Talk:Irelia/@comment-187.122.145.156-20120505211153/@comment-4957501-20120507073903

Shen would be a bigger nuisance. He wouldn't do an incredible amount of damage, but he'd be damn tough to kill and because of that he'd probably be one of the least priority targets, and as a result he'd be a general pest about it, shielding his allies, taunting yours while continously doing a fair amount of damage all the while (think Nasus). If the Irelia is inexperienced or the Shen is good, she'll probably also lose her lane to the Shen as well, since Shen does have an advatage in lane over her.

Irelia on the other hand would do more damage. She would be tanky and not easy to kill too no doubt, but she wouldn't be as difficult to put down as Shen..... but, she'd also bring a lot more damage as a tradeoff. She would be higher up on the priority list to kill because she would start picking off enemy squishies one by one if they simply ignored her, but she would also be very tanky compared to the squishies so it wouldn't be the best idea to focus her either (think Riven).

Both are very good champions at what they do at the end of the day. It depends on your preference really.