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ILOVEOOPS
Profile Joined April 2009
United States4 Posts
March 01 2011 03:37 GMT
#201
you might as well take two points in Q for laning if you plan on prolonged laning. 2 levels in Q makes it so that you can Q the caster minions after one tower hit (ease of farming).
Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
March 01 2011 11:59 GMT
#202
Well Q>E>w vs E>Q>w is a matter or preference i think, you can't say any of these is better than the other. I love jumping so i max Q for the cooldown.
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
March 01 2011 15:47 GMT
#203
Gotta level up Q to 3 to bring that cooldown to 10seconds, which will match E's cooldown of 9 seconds nicely.
BluzMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Russian Federation4235 Posts
March 01 2011 16:01 GMT
#204
Okay, I give up. I completely don't understand the reasoning behind how Irelia builds, both skill and item-wise. It's like one of the cases when I look at a champ's skills, think of an item/skill build and am completely wrong, I feel like I don't understand shit about this game.

1) I can understand why she goes tank, but Triforce? Why triforce? All of her skills are on long-ass cooldowns and Q doesn't even generate a Sheen proc, so this leaves us with W and E and it looks like a bad idea to wait for 2 seconds before activating E after W to get that second proc up. Idk, when I just looked at her, I was positive about building tank/AS, but triforce with all the useless stats it gives (crit, AP ugh) is beyond my understanding.

2) Maxing W last. I was under the impression that 75 true damage on every attack is like ultra pro, and the earlier in the game, the better. Q does like no damage and has 1:1 AD scaling so it's just an extra auto-attack. E is an okay nuke, but not a damage source on it's own because of AP scaling and cooldowns. Aside from that, we have her ult, but is a good DPS source really?

The point of this post, of course, is not to provide a reasoning behind why this build is bad. It's a plea for help, because for me the efficiency of the build seems 100% counter-intuitive.
You want 20 good men, but you need a bad pussy.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-01 16:12:14
March 01 2011 16:08 GMT
#205
On March 02 2011 01:01 BluzMan wrote:
1) I can understand why she goes tank, but Triforce? Why triforce? All of her skills are on long-ass cooldowns and Q doesn't even generate a Sheen proc, so this leaves us with W and E and it looks like a bad idea to wait for 2 seconds before activating E after W to get that second proc up. Idk, when I just looked at her, I was positive about building tank/AS, but triforce with all the useless stats it gives (crit, AP ugh) is beyond my understanding.

What? Q both generates and uses a Sheen proc (like Mystic Shot) AND is on a really short cooldown. That's why it's so good. I don't know where you got the idea that it doesn't generate a Sheen proc.

On March 02 2011 01:01 BluzMan wrote:
2) Maxing W last. I was under the impression that 75 true damage on every attack is like ultra pro, and the earlier in the game, the better. Q does like no damage and has 1:1 AD scaling so it's just an extra auto-attack. E is an okay nuke, but not a damage source on it's own because of AP scaling and cooldowns. Aside from that, we have her ult, but is a good DPS source really?

True damage is LESS valuable earlier in the game, because until squishies pass 31 armor, your autoattacks are doing true damage anyway from your armor pen. Q/E give you early-game burst against squishies. W gives you sustained damage vs. tanks, but sustained damage against tanks isn't that huge of a concern until midgame (though its relevant against some lanes).
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BluzMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Russian Federation4235 Posts
March 01 2011 16:15 GMT
#206
On March 02 2011 01:08 TheYango wrote:
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On March 02 2011 01:01 BluzMan wrote:
1) I can understand why she goes tank, but Triforce? Why triforce? All of her skills are on long-ass cooldowns and Q doesn't even generate a Sheen proc, so this leaves us with W and E and it looks like a bad idea to wait for 2 seconds before activating E after W to get that second proc up. Idk, when I just looked at her, I was positive about building tank/AS, but triforce with all the useless stats it gives (crit, AP ugh) is beyond my understanding.

What? Q both generates and uses a Sheen proc (like Mystic Shot) AND is on a really short cooldown. That's why it's so good. I don't know where you got the idea that it doesn't generate a Sheen proc.

