Talk:Irelia/@comment-195.130.120.61-20120322192032/@comment-2124153-20120323165656

The GP/10 from the Philo basically compensates you the free ward. You earn 75g every 2.5 minutes, which is technically faster than the recycle time on the Lantern, and also can be banked (which you can't do with Wriggles).

18 HP/5 is not mediocre unless you consider Wriggles itself to be mediocre. The HP regen from Philo is worth 216 HP per minute. You get two minion waves per minute, and non-Siege minions typically have no Armor. Suppose we have ~110 AD with Wriggles, which gives 12% bonus lifesteal (lifesteal from runes/masteries doesn't count, since Philo Irelia also has that). If we last-hit all 12 minions perfectly, that's only about 160 health restored in a minute. If you want more health than that, you have to autoattack minions and shove the lane.

Then there is the 8 MP/5, which basically makes your ult free every time it's up. Or gives you two extra Equilibriums a minute, or more frequent Hiten Styles to get the full active HP restore effect, etc. If you can't find good use for the bonus mana, you ain't trying.

Never mind that Philo costs 800g less, the excess of which can be diverted into the components of Phage, or Wit's End, or tier 2 boots, getting you into your core items faster than the Irelia who picked up dead-end Wriggles. There's also no need to upgrade this item into a Shurelya's. You can sit on it all game long, and sell it for 50% when you need the slot. this makes the total cost only 400g, the amount that you rented it for.

Philo is fine as a choice. It requires less investment than Wriggles, and doesn't lock Irelia into a moderately expensive item that's not in her core build.