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Irelia

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.5%#70 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.2%picked in 767 of 18,058 games
Ban: 7.3%1,243 bans over 17,111 games, against 22.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.7% between 44.7% and 52.7% over 417 gamesSoloQ 51.2%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 25.9 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Blade of The Ruined King, Hullbreaker, and Wit's End: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 98% of top laners.DuelistDamageSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
3.0%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.4%
SoloQ
22.2%
7.4% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 22.2% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
25.9 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 25.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Blade of The Ruined King, Hullbreaker, and Wit's End: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror99% · 20,081

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite63% · 12,830

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 36 games

Core (3 legendaries)46% · 4,243

46%of soloQ games

Blade of The Ruined King
Hullbreaker
Wit's End

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 98% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop2%39% · top laners: 28%
Team damagetop25%23% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Split-push

Like other top laners

Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few teamfights
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 5 in lane, 9 in mid game and 1 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

519-80 vs 599

774-94 vs 868

843-236 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Ireliatop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 96% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 5 of 100 among top laners519 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 9 of 100 among top laners774 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 1 of 100 among top laners843 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 98 of 100 among top laners+660 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 96 of 100 among top laners+1,024 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among top laners1,048 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 3 of 100 among top laners46% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 98 of 100 among top laners39% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 40 of 100 among top lanersrank 40 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 30 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 75 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa56.8% · expected 49.3% · 37 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -1.9

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Viktor50.0% · expected 48.7% · 32 g+1.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

ADCgap to expected

Jinx53.1% · expected 44.4% · 32 g+8.7 ptSoloQ -2.2

Yunara54.5% · expected 46.2% · 33 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +0.5

Jhin57.5% · expected 52.9% · 40 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +1.4

Caitlyn51.2% · expected 46.8% · 41 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

Supportgap to expected

Thresh51.6% · expected 47.0% · 31 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +2.2

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong62.5% · expected 52.6% · 40 g+9.9 ptSoloQ +1.4

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn57.1% · expected 50.6% · 42 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +1.7

Yunara54.8% · expected 51.2% · 42 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Ezreal46.9% · expected 44.3% · 32 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Lulu62.5% · expected 46.3% · 40 g+16.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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