Talk:Irelia/@comment-76.197.131.119-20120407222542/@comment-4957501-20120409165207

It sounds good, but then every champion sounds fantastic on paper. Just because her early's not hard doesn't mean it's easy and good. Don't get me wrong, not having to struggle a lot with Irelia early game only comes with lots of practise, and even then a skilled opponent can make you squirm. Sustaining yourself has become more challenging as well since the recent Hiten nerf. Her early game is undoubtedly weak, that's the entire reason for you squatting under the tower, but as a tradeoff her mid game is strong. It's not really as imbalanced as it sounds. There are other more played, traditional solo top champions like Riven, Gangplank, Rumble, Shyvana as well that are effective early as well as mid and late game, but IMO you have the strongest mid game among them as a tradeoff for your early.