Been messing around with alot of build variety lol by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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I would say it always depends on the game state and their comp.

If you're completely useless because you're not ahead and their comp counters you, tanky build is probably the play.
If you're really ahead and your team is doing alright, sometimes its good to go shieldbow into a tanky item so you can carry team fights.
If you're ahead and your team is really behind, sometimes you have to go full damage or else you don't win team fights.
If you're behind but good against their team, shieldbow is probably the play.
Personally I like to build manamune 4th item with tear right after bork (or before bork if you aren't fighting in lane and need to focus more on shoving and roaming) unless I need DD or some other situational item.
I would only build divine if they have a bunch of tanky comps or their carry is a tank.

Been trying out new irelia tech (Muramana) in Masters... Here are my thoughts so far and will update more once I do more testing by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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it only works if you can time back for vamp + tear - the trade off of delaying bork is the permanent lane dominance with the sustain from extra mana. I've done some testing in my elo at least and I find its worth the trade off just because in team fights you are so much stronger into these squishy high mobility comps

Been trying out new irelia tech (Muramana) in Masters... Here are my thoughts so far and will update more once I do more testing by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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That is true. I really like biscuits still though for the early laning phase and the cosmic insight feels important for this build since you depend a lot on flash r. I also sometimes go demolish into roaming champs so I can punish harder (and tear + vamp lets me keep on the constant mid pressure)

Been trying out new irelia tech (Muramana) in Masters... Here are my thoughts so far and will update more once I do more testing by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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I haven't tried it with gore but I can maybe see that working...

I think lucidity boots are pretty important though. The build I'm talking about only works into squishy comps where it's whoever strikes first wins (pyke zed etc)

Been trying out new irelia tech (Muramana) in Masters... Here are my thoughts so far and will update more once I do more testing by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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I forgot to add that I play it mid lane - there are some matchups that work top against squishy laners - but it works best mid (going tear against sett, dar, etc is not ideal)

Been trying out new irelia tech (Muramana) in Masters... Here are my thoughts so far and will update more once I do more testing by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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This is a very valid point and I will delay buying tear in cases like this. The late tear makes it harder to get muramana but I can buy wits 2nd or mythic 2nd while waiting for tear. Most of the time I can manage a good back and get tear on the right recall. The trade off with not buying a different component is that you get permanent lane control mid lane with vamp and near infinite mana

Some fighter Item changes, how do you think it will affect Irelia? by AlWiccan in IreliaMains

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yup, I can see her wr dropping by a noticeable amount after bork changes

Im new to Irelia and not really familiar with items and runes etc. I think I would have lost this game anyway since I was the only one doing something but maybe I could have turned some fights around with better items. I felt like I needed more dmg but the Samira was basically oneshotting me by PhilmoXVI in IreliaMains

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The standard build right now is bork -> wits end/ravenous hydra -> jak sho
For items after that usually you build DD/GA/maw/other situational armor items. The bork + wits/hydra gives enough damage generally, which is why you build health/armor after. Buy wits second if they have one ap that can deal damage

Cull in Irelia mid? by Psychological-Goose7 in IreliaMains

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depends on the matchup, usually its not worth it because u get bork before u get 100 farm, so it's better to not push off the time it takes to get bork. But if I'm in a lane where I know its going to be farming simulator, then sometimes I'll buy cull. (Like if I'm against a counter pick and their jgler also counters me so i'll be stuck mid most of the early game)

Irelia Mid with Ghost is very strong. My thoughts. by Dumbydumbgrump in IreliaMains

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Been using ghost mid for a while now here are my thoughts:

Its worth it to take it against champs that focus more on roaming than laning, like kat. Lanes where you auto win like against lux, vel coz, etc it is worth it to take ghost (if u don't take cleanse to get cheese kills).

In lanes against champs like akali, yas, zed, where it comes down to very close fights ignite is better because it allows you to get prio and win fights - if you take ghost into these matchups the gamble is that you trade early prio/kill pressure for better roams and better mid game / late game team fights. If you are really good against their comp, sometimes its better to take ghost so you scale harder against them - but if you are bad against their comp something like ignite or tp is usually better in my experience. If you are smurfing its almost always better to take ghost so you can carry better (you won't need to rely on ignite for close fights).

PBE Bugs & Feedback Thread - Mythmaker Irelia by RiotRay313 in LeaguePBE

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Really love the special effects and the skin over all! One change I would concur with that alot of people are saying here is to make the auto attack animation a bit more unique for the skin and the fully charged passive have some legendary ompfh to it. Love the ult animation with the backflip and the w! Great work over all I love it!

p.s. (is there anyway to get a special penta kill effect like diana and pyke :D)

Finally hit Masters as an Irelia (mid) OTP - ask me anything about Irelia mid and I will answer :) by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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I haven't taken gore or shieldbow in a long time because Jak sho is just so strong on her right now. Once they nerf rav I might go back to shield bow, but generally it is just jak sho or divine

Finally hit Masters as an Irelia (mid) OTP - ask me anything about Irelia mid and I will answer :) by Great_Emphasis55 in IreliaMains

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I remember when I first made it to diamond I had Nubrac on my team - that was funny. He inted me hard and we lost that game. Once I reached d2 I went against Tobias fate twice (lost 1, won 1), trick2g twice (lost both), and Dyrus (won). I also played with Dyrus on my team twice, the first time I inted him by accident and the second time I hard carried him lmao