Everything for Irelia Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Irelia's win conditions.
Irelia is an AD duelist in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a top-tier pick — a 52.4% win rate, 4.3% pick rate, 50,893 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Irelia spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Irelia wins: splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it, and using Irelia's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 8/10 split-push, 8/10 mobility, 7/10 teamfighting. Irelia grades low on siege and disengage (3/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Blade of the Ruined King, Hullbreaker, Wit's End, which holds a 57.8% win rate across 4,824 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Lux, where Irelia sits at just 39.0%, the lane swings the other way into Smolder (62.8%), and on the team side, Irelia gains the most from a Elise (+9.8% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Irelia Top this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Irelia Top's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Irelia's win rate most as Top, by pair WR delta over Irelia's solo performance.
Irelia is also played in this other role this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Irelia's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.