Talk:Irelia/@comment-4019444-20111022031900/@comment-94.223.118.189-20111024115914

there's no reason to be afraid of irelia in laning phase because she is weak in laning unless the player really knows what he is doing. you just gotta know how irelia works. the typical thing is: irelia will wait til you harass her. then she stuns you and activates her truedamage. once you are out of stun you will run away, then she jumps after you with q and gives you another true damage auto attack on the way. good times to harass are when she has wasted her q - tried to get a lasthit but didnt get it. the cooldown is immense at level 1 and almost everybody maxes q last. so be sure to keep that in mind. be sure you are not pulling minion aggro by the time she can stun you or of course you will get lots of pain. and watch out for her activating her W. thats her main weapon so it's smart to wait until it's back on cooldown. also, if irelia uses her skills for harassment she quickly gets low on mana - and that's when she gets vulnerable. Generally speaking, Irelia is most vulnerable at levels 1-4. her heal is weak, her damage is weak. Most other bruisers have a better early game and are able to bully her out of lane in that stage of the game.