Removing magic damage reduction from Defiant Dance? Passive up to five stacks from four? Can she even be played mid anymore? According to blitz, her winrate in mid is 42.5%...
Is Irelia mid still viable? Or do I need to play her top?
R.I.P
Shes a pile of garbage in the top lane as well. Failed rework, they cant properly balance these overloaded kits.
They're really pushing to force Irelia top instead of mid.
They removed the magic damage resistance from her W and made her need 5 stacks, but she is significantly stronger at max stacks than she was at four previously. She even has more attack speed at 4 stacks compared to 4 stacks before.
She's also got more health growth, more base armor, and her W is stronger against physical damage.
It's a shift in power, not a total nerf. They're gearing her more towards sustained damage, long trades, and teamfights, rather than short trades and burst damage.
Good. She's busted for too long, time for her to sit at trash tier for a while.
Does her mains deserve Irelia to be over-nerfed? No.
Does people who play against her deserve to fight a champion in a busted state for almost 15+ patches? Neither do they.
So there we are. Not an optimal solution, but she's too strong for too long. Time to let her suck for a while.
Downvote me. This is the real world, there is no perfect balance.
