Talk:Irelia/@comment-201.212.5.75-20121228002907/@comment-4659726-20121230051217

^ What he said, Black cleaver is a dual purpose Defense/Offense item that works on many people who do physical damage. Works  better if they have skills that do that, and if those skills are in an AoE or DoT. And that isn't counting that it gives CDR which Irelia loves.

The fact that it is armor reduction and not a self buff, thus applying to any person you hit makes it very useful imo. And worth a slot in some situations.

Remember, Irelia does most of her damage as such.

True = Physical(due to armor and has skills/trinity procs) > Magic. Trinity Proc is phyiscal, Every attack comes with phyiscal damage, Q does physical damage, and even if R seems to do very little damage it still applies BC in an AoE to all those hit. Worth a slot, but builds are mostly situational after core items.

In my opinion, Irelia's new core is Trinity+Zephyr and besides boots the items you should consider on her depending on the game are.

Guardian Angel, Runic Bulwark, Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, Black Cleaver, and Randuin's Omen, Warmogs (in the case of Warmogs+Spirit Visage+Frozen Heart, rarely though).

Hopefully I haven't missed anything in terms of "useful items" for consideration.