You know Irelia is only meta, because her stun is ranged right?
She can be grossly compared to Ryze and why he was nerfed because of his "easy snare"
There's a reason Neeko is overpowered right now.. instant stun on ult..
Akali.. another instant stun
Morgana and Lux there's actually ROOM to dodge, and morgana's ult isn't INSTANTANEOUS, there's room for counter play.
Players can't "BLOCK" an Irelia stun for their team, they just get hit by it too.
You can't get away from Irelia's ubsurd mobility because she has an AOE ranged stun, someone IS getting caught.
And if she misses? She's running cooldown from Triforce and has her ult / mobility + easy wave clear and a damage mitigation tool that works.
Galio, totally broken right now, but there IS room for outplay.. except you take tons of damage because his Q hits the whole world.
there's room for outplay from his stuns, his dash is literally 1/4th of what Irelia's is.
TOP of the TOP meta champion, no room for outplay when his dash is on a 3-4 second cooldown and his stun is AOE (can't block him, if you do you kinda die, can't attack him either)
no room to outplay her either, she AUTO-AIMS. Her one and only counter-pick are champions mentioned above.
To put it bluntly, if you have to sit under tower to not die from a champ they're either busted or you're playing a gimped champion.