Talk:Irelia/@comment-180.194.246.138-20121209151642/@comment-178.166.24.118-20121211004544

I replaced Wit's End for Zephyr entirely on my builds. I mean, the MR value was reduced and the price still managed to go up. What's the point, with so many new AS items in the game right now? Besides, Irelia usually runs 9 offensive masteries for the ArPen, so the on-hit damage from Wit's End was always tuned down, sometimes to extremely low values depending on the enemy MR since you never had MPen. Let's just take a look: Zephyr gives you 10% more AS than Wit's End and gives 20 AD (which ends up doing the same damage as Wit's on-hit effect when penetration comes to account). This alone would be enough to outclass Wit's as an offensive item, but the package still includes 10% CDR (while not mandatory it does go well with Irelia) plus 10% MS bonus (together with TriForce it ensures you don't take shit from kiting). Not to mention the tenacity, that allows you to run Ninja Tabi no matter what. And the price difference? 650g. Totally worth it IMO.

Spirit Visage is a very good item as well. The unique passive combined with W and Ult makes you a tad harder to kill without ignite after engaging. But the true advantage of SV is being a cheap source of HP and MR. Combined with Zephyr it also puts your CDR to the point of having Q on less than five sec CD at lvl 5.

Overall my build looks like this: Ninja Tabi; TriForce; GA; Zephyr; Spirit Visage OR Hexdriker/MoM; Randuins. You hit like a truck, you have enough armor, HP, damage and bonuses to steamroll carries and you can't be peeled off by CC from anyone except an Alistar.