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Irelia

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.7%#85 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.3%picked in 953 of 28,636 games
Ban: 6.4%1,501 bans over 23,358 games, against 14.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.3% between 44.7% and 51.9% over 520 gamesSoloQ 50.9%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 26.7 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 894,455 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
0.9%
SoloQ
2.4%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
6.6%
SoloQ
14.9%
6.6% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 14.9% in soloQ over 361,874 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
26.7 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 26.7 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

RunesConqueror95% · 46,062

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite70% · 33,698

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 78 games

Core (3 legendaries)32% · 7,509

32%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

Ambessa53.7% · expected 47.8% · 41 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +1.0

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao56.7% · expected 48.7% · 30 g+8.0 ptSoloQ +3.1

Jarvan IV53.3% · expected 49.8% · 30 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Wukong46.2% · expected 46.0% · 39 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +0.7

Sylas48.5% · expected 47.1% · 33 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -2.2

Midgap to expected

Ahri51.5% · expected 46.3% · 33 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -1.0

Viktor50.0% · expected 47.8% · 38 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +3.1

ADCgap to expected

Yunara55.3% · expected 46.0% · 47 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +1.0

Jinx52.5% · expected 46.3% · 40 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.3

Jhin55.6% · expected 50.6% · 45 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.1

Caitlyn47.8% · expected 46.4% · 46 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine52.9% · expected 47.0% · 34 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -1.0

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong59.2% · expected 50.6% · 49 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -2.2

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn57.4% · expected 50.1% · 47 g+7.3 ptSoloQ +1.1

Yunara55.2% · expected 50.6% · 58 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.8

Ezreal46.2% · expected 45.0% · 39 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +1.4

Kai'Sa48.6% · expected 47.8% · 37 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Supportgap to expected

Lulu59.3% · expected 45.9% · 54 g+13.3 ptSoloQ +0.8

Seraphine50.0% · expected 49.5% · 30 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.3

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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