Talk:Irelia/@comment-76.197.131.119-20120401233250/@comment-2124153-20120402131248

Noob guide to solo top Irelia:


 * Runes/masteries - flat Ad Marks/Quints, flat Armor Seals, flat or scaling MR Glyphs. 9/21/0 masteries, making sure to get all of the minion and flat damage reduction (trust me on this).


 * Summoners - Teleport/Flash or Ignite/Flash


 * Starting items - Boots + 3 pots against most lanes (4 pots if you don't need to cover or invade), Cloth + 5 pots against tough lanes.


 * Skills - take a point in E at level one to protect yourself from jungle ganks, Q at level two or four, max W first. Take R when available. Max E last.


 * Core items - Phage and Wit's End. Phage builds into Mallet if you are tanky initiator, or Trinity Force if you are an assassin. Merc's or Tabi depending on enemy team.

In lane, play careful in the early levels, unless you are up against a weak lane. Try to save your E for when you are lower than your opponent, so that you get the stun. Turn on W before you use Q, Q procs the true damage on hit. Learn how to last-hit under a tower (two tower hits + autoattack for melee minion, one tower hit + autoattack for caster, if you use correct runes/masteries). Bladesurge resets cooldown on kill, so use it to jump to weakened minions to quickly get close to your opponent. Don't spam Q for last hits unless you will miss a last-hit otherwise, it will run you out of mana. If things are really hairy and you are in danger of getting denied, it is OK to build a Philo Stone and play passive.