Better Nerf Irelia
Hello my fellow boards members! Many people are requesting a nerf for Irelia. I would like to clear things up. As an Irelia main I clearly understand that Irelia's power is heavily dependent on the items she buys, particularly trinity force, so in the case that she did require a nerf, the best way of doing so would be to nerf Tri-force as an indirect nerf. Lowering Irelia's stun duration would destroy her. If you think it is too long then I ask you, friends, to recall the champion ekko with a 2.25 second stun? I believe? Irelia's stun is only 2 seconds and that is when you have all 5 points in her E (Equalibrium Strike). On top of that her stun only applies if she has less current health % than her target.
People have been complaining that she is unbalanced because many players only buy 1 offensive item in her build. Friends let me remind you that Tri-force is one of the most Expensive items in the shop. Along with that there are several other champions that have that tanky dps "bruiser build". Think Jax, Renekton, Nasus, Trundle, Garen, Pantheon, and Darius. Speaking of Nasus, there is plenty of counterplay and counterpicks to Irelia. Irelia is one of the few champions that you actually want to pick Nasus into. Irelia's W (Hiten Style) does additional true damage with each basic attack within the duration. This means that attack speed is vital to maximize damage output. Nasus' wither is a hard counter to this because of the attack speed slow. If you refuse to play nasus then play malphite, who has an AOE AS reduction, you could also build a frozen heart/randuins omen on any champion, or bring exhaust. There are many attack speed reduction sources. Attack speed stacks additatively while attack speed reduction stacks mutiplicatively. Also attack speed items such as Dagger scale off you're base attack-speed. On the other hand, attack speed reduction scales off of your total attack speed. (Base AS + Bonus AS). When you take all this into account and use it to your advantage irelia's true damage becomes unnoticeable. And again if Irelia did require a nerf then, nerfing her base attack speed by a very small amout would be, in my opinion, another way of efficiantly lowering her power but not destroying her. It must be a very small amount to her base AS because all attack speed items scale off of the Base AS alone, therefore it would have a much larger impact than the numbers indicate.
Everyone has their favorite Twitch broadcaster. BoxBox (challenger riven main), Irelia Carries U (aka ICU)(challenger irelia main), SickMotion (Master tier top lane main), and gbay99 (diamond irelia main) are my favorites. I have asked all of them about the irelia vs riven matchup. Every one of them said "Its completely a skill matchup.".
I don't think riven is broken and I lose lane to about 40% of riven players. ICU said "It depends when you use your stun. If riven lands her stun at the same time as yours then she wins the trade."
My fellow league players, I hope you realize that Irelia is not unbalanced. There are champions that are in dire need a nerf, but Irelia is not one of them. And if some day our beloved Irelia is no longer balanced then I ask that you listen to my suggestions of how to nerf her so that she is not destroyed beyond the point of being playable.
Thank you all who have read. Your thoughts and opinions are much appreciated. Please be respectful and have a nice day.
