Garen vs Irelia in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her W soaks your spin — open with Q to silence her before you commit E. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPGARENThe Might of Demacia

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPIRELIAthe Blade Dancer

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Don't spin into W

Open with Q to silence her and watch her reaction — never commit your E spin while her W is up, or the damage is wasted.

Fight after your spikes

Don't look to fight until Stridebreaker + Executioner's Calling are online; from there her weak teamfighting lets you focus her down in fights and side-lane skirmishes.

Escape her R

Max Q for the escape movespeed, and when she R's you burn Ghost + Phase Rush to blow through the slow — don't feel bad using both summoners, her ult is a long cooldown.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade to try to win lane — Irelia is win-lane-lose-game, so give up the CS, survive, and beat her in teamfights instead.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

SORCERYoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

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