The biggest flaw of Irelia as a champion

The Deckowner·Jul 7, 2016·84 votes·3,857 views

Her lore and her abilities' names all have something about balance.

Her kit is impossible to balance.

What a self-contradicting person she is.

75 Comments

MavenSongJul 7, 201615 votes

http://www.relatably.com/m/img/better-nerf-irelia-meme/g1336970941598320858.jpg

Chaos689Jul 7, 201623 votes

IT'S NOT FUNNY! SHE NEEDS NERFING. Lol... my favorite part of Ionian champs is the all whine about balance, but Ionia has almost exclusively cancerous champions... #TRIGGERED\

MavenSongJul 7, 20166 votes

Sona nooooooo idea what you mean

(shes originally from Ionia, sh)

RalanrJul 7, 20164 votes

She lives in Demacia though.

MavenSongJul 7, 20164 votes

still Ionian born

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 201614 votes

IKR

Ahri : Cancer Akali : Cancer (especially when it's bruiser/tank Akali) Irelia : Cancer Jhin : Ehhh kinda cancer but not as bad as some Karma 's a bitch Kennen : Meh LeeSin : Kit overloaded af MasterYi : Remember tank Yi jg? Shen : Meh Soraka : Healbot Syndra : Meh, crazy burst though Varus : Meh MonkeyKing 's gotta quit monkeying around Yasuo : Cancer Zed : Cancer

Fair amount of non-cancerous champions, but Ionia's got so much that it's for sure terminal.

Jhin UItd JFKJul 8, 20164 votes

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IKR

: Cancer : Cancer (especially when it's bruiser/tank Akali) : Cancer : Ehhh kinda cancer but not as bad as some 's a bitch : Meh : Kit overloaded af : Remember tank Yi jg? : Meh : Healbot : Meh, crazy burst though : Meh 's gotta quit monkeying around : Cancer : Cancer

Fair amount of non-cancerous champions, but Ionia's got so much that it's for sure terminal.

IDK I feel like Jhin is one of the more balanced releases... he outputs a shitton of damage but he's so damn immobile and squishy. Of course it could just be me being biased cuz I main that dude

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 20162 votes

He's probably the most balanced, but actually still played and interesting to play, champion which Riot has released in quite a while. Aurelion Sol seems relatively balanced but looks boring af to play

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20164 votes

Becuase Ionia is an ally to my favorite region Demancia, I'm going to try to defend these champs.

I'm no Ahri main, but I know her 100-0 combo depends on landing her charm. Sure she can kite you for ages with her ult, but once it's gone, she an easily be focused as unlike a lot of mages she is single target focused.

Akali does primarily magic damage, a pink nullifies her cloud, and she has to get close enough to you to use her ult to dash to you.

Just treat Irelia as a tank that can dash, deal true damage, and stun you. Kite her and don't fight her alone. If you notice most of her skills involve winning a 1v1, so don't fight her alone if you can't burst her down quickly, preferable with some hard cc.

Jhin trades mobility for tons of damage, jump on him and ruin his day.

Karma is a utility mage/support that burns her ult to empower her other abilities. She loves to poke, so get some MR and get in her face.

Kennel is cool. He's squishy but fast, so hard cc makes him easy prey.

Lee Sin represents the blind community. Don't mess with him.

No I do not, haven't played that long. But now he isnt such a problem right?

Shenpai. Nuff said.

She hurts herself to heal. Spamming heal all day will leave her low on health and mana quite often.

Her ult is meant to completely decimate a single enemy. A well aimed stun and a minion throw is about all she can do to everyone in a teamfight.

Varus has a cupid skin.

Wulong is pretty much Goku with stealth. Has to build damage to do much, not so much health.

I once thought like you when it came to yasou. But then I ended up laning against him and abused the fact that he is a squishy champ that wants to get in your face. Sure he can do crazy damage and wall off projectiles, but how else can he expect to someone in melee range and take then without dying instantly? My tip is to bait out the wall then focus him when it's down.

Zed... is... so... cool looking. Seriously I would rather be killed by someone who looked like he could kill you in a second then by someone who looks harmless. AKA Fizz/Teemo.

