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Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
July 27 2012 15:07 GMT
#501
I do agree with the above poster, zulu_nation8, on his expressed opinion of Irelia, the Will of the Blades.
Retvrn to Forvms
Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-27 17:55:05
July 27 2012 17:51 GMT
#502
I go for utility too, usually 9-14-7. I also think that as reds are better for irelia but since as reds aren't for everyone, armorpen are also acceptable. I always max E first though and if i'm not forced to get wriggles, I usually rush phage. Sometimes I get dblades + bruta vs people that won't get armor.

I really don't think there's anything for irelia past 9 offense, maybe if you ran her mid.
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Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
July 28 2012 02:17 GMT
#503
aspd reds have their niche, just as AD reds do. i know wickd often plays a very defensive early irelia where he will often simply q lasthit and only begin exchanges when the enemy blows cds or he begins to have some good items, but in matchups where sustained trades occur more often or where your earlygame will not be a big problem, they do scale better than flat AD reds in terms of damage with ur w and allow for more sustain as well.
to say that anything is "worse" because people dont play it is quite often wrong. i know wickd used to run aspd reds a while back.
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De4ngus
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6533 Posts
July 28 2012 03:58 GMT
#504
I do agree with the above poster, zulu_nation8, on his expressed opinion of Irelia, the Will of the Blades. Sorta.
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justiceknight
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Singapore5741 Posts
August 11 2012 11:58 GMT
#505
i read lots of guides for Irelia at TSM's site and lots of them have different runes for her like attk speed,flat dmg,armor pen for the reds.Which 1 is more efficient for Irelia? And any guide to lane as her such as trade blows.
Shiv.
Profile Joined January 2011
3534 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-11 16:37:13
August 11 2012 16:36 GMT
#506
On August 11 2012 20:58 justiceknight wrote:
i read lots of guides for Irelia at TSM's site and lots of them have different runes for her like attk speed,flat dmg,armor pen for the reds.Which 1 is more efficient for Irelia? And any guide to lane as her such as trade blows.

It really depends. Some prefer the aggressive approach and fully rune AD, which I find to be highly irritating. I picked up my philosophy of Irelia from Smash, who basically runs AS reds and then resistance quints depending on the MU IIRC. Since I stopped trusting my jungler in soloQ and feel like teamfightwise, I can outscale basically any top lane if I get enough farm in, I just itemize to farm as safely as possible (usually that means Tabi->Wriggle's or 2NMM+Vamp->Wit's) and go from there. These runes complement this philosophy perfectly. Works really well for me.
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koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-11 17:45:36
August 11 2012 16:44 GMT
#507
It really depends on what you mean by efficient. AS marks are far better than AD marks from lvl 7 and on but they really aren't great before that. AD marks are better for the really early level trades such as the lvl 1 E-AA then walk back thing, and AD marks allow you to last hit under the tower without having to use Q or W (with AS marks you are forced to spend mana if you are forced under the tower if you don't have additional damage from items - edit note: but if you take AD quints this isn't an issue I believe). Wickd always takes AD marks on Irelia. Arpen is silly though.

Wickd's guide on the clg site is kinda shitty because he doesn't really tell you much that you wouldn't already know from just watching him play/playing Irelia. Nothing really in-depth but I guess it's worth a look. In there he says to go 9/14/7, but he sometimes goes 1/22/7 depending on picks. It's also kinda confusing because in the charts he doesn't put a point in veteran scars, but in the text he talks about putting a point into it so idk what's up with that. No reason not to take veteran's scar, really.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 11 2012 18:35 GMT
#508
kinda getting the feeling Irelia will be nerfed soon
sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-12 03:07:30
August 12 2012 03:04 GMT
#509
What, because it's been a while since the last irelia nerf?

I've been running AS reds but I really like the logic behind AD - it helps you play passive, which often results in farming under turret. Irelia's decent at doing such, but you reduce the number of CS lost (some due to your own last hitting skill, some due to being perfectly last hit by your turret) with that extra AD. Meanwhile it's not exactly lost

I don't like Armor Pen on irelia. It doesn't make sense to me why you'd want Armor Pen when it doesn't help you last hit, and doesn't help you in trades or as the game progresses as much as AS does.

I run MS quints when there isn't a logical resistance quint to make the lane better (Kayle, for example). HP5 quints might be better here, though.
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
August 12 2012 03:28 GMT
#510
On August 12 2012 03:35 zulu_nation8 wrote:
kinda getting the feeling Irelia will be nerfed soon

What? No way.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Lmui
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada6223 Posts
August 23 2012 21:17 GMT
#511
TIL

If you have triforce, GA, don't blow your ultimate completely before you die. Use 3/4 blades before you die and when you revive, you'll have 4 more blades to shoot giving you a total of 7, making GA one of the most imba items in the game for irelia, granting you 75% more damage on ulti every 5 minutes.
Berailfor
Profile Joined January 2012
441 Posts
August 23 2012 21:48 GMT
#512
@Lmui WHAT?!? is this really true? Can anyone else confirm what he is saying? I've never heard of only using 3 and then having all the blades back after rezzing. Does this also work with a zil ulti?
sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-23 21:52:47
August 23 2012 21:52 GMT
#513
There's 3 runepages I typically use on Irelia (among other top laners - though some will use "all flat AD" instead of the AS/MS one.)

