Talk:Irelia/@comment-115.64.177.102-20111017103701/@comment-4192193-20111017112822

If your team haven't a jungler and you can't take a solo lane, you'll have a rough start. Irelia needs farm and a lane for her own because of her week early game. Your build it's good, though you have to build according to the enemy team.

I usually start with a Regrowth Pendant and a Health pot. I do not leave the lane until I can get a Philostone. Why Philostone? Easy. It give you an amazing lane sustain, so you can lasthit with your q without going OoM. After Philostone, I farm till I can get Heart of Gold. I stop farming when I get my Trinity, usually by 20-25 min mark if it all goes smoothly. You aren't a threat if you haven't your Trinity, so farm till you can get it. Once you get it, build tanky items or tanky-ofensive items (wit's end, bloodrazor's, etc).

I level my skills taking into account my lane. If I take a 1vs2 lane (being me the one), I level Hiten Style because of the sustain it gives, followed by Equilibrium Strike because it's the only CC you have and taking ult whenever possible. If the lane is 1vs1, it matters who you are facing. If he has a strong early game (Renekton), I do it as if I was on a 1vs2 lane. If I feel I can harrass without much retaliation, I level Equilibrium Strike first. I take Bladesurge last (taking 1 point al lvl 1 and leaving it there) because I only need it to dash.

Hope that helped you, and keep trying with her till you get better =D.