So take my tips to heart, straight from the desk of the Wood Division Ranger.

And please don't compare champions to a serious and often terminal illness. You just have to change around your strategies and style of play to counter or survive laning.

MhihnjJul 8, 20162 votes

just treat Irelia as a tank that can dash, deal true damage, and stun you. Kite her and don't fight her alone.

That's not a tank. That's a mobile juggernaut

What Is SmiteJul 8, 20161 votes

Are you that wasn't an IFV in disguise as a tanky sword master?

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20161 votes

I never did totally understand what makes a tank a Juggernaut or a bruiser.

Sorry for the mislabeling.

The LexerJul 8, 20161 votes

Juggernaut is technically supposed to be a tanky champ with high damage whose main weakness is not being able to get in range to do that dmg

i.e. Darius - fairly tanky, does decent damage, has heal, no gapcloser, is melee.

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20161 votes

Oh okay thanks.

Moulin RougeJul 8, 20161 votes

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I never did totally understand what makes a tank a Juggernaut or a bruiser.

Sorry for the mislabeling.

Bruiser = kinda tanky with moderate mobility,Damage and a bit of cc

Irelia

Juggernaut = Super tanky with little or no mobility, high damage and no cc either

Garen

Fighter = very little tank, high mobility, high damage and a moderate amt of cc and/or damage avoiding mechanic.

Yasuo

Except all 3 types have items that allow them to bypass their weakness with little to no punishment and therefore end up being issues.

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20161 votes

You mean like Dead man's Plate, Black Cleaver and the like? Items that boost health and give damage?

And items like Trinity Force that give everything.

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 20161 votes

I'm not saying, "OMG THESE GUYS ARE SO OP RIGHT NERF RIGHT NOW OR I'M GONNA QUIT LOL!!!!" it's more of they're ridiculously irritating to play against.

Ahri is annoying af. Her mobility combined with her having ridiculous burst AND her damage being ranged just really grinds my gears.

Akali is just a pos who somehow is an assassin with amazing burst but has ridiculous sustain. That's just filthy.

Irelia? I'm a Vladimir main. I. Fucking. Hate. Irelia.

Jhin isn't a problem and considering how low his AS and his lack of mobility and easy hard CC, it's fair that his damage is spectacular. He's not bad to play against.

Never really had an issue with Karma, but it's a common phrase so I couldn't resist xD

I hate Kennen. Playing Vlad against him is a very tilting experience.

Lee Sin still irritates me with a pretty healthy amount of damage combined with ridiculous mobility and utility. Whenever he's strong, it's hellish.

Well, Master Yi back in S5 when devourer was really strong built a devourer, Guinsoo's, maybe a Titanic Hydra, and then full tank. He could melt entire teams because of the on-hit damage and his passive's synchronization with sated devourer. It was painfully strong.

Shen never has bothered me really

I still hate Soraka because fuck silences

Syndra is pretty darn hard to play well so I've never had an issue with her. Not that annoying really

I personally prefer Dark Star or Arclight

Fuck Wukong

Tbh I used to play tons of Yasuo and have never really hated him that much, but I don't want to get downvoted to hell for daring to say Yasuo's not annoying as hell xD

I used to main Zed (like a year ago or something) and meh he's honestly not too irritating (although I don't really play mid anymore so I'm biased).

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20161 votes

Good points, but If you think about it every champion is annoying to somebody simply becuase of the champ they play.

Lorewise they are practically gods among normal men.

Gameplay wise it all depends on the champ.

For example Vladimir. I play Jarvan IV top, so I can find his sustain ridiculous and unfair to play against becuase you can literally explode yourself to hurt me, rip blood out of me and my minions to heal while I have to stock up on health potions to keep up.

Plus I can burn all my mana to farm and be defenseless while you're running around mana less.

Didn't know about the devourer Yi though. Sounds positively horrifying to play against.

There are like 131 champs in the game, and their abilities will clash, so your irritation is understandable.

I appreciate your honesty though, and I think I found the one other person on the whole board who doesn't think Zed is OP.

