Irelia Nerfs

GankIrelia·1/25/2019, 7:29:13 AM·2 votes·857 views

This isn't a nerf about me complaining about the Irelia nerfs, I'm fine with them and they actually give me something to have to worry about, but the players that are still complaining about Irelia seem to complain because they still don't know how to counterpick her, and that's really sad. If you're one of those players then this thread is for you to stop complaining about a champ with a 44% wr.

1.) Stop fighting her when she has passive stacked up and conqueror; this should be something that everyone knows, but people will die to her when she is ready to duel and then complain.

2.) Go for champs that are great duelists, Tryndamere or Jax for examples: these duelist champs legit don't give a fuck about what Irelia does back to them, they just melt her down since Irelia was made to be a counter to most tanks and ranged champs.

3.) She's going to go for cs with her q, and that is the best time to poke her, not after she has full stacks and is ready to E you; always try to poke Irelia down to reduce her chances of snowballing, she'll be forced to back since her q healing is low in the early game.

4.) If her W is down, then that's the best time to go for more poke and possibly a kill, don't ever try to fight her when she has W up, you're just going in pointlessly since 40% is gone; wait for her to use W, poke her, back out, never fight with W channeled, just wait for it to wear away then poke.

5.) If she misses E. but still has R, then don't fight, this should be easy to figure out.

6.) Most good Irelias would engage on you around lvl 2-4 and after that they'll try to farm or go for kills; lvl 2-4 is her strongest state in the laning phase w/o ultimates, and you should probably freeze under your tower or just soak in xp and miss some cs if you don't wanna die to her.

7.) Depending on the lane and your jungler, try to get as many ganks as possible before she has her ult and/or tiamat; these two can give her 2v1 capabilities, and shutting down her early means shutting her down late.

Some champions that counter Irelia and are easy to play :

His Q damage and his high burst makes Irelia an easy target, she'll try to W the damage and go back in once you've used your abilities, but that should give you enough time to back out.

Galio just shits on Irelia whenever he wants, his high-burst and cc would make Irelia have a hard time dealing with you and snowballing so she'll probably look for roams, and if she does roam you always have your R.

If garen is able to poke Irelia on and force her to miss some cs, then he's doing a good job. Delaying Irelia's time to get items is always a must do as any champ mentioned in this list.

Jax just completely negates Irelia's q damage and is a duelist, so his high-burst damage post 15 mins would make Irelia an easy target if you can proc conqueror.

Tryndamere is made to beat and bully Irelia mains, he has high damage throughout the game and Irelia would need time to be able to fight or escape Tryndamere's onslaught, and by that time she should be dead if it's a 1v1.