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Irelia Build Guide by

Irelia - Ferver of an Ionian

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Spells:

Teleport

Flash

Ability Order

Irelia Passive Ability

Why And When

I find this to work better than most of the guides I've seen here I've tried a lot of them and always found myself changing things,usually nothing huge but always something. I already have people telling me its bad, i know for a fact that it's not i don't mind constructive criticism but ideally one would try the build first before telling someone its bad

Overview

I can play Irelia solo top or in the jungle, with absolutely no problem in either area. I always end up carrying my team hard and dominating late game, and a friend of mine urged me to put up a guide. I have no idea how to write these things. I had him do the formatting for me.

I'll work on this more when I have time, but for now, I'll post the very basics.

Summoner Spells

If I'm going top lane i bring the usual
if I'm going into the jungle i bring the typical and then decide between and I like shost because shes got such a good gap closer that sometimes you just need the little speed boost but it becomes slightly less useful late game once you complete your

For Jungling, I choose

Masteries

Why I chose these Masteries

I choose mostly offensive masteries because is an offensive champion, meant to be in the fray throwing damage. I took a little bit from the defensive tree to help my early game as well.

If jungling, I'd change the masteries to:

Runes

Why I chose these Runes

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Dark Harvest

Phase Rush

I chose these because I need the armor penetration to maximize my damage, the attack speed early really helps, and the resistances and defense are incredibly helpful against what COULD be a 1 versus 2 lane, I like to take all the mitigation I can with me without sacrificing any damage, so I have offense and defense relatively balanced.

I use the same runes to jungle as I do to solo top, except I replace the 6 penetration runes with more flat attack speed runes.

Gear

I start with a for the extra gold per second and to later work into for the speed boost, health, and regen. Then I move on to a philosopher's stone for the extra gold per second. This is my typical core starting build, and makes for a good early game. After I finish this, I grab my .

I go for next for the farm, leech, and defense, not to mention a free ward. If for any reason you end up needing magic resistances, instead of , feel free to build , though this might hurt your late game since you'll need to sell it, since it doesn't turn into anything. I then move on to for more gold per 5, and then move onto a . She has great poking and farming, so you don't particularly need the damage early game.

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The next item I try and go for is a , she's an auto attacker, so she benefits heavily from the heavy extra damage after using an ability. I move on to pick up to amplify the damage further. I grab my for later and then build both the philo and the heart of gold into their greater versions, and , and complete with a for incredible sustain. If you got this far, you're doing something wrong with her. The game should be over before you can complete your build. If it isn't then sell your and get

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Alternate jungle build: I rush because it's every jungler's friend. Then I move on to , and the next actual item I build is for faster clear time, better ganks, and some resists. I complete my boots, depending on situation (see later in this section). takes some time to build, and I work on that next. I move on to for more life, pick up a B.F. Sword, and sell my in order to buy since the leech and damage is better for late game. I finish the build with a situational armor. Either and for AP heavy teams or for AD heavy teams, with as boots. Late game, if you're absolutely dominating, feel free to sell your boots for because you're THAT badass.

Keep in mind when ganking that it can be beneficial and advantageous for to gank while the enemy is at a lower health than her because of her . Nearly anything that will give her attack damage is a viable option, so I'll spare you the "optional gear" section until I feel like writing it. I only recently worked into my general jungling gear and found it to be an amazing help.