2011-02-23, 06:38 PM
Well I tried out Irelia in a real game. We won, albeit it was a bit hard won. I ended up at 9/10/3. Last death was completely unnecessary running into altar of their base while chasing a dying Lux. XP Irelia's pretty strong solo, but she definitely has an upper limit on how well she can control the lane. Without a good area attack, she gets pushed back to the turret easily. I say solo because the MF that was with me was terrible. Went 0/11/5, and almost half of those deaths were early on feeding their Jax and Eve. I learned a few things, got a triple kill in one team fight, and overall I think I did pretty good for my first time against real people. I could see her being a nice niche inbetween Yi and Nasus for when I want a melee character, but don't want to go quite so tanky or quite so glass cannon.
As for my build, I went with Doran's Shield, Boots, Sheen, Merc Treads, Wooden Mallet, Trinity Force, Spirit Visage, Double Vampiric Scepters, Stark's Frevor, was working on Bloodthirster after that. Had the game continued, I'd have either gotten more damage or more tankiness depending on what I needed. Randuin's, Madred's, or Sunfire Cape most likely replacing Doran's Shield.
As for my build, I went with Doran's Shield, Boots, Sheen, Merc Treads, Wooden Mallet, Trinity Force, Spirit Visage, Double Vampiric Scepters, Stark's Frevor, was working on Bloodthirster after that. Had the game continued, I'd have either gotten more damage or more tankiness depending on what I needed. Randuin's, Madred's, or Sunfire Cape most likely replacing Doran's Shield.