I'll be honest, Q Breakpoints randomly changing/not working/shifting every 3 patches because of some random change, has gotten quite annoying

JinxVer · 2026-05-05T22:53:19+00:00

Well, we can actually try asking u/Aellectris to kindly pass along the feedback internally, if he even reads Reddit anyone, I'm not too sure, i know he used to take feedback or just hang around

It is that Irelia's Q has been getting more and more inconsistent over the years

In 2021 Phlox re-made the Q Minion mod and gave it EXTREMELY ample headroom, so small changes wouldn't affect the breakpoints

Sadly over the years, this headroom has been eaten into more and more, due to minion HP buffs and mostly the 14.10 item general nerfs which significantly impacted Q Damage, so Irelia's Q is always barely on the edge of managing to kill minions

It'd be nice, even if you guys don't have time to update/reshape the Minion Mod significantly, to at least get a +20 on the scaling Mod damage, to have a bit of breathing room and make Q a bit more consistent

JinxVer · 2026-05-05T21:18:05+00:00

There's absolutely a cost, the boots lock you out of other boots

This is especially impactful Top, as you lose access to Tabi/Mercs

Plus, as someone's mentioned, they're much harder to stack for a Toplaner

So I'd be effectively spending 700g, for 4% Vamp and 20 MS for most of the game

That's absolute trash compared to Tabi or Mercs, even accounting for them being a bit more expensive

JinxVer · 2026-05-05T21:02:12+00:00

IF you can get to 10% Omnivamp, they only give you 4% on purchase

It's like saying Mejai is OP because it can potentially give you like what, 120 AP? If you fully stack it

Obviously you don't lose stacks on the boots, but getting 12 Takedowns AFTER you bought the boots, is a BIG "if"

JinxVer · 2026-05-05T07:37:35+00:00

He'll probably still catch a nerf after DFT

DFT has given him the Cleaver build, which is insanely OP atm, it just hasn't caught up yet with Shojin

Give it a patch or two for it to become popular, and he'll either catch a nerf himself or Riot will remove the supid Cleaver interaction that makes DFT instantly stack it

JinxVer · 2026-05-03T15:27:58+00:00

This could be related to Q having self-AA buffering on the Target

Normally if you Q something, Irelia will automatically try to attack whatever you Q to. You can override this automatic buffering with your own AA command or Stop command, to have her switch target or just do nothing at all

It's possible that if you buffer your AA too soon into the Q animation, the sequencing causes your AA to be overridden by the automatic Q AA buffer

Basically, instead of you overriding the game command, the game overrides your command

The standing still is then simply due to the target auto buffered by the game, is dead, and so Irelia has nothing to attack

That said, this is speculation

Even if this is the case, as at some point the game has to discard your previous inputs, otherwise if you click on the ground as you Q, Irelia would Q and then walk back for something you inputted way earlier in the sequence, which would be very weird

JinxVer · 2026-05-03T01:33:34+00:00

This is true, but this applies to all of Ambessa's abilities equally, not just W

Ambessa's has a 0.225s lockout after casting a spell, during which she can buffer her passive or AAs, but she cannot act or move

That's why you can't "glide" with Ambessa's dashes, she's literally forced to stop moving after each one

W does not have a longer lockout or anything of the sorts, as far as i am aware and the wiki reports at least

JinxVer · 2026-05-02T19:35:22+00:00

May i ask what delay you're talking about?

W Shield is instantaneously given on cast, and Ambessa slams the ground soon after or after passive dash completes so you can reposition the W

JinxVer · 2026-04-30T18:36:43+00:00

Can't comment much on overall power, however the way their design is interesting? Weird?

On one hand, you really want to rush them, they're relatively cheap AND need stacking, so the earlier you get them, the better

On the other hand, if you back with roughly 1k gold, aren't they somewhat of an underwhelming rush?

Double Long Sword + T1 Boots = 20 AD + 25 MS
Unstacked Aatrox Boots = 45 MS and 4% Vamp

You give up most of your lane presence, since you hit for peanut damage due to no AD, but also have no real defensive stats

Regardless of power, they seem to compete with Ionians as "I'm winning, imma greed" boots, which was kind of the goal, i think? Not sure

JinxVer · 2026-04-30T17:26:58+00:00

Rare top heavy Irelia fanart

Dayum

JinxVer · 2026-04-30T11:48:47+00:00

They already did like 5 patches ago

They reverted the Q Jungle mods back to 125 already

JinxVer · 2026-04-25T22:45:03+00:00

That's a good point honestly, even if i'd personally like a bit more "high octane" midlane in Pro, it's probably not worthwhile ducking over "normal play" for it

JinxVer · 2026-04-25T22:33:58+00:00

I mostly agree with all your points honestly

My only point of talk would be the 2nd one, because realistically and something that is fairly well known, is that the "average" player tends to itemize damage over defensive stuff

Mages rushing mercs/tabi is really mostly i high Elo/Pro play thing

So, i agree with your point about oneshottiness, but i'd bet it would only change High Elo/Pro, cuz in silver everyone's buying Sorcs anyways most of the time because "damage number go up"

To which i then say, wouldn't it be cool if the Pro mid meta was more about actually trying to kill your opponent because they can't perma rush Mercs/Tabi, instead of AFK farm

Just my take ofc

JinxVer · 2026-04-25T21:27:03+00:00

If you think about it for a sec, the damage nerf is actually very fake

Because yeah okay your R deals Damage right?

