Irelia's laning phase is abysmal
Since the hotfix on release day,
's winrate dropped pretty dramatically (which was expected), however as someone who tries to spam her every game I can to learn the new kit and learn different matchups it's pretty clear that she gets bullied by every character top lane.
She's incredibly ineffective against tanks who can just ignore her burst, and gets wrecked by other bruisers top-lane. Essentially, she feels countered by every matchup thrown her way. Her base stats are so horrendous that trading feels like a futile effort, and that the best way to play is simply by farming under tower until she finishes
.
Her new teamfight utility with E and R gives her some decent scaling, but as a character who is supposed to be in the same category as
or
, Irelia doesn't seem to scale into the same kind of late-game monster status as either of these champions, while both are also pretty effective laners.
What's the plan to address Irelia's current balance into the game?
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