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triangle
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3803 Posts
August 25 2013 03:47 GMT
#641
Bumping because of new phage.

How's trinity first with revised phage? Do people think it's better than BotRK rush?
Also known as waterfall / w4terfall
NotSorry
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States6722 Posts
August 25 2013 03:55 GMT
#642
I'm liking it a lot better, but I'm just a Goldie so take it for what it's worth.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. - Orwell
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
August 25 2013 03:59 GMT
#643
I think BotRK is still the best, but it's close because of the price reduction on Triforce and getting the Phage kill procs on bladesurges to minions.
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-25 04:03:06
August 25 2013 04:02 GMT
#644
is botrk then triforce bad or anything in terms of delaying other stuff i feel those 2 items are so good on her
or should u just pick one or the other
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Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
August 25 2013 05:52 GMT
#645
depends on the game flow. those 2 would be pretty beast for dueling if you can afford to split push all game, but if you have to teamfight on 2 items, building both would leave you super light on defense.
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Lord Tolkien
Profile Joined November 2012
United States12084 Posts
August 25 2013 09:06 GMT
#646
On August 25 2013 13:02 FinestHour wrote:
is botrk then triforce bad or anything in terms of delaying other stuff i feel those 2 items are so good on her
or should u just pick one or the other

BorK is still better than Triforce in most situations; better lane sustain, better vs health tank tops (whom are otherwise a problem). BorK into Triforce means that unless you're dedicating yourself to dueling top lane and drawing aggro. Unless your teamcomp allows you to cleanup in teamfights, you're going to blow up unless you and your team are hideously ahead.

More often than not, getting a Randuins, Frozen Mallet, or SV is simply better if you're expecting to teamfight soon.
"His father is pretty juicy tbh." ~WaveofShadow
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-25 09:55:30
August 25 2013 09:18 GMT
#647
On August 25 2013 18:06 Lord Tolkien wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2013 13:02 FinestHour wrote:
is botrk then triforce bad or anything in terms of delaying other stuff i feel those 2 items are so good on her
or should u just pick one or the other

BorK is still better than Triforce in most situations; better lane sustain, better vs health tank tops (whom are otherwise a problem). BorK into Triforce means that unless you're dedicating yourself to dueling top lane and drawing aggro. Unless your teamcomp allows you to cleanup in teamfights, you're going to blow up unless you and your team are hideously ahead.

More often than not, getting a Randuins, Frozen Mallet, or SV is simply better if you're expecting to teamfight soon.


Bork is significantly better in all scenario's not involving having to use bladesurge to oneshot a high HP creep to make plays happen. It's straight up better against anybody who builds tanky. I think I'd only build triforce against certain AP lanes just for the stronger burst damage and outplay potential.

I think almost every game I play I'd go damage item(with 1-2 dorans as necessary), and then tank up. Pretty much impossible to do anything useful in a teamfight without some tank items. After a couple tank items(generally rand/SV+GA), if I have the chance to go for the other offensive item I'd do it. Zephyr in combination with SV and maybe a blue pot gets pretty silly though.
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Lord Tolkien
Profile Joined November 2012
United States12084 Posts
August 25 2013 09:43 GMT
#648
My item path generally looks like BorK-Randuins/SV/FMallet, pretty much without fail. FMallet is generally the "offensive" option of those three, and SV only if I'm up against heavy magic damage, and both Randuins and Mallet are more effective in teamfights than a Triforce.
"His father is pretty juicy tbh." ~WaveofShadow
Sponkz
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark4564 Posts
August 25 2013 16:19 GMT
#649
Tri-force is just broken. I have no idea why it's so broken, but it is. Getting botrk is fine, but honestly not a need unless they have 2 high hp tanky guys. I like tri+wits against double AP following with SV. Against more ad heavy teams something like tabi+tri-force+zephyr seems strong too. Randuin's is always sweet, but i'm still not sold on the new Frozen mallet. Might have to test it out abit.
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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
October 19 2013 10:46 GMT
#650
Whenever I play Irelia, I feel like rushing Triforce is a giant trap. Unlike 1st item BotRK, there doesn't ever seem to be a good time to detour into a bit of tankyness.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23370 Posts
October 19 2013 10:48 GMT
#651
after you finish the trinity
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
October 19 2013 10:53 GMT
#652
On October 19 2013 19:48 Slayer91 wrote:
after you finish the trinity

Which feels too late by then. Idk, maybe I just need to play around with it more.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23370 Posts
October 19 2013 11:00 GMT
#653
dont do badly earlier game, you want to have trinity before big fights start and a level advantage enough that you dont rely on tank items when you're a solo laner with good base stats

you can play irelia as behind and still rushing trinity but it takes a lot more reliance on your team and finesse
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
October 19 2013 11:07 GMT
#654
On October 19 2013 20:00 Slayer91 wrote:
dont do badly earlier game, you want to have trinity before big fights start and a level advantage enough that you dont rely on tank items when you're a solo laner with good base stats

you can play irelia as behind and still rushing trinity but it takes a lot more reliance on your team and finesse

