Talk:Irelia/@comment-99.153.144.36-20120724073047/@comment-161.253.68.52-20120731002635

What you need to know is that her early game is bad. To compensate for this you need to either get early game items to hold you though (2x Dorans blades/Wriggles) or just wait out early game and farm (preferably supported by some gp10s). I like to get Philo (for mana more than health) and HoG if necessary then get the various components of Triforce or Wits End depending on what you need. Eg, winning and need more burst? Sheen. Losing and need more health? Phage. Faceing a strong early AP? Wits End. Though I like to get Tri Force before Wits End after that, as Mr. Satan said, tank it up. Turn that HoG into a Randuins/get a Warmogs/ buy a Force of Nature. But I usually like Guardian Angel especially if I'm doing well and want to had extra team fight threat.