Talk:Irelia/@comment-27080952-20160404025904/@comment-10813891-20160407175822

Vi was designed as a top and jungle too at the time of her release. Say her conal-punch? that was designed to be ranged harrass in lane before people said, hey this clears jungle pretty well too.

Irelia does a better job laning imo because her kit (q resets on minion kills, sustain on-hit) makes it hard to bully and zone her off farm. She also brings many targetted skills and fewer skillshots pre-6, increasing her reliability in laning phase.

Vi has more splitpushing speed because she has more AOE.

The question is your priorities; TF, Laning, Splitpush, Dueling. It's hard to say who's more useful in Dueling and TF because they do different things or are more/less item dependent so Id say;

Irelia; Laning, Dueling, TF, Splitpush

Vi; Splitpush, Dueling, TF, Laning