Talk:Irelia/@comment-178.166.54.236-20120503142237/@comment-4957501-20120504173459

That's more of a matter of opinion though. I still feel she loses early game trades versus the likes of Renekton, Riven, Shyvana, Shen and Olaf (oh god olaf) too easily. I'm not even counting champions like Yorick, Garen, WW, Vladimir and Mordekaiser because they dominate most other solo top's early on too. Like you said, these buffs were made to make up for her very crappy early, which happened when they nerfed Hiten's passive while inactive by a massive 50%, the thing is these buffs far from make up for that huge nerf. IMHO, Irelia already falls off somewhat at the later stages of the game compare to most of the solo top's listed above, and considering that there are even champions that remain strong at all 3 stages, is it really fair to make her weak at 2 out of 3?

I agree that she's in a satisfactory place for now like you said, but I guess what really bugs me is that there are other solo top's that are simply stronger than her and more advantageous to play. Being balanced when there are others that aren't isn't a good thing at all.