critical thinking questions that I've noticed effect gameplay

Just some things to think about

Ahri's defense overtime scales with AP and CDR each time you hit a minion without shoving them under her tower she basically gets tankier

Irelia does the same as ahri, but her defense over time scales better with her defense since it doesn't scale with anything at all aside from attack speed and cdr. But in irelia's case the flat regen actually means it scales negatively with the amount of damage she deals to minions since she gets less hits in and the amount of risk she needs to take in order to get the CS

there is no manaless champ who clears waves near instantly with a single cooldown or none at all unless you count ults and even then

Some have a way to do it but they have to "charge it" in some sense or it comes in stages.

And here are some questions

If irelia starts with offense and you can't outtrade her (in a vacuum considering only hp) is it really wise to avoid attacking her? Or another way to put it, if irelia is better able to farm with more defense and less offense and she gets less hits without pushing and increasing her risk which decreases her abuse of her sustain is it better to both of you to be at 500HP or is it better if she is at 300 and you are at 200hp? Or an even shorter way of putting it, could a mutually destructive laning strategy actually diminish irelia's major laning advantage in a more effective way than just playing safely??

Could just sacrificing cs help you against champs like ahri? Don't you do this when you roam anyways?

Could damage (against minions) be a better defense against manaless snowballing than actual defense in some cases?