Talk:Irelia/@comment-5449478-20200111195836

Well, isn't she a tricky one to play.

First - requiring 5 stacks in order to trade well makes her engage telegraphed; often I find enemies will just back off when they see it procced resulting in wasted time. When I am able to get on top of them they usually disengage just as fast.

Not to mention those times when I Q a minion and it has 5% health.

Her W not reducing magic damage sucks now, especially given that she doesn't feel right Top.

But, when we get into teamfighting stage, she's one of the champs you want on your team. A 5-man stun and huge slow are so valuable. She's got great engage. But that's Irelia leading the charge, not in a 1v1 situation. Where the real 1v1s occur (early game), she feels weak because of the aforementioned.

TL;DR - she's hard AF, and whenever I see people pick her they feed. But she's monstrous in a 5v5, so if you CAN get her to work solo, the world is your oyster.