Commentary on Irelia's Power Level.

Posted on at 4:33 PM by Moobeat

Here is a little bit of information from RiotStatikk about one of my favorite champions, Irelia. She has proven time and time again to be one of the best examples of a tanky dps champion; typically requiring little more than a Trinity Force to become a wrecking ball. His post gives a bit of insight into some of the things that make the champion so powerful and gives us the impression of some potential changes that she might receive.

Personally, I'd rather have my Irelia remain a Fighter than shift to more of an Assassin, What do you all think?
"Our concerns with Irelia lie less with her overall power and more in her fundamental design.

Fighting against Irelia has very little counterplay. The ball always seems to be in her park.

For example:

1. She deals Physical, Magic, and True damage. There is no good way to itemize against her attacks.

2. Her passive makes use of CC on her ineffective.

3. The lifesteal on her ultimate calculates the heal pre-mitigation. This means that even if you build Magic Resist to lower the damage it deals to you, she will still gain life as if you had 0 Magic Resist.

Right now, Irelia's true weakness lies in the fact that she doesn't scale very well with any particular stat but scales with all of them. This is why people are so incentivized to get a Trinity Force or Wit's End and then just build tank because Irelia has very high bases to make up for the lack of scaling.

To give her a more gameplay conducive weakness, we need to push her either more towards the bursty Assassin or more towards the sustained Fighter role. Right now, she is too much of both and it makes playing against her a pain. I know right now we are leaning towards pushing her towards Assassin but that could change."
 - RiotStatikk, QA Analyst, via the official forums.





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38 comments

  1. ZombieApril 30, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Great to hear that there are people donating to help you out! :D

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  2. MarkApril 30, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    I would donate a little, but I currently have £-165 =/

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  3. JimApril 30, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    Very interesting, I would rather have Irelia be a fighter.

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  4. edApril 30, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    she's got red on her, sorry im too poor

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  5. The Awesome AlienApril 30, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    i wanna buy this game just to see what its like but man am i poor right now

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  6. UnknownMay 1, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    I would donate, but I'm in need of donations as well. (Ain't college great?)

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  7. Speedy EdMay 1, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    that girl looks badass

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  8. Jack of DiamondsMay 1, 2011 at 3:56 AM

    I will donate, do you have change for a bin lid?

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  9. ZachMay 1, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    Looks like a pretty sweet character

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  10. mindlessfrkMay 1, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Looks really awesome :D

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  11. AlphabetaMay 1, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Good luck with the donations - can't donate just now myself... : I

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  12. WolleMay 1, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Haven't played often against her so I can't say that she's op

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  13. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    I like the way she works right now, no need to change.

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  14. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I like her design and I'm sorry I'm a broke college student =/

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  15. Solsby KidMay 1, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Good luck with the donations :)

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  16. Lucky13May 1, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I think Irelia should be reworked a little in order for other to be able to counter her (i.e. give her a magic damage nuke ability) so people can get Magic Resistance against her.
    On the other hand, the whole class change that hey're planning for her is dumb, it would cause many people to abandon her and no play with her at all.

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  17. 123May 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    i'd donate, but i don't have money to begin with :(

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  18. JayMay 1, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    i might donate when i have the cash in the future. :)

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  19. DaveMay 1, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Cracking post n Ill be back soon.

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  20. MattMay 1, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    I think that she's good as a fighter.

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  21. AdaMay 1, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    3. The lifesteal on her ultimate calculates the heal pre-mitigation. This means that even if you build Magic Resist to lower the damage it deals to you, she will still gain life as if you had 0 Magic Resist.

    This is the cheapest thing, by far.

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  22. Blk JesusMay 2, 2011 at 4:10 AM

    very nice makes me want to try and play ireila now.

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  23. Danny MurphyMay 2, 2011 at 4:40 AM

    Shes really good, bit over powered though

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  24. MinecraftbloggerMay 2, 2011 at 5:57 AM

    Again, love the artwork.

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  25. BTN Hip HopMay 2, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    looks a good character to use

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  26. freightblogMay 2, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    looks good :)

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  27. **Hype.Planet**May 2, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    I wanna play it now!

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  28. nowaysjMay 2, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Awesome!

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  29. John SmithMay 2, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Irelia is no doubt a very good character!

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  30. gamefreak3335May 2, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    hmm I never played this but maybe ill try it out.

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  31. OatmealStoutMay 2, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    She seems overpowered...

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  32. J. ReaperMay 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Wow, glad I haven't played against her. It's good to know this, thanks for the info!

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  33. King ElysiumMay 2, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    informative and interesting posts as always

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  34. Ante BabajaMay 2, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    badass girl :D

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  35. GMay 2, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    sounds cool

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  36. vidy20January 5, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    now she need a buff...

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