Talk:Irelia/@comment-141.0.9.148-20120507140006/@comment-4957501-20120509051233

You're not supposed to buy philo's after losing your lane, you're supposed to buy it before so exactly that doesn't happen. Philosopher's stone isn't necessary like Uniison said, but a reactionary purchase. Say you started boots and pots and had to go back to base again very soon to heal, if you feel you're going to have a tough lane, it's always better to get Philosopher's than just rushing your main build. There's nothing wrong with it and yes, it will make enough of a difference that you won't have to keep going back to heal or stick around your lane will incredibly low HP early. It basically makes up completely for the last Hiten Style nerf in numbers, and it's even passive unlike Hiten's on hit, making it more effective. The best part about Philo's is that you can sell it after ~13 minutes and you'll be refunded it's item cost completely thanks to the bonus gp10. The only bad thing about buying it is that it'll deviate you slightly from your core, by about 4-5 minutes or so on average.

Buying a Doran's Blade is worthless. If your sustain isn't helping you survive in lane the 3% lifesteal isn't going to make a shred of difference.

Wriggle's is only good very situationally, and you have to lane clog otherwise you'll end up pushing heavily, making you open for jungle ganks. It'll also end up delaying your core by a sizable amount. Life steal in general is pretty sub-par on Irelia, and only good situationally.

Don't Bladesurge to kill a minion if you don't have to, with the right runes and masteries its pretty easy to kill them without using your Q at all, but it takes a while to get the hang of doing it under the tower. In the meantime, bladesurge spamming isn't such a bad alternative. But keep in mind that you will run out of mana after around 6-7 waves, so I'd suggest you practice last hitting under the tower in the meantime and do so when you can.