Talk:Irelia/@comment-3013755-20121113051625/@comment-15562896-20121115222616

Tbh I expect one of my very favourite champions, Lee Sin, to get nerfed as well, but I don't care, because I play him due to how pleasant he is, not due to his strength, and he's one of those champions that will IMO always be good if you're good at them.

But Irelia really needs a nerf, much like Jax. They're too strong in lane especially since they're probably the two best scaling bruisers, except non viable champs such as Nasus and Poppy.

Also due to how toplane is played easily (focused by early game ganks by decent junglers), you simply CAN'T play (too) aggressive against them, and if you let them dominate the early game due to being afraid of getting ganked, you're losing the lane already.

1) Be aggressive early, try to get an advantage of off their "weak" early game, risk getting ganked by the enemy jungler and losing yourself the lane and potentially your team the game.

2) Play safe early because you don't want to give them FB, become unable to prevent them from farming - let alone trading well against them -, and potentially lose your team the game.