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Viktor vs Irelia

ViktorYOU · MID
IreliaENEMY · MID
VS
Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

Never fight at 5 stacks
Never fight when she has 5 stacks: keep your distance from her Q dash and don't get caught overextended, or you're a free kill.
Play for ganks
Her only game is perma-aggro: if she doesn't leave lane with a lead she's doomed, so beg your jungler for ganks and deny her the snowball.
Start E to farm safe
Let her shove into you and start E so you can last-hit the first three dying melees while landing an E or Q on her from range.
Never fight her at 5 stacks or while overextended: that's a free kill for her, so play safe and lean on your jungler.
Runes
SORCERYSORCERY
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
RESOLVERESOLVE
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
TeleportTELEPORT
Items
Start
Core
16.14 Emerald+ - 50% WR - 1.9k games
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Viktor · Mid · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Viktor vs Irelia in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: her 5-stack all-in is oppressive, never fight into full stacks, and don't get caught by her Q dash while overextended.

Viktor matchup data made by the group contribution of Challenger Viktor OTPsLeague of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).