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On March 02 2011 01:01 BluzMan wrote:
2) Maxing W last. I was under the impression that 75 true damage on every attack is like ultra pro, and the earlier in the game, the better. Q does like no damage and has 1:1 AD scaling so it's just an extra auto-attack. E is an okay nuke, but not a damage source on it's own because of AP scaling and cooldowns. Aside from that, we have her ult, but is a good DPS source really?

True damage is LESS valuable earlier in the game, because until squishies pass 31 armor, your autoattacks are doing true damage anyway from your armor pen. Q/E give you early-game burst against squishies. W gives you sustained damage vs. tanks, but sustained damage against tanks isn't that huge of a concern until midgame (though its relevant against some lanes).


I've checked like yesterday and I was absolutely sure Q doesn't proc sheen because that's like the first thing I've thought about. I can't double-check now because I don't have Irelia.
You want 20 good men, but you need a bad pussy.
ryseungoo
Profile Joined October 2009
Canada91 Posts
March 01 2011 16:16 GMT
#207
Sheen does proc. /short post
BluzMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Russian Federation4235 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-01 16:20:32
March 01 2011 16:19 GMT
#208
It just hit me that Q works like Ezreal's Mystic Shot, activating and blowing the Sheen proc on the same attack, right? That may be why I didn't notice it lol.

EDIT: didn't read well enough, I'm dumb. Everything makes sense now, thank you.
You want 20 good men, but you need a bad pussy.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
March 01 2011 16:19 GMT
#209
On March 02 2011 01:15 BluzMan wrote:
I've checked like yesterday and I was absolutely sure Q doesn't proc sheen because that's like the first thing I've thought about. I can't double-check now because I don't have Irelia.

You're obviously not going to get a visual cue for the Sheen proc (because Q procs onhit effects)--but it's fairly obvious that you're getting Sheen procs when your first Q 1-shots a caster minion and your immediate followup one doesn't.
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0123456789
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3216 Posts
March 01 2011 18:46 GMT
#210
GG, irelia wasn't nerfed this patch. Time to abuse her for another week now. Oh, since she's not free, no1's going to pick her first too. This game is way too ez.
Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
March 01 2011 18:53 GMT
#211
I cant remember the last game she wasn't banned. I bought her then she became FOTM the next day got to play like 1 game with her. fuckin hate this game
Brees on in
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17303 Posts
March 02 2011 00:06 GMT
#212
Good Irelias are so goddamn scary to play against .
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gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
March 02 2011 00:55 GMT
#213
i got first pick irelia and my team followed up with 4 AD champs, gfg even OP champs can't overcome sheer stupidity
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
March 03 2011 00:20 GMT
#214
So after trinity/sv then what else? Are you supposed to build her pure tank from now on depending on the type of damage from the opposing team or are you supposed to include another damage item? Is opening cloth to hog with 5 pots better than opening shield?
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
March 03 2011 01:01 GMT
#215
sv has always been overrated

cloth + 5
boots
sheen
vamp scepter
triforce
merc treads
GA
GG (or BV -> GG if your team needs you to carry 1v5)
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-03 04:08:52
March 03 2011 04:01 GMT
#216
so you dont get hog? Also do you get 2/7/21?
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
March 03 2011 07:08 GMT
#217
On March 03 2011 13:01 zulu_nation8 wrote:
so you dont get hog? Also do you get 2/7/21?

I do 0/9/21 because... well, w/e, 4 armor vs. 1.3 crit, who cares.

and no, fuck hog. Sion's the only character that out CSes my irelia during laning, why would I waste money on G/10 when it doesn't even build into a tanking item I want. (seriously GA and BV do so much more for irelia than Omen IMHO).
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
dnastyx
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2707 Posts
March 03 2011 07:57 GMT
#218
On March 03 2011 13:01 zulu_nation8 wrote:
so you dont get hog? Also do you get 2/7/21?


2/7/21 is good on someone like MF or Ezreal, where a random crit will sometimes instantly win the lane for you.

Irelia instantly wins lanes anyway so whatever.
jtype
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
England2167 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-07 14:00:53
March 07 2011 14:00 GMT
#219
I was telling someone in the EU Liquidparty chat yesterday that Irelia couldn't Q through the twingols' wall, but I was wrong. (Just saw Jiji do it on stream)

Sorry about that, whoever it was I told.
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
March 08 2011 16:22 GMT
#220
dun worry guys, I have it from Grackis that Irelia is not OP.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
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