Talk:Irelia/@comment-4568988-20120405021202/@comment-4957501-20120405023324

If you're having a little difficulty laning, sure. Even otherwise, it's pretty decent. It's better to delay your core a little, get the philos and be assured that you can stay in lane than to go back often or lose the lane. The mana regen also allows you to Bladesurge last hit quite often without running low on mana. And it pays for itself after about 13 minutes, so yeah, it's a good investment, the only thing you lose is a slightly delayed core and an item slot early game.