Talk:Irelia/@comment-27.110.167.118-20120402095324/@comment-2124153-20120402165838

You should build around your team and the enemy team. If your team needs an initator, build tank. If your team already has someone to start fights and needs an assassin instead, build towards burst damage.

Phage and Wit's End are core on Irelia no matter what you decide, they will give you a little bit of tankiness from MR and health. Phage can be built into a Frozen Mallet if you need to initiate/peel for your team and survive burst, or into Trinity Force if your job instead is to jump on carries and crush their faces. Go with whatever option makes the most sense.

If you need Armor because you're tanking, I'd suggest looking into Randuin's. Irealis uses everything on it, including the active. Atma's is a decent Armor option as well if you're looking more for tanky DPS rather than straight-up tanking.