Talk:Irelia/@comment-27218982-20180224184456/@comment-14081808-20180225183457

Also, if you are a tank getting stunned and taken down by irelia, she is doing what she does best in the early game: baiting you into a bad trade. It's exactly what her E stun is all about.

"Oh you thought you were going to kill me since you had a small health advantage and I used my Q. Let me remind you of my secret power."

Like her lore is "The Equalizer". She is designed to balance the scales, which is part of why she is so frustrating to play against for people who just don't understand and haven't played her. She is DESIGNED FOR COMEBACK skirmishes. And early game, when you don't have a lot of resistances or health is when her true damage and base values shine.

And MOST people think that "hey, I'm a tank. My base values shine early game too." And then you have to remember than while that is true, her kit is designed for her to create an opening in which yours do not matter. That is what her E does.

Don't go for the kill on an Irelia. Just push her out of lane.