Irelia needs a buff or Top Lane needs a change(serious)

A Fat Puppy·Aug 13, 2019·6 votes·2,288 views

Irelia's current state in solo q in pretty evidently awful, while I understand that low win rates do not directly correlate to a champion being underpowered, there is clearly and issue if a champ has the lowest win rate in the game for TWO lanes. Balancing the game around pro play causes champions who can be played in both solo lanes, to be worse in solo q. Akali for example is very good right now, and yet still see's a 47/48% win rate in solo q.

I don't know if its to do with the added current state of top lane as to why Irelia is so useless in solo q right now, but its obvious a change needs to be made, through either changing top lane, or buffing

Add your thoughts to this and hopefully rito takes notice, because something has to change, I can't keep playing an Irelia-vent champion in an irrelevant lane.

12 Comments

Moody PAug 13, 20195 votes

Irelia has a low winrate because the average person plays her wrong. Her winrate delta is insanely high for mains.

Ahri BakaAug 13, 20192 votes

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Irelia has a low winrate because the average person plays her wrong. Her winrate delta is insanely high for mains.

+1 She needs more nerfs tbh

RagnaveilAug 13, 20192 votes

Nerf to skillcap, buff to general. Aka a rework.

Ahri BakaAug 13, 20193 votes

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Nerf to skillcap, buff to general. Aka a rework.

Sure thing , when they delete the assassin mechanics and resets , then sure

RagnaveilAug 13, 20191 votes

so you dont want the assassin class to be assassins then.

Ahri BakaAug 13, 20191 votes

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so you dont want the assassin class to be assassins then.

I meant the assassin mechanics from Irelia

when she dashes to you she ends up being behind you dodging skillshots easily That's kind of like old Akali Ult Why Irelia a non assassin champion ( that is supposed to be a bruiser ) got dashes and resets and those dashes make them behind her target ?

RagnaveilAug 13, 20191 votes

Her dash should have decent damage, but be mainly a waveclear or mobility tool. The reset mechanic should just lower Q's cooldown instead of giving it a refresh.

ProfDrDeathAug 13, 20192 votes

For me, the cardinal sin of the Irelia rework was giving her multiple ways to reset Bladesurge. That sort of mobility, combined with her ability to build fairly tanky, is what makes her such a balance nightmare.

Yes, we Irelia mains always loved dashing all over the place with her Q - but not to the exclusion of everything else.

Crispy0SnakeAug 13, 20192 votes

She needs lower hp scaling and have her passive start at 20% tops, and then she can have some stuff back

It's just when she gets to trinity and steraks she has 3k hp and a huge shield and a ton of tenacity and her Q's and auto's do stupid damage, getting to that point is the hard part

Having all that damage and being indestructible is why she was so strong and has been nerfed into the dumpster