Talk:Irelia/@comment-4568988-20120405021202/@comment-4957501-20120405174814

^ Couldn't have put it better myself. I've never actually felt the need to buy it on her myself, as IMO Irelia's one of the few champions who excel at last hitting under towers, so even if you just stay in the back and play passive and let them push into your tower, theres no actual harm in it as you won't lose much (if any) cs and it'll actually open them up for ganks. But, if you're having too hard a time laning and have difficulty with last hitting under the tower, it'll be better to get the Philo in the long run.