Talk:Irelia/@comment-91.22.48.99-20121006012409/@comment-4900160-20121007100033

We all did get overcomfident against a Singed. All of us. Then comes the time you realize it is pointless to try to 1v1 him because it's stupidly easy for him to kite you forever. One does not simply kill a decent Singed 1v1, except maybe if he commits an error in the very first minutes of the game when he still is vulnerable (like taking a free tower hit) then you can try to make him at least burn his ghost.

From my experience, trading damage with him is just (1°) A waste of farming time and CS (2°) An occasion to get free killed in case of unexpected gank. That's why i recommend to farm you lane as much as you can and avoid taking damage by any means, and immediately run back to your tower when he flings you, do not even try to trade damage because the jungler is probably coming. Both of them scale quite well into late game, the difference being that Irelia deals significantly more damage and can obliterate the carry alone while being focused.

TL;DR = Gather as much gold as you can, engage him only when the firendly jungler is nearby.