Talk:Irelia/@comment-107.193.140.12-20120825000915/@comment-4929329-20120826041059

Playing Twitch, even just for a few games, has shown me a totally different League than I previously saw.

There is only competition for farm. The rest is a result of exploitations.

If you win at the farm game, then the game is practically in the palm of your hands, because kills come from having farm, as farm means you have money, money means power, and power is where kills come from.

I decided to play Garen and stomped Irelia harder than I thought virtually possible. She started Cloth + 5, I went Boots + 3, and I was able to outtrade her every single time we met. I zoned her away from the minions and had something like 60 more Creeps by the 10min mark. She died to me about 5 times in lane. It wasn't really her fault, because she couldn't do anything. She bought all the sustain and armor she could, but I had zoned her, and her money income was under my command. Since Garen has crit, he scales into late game just as well as Irelia does, so I was able to overshadow her the entire game.

This coming from a champion with one of the lowest winratios in the game.

It's not about the champion itself, but how you play the champion. Yes, some are stronger than others, but a little thing called 'balancing' is supposed to take care of that.