Talk:Irelia/@comment-5407795-20130119022417/@comment-4659726-20130119084923

Decent but by no means the best. Has a weak earlygame and increased costs of resistances are concerning so I would place her at "balanced" not UP or OP.

Core items would be boots, Trinity, and Stinger(later Zephyr when you can).

Get tabi, Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, Trinity, Warmog's. If you need tankyness just rush a warmog's. Assuming you have minimal damage with phage/sheen and stinger you should be fine. It should be noted that early game doran's shield is fairly effective on her for defense. However I do not think you should start doran's shield.

Q at lvl 1, max W, max E Second. Get R whenever possible.

Guardian angel seems like a good idea but because of the stat decrease and price of it it really isn't efficient if you want defenses. Build small amounts of armor+mr (negatron+Glacial shroud) and a warmog's.