Talk:VPBE/@comment-37514365-20190604104354/@comment-27915839-20190604114204

It's essentially the "Kassadin" treatment. Instead of trying to add more nerfs to her overall kit, they are giving her a clear weakness and making it more prominent. A few months ago, Kass players discovered they could go Precision/Domination runes & sustain through lane with FF and cheese through AD matchups. When they nerfed his base armor, that strategy is less likely to work & more easily punished by Zed, Yasuo, Talon, Aatrox, and yes... Irelia.

These nerfs are hitting mid lane Irelia moreso than top lane. Even in some AP matchups, she could get away with Tiamat rush into straight Trinity. Now it's looking more likely that Wit's End is almost mandatory to not get bursted in some matchups. (Annie, Syndra, Veigar, Akali, LB, Zoe, etc.)