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 20161 votes

True enough, although when playing against Vladimir as J4 is basically a matter of catching him out and knocking him up. You either get a summoner, his W, or really hurt him. He can hurt you if you engage him and he gets a chance to use Crimson Rush, but short trades like that really hurt him. Hard CC really messes him up, too.

Yi's only weakness was his really bad early game basically. Very spooky.

Thank you comrade, and I appreciate yours! Zed's not that bad tbh but rather irritating.

TyrekGoldenspearJul 8, 20161 votes

No prob mate.

Zed is only irritating becuase the forbidden arts forgot to mention that being irritating was the side effect of his awesome shadow powers.

LimrickJul 9, 20161 votes

I don't think anyone thinks Zed is OP (anymore), but he still is and always will be a pain in the ass to fight. He has Lux levels of burst, with mobility and a sick as fuck laugh to boot. Yes there's counterplay, and yes he takes a very skillful player to make big plays, but holy shit is he annoying.

Mad King HadesJul 8, 20162 votes

Zed is meh. He really isn't that good.

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 20161 votes

I'd have to agree, but his playstyle is rather tilting. That's my personal definition of cancerous.

Mad King HadesJul 8, 20161 votes

Tilting? Because he can juke well? Or because he has a 16 second poke?

a w1ld bulbasaurJul 8, 20161 votes

You think Varus isn't good, kek http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2228288018/206315592?tab=overview

Spizzle9000Jul 8, 20161 votes

I know he's not really bad, but he has a fair amount of counterplay and he's really immobile and stuff.

a w1ld bulbasaurJul 8, 20161 votes

That is true though

Mecha MaIphiteJul 8, 20161 votes

Kennen is a ranged top and is therefore cancer regardless of how strong he is

aítchJul 7, 20168 votes

Idk.... dat booty is pretty balanced js.

The DeckownerJul 8, 20165 votes

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/f1/f1c7aa2f8e6116f7865a15f6c3a813573051d87d91fd409f65ac911210aa14a2.jpg

MavenSongJul 8, 20163 votes

http://i.imgur.com/UCmDocQ.gif?noredirect

GrReaper96Jul 8, 20162 votes

Cinder booty > Irelia booty

PelicanOfDeathJul 8, 20164 votes

Cinder can burn for all I care. She killed Pyrrha and ripped all the fun out of RWBY. She will be destroyed in the very fires she seeked to quench.

GrReaper96Jul 8, 20161 votes

im team weiss so im ok with it

RalanrJul 8, 20162 votes

I'm team Yang and we're short on arms.

I'm also team Nora. Because she is fun.

ModAcademy KaynJul 8, 20161 votes

Team Roman, and anyone who says he's dead can fight me.

BoundaryBreakerJul 9, 20161 votes

He's dead. Fight me.

ModAcademy KaynJul 9, 20161 votes

I will. Meet me at... High Noon.

ShadowParkerJul 8, 20161 votes

What show are you guys talking about and is it on netflix?

PelicanOfDeathJul 8, 20161 votes

RWBY and yes, although you can watch it on Rooster Teeth's Youtube Channel. The Netflix version has each season lumped into a single episode, so I prefer to use the Youtube version.

Kuzja1Jul 8, 20162 votes

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_F5SEwZoS38/hqdefault.jpg "So another contradiction. An Imbalanced Irelia with a lore about Balance."

dakm102Jul 7, 20161 votes

Shen : Balance, must be restored.

is pick or ban in lcs

[zombie-brand-clap]

RalanrJul 7, 20161 votes

After his rework?

dakm102Jul 7, 20161 votes

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After his rework?

Yeah. even after his rework ;l. he now is being picked or banned in most lcs games

Jhin UItd JFKJul 8, 20161 votes

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Yeah. even after his rework ;l. he now is being picked or banned in most lcs games

I'm super surprised because I loved the new Shen, albeit it was super clunky.

Then again he deals actual damage now and brings a lot of utility to the table with his ult, taunt and new W. So I shouldn't be surprised when pros are able to make Shen good. Imo Shen will always be better in coordinated gameplay because his kit is so team-oriented.