Talk:Irelia/@comment-217.18.254.235-20130113170740/@comment-178.166.24.118-20130117004125

There's absolutely zero chance that Irelia will get nerfed. Why? Because season 3 itself was a huge nerf to Irelia. All her core items (GA, Trinity Force, Wit's End) got nerfed either on stats or price. Attack Speed in general was nerfed, and it was a crucial stat for Irelia to apply her W as many times as possible. Meanwhile her biggest counter, HP, became dirt cheap and any champion can buy an early Giant's Belt and build it into a powerful item at any time (specifically Warmogs or Randuins, both make Irelia's life miserable).

That said, she's still a solid pick for top lane and has mostly favourable matchups, which is not the case of Wukong whose extreme lack of sustain forces him to rely on his jungler or get stomped by any long range harass or sustain based champion (Lee Sin, Irelia, Olaf... you name it). And even among champions with no sustain just like him he still has a hard time, losing all-ins against Riven or Darius.

Wukong -> Hard laning phase but arguably better teamfighting with gamebreaking AoE ult

Irelia -> Goes at least even with most lanes early and smashes faces as soon as she reaches lvl 9. Strong late game in the sense that it's very hard to peel a carry from Irelia

I'd go for Irelia.