Irelia is crying more than Ashe right now (we need a pic of this). Poor Irelia...

stahp, irelia doesnt cry, she still has players rolling with her as does ashe

Morello, pls

Morello respond pls. We need an answer.

He did respond, in a tweet.

He didn't really tell us much of anything though. They have said stuff like that in the past, I'll believe him when we either get details posted here or something goes up on PBE.

All this talk about armor screwing BotRK up is honestly pretty useless. Irelia never did a lot of damage to tanks, and this didn't change a lot in S3. BotRK fixes 2 big issues S3 brings to Irelia, carries getting warmogs and people rushing warmogs as first/second major item.

Currently, rushing warmogs really screws Irelia over, especially if you are against champions that don't need a lot of offensive items, like elise or garen. BotRK fixes this issue, since it's very hard for champions to get large amounts of health and armor at the same time early game, and if they do, chances are they can get offensive items and screw you over harder.

Carries late game really won't be getting a hell lot of armor, and if they rush warmogs BotRK should add a good 50+ dps or more to your damage (remember, BotRK gives AS), along with a bit more survivability and a great passive for a medium amount of gold.

So personally, I'd probably rush it if my laning opponent rushes warmogs, or get it as my 3rd/4th item otherwise. Wit's end/zephyr are great alternatives if the enemy is not stacking a lot of health, but I don't think it will be happening all that often.

I usually don't get my tier two boots early on unless I am up against someone like Renekton where a Tabi shuts down a good portion of their damage. I just think that phage gives you so much killing potential early in laning phase if you get a slow proc. It gives you a mix of defense and offense and that slow allows you extra hits. Plus it is a flexible opening in that you can either go with the Tankrelia(Frozen Mallet), or Trinity Irelia depending on how laning phase goes and the rest of your team comp. However, I will admit that it may not be worth rushing first in S3 because of its nerfs.

I have never really like Doran's Blades for Irelia unless you are in a really tough matchup and need to back early and short on gold. The major problem I have with Doran's Items is that they don't upgrade into anything. But, it does help you stay in those really tough lanes because it is so cost efficient early on. I'm not sure if it is better to grab a Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield. Thoughts on Doran's Shield?

I actually think just rushing a giant's belt first might be the best option against mixed damage dealers. HP is so cheap this season and Irelia does just fine in midgame without buying damage items. I've always preferred counter building against my lane first followed up by buying my damage items.

Only one more day until we get to mess around with it and find out.

you know i thought we were going to lose late game but lets face it, it doesnt matter if their graves has warmogs when you can sit on him with mallet not giving a damn about them peeling for him 5.3k health 200+ armor 150+ mr irelia, ended up carrying, got my adc fed by being the front line as well, a very difficult game, still pulled through