Please give Irelia some changes

pwc2016·1/2/2020, 10:08:35 PM·4 votes·3,115 views

I feel like Irelia is quite weak rn. She has around a 47% winrate, which is pretty low. A lot of the mechanics that also made her too strong have been removed (from Ult and W), but she kept getting nerfed for no reason.

Patch history:

In 9.2, Irelia got the nerf to ult, which got rid of the Disarm, reduced the wall's duration, but got a little damage and an increased slow. IMO, the thing that's good about Irelia ult is the mark, not the damage, so the damage buff is negligible, but the slow increase was nice (though keeping disarm is far better for Irelia). Same patch, Q no longer doubled damage on minions, and Passive didn't do bonus damage to shields (fair change).

9.3 really hurt Irelia. The passive changing to 5 stacks from 4 was a HUGE change. It makes the passive so much harder to proc. They did give her slight buffs in compensation, but not enough, and also made it so W no longer reduced Magic Damage.

I feel Irelia was fine at this point. There didn't need to be any changes. But for some reason, Riot decided to reduce the range and increase the CD on E. Why? After this change, her winrate dropped around 1.5-2% from 48.5 or 49% to around a constant 47%. I feel as if she does need a buff. Can we just get the magic damage reduction back on W and maybe a buff on E?

5 Comments

Player471/4/2020, 10:34:47 PM2 votes

Being an Irelia main, nah she doesn't need buffs, people who put time into learning and playing the champion still do well on her. Buffing her would just make her obnoxious at higher elos and perhaps in proplay too. The nerfs are frustrating but she is still playable. And also shes always had a low winrate even when she was universally considered overpowered.

only luciano1/3/2020, 4:52:08 AM1 votes

Riot said no because pro play.

StormBladeMaster1/3/2020, 5:10:06 PM1 votes

Qiyana has the same problem as Irelia. 47% win rate and she will stay like this or be nerfed because pros plays.

It's champs made for pro players. I think you can't really do something except becoming a pro too. I have gave up on her and i started to play Fiora and Mordekaiser. It's easier and better.

2gudaiya1/3/2020, 5:14:48 PM1 votes

lol the boards are gonna pretend they're all challenger and have to deal with irelia at that skill level. they do it with any champion they don't like but they won't do it with Annie or ashe.