Irelia ARAM Mayhem Build

The Blade Dancer. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #44 of 173 champions.

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Tier: A
Win rate: 51.2%
Pick rate: 3.1%
Rank: #44 of 173
Games: 712,792
Patch: 26.21

How to play Irelia in ARAM Mayhem

Irelia is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #44 of 173 champions, with a 51.2% win rate over 712,792 games.

70% of Irelia's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 51,450 damage per game and mitigates another 68,716, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. It dies 13.4 times per game on average: it trades its life for impact, so time your engages with your team.

Most Irelia players go Bruiser (64% of games), but the On-hit path, on-hit attack speed items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer and Death's Dance, with a 55.2% win rate. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Irelia are Armored Impact, Take'em Down Down Down and Ultra Hydra. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by health and resistances. Skip Bread And Jam and Spin Me Right Round when you can: they do worst on Irelia. A pair to look for: Forged By The Master with Armored Impact.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Bladesurge) first, then E, then W.

Irelia ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Irelia game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

On-hit build · top ranked

55.2% win rate · 2% of Irelia games · 12,294 games

Start

Dagger
Vampiric Scepter

Core items, in buying order

Blade of The Ruined King
Kraken Slayer
Death's Dance

Boots on the On-hit build for Irelia, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	19%
No boots	39%
Mercury's Treads	30%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger17% buy it
Terminus20% buy it
Wit's End19% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean19% buy it
Randuin's Omen10% buy it
Titanic Hydra4% buy it

Other build paths

Other Irelia build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Warmog's Armor, Overlord's Bloodmail	3.1%	50.6%
APMalignance, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap	0.4%	42.5%
BruiserRavenous Hydra, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King	64.3%	51.0%

Games: the share of all Irelia games that went this way.

Most bought items

Blade of The Ruined King72% of games
Death's Dance69% of games
Mercury's Treads37% of games
Trinity Force26% of games
Wit's End25% of games
Sundered Sky25% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean22% of games
Heartsteel20% of games
Ravenous Hydra16% of games
Endless Hunger14% of games

Best augments for Irelia

Every card with enough Irelia games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Irelia's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Irelia

6 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Irelia in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier S	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Third Times the Harm	Prismatic	Tier A	–
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Upgrade Ravenous Hydra	Gold	Tier A	Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.
Flow of Spirit	Silver	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants you 60–120 (by level) % Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…

Average on Irelia
48 cards, best first

Below average on Irelia
39 cards, best first

Weakest on Irelia
5 cards, best first

Best first augment for Irelia

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Irelia's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra and Take'em Down Down Down come out on top.

The best augments for Irelia in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Ultra HydraTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S
3	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Mystic PunchTier S
4	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mystic PunchTier S	Mystic PunchTier S	HellbentTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Ultra HydraTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Escape PlanTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Irelia, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 51.5% win rate
Flash + Cleanse0% of players · 54.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 49.0% win rate

Skill order

QBladesurge
EFlawless Duet
WDefiant Dance

Max Q first. 78% of players use this order (52.6% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Irelia in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 13.5 / 13.4 / 21.2
KDA: 2.75
Damage to champions: 41,491
Damage taken: 51,450
Self-mitigated: 68,716
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 20 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:08

Damage type

Physical 70%Magic 25%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Irelia build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the On-hit build first for Irelia: Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer and Death's Dance. The most played build is Bruiser.

What are the best augments for Irelia in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Irelia, best first: Armored Impact, Take'em Down Down Down, Ultra Hydra, The Boom and the Bass and Mystic Punch. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Irelia good in ARAM Mayhem?

Irelia is tier A on patch 26.21, #44 of 173 champions, with a 51.2% win rate over 712,792 games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Irelia in ARAM Mayhem?

For Irelia's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra, Take'em Down Down Down, The Boom and the Bass and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Irelia counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.