How to Play Irelia: The S Tier Deck Everyone Is Playing | Riftbound

Irelia is the most played deck in Riftbound right now: 56% win rate, S tier, and 2nd place at the 2,165-player Los Angeles Regional Qualifier. Full breakdown: the legend engine, 4 combos (Astral Heron, Scuttle Crab + Switcheroo, Tideturner, the protection suite), two game scenarios where you pick the right play, mulligans, matchups and sideboarding. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:28 Why Irelia 1:00 The List 2:05 The Engine 2:53 Combo 1: Astral Heron 3:28 Combo 2: Crab and Switcheroo 3:59 Combo 3: Tideturner 4:23 Combo 4: Protection 4:56 Scenario 1: Closing It Out 6:01 Scenario 2: Their Turn 6:47 Mulligan & Playstyle 7:25 Matchups & Sideboard 7:58 Outro DECKLIST (Joey Nguyen, Top 8, CCS Showdown Houston, 603 players) Legend: Irelia, Blade Dancer Champion: Irelia, Fervent Battlefields: Targon's Peak, Sunken Temple, Abandoned Hall Runes: 6 Calm, 6 Chaos Main Deck: 3 Scuttle Crab 3 Tideturner 3 Stellacorn Herder 2 Pyke, Returned 1 Vex, Apathetic 1 Irelia, Fervent 3 Astral Heron 3 Discipline 3 Defiant Dance 1 Ride the Wind 3 Defy 1 Not So Fast 2 Star-Crossed 2 Rebuke 2 Switcheroo 1 Back Off 3 Zhonya's Hourglass 2 Boots of Swiftness 1 Edge of Night Sideboard: 1 Adaptatron 2 Gust 2 Disarming Rake 1 Not So Fast 1 Star-Crossed 1 Abandon 1 Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror 1 Vex, Apathetic Flex cards in other Irelia lists: Charm, En Garde, Guardian Angel. Meta stats: 16,268 decklists from 740 events since the Sep 18 bans (riftbound.gg meta snapshot). Would you play Irelia? Tell me in the comments! Subscribe for more Riftbound deck guides, combos and rules tricks. #riftbound #riftboundtcg #rbvendetta