Irelia Legend ability
When you choose a unit of yours, you can exhaust Irelia and pay 1 Power to prepare it. When you conquer, you can pay 1 Energy to prepare the legend.
Letter text: When you choose a friendly unit, you may exhaust me and pay [Power] to ready it. When you conquer, you may pay [1] to ready me.Your legend is in play from the first turn and cannot be removed, so this ability is the foundation on which the entire deck is built.
How to play Irelia
Each spell that targets a unit of yours can come with an extra attack. And if you conquer with that attack, the legend is ready again. Irelia, Fervent gains Strength every time you choose or prepare it, Irelia, Graceful makes spells that choose it cheaper, and Defiant Dance gives +2 to one unit and -2 to another.
Domains: Calm and Chaos
Calm
Defence and patience: protect your units and punish the attacker.
Chaos
Movement, discard and risky plays that break the opponent's plan.
A Irelia deck can only include cards from Calm and Chaos; its 12 Runes are split between those two Domains.
Phased game plan
- First shifts
Place your champion and save cheap spells that pick her.
- Midrange
Attack, pick your unit with a spell, prepare it, and attack another field.
- End of game
Chain conquest, prepare legend and new conquest to score several points in one turn.
Cards for Irelia
As well as its Legend, Irelia has its own Champion Units and Signature cards. Choose one as your Chosen Champion; it starts the game outside the deck.
| Letter | Type | Domain | Cost | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irelia - Graceful | Champion unit | Chaos | 4 +1 Power | 4 |
| Irelia - Fervent | Champion unit | Calm | 5 | 4 |
| Defiant Dance | signature spell | CalmChaos | 1 +1 Power | — |
Strengths
- Multiple attacks per turn
- Many point shifts
- Cheap spells that do double duty
Weak points
Very dependent on her champion and having spells in hand. If they remove it in response, you lose the spell and the turn.
Who should play Irelia?
Technical players who like to squeeze out every turn.
Irelia FAQ
What domains does Irelia use in Riftbound?
Calm and Chaos. Your deck can only carry cards from those two domains.
What does Irelia's legend ability do?
When you choose a unit of yours, you can exhaust Irelia and pay 1 Power to prepare it. When you conquer, you can pay 1 Energy to prepare the legend.
Is Irelia a good legend to start with?
Not as a first deck. Irelia requires knowing the game well and planning each turn.
In which collection did Irelia come out?
In Spiritforged.