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Are Kha'Zix and Irelia complicated to use?

Creator: chemo666 June 5, 2013 3:44am
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Hello, I'm a relatively new player, I'm at level 23 now and I mainly play top with Shen and Malphite. I've been saving some Ip to buy a new champion, but I'm not sure which way to go. What would you recommend, based on my previous champions? I guess Irelia is probably closer to what I'm used to, since Kha'zix is a squishy that deals a lot of damage isn't he? Is Kha'zix difficult to get used to? Or should I go with the safer (for me I think) choice of Irelia?
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Both need a high skill cap.

Irelia is harder.

Go with khazix
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I'm pretty sure Kha'Zix will be nerfed soon, would go with [[irelia[].
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okay i will give you a short , khaz V irelia. note that i don't own any of them even though i main top.

Khaz
-he can easily dominate solo top in most line up due to his isolation mechanics which mostly on top is a 1v1 skirmishes.
-he is not really a top lane bruiser but a top lane ad caster assassin, very much like talon's role.
-he has a leap burst skill that can double as an escape mech and a stealth ulti which is used to charge his passive, escape or chase.
-other than his leap his only other way of escaping is through a slow which is his only CC.
-He is hard countered by tanky top and armor stacking due to the fact that he deals most of his damage as physical, except for his passive.

->why i didn't like him- i hated the fact that he can't go in the middle of the fight much like voli or trynd can do and if he does he will just die, most of the time.


Irelia
-she is a strong offtank. she can build durability without sacrificing damage.
-she deals all damage type, magic, physical and true. this would give her an advantage over most tanky top which would then need to distribute their resources to fight against all damage type.
-she has a pseudo-escape mechanism in the likes of how akali's shadow dance is used. plus this skill has no cd if it killed the target (yes even minions)so you technically have an infinite escape mech as long as there are enemy creeps.
-she has a CC that differs depending on your hp and an opponent. it would either be a stun or a slow. Win-Win.
-lastly she has a long range ult that can also heal her. so yeah once she hits lvl 6 she is mean in sustain and damage.

->why i didn't like her- i dunno maybe because there are just some better top for me ?


so that is the run down of both of them. hope i helped ^^
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Alcasea wrote:

top lane ad caster assassin, very much like talon

Sometimes it's as if they WANT me to hunt them down and kill them, I swear...
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Sometimes it's as if they WANT me to hunt them down and kill them, I swear...

Talon who?




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Kha is a trash top laner.

So pick Irelia.
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Thanks for the advice guys.

@Shoryureppa

I don't know, at first glance Irelia doesn't seem all that hard to use, but I don't know. I think I'll wait a week and see if I get lucky and one of them is put on rotation so I can try them before.

@lilstormcloak

I'll take it into account.

@alcasea

Thx, as I guessed Irelia is more similar to what I'm used to (tanky champions), but a bit more agressive and less tanky I guess? Because Shen doesn't exactly do a lot of damage hehe, though he takes it like a champ.

@tehasian

Well, I have seen Kha'zix doing well in top lane in a couple of feature games, plus he can go mid too, which is always a plus. Why do you consider him bad in top lane? I'm leaaning towards Irelia now, though, since she seems easier to transition too from what I'm accustomed to.

BTW if there are any other top laners you would recommend, please mention them.
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Kha is high skillcap? I've been doing things all wrong, trying him out second time on ranked and winning 4 consecutive games before stopping coz he's ridiculous.
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^ if we're talking about top lane, he has a pretty high skill cap because his laning is rather weird. If you hit level 2 early, it is quite possible to pick up a kill if you jump on someone and hit them with the added damage on Q when someone's isolated, however if this doesn't happen / work he is very weak until 6, at which point he gets a huge power boost because he can upgrade W.

Definitely not an easy champ to get used to for top lane and honestly not all that good even if you do.

@ OP: Go for Irelia, 100%.

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