Talk:Irelia/@comment-70.24.221.6-20111031052052/@comment-173.238.76.247-20111031113540

She's deffinetly a beast late game but you will find she is easily shut down by several people early mid and late game. The two that come to mind are vayne and lee sin. Oh god finding a vayne top or a lee sin coming by any 1v1 always screws me up (assuming their not terrible) But ya her reason for a rediculous late game again is her lackluster early game. She doesn't have an amazing early game but she can farm fine so it doesn't make it terrible, But a good counterpick like garen or blitzcrank and alister and you'll be fearing for your life even under your tower, crying for gank, and calling for mommy when the other teams jungler comes instead.

But agreed her late game is rediculous. If i can become unkillable with only 2 tank items and boots (happens sometimes banshies + randuins+ merc treads + masteries is over 150 armor and Mresist with 3000+ hp, then i'll sometimes grab after trinity, a bloodrazor, or an infinity edge. The build is expensive and leaves some tankiness to be wanted and i ONLY use it when they have a balanced team that doesn't know how to focus. But if i do get it, DAMN you fucking hurt ALOT.