Talk:Irelia/@comment-94.172.19.195-20111116022454/@comment-216.47.129.230-20111116202639

Here's why Trinity isn't that good:

1)Phage isn't very good on her. Sure, the stats are okay (AD+health=good on any bruiser), but the proc is wasted because Irelia is already super-sticky to targets. So, it's sort of meh, altogether.

2)Zeal isn't very good on her, either. yeah, her W synergizes with attack speed, but she doesn't need crit, and Wit's End is a far superior version of Zeal.

3)Sheen is TERRIBLE on her. She doesn't really need the mana, she doesn't need the AP, and she can't utilize the proc often enough for it to be worth it.

Thing is, when you put all 3 of those things together, you get a decent item. It's really not worth getting UNTIL you put all 3 parts into one item. It's pretty bad in pieces, but together it's pretty bad. So, if you rush Trinity like everyone did before, and you get behind, you can't catch up because you have shitty items, whereas if you go for Wit's end, you can stack Cloth Armors and Null-Magic mantles, and be unkillable while you go for Wit's End, which is honestly a much better item on her all-around.