Is it just me or is the new Irelia going to be retardedly strong?

Funkin Dunkin·3/21/2018, 3:07:14 PM·7 votes·3,150 views

Just looking at how her mechanics work she's like a Diana on steroids. She has the ability to dash to a single champion 3 times (2 with free reset from skills, more if she kills the champion), a Yi type damage reduction that also deals damage and is uninterruptable, a Camille ultimate with Tresh-like walls, disarm, AoE stun AND kept her heal. I mean....holy shit.....it used to be when champions were made they had a couple niche kits but this one seems beyond overloaded. I cannot imagine why Riot would make such a champion. Did the balance team look at her and say "what can we do to make the most obnoxiously overloaded kit in the history of League"?

19 Comments

Nahui3/21/2018, 3:12:26 PM2 votes

I mean it all looks amazing because it was showcased in a perfect scenario in a highlight reel that was meant to exemplify the absolute strongest parts of her kit. We don't know the base values yet, the cooldowns, the costs, or anything besides the perfect scenario video. While she seems flashy and ridiculous, she may not be depending on her numbers.

1011001110003/21/2018, 3:16:15 PM1 votes

As far as playing Irelia, item 3078 is fun :^)

sAyCo3/21/2018, 3:10:27 PM1 votes

True hahaha and now if you banned her you can't play your favorite champions that are countered by Yasuo [zombie-brand-facepalm]

Phieldworker3/21/2018, 4:39:13 PM1 votes

I think she has the same counters as the other Ionian mobil champs. Played her a bit and played against some good ones on pbe yesterday and hard CC did the trick like it does on yi, yas and Kayn. Yes she has the w but it doesn’t last forever so we’d just had to time our fights and her stun isn’t super long even maxed first. Just know if your team lacks cc you’re gonna have a bad time especially with a lot of squishies.

Colton1473/21/2018, 6:23:26 PM1 votes

Better buff Irelia .

Greenshaw3/24/2018, 2:48:36 PM1 votes

The loss of true damage had to be made up somehow. Also she has no way to spam triforce procs due to the loss of four cast ultimate. Also her E is no longer a point and click stun, very skill intensive to make her e work in most fights. Whether that be a long e or a short one right on the enemy. Her ultimate damage can be avoided as well if you stand still in fight her. This leads to champions like tryn, Darius, fiora to be able to stomp her.

So sure they added a lot to her kit, but she won’t be able to one shot people as much as she could with her previous build. You could easily kill someone in the stun frame with press the attack and hiten style active.

Seems to me, you really didn’t play old irelia or understand bruiser matchups. She will be wayyy more fun to play, but will require more skill to make her work effectively. More so, her being able to dive in and one shot a carry will require better timing.

skoulker3/21/2018, 4:07:08 PM1 votes

Honestly she lost her true damage so depending on her scaling and base damage she's either going to be very underwhelming or very overwhelming, but falling off later in the game. Unless she can still be incentivized towards tank itemization with her kit, she seems to be very feast or famine.