Talk:Irelia/@comment-46.13.244.124-20121112043536/@comment-4659726-20121112080018

^ Sona yes, Ez no, Jayce yes. Ez can burst and be slippery but cannot have graves' tankiness or the best damage over time (as other carries with better steroids or things such as vayne's silver bolts do better late game).

However he is very strong since burst and slipperyness+early game is what is important in today's game.

Irelia's design may be problematic but she is simply a very strong pick at the moment, and I believe a big reason for that is GA which is an item you usually get after Wit's and Trinity. It is efficient and allows you to be tanky. Item reworks, mastery reworks, and so on should shake up balance enough to make things a bit different. If not they can always resort to buffs and nerfs depending on the champion.