AD Mark
Armor Seal
MR/level Glyph
Armor Quint

AD Mark
Armor Seal
MR Flat Glyph
MR Quint

AS Mark
Armor Seal
MR Flat Glyph
MS Quint

The first two I'm expecting to play passively vs. a difficult lane, so I want the AD to last hit better - particularly last-hitting under my tower. The last one I'm expecting to have opportunities to make winning trades, so I want to make sure my runes are set up to get an extra auto or two off while my W is up (MS for sticking power + attack speed)

I'd never run armor pen. Either flat AD if I want to hit minions better (passive play including a large amount of lasthitting under/near tower) and AS if I want to hit champions better (less passive play.)

I expect the GA-Transcendent blade bug will be fixed pretty soon now that its known exactly what causes it.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 23 2012 21:54 GMT
#514
i think you should spec as offensively as possible with Irelia since there are very champions who can harass you without you being able to trade back.
Lmui
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada6223 Posts
August 23 2012 21:57 GMT
#515
On August 24 2012 06:48 Berailfor wrote:
@Lmui WHAT?!? is this really true? Can anyone else confirm what he is saying? I've never heard of only using 3 and then having all the blades back after rezzing. Does this also work with a zil ulti?


http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/yowf7/til_if_mundo_with_ga_uses_ult_and_then_he_dies/

According to the second most highly upvoted comment.

No idea if it's true or not but if it is..........
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-23 23:50:59
August 23 2012 23:50 GMT
#516
Mundo healing while dead makes some sense. I mean has his life go into a sort of stasis. It's not like he's getting more out of his ult. But Irelia gaining stacks of her ulti doesn't make much sense. I see this being removed next patch. Riot's really good about that.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
rethos
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania103 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-07 10:41:12
September 07 2012 10:30 GMT
#517
On August 24 2012 06:54 zulu_nation8 wrote:
i think you should spec as offensively as possible with Irelia since there are very champions who can harass you without you being able to trade back.

Could you please go into more detail on what you mean by this? What would "as offensively as possible" mean for Irelia in your opinion?

Irelia is my most played but i don't have a good win rate on her and i'm always looking for ways to improve on her.

Edit: in hindsight since you wrote the guide, I should probably just read it again . Disregard.
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Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:29:15
September 07 2012 21:33 GMT
#518
I can't even beat Jayce as Irelia, I've been picking her everytime I get top recently because I want to improve (or rather undo the crust of rust I've gathered on a lot of champs) and almost all of those games Jayce was top (picked before or after me), and I'd get fucking annoyed because I can't engage him if he doesn't stay near an almost dead minion (he's ranged so it's easy for him) as he'll simply laugh and kite backwards while harassing. And he'll only engage me in hammer form with Q, the slow making it really hard to reposition before he Es me away (or else I'd move near a wall or between his tower and him).

I end up pushed and harassed every game as there's no way you fight him early (where ranged > melee), nor at level 3-4 where he hits a window, and after that he just uses E to win trades as I can't be building boots+armor+MR all at the same time, and he can abuse his way shorter CDs and stupidly low mana costs (Hiten 15s, then choose between 14s Q cd or only 1s E stun/slow).
So he harasses me at tower and build up a lead such that I generally have to back before 6 unless a gank happens, then lose even more creeps since I'm pushed when I have to back, and he rides on that and his stupidly versatile as hell kit.


I don't even know how to spec against him, I tried 19-11, a 9-13-8 variation for more MR, armor and MS since 19-11 never catches up to him and I can never prevent him from dictating trades.
I've tried AS reds, flat armor yellows, and then either flat MR blues/quints, MR/level blues/MS quints, MR/levels blues/armor quints.
I generally start cloth+5 because he's ranged and I'll never catch him early on anyway (nor do I want to go on the offensive from the start as Irelia), tried boots->phage->wit's (ie NMM), tabi->phage->triforce, tabi->phage->MR, and though it often has to do with him getting a lead early, none of those builds seemed to give me early armor against his harass, damage/sticking power (I feel like I need the phage even though I don't remember a single situation where I got a proc that allowed me to stick to him more than one auto, bullshit MS buffs everywhere), and MR in time for his level 4-5 hammer E.

I know my mechanics are bad and the "when he attacks you, position so that he can't E you and run to his tower/E you away enough that you can't Q to him" is only a part of the solution, but people have been telling me that Irelia should beat Jayce (without telling me how, so smug) and I just can't manage to do it.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
September 07 2012 22:09 GMT
#519
Don't start cloth 5. I would prefer boots if only because it'll help you dodge his massive ranged cannon kaboom thing.

Try adding maybe a few dorans (one or two depending on how confident you feel) + tabis instead of straight rushing phage.

The knockback that Jayce uses is kind of why you need to save your Q. I'd imagine a way you can do that is Q'ing to a minion to position yourself close to Jayce. E, W, auto, auto, auto, and after he smacks you away, you can reengage with Q if you feel you have good enough damage.

Iono. I still have yet to transition to the AS Irelia because I just go AD reds/quints + armor/mr red/blues so I do a considerable amount of damage in the early levels especially with a few dorans.
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Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-07 22:22:03
September 07 2012 22:19 GMT
#520
The thing is, you need an almost dead minion to Q to so you get the cd reset. Smart Jayce players won't allow you that by using his range to position so they can last hit without exposing themselves. He would be much easier to engage otherwise (as is, and per personal experience, I can't fight him unless he wants to or engages me).

I'll try running AD runes rather than AS/other next time. Since he disengages or put distance so easily, it's not like the additional AS will be very useful unless I get wit's or become godly at microing or something.
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