Talk:Irelia/@comment-125.160.106.197-20120504155942/@comment-4957501-20120504162046

It depends on what role you're required to play according to the situation, really. Build 1 would be better if your team has enough damage and needs you to tank, which'll usually be the case. But build 2 would be better if say both your support and jungler are decently tanky and/or your team needs you to dish out more damage. Both are good builds, though the Madred'sin build 1 is a little odd. I'd rather replace it with a Maw of Malmortius if the enemy team has dual AP mid/top or a Thornmail if they're mostly AD.