crazy.
4. Pros and cons? Like get real. Irelia and all of the other champions in the game, depend on what your play style is. It's not, oh yeah you can run in there Jesus and be fine because you have "my build". It is dependent on your play style on what your cons will be as well as pros. (eg. I am a freaking godly Fiora and my friend tried her with my build and sucked. Again, depends on your playstyle.)