Bruisers got powercreeped because the goal was to make them better than other champions as a way to increase top lane's influence. However, this didn't account for them going into other lanes.

What? Irelia definitely needed that rework. She has so much more skill expression now. How is having a 2.75 second point and click cc fun or interactive at all? Or 4 lifesteal blades that do absolutely nothing for her kit besides resetting tri force? Her old w was just a master yi e. Her kit was not creative nor did it work in conjunction with what made her unique, which was the dashing. Now 2 out of her 3 abilities build off of her iconic dash, while drastically increasing the skill ceiling as well as the level of expertise you need to play her. Old irelia you could pick up for the first time and be fine. She was safe into bad match ups because she could just max e, stun you and walk away, while still dominating her good match ups. Now she is very high risk/reward.

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