Talk:Irelia/@comment-3450702-20110426090235/@comment-3457312-20110429143151

AP can work, but it's no bueno especially after her E skill's ability ratio got nerfed in half. Also, it's just that Irelia lately has been trending toward tanky (largely post-patch) and it happens that AD/tanky is way more effective than AP/tanky. I've actually seen a lot of succesful Irelia's get Trinity Force as their only AD item and get three tanky items (BV, FoN, GA, SFC, etc.) depending on the opposing team composition. And if they game drags out long enough or in between getting tanky items -- pick up supplementary AD indirectly from Stark's, or directly from IE or Bloodthirster.