MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Xayah vs Irelia
How often does Xayah beat Irelia in ADC?
Xayah into Irelia in ADC: 59% observed win rate across 27 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Xayah behind by 355 gold.
Xayah at 15:00
- Gold: -355
- CS: -11
- XP: +99
Typical gap to Irelia, from 27 games that reached 15:00.
Beating Irelia: the Xayah game plan
Someone usually dies here around 3:12 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:31. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Xayah's ADC build, with receipts
The most-finished Xayah core is Essence Reaver, Navori Flickerblade, Infinity Edge: 56.2% across 9,671 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Essence Reaver (16,504 games).
Skill plan: Xayah players max E first and take Q at level 1.