I see no way this could make Irelia even more of a balance nightmare...
It isn't like some top laners do mostly magic damage or something...
Might as well just make her W not block damage at all and replace it with something else with this direction being taken.
MrHaZeYo3 votesI feel like this will get her out of mid lane. While it would hurt some match ups top, it's ok for her to be weaker into magical damage laners.
DeracadaVenom2 votesIt doesnt even block all that much tho
On My Kill List1 voteshow about we just remove her current w? and give her back her old w? a skill designed around tanking burst on a bruiser/diver like irelia will never be balanced. by simply existing it allows her to win almost any matchup. the reason why old irelia was acceptable was because other then the e stun you could fight her back and easily win. current has simply way too many other things going on in addition to that for her to be balanced. she is simply has an overloaded kit. and the only way to balance her is to remove all of those extra pieces. ( which riot is going to do soon though i don't think they are hitting all the right stuff )
Irelia Bot1 votes[{quoted}](name=On My Kill List,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dOdpHKML,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2019-01-24T06:25:25.120+0000)
nah i'd rather she gets gutted and left to rot for 2-4 years.
And I hope ARAM gets deleted and replaced with Nexus blitz.
what is your point? You will just find something else to rage about.
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current has too many things going on (ult disarm from walls) w antiburst tanking, passive shield shredding , being able to dash 2 or even 3 times on the same person.
The disarm and shield shred are complete gone starting with 9.2.
On My Kill List1 votes[{quoted}](name=Irelia Bot,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=dOdpHKML,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2019-01-24T06:27:02.550+0000)
And I hope ARAM gets deleted and replaced with Nexus blitz.
what is your point? You will just find something else to rage about.
The disarm and shield shred are complete gone starting with 9.2.
and thats not enough. her w is simply too strong and game changing skill for it too be on her. defensive skills that strong usually belong on melee adc champs like yasuo tryn and so on. irelia builds tankier then both of them combined and so it makes no sense why she has one of the best defensive abilities in the game on her kit.
the core problems with irelia right now are conquerors interaction with her, her ad scaling magic dmg,her multi dashes and her w. the e is fine as you can simply sidestep it. the ult is fine for the most part except the disarm portion which im glad riot is removing.
if riot was serious about nerfing irelia they'd start by removing her current w and reverting it to its previous version or just reworking it entirely. either changing her passive to physical damage or lowering or removing its scaling. both of these changes would probably make her more manageable then anything else i can think of.
SithesisLord1 votesThey´re considering pretty much everything nowadays, considering how Irelia is an unbalanceable mess of a champion.
The more they gut her, the more they can carefully buff her back and see how that affects her.
It's like Zoe's gutting in 8.4, but more spread out, and applied harder, because Zoe wasn´t nearly as much of a problem as Irelia presently is.
Boatwhistle1 votesFunniest thing being her W is the least of everyone's frustrations.