Talk:Irelia/@comment-122.151.252.203-20120224191630/@comment-65.191.164.250-20120225172726

Not sure if this was a factor or not, but Riven has no built-in sustain. If you guys were getting into little skirmishes and backing off, she would just be healing it off (provided enough time), though I'd imagine Riven has more damage output. So if you could actually damage her enough before she could heal it off, you could go in for the kill.

As Irelia, I always seem to do good against champs like Wukong and such with no built-in sustain. But I have trouble with anyone with sustain. Olaf, Gangplank, Tryndamere, anyone with immediate sustain gives me troubles, because I actually have to auto-attack to get my health back, and that's when I get harrassed, while they can just pop a heal in the middle of a fight should they need it.