Melee DPS....

[quote=theshogunlol]Hi, I am debating between irelia and Fiora as the next champs to try. They are both kinda similar but I am not sure which one is more fun/exciting to play with. I also just started the game so any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much![/quote]

[quote=tweeboy2]IMO, [[Fiora]] has a higher DPS, but [[Irelia]] is more tanky. (ONLY if you build [[Fiora]] fully offensive, and [[Irelia]] as an offtank. I've seen [[Fiora]] offtanks but I just find that getting more AD is more effective on her) If both are fed they both can dominate, IMO [[Fiora]] more than [[Irelia]]. Just because [[Fiora]] can do more DPS, if she's fed early on she'll have some nice items before the other team can begin building to counter her with armor. But, I do find that [[Irelia]] works better with teams. [[Irelia]] can initiate much better than [[Fiora]]. If [[Fiora]] initiates she'll get cc'd hard and end up dead within a second or two. [[Irelia]] can jump in, do a good amount of damage, and while she's being focused her team can join her and win the team fight. Out of the two, I'd choose [[Fiora]] personally because of the potential to snowball hard. I find her snowballing is stronger than [[Irelia]]. But everything I said is just my opinion from what I've seen in game. Oh, and welcome to LoL :D[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf]Fiora is, as her title states, a duelist. Her power lies in 1v1 fights because it takes their strength out of the equation for a couple seconds with her ult. However, she completely melts in team fights. full damage is really the only way to build her and she snowballs a team really well. Irelia is the carry of the tank world. Her early game is weak but she scales [b]amazingly well[/b] with items and late game it's almost impossible to kill her if itemized right. She also does a lot of damage too. Her early sustain is poor unless you're actively using the W active. You shouldn't be doing that as it wastes a ton of mana. Both can jungle and have semi-mediocre ganks due to no CC. Fiora ganks after 6 are scary because of her ult. Irelia ganks are only scary if she is low-ish on health for the stun. It's ultimately your choice to the champ but, Fiora wins most match-ups after 6. Irelia just becomes a tanky mofo. Your choice. EDIT: If you just started playing LoL, don't buy one of the most expensive champions. Buy someone that steamrolls the enemies. Tryndamere and Master Yi both fit that bill. They're a lot cheaper and function like Fiora in their builds.[/quote]

[quote=Somalie]Irelia has monstruous built-in dmg, allowing her to build tanky. She loves long fights and fits perfectly the bruiser role, as she has a gap closer and a CC reduction with a good sustain in fight. They have different role I guess.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]IMO, personally speaking, don't bother with Irelia. I find that maining Irelia's counters has served me well ;p[/quote]