Champion sheet · Mid

Irelia

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.4%#71 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.2%picked in 762 of 18,075 games
Ban: 7.2%1,242 bans over 17,141 games, against 22.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.6% between 44.1% and 53.2% over 329 gamesSoloQ 49.7%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 25.8 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 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 Mid.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 100% of mid laners.FrontlineDuelistSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
1.6%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.5%
SoloQ
22.1%
7.5% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 22.1% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.5 min
SoloQ
25.8 min
Median of 28.5 min in amateur play, against 25.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror99% · 11,183

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite64% · 7,247

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 51 games

Core (3 legendaries)40% · 2,323

40%of soloQ games

Blade of The Ruined King
Kraken Slayer
Death's Dance

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 100% of mid laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop1%36% · mid laners: 23%
Absorbs damagetop9%1,049 · mid laners: 489

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

What marks it

Frontline
Duelist
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Map pressure
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 58 in lane, 9 in mid game and 1 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

545+18 vs 528

779-121 vs 899

880-299 vs 1,179

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

Ireliamid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 100% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4.3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners545 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners779 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 1 of 100 among mid laners880 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners+831 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners+1,243 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners4.3 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners1,049 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 2 of 100 among mid laners48% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners36% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 52 of 100 among mid lanersrank 52 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 40 of 100 among mid laners0.6 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%

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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin54.8% · expected 49.9% · 31 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal65.6% · expected 53.1% · 32 g+12.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Caitlyn53.3% · expected 46.5% · 30 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +1.5

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus51.3% · expected 49.9% · 39 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Sylas60.0% · expected 49.3% · 35 g+10.7 ptSoloQ +0.2

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus54.5% · expected 47.3% · 33 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Lulu48.4% · expected 46.4% · 31 g+2.0 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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