Without my ult and minions around, i have absolutely no way to proc my own passive to defend myself.
Honestly this nerf is the worst of them all imo.
I'm actually heartbroken for the state of Irelia.
:/
RIP Babygirl. 
[sg-janna]
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Flew too close to the sun.
Why waste time building stacks and landing skillshots when you can play 
and do more damage by right clicking them
This comment section got derailed so fast.
I played Irelia occasionally, got an S the first time I played her, ok, she was broken at release.
Fast forward to now. I agree that Irelia's 5 stack nerf is wholly undeserved, and completely removes any chance of her succesfully 1v1ing without nearby enemy minions at low health. All this nerf encourages is a stronger level 1 cheese at 5 stacks, more inclination to waveclear rather than fight, and that's about it.
I understand her W's change, but I also don't understand the stack increase. If you're going to nerf Irelia make it a reasonable nerf, not this "Here's a champion that does well in pro scenes as a result of OUR mistakes, so we're going to change that by not addressing her core problems and instead nerfing some really weird mechanic that doesn't address why she's actually powerful."
They always do this shit and it makes me so angry. Sure you can nerf Lucian's manaflow band procs, OR, you could just nerf the damage on his Q a little.
Okay not going to rank shame or anything BUT
If you think Irelia was broken it’s because you’re garbage, and that just the truth
Good. She's busted for too long, time for her to sit at trash tier for a while.
Does her mains deserve Irelia to be over-nerfed? No.
Does people who play against her deserve to fight a champion in a busted state for almost 15+ patches? Neither do they.
So there we are. Not an optimal solution, but she's too strong for too long. Time to let her suck for a while.
Downvote me. This is the real world, there is no perfect balance.