It's usually by the time I hit Phage+Sheen while going even. Obviously if I'm super ahead it isn't an issue.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23370 Posts
October 19 2013 11:11 GMT
#655
if we're getting like spirit of the ancient golem+trinity at 20 mins on fed junglers you want at least 20 min trinity + boots 1 and unless one lane is losing hard usually you don't need to leave top lane then you can just keep pressuring top
HughMyron
Profile Joined April 2012
297 Posts
October 19 2013 20:38 GMT
#656
Honestly, I really can't justify choosing Irelia right now when there's Jax, who does more damage and is tankier. Irelia's advantages over him, involving CC-resistance, on-demand CC, and sustain, aren't really that useful right now.

I think the one place Irelia is better than Jax is against Ranged Toplaners. So I keep her as a counterpick against the occasional weirdo who goes Lissandra or Quinn Top.
Platinum III, Kayle/Janna/Ashe Fanboy, HUEHUEHUE
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
October 19 2013 20:42 GMT
#657
On October 20 2013 05:38 HughMyron wrote:
Honestly, I really can't justify choosing Irelia right now when there's Jax, who does more damage and is tankier. Irelia's advantages over him, involving CC-resistance, on-demand CC, and sustain, aren't really that useful right now.

I think the one place Irelia is better than Jax is against Ranged Toplaners. So I keep her as a counterpick against the occasional weirdo who goes Lissandra or Quinn Top.

I only really pick her when Riven isn't an option and some turd decides Jax in the jungle sounds like a good idea.
HughMyron
Profile Joined April 2012
297 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-19 20:51:46
October 19 2013 20:45 GMT
#658
On October 20 2013 05:42 Gahlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2013 05:38 HughMyron wrote:
Honestly, I really can't justify choosing Irelia right now when there's Jax, who does more damage and is tankier. Irelia's advantages over him, involving CC-resistance, on-demand CC, and sustain, aren't really that useful right now.

I think the one place Irelia is better than Jax is against Ranged Toplaners. So I keep her as a counterpick against the occasional weirdo who goes Lissandra or Quinn Top.

I only really pick her when Riven isn't an option and some turd decides Jax in the jungle sounds like a good idea.


I'm more afraid of Jax and Darius than Riven, though Riven will beat Irelia until level 9 and some armor I think. IIRC, Irelia Carries U said that Irelia can outlane Jax until about Level 11, but I never figured out how that worked.


Also, Irelia has a nice derriere, while Jax doesn't, but unfortunately, Ass != Elo.
Platinum III, Kayle/Janna/Ashe Fanboy, HUEHUEHUE
sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
October 20 2013 03:40 GMT
#659
On October 20 2013 05:38 HughMyron wrote:
Honestly, I really can't justify choosing Irelia right now when there's Jax, who does more damage and is tankier. Irelia's advantages over him, involving CC-resistance, on-demand CC, and sustain, aren't really that useful right now.

I think the one place Irelia is better than Jax is against Ranged Toplaners. So I keep her as a counterpick against the occasional weirdo who goes Lissandra or Quinn Top.

I feel like Irelia handles "vs. manaless bully" top lane matchups much better too, due to having sustain that she doesn't need to spend mana on, and the super short-CD stun. Jax really struggles in matchups like that.
Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
October 20 2013 18:34 GMT
#660
On October 20 2013 05:45 HughMyron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2013 05:42 Gahlo wrote:
On October 20 2013 05:38 HughMyron wrote:
Honestly, I really can't justify choosing Irelia right now when there's Jax, who does more damage and is tankier. Irelia's advantages over him, involving CC-resistance, on-demand CC, and sustain, aren't really that useful right now.

I think the one place Irelia is better than Jax is against Ranged Toplaners. So I keep her as a counterpick against the occasional weirdo who goes Lissandra or Quinn Top.

I only really pick her when Riven isn't an option and some turd decides Jax in the jungle sounds like a good idea.


I'm more afraid of Jax and Darius than Riven, though Riven will beat Irelia until level 9 and some armor I think. IIRC, Irelia Carries U said that Irelia can outlane Jax until about Level 11, but I never figured out how that worked.


Also, Irelia has a nice derriere, while Jax doesn't, but unfortunately, Ass != Elo.


Irelia > Jax -> Jax has no face. Irelia is better.
Irelia > Darius -> really bad match up honestly would never pick it but Irelia is so hot + Darius looks like an ugly little bitch. Seriously fuck that guy
Irelia > Riven -> I love both my women but unless Riven is using the exile skin Irelia all the way
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