Irelia is a high skill ceiling champ. She relies on her passive stacks and her all ins. She's also a pretty squishy champ, so kind of a double edged sword. But with this guide and her TANK builds she's unstoppable.

Patience. Now with champs like Riven, Fiora, Irelia, and some others, you naturally always want to engage no matter what. With Irelia, you want to wait for a good gap to show and then All-In. R > Qs > E > Qs > W. Now this is for teamfights. 1v1s you'll build passive, usually wait for your enemy to use any type of CC, then E > Q > R > W > Q. She's a very good skirmisher, just relies on you hitting almost all abilities, escpecially your E.

Play lvl 1 safe, look to hit 2 before enemy, then E > Q and they'll usually flash and die. Start E if playing a lvl 1 cheese with ignite! Q if they are running TP.

When it comes to laning, I'll usually always let the wave push to my tower and free farm. Just stack passive and look for all ins. Remember HIT YOUR E. You will lose most 1v1s vs other bruiser champs if you miss your stun. Not always but alot because of your CDs.

First back get Scepter if you can and look to always save TP for a bot lane gank. I tend to get one within 6 mins. Let your bot lane know.

Irelia is a hard champ to come back with, so look for smart engages and usually under tower.