Talk:Irelia/@comment-12261123-20140129123401/@comment-4834593-20140225104626

You hit the nail on it's head. You can only make her work with overpowered numbers. It's like that for most bruisers. When they get reworked (which will be a massive change to the game), the type "bruiser" will more or less cease to exist, because tanky with damage isn't a good type of character in this game, at least according to Riot (and I agree with them). So, it's either Irelia a tank without damage, or Irelia a squishy with damage. Currently, she's a tank with damage. This is, becuase she needs only one damage item (Trinity Force) to deal amazing damage. Change her kit, and she'll simply need to use a damage build to deal damage. Just like Yasuo needs it. Or any AD carry. Reduce bases, increase scalings, there you are.