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why are they nerfing irelia 8.8

Necro Warrior87··3 votes·1,450 views

I mean, didn't you already break her legs? She's the worst laner in my opinion because how abusable she is in the laning phase. (Camille, Jax, Fiora, Riven and Yasuo are all better in this aspect) She's bad at team fighting in comparison to other champions. (Camille, Jax, Fiora, Riven and Yasuo are all better in this aspect) Her waveclear is amazing but she's terrible at 1v1 and 1v2 so splitpushing is a bad idea unless you are fed. (Camille, Jax and Fiora are safer and stronger in this aspect) So what advantage does She have over Jax, Fiora, Camille, Riven and Yasuo? Her pick rate and ban rate are only high because she's a new champion, Her optimal build is incredibly expensive, her E is hard to hit in comparison to other cc, her W doesn't fit with her kit and feels like a bad version of Fiora's parry. idk why anyone wants to play her when they could main Camille, Fiora, Jax, Riven and Yasuo. She's not even that fun to play in comparison to Camille, Fiora, Jax, Riven and Yasuo. So can i get some honest clarification on why your so intent on nerfing her when the aforementioned champions are stronger and better than her?

6 Comments

Ragnaveil2 votes

They nerfed the burst power of the ult in favor of putting power elsewhere. Just keep an eye on the PBE for buffs (They are trying to see what can be nerfed and be alright, and what can be buffed and be alright) Her early compared to other bruisers is abysmal. Her late is where she shines. To put in simpler terms, they weaken late for power early.

l MrD l1 votes

beceause unless she messes up theres nothing you can really do vs her..... not talking about laning either but the many times i play irelia i see someone i just R Q E Q Q and auto whenever possible and W when needed never have i felt the need to sit back and just think oh this can deny me i more or less think if i can engage on that person its eiother a kill or theyre forced to B

Laning however shes ok but if you mess up vs her you will be punished hard the output of how irelia does in a game depends on herself ... its not really the outcome of the enemy... irelia just needs to think what CDs she has when she can go in when she cant and when that chance comes you will be punished only chance of her messing up is if she fails to proc the Q resets

The Bearded Bard1 votes

Yeah keep playing her top lane where she gets destroyed instead of mid lane where she thrives.

Necro Warrior871 votes

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Yeah keep playing her top lane where she gets destroyed instead of mid lane where she thrives.

Actually hadn't thought of that, the only other role I've tried with her is jungle and that actually works surprising well.

The Bearded Bard1 votes

I did it before the rework and absolutely crushed. She's made to crush squishy ranged champs and she does great against zed and yas

Apollo1171 votes

Honestly the barrage of nerfs have made me so salty. They made a champion that was genuinely super fun to play and entirely skill based, then nerfed her so hard she wasnt able to compete with any other top laner. What they need to do is revert that stupid change to her E that keeps it at .75 seconds and make it scale with ability level again. Then they need to fix her useless W by giving tenacity (not immunity) while channelling, because as was said in the post, its just a garbage Fiora W. Nerf its damage and lower the damage resistance, and give it tenacity. Right now she is a champion that is insanely hard to make the most of with the stun being one of the hardest to land in the game and her W being so hard to time properly, yet the pay off for landing either of these two skills it just not enough.

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