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Irelia is so weird to play right now

BaMuShiGou·12/13/2019, 12:31:50 AM·8 votes·6,447 views

I think there were some great nerfs in S9 on irelia but she is too weak right now. I loved the removal of her disarm on her R. I also liked that they shorten the range and increased cd of her E. Her burst dmg is too low right now. She is now an assassin (dont tell me shes a fighter, she functions much more like an assassin than a fighter) that has very low burst dmg and also not very high sustain dmg. And since she is a melee, she has to dive in and auto the opponent. However, she has low survivability in teamfights due to the nerf on her w. Mages kill her pretty fast. A melee assassin that doesn't have a lot of burst dmg (takes time to kill off the opponent) with low survivability in team fights. How am I supposed to play this champion riot?

Her Q dmg to minions is also too low right now. It is so easy to mess up her Q. If her Q cannot one-shot a full health caster minion, what's the point of her Q anymore? Right now, her Q can one-shot the first full health caster minion, but not the second. You cannot kill off two full health caster minions with her Q consecutively even in mid game, so she cannot chase her opponents anymore (when her opponent is walking pass a minion wave). Titanic Hydra kinda solves this problem but not always. Sometimes TH just don't hit the furthest caster minion for some reason and then your Q just goes into CD. This is soooo inconvenient. I think it is great to make her only able to one-shot one caster minion in early game to make her less OP in laning phase. But she definitely needs it in midgame. Also, I play mid irelia a lot and I often build Sterak after tri-force so this is a problem that really bothers me.

11 Comments

Rıots Bad Client12/13/2019, 1:29:43 AM5 votes

I think its what its called for.

She has Very good damage. But in a state that leauge is in right now, Its just everyone has damage. irelia has very good sustain, Very good mobility, A nice team fight ult, with also good stun.

I dont think her Q needs Any type of damage buffs. As a lot of champions are actually being countered from her Q, being Yorick being the one I can think of. Shes supposed to be a late game champion, and giving her more damage will just make a her a late game scaling Lane bully.

And Its a good thing she cannot get a free reset just because she Qs a caster creep. It makes her Pushing power more strong than and giving more opportunities to escape to an already pretty difficult champ to catch.

I Think the champions pretty strong for a late game champion THE only buff I think she needs is her 5MS back. :) (that or make her Ult a bit faster in projectile speed and further range. thats it.

LankPants12/13/2019, 3:00:59 AM5 votes

OK, here's the thing. Irelia, in spite of everything you think is functionally a fighter and not an assassin. Her core build is Triforce>Titanic Hydra>Sterak's Gauge, with her most common rune being Conquer. That build gives a very significant amount of HP and durability. If a champion is building that and is assassinating people it's a huge fucking problem because they're just better than any champion building shit like Duskblade.

Hi im 1212/13/2019, 6:32:18 AM2 votes

irelia is strong you just don't know how to play her.

Garen is adopted12/14/2019, 5:27:45 AM2 votes

I'm sure Riot will release next year Battle Bunny Irelia and give her some buffs to sell the skin tho.

Garen is adopted12/14/2019, 5:24:39 AM1 votes

You need an complete triforce and q max to one short first caster*