Talk:Irelia/@comment-26359415-20150529180343/@comment-25747753-20150614162333

Play Hecarim. Ez game ez life.

There are many champions that counter Irelia. Riven, however, is not one of them. That is a skill matchup in favor if Irelia as Irelia gets tankier than Riven and thus can potentially deal more sustained damage. You tend to want champs that can abuse her early game or are tanky enough to sustain through her damage. Champs like Sion and Maokai are strong against Irelia if you dont let her fight you. Otherwise you want someone who can straight up outdamage without being so squishy to get killed, like Wu Kong.

Nasus seems like a good pick against Irelia, but that is only at lower Elos. Plat plus Irelia has the advantage in that lane.