Talk:Irelia/@comment-98.27.195.196-20110520224643/@comment-1973463-20110524073806

"Can anyone explain what Irelia is not good against?"

Irelia is kind of an all-around champ. She doesn't have great damage, isn't that tanky, doesn't have much CC, etc. but she has a good bit in all areas. With this patch she no longer has a good portion of magic damage though. So, what counters her is armor/health and burst/focus. Aside from her healing (hmm, what counters healing?) she has nothing to make her any tankier than other champs---her base stats are almost exactly the same as Akali's, and Irelia doesn't have a +50 armor/MR zone---so just burst her down. Ignite her if you must. If she built mostly defense, build a little bit of defense yourself so her mediocre damage takes a while to kill you while you kill her team's primary damage dealer(s) before dealing with her. Irelia with nothing but a trinity force does about the same amount of damage as Akali with nothing but a trinity force (surprise surprise)

Also, she is weak early. Feel free to exploit that.