Talk:Renekton/@comment-4948122-20120709180056/@comment-5162027-20120709230254

If you nerf Irelia's late game, you might as well never pick her at all. She's had a ton of nerfs aimed squarely at her early game, most notably the passive sustain on her Hiten Style.

In much the same way as buffing Renekton's lategame would mean they'd have to nerf his early game to compensate so he doesn't become ridiculously powerful, so to do they nerf Irelia's early game so she can keep the lategame dominance.

Riot aren't idiots, they do, in fact, know what they are doing. Renekton has hardly been touched, and Irelia has actually gotten some slight buffs after the brutality of her nerfs overall. Major nerfs and major buffs are never something to take lightly, tweaking numbers here and there are much easier to control. The sort of thing you are proposing is very silly.