Is Irelia Support a thing?

Elite4Runner··1 votes·2,979 views

I want to be clear, I'm not wondering if she is an ideal support, .. obviously there are plenty of other supports that would be better, but in low level solo que, I think it is important to pick supports that are able to carry if they need to because it is not always reliable to count on your ADC to carry.

I am thinking she should start with Relic Shield. As a melee champion she can proc the execute, and with as good as she at killing minions and resetting her Bladesurge, I could see proccing a stack, or multiple stacks of Spoils of War, then jumping on an enemy for the engage.

Her W is good damage mitigation and her E and R are good crowd control on potentially multiple targets for all-ins or even tower dives.

I'm not sure how else would be best to build her.

She scales really well on both AD and AP, but I'm thinking AP is better for her.

As a melee support she does need to put some money into health and resistances, and possibly some other sustain as well.

I haven't tried it, but I'm wondering if someone else might have, .. or might be interested in trying it out.

3 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

It could work against certain supports I suppose. But her W doesn't help the ADC and her E is way too narrow for the somewhat smaller hitboxes of most botlaners.

If you can manage to reliably land E on both, though, it could work.

That is an interesting thought, though, with using the relic shield line to stack up your passive.

STEG01 votes

I play it sometimes, i think relic shield is best and after just build her normal stuff, sell the relic shield later on at 5 items. She doesn't bring much to support but you'll dumpster some lanes with her anyways (but any champ could do the same), she'll transform into a delayed carry after that. She works better as the ADC in my opinion.

I think however if you are looking to climb that Irelia will not be the answer. While you will win sometimes; in an equally skilled match up the team with the proper support will most likely win more often unless you are really good at her but if that's the case you'd get a much better win% taking her top, mid, or adc . I think in order to hard carry (Damage carry) all the way through the game from the support position the best options are Lux with stacked Mejai, Support Miss Fortune, or Yasuo.

ShadWooo1 votes

It can work, should be fairly easy vs enchanters and mages as you can just sit in bush and they will have to hug tower - at least if you get good early 2vs2, if you lose it might backfire hard. Will also probably not be best choice vs tank supports who has better early stats than irelia and better 2vs2 potential.

If you main irealia I see why not play her support in low elo. Under g1 everything is doable. Just be prepared for lot of trashtalk in lobby.

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