Talk:Irelia/@comment-4659726-20120212095023/@comment-1153246-20120212211520

Personally I run 0/21/9 for extra gp/10 in solo top. Rush Philo stone for early sustain and more gp/10 since Irelia's very item dependent, then buy boots and either finish Merc Treads or buy Heart of Gold for the same reasons as Philo stone. Between the two of them and dedicated farming you'll have plenty of gold most of the game, provided you lasthit religiously (Q helps a lot). Final build for me is Merc Treads, Triforce, Shurelya's, Randuin's, Atma's, Warmog's. You can fiddle around with it though, depending on the other team's composition. The above item build gives you enough tankiness/health/damage/regen to basically do whatever you want. GA, FoN, and Tabi are also viable options.