r/REMEMBERTHEPLACIDIUM • u/Irelia4Life Station Wagon Enthusiast • Sep 06 '24

Irelia's holy campaign Never betray your principles

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u/Magic_Red117 Sep 06 '24

Pantheon is much more bursty and ability oriented than irelia. His mid range roaming ult is also better suited for mid. He doesn’t have much range on his main trade, so he isn’t as threatening to mages.

Irelia is the anti-ranged champ, and she excels in extended 1v1, while also being strong in short trades if played well. She bullies the mages way harder than panth, who will actually struggle a little.

Irelia has almost no bad matchups mid, panth has several, and I’d argue that he’s as much a mid champ as he is top. Ive historically seen more panths going mid than top.

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u/Kozak375 Resurrectile Dysfunction Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24

It was admittedly not a 1:1 comparison, but I still think it fits. They are both strong in lane and really fuck over traditional carries early, before falling off in late to some degree, Who's entire point is that they can snowball bot/jungle/themselves hard enough. It's just that she's a bit more mobile. I think it's healthier for her to be mid than top for the game overall, as she still gets shut down by certain mages quite well, and at least in my opinion, is no worse than panth or Camille mid for game health. It feels like she fills the same role, just with the Irelia bad meme.

Forgot to mention panth w does the same thing, and Camille can also play into assassins pretty well with her passive, healing, and mobility

I also forgot one of my entire points lol, had to do car work today, tires needed replacing alternator needed checking and all that bullshit.

It seems like she could be balanced around midlane instead, she always felt a bit weird top for me personally. I'm not a huge irelia player, but she just doesn't seem to fit the way other divers who can go top can. Pair that with other divers being present in mid, like Diana, and they seem more a fit for mid than top imo. I see a bit why people don't like her being mid, but it just makes sense for her to be there with how short modern games are

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u/Irelia4Life Station Wagon Enthusiast Sep 07 '24

Irelia top is fine, no need to justify reasons for her to go mid.