Talk:Irelia/@comment-26066492-20150201221011/@comment-24241876-20150202024321

It kinda does atm. Although, I believe that is moreso due to the meta shifts that have come along with the new SR, as Irelia herself hasn't received any major changes.

For my placement matches, I played her for the first time in ranked (not first time ever, mind you) and I was able to scrape by with just a Triforce, and then full tank the rest of the way through. She power spikes around levels 7-9, and it is much easier to get there in one piece because junglers have a harder time ganking early due to the increased difficulty of the camps.

If junglers want to rotate top early on to shut down the Irelia, they run the risk of the opposing jungler having free reign on bot and mid, both of which will allow for faster team snowballing on early dragons, which have become more important than ever.

So yeah, all-in-all, she does seem very strong this season, and as much as it saddens me that I am having a blast with her in ranked, I wouldn't be surprised to see some nerfs along the way.