Talk:Irelia/@comment-58.106.65.234-20120403205831/@comment-4957501-20120404092817

No, she's the mid game queen. She's terrifying around that point of time, being difficult to kill, difficult to out damage and difficult to run away from because of your combination of Bladesurge, Equilibrium Strike and Phage procs. Most games Trinity Force or Phage/Wit's End is the only offense based items you get, the rest being defensive AND her damage revolves around Hiten Style as well, making it more or less scale only off of attack speed. Compared to Hypercarries lategame your damage will be sub-par..... but like I said, your teamfight presence lategame will still be decent at the very least, and it'll be downright excellent provided you manage to make your mid game count. But yes, she does inevitably fall off slightly in long games.