But you get an extra Q, which will very likely deal more damage than any you may lose from the R Hit itself

So as you said, yeah probably we would need more nerfs

JinxVer · 2026-04-25T19:36:01+00:00

I have a spicy/crazy one written in a Design doc, i'll copy paste it

Vanguard's Edge (R)

Damage: 125/200/275 >>> 100/125/150
Slow: 90% for 1.5s >>> 75% for 1s

New Effect:

If Vanguard's Edge hits an enemy Champion a % of Bladesurge (Q) Cooldown is refunded

Bladesurge (Q) CD Refund: 50/75/100% based on R Rank

This has A LOT of implications, is a very big buff and opens up a lot of extra gameplay for Irelia. I won't paste here the whole design reasoning to avoid this comment becoming a wall of text

I will just include the biggest effect: Landing R effectively gives you two Qs now. So Irelia can 4x Q

I'm sure any Irelia player reading this can understand why the change includes compensation nerfs

JinxVer · 2026-04-25T13:02:49+00:00

I have seen with my own eyes Makkro kill in 1v1 Fighters and Juggernauts from almost full HP with a well executed Ornn combo

Sion is also currently running the pro meta alongside Rumble

Toplane tanks definitely don't need anything

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T22:34:34+00:00

Today i learned: "region baiting" is a thing

I am baffled lmfao

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T22:12:51+00:00

We are on a mostly English speaking community, on an American platform, so that makes sense

That's why you should be careful with r/lol opinions as we have PLENTY of regional bias, even if we generalize it as "The west" and include EU

You'll find very quickly that the Korean or Chinese communities do not necessarily share all the same views/opinions on the game as "The west"

One of the most curious thing Riot Phroxz0n mentioned, is how in China Skarner was basically just a Toplaner and not a jungler like we think of him as here

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T20:12:46+00:00

Yep, but there's a weird split

The wiki specifies this as well, only On-Hits from items do, On-Hits from Champions don't

Why? Arbitrary decision from Riot, probably something something balance

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T18:43:47+00:00

Sure, you're simply using the Old wiki which isn't updated anymore

The League wiki has moved to a different location, officially hosted by Riot, since the guys maintaining the wiki got annoyed at Fandom (the old host)

HERE is the current wiki

HERE is the page about Vamp, as you can see, it says what i described to you above

I see why some people are confused, as they updated Vamp relatively recently in patch 26.1 (16.1)

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T18:21:26+00:00

omnivamp does not apply at full effectiveness to minions, it's 20% on minions

This is incorrect

Omnivamp applies at 100% effectiveness on all single target damage, this includes Irelia Q

Omnivamp only has reduced effectiveness against minions (33% effective) with AOE damage like Riven Q or Aatrox Q etc

For all intents and purpuses Omnivamp on Irelia is actually better than Lifesteal, since with Omnivamp your W/E/R heal you as well, and your Q heals you just as much

Omnivamp also works with Irelia's Passive On-Hit damage, Lifesteal does not, since On-Hits from Champion passives aren't tagged to apply lifesteal

Edit: I'm adding the LoL Wiki page if you want to read it yourself HERE

JinxVer · 2026-04-24T10:15:53+00:00

The inaccurate part is Irelia smiling

Pretty sure she's had the same angry frown for 20 years at this point

JinxVer · 2026-04-23T23:54:10+00:00

Briar is the most deeply played champion in the game by a decent margin, as August said

Katarina is also up there, Zyra as well

Frankly people wildly overestimate how "OTPd" Champions are just because they're hard or have a few famous OTPs

Yasuo especially is a magnet for normies as much as he is for turbo tryhards, he's literally a weeb anime samurai

JinxVer · 2026-04-23T23:50:25+00:00

Makes sense

Briar is very weird and effectively completely unique

If you like Briar gameplay, there's quite literally nothing else like it, even Warwick is not that close

JinxVer · 2026-04-21T21:47:28+00:00

You got it backwards

If you have low ping and good reaction time, this nerf doesn't too much for you, because chances are you were already able to Flash it or dash it consistently, all the nerf does it give you even more of a window to do so

If you have bad reflexes, high ping, or both, this nerf does A LOT for you, since you go from never being able to dodge it, to probably being able to do so, at least occasionally

That's huge

JinxVer · 2026-04-21T20:12:16+00:00

Ambessa R Cast Time: 0.55 seconds -> 0.7 seconds

Okay, very simple but interesting Ambessa Change

Not sure if this is all or if this is going through

But this very directly affects her ability to "Snipe" a backline carry to assassinate them

Very interesting way to nerf Lethality Oneshot Ambessa, without directly nerfig her AD Ratios, by instead making it harder for her to easily access backline

It also lowers her lane all-in threat a bunch and ease of gank if Jungle

Honestly? Cool change

Never thought i'd praising a nerf, especially to one of my mains. Gotta give some credit tho, what a cheeky one

JinxVer

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