Talk:Irelia/@comment-94.172.19.195-20111114155452/@comment-4495965-20111114215543

philo is not a support item. it is great for solo tops where you need every bit of extra sustain and extra mana for poking. it is great for its low cost and for its gp/10. it is also a very important item for roamers and supports, which dont get many creep kills. also, you dont have to build items to build them into something. people build philo to get a safe laning phase and to allow them to stick to the lane longer, which then results in more cs, while the money you spent on philos is being provided by having philos for some minutes. for instance carries sometimes build 2-3 dorans blades just to sell them later.