Talk:Irelia/@comment-76.197.131.119-20120407222542/@comment-4957501-20120409051342

Xin Zhao and Wukong aren't really hard counters to Irelia. They'd be about even I'd say, so it'd basically come down to whose better with their particular hero. Yorick more or less counters everyone top, but rarely becomes little more than a useless ulti machine late game.

As to who Irelia counters, IMO, she doesn't actually counter anyone. Irelia's kit is meant for playing passive early game. A stun that only works if you're lower HP than the opponent, to get out of sticky situations, a mana efficent buff that gives you true damage and passive sustain so you can easily last hit and stay in lane, and a gap closer that does a little bonus damage on top of your regular AD, that refunds more than half it's mana cost and refreshes when you land a last hit with it. She's meant for being that annoying bitch who squats down under her tower and refuses to go back to the shop no matter what you throw at her.