Talk:Irelia/@comment-68.109.110.108-20120618054620/@comment-3238314-20120618075612

That's exactly right. Because she gets alot of free true damage from her W, she snowballs heavily if she gets ahead, and it's really hard to counter that early. The healing also allows you to stay ahead in exchanges, and if the enemy tries to jump you, you can simply stun and land a couple of hiten style charged auto attacks, then retreat, again coming ahead in damage.

However, she needs to hit at least lvl 5 for this to be very effective, and she can get shut down before this happens. However, if you don't focus on keeping her down, she'll get back really fast. It's really hard to stop her from snowballing