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tbh the thing with the aa's in between makes a lot of sense. I thought gbay knew that you have to stack the minions to be on low hp so insta 5 stacks at lvl 1 and easy kill but tbh I expected sth more spicy
@@1997lordofdoom Yuumi Top is apparently a good choice, Tiltarella did a video on it recently, You just have to be REALLY good at the game to make it work.
Imagine flying 13+ hours of flight, spending kinda alot of money, editing this video and recording footage, spending alot of time with the pro's to ask. How do I Irelia? Kiin: Just get minions to low hp (Duuuuh) 10/10
Correction, the problem with *new* Irelia is that old players wanted to play her the old way. Its like giving a 60 year old a smart phone and waiting 3 minutes for them to type a sentence with 1 finger
I that kiin has had much more longevity in his talented career then theshy. theshy was only a usually 1 almost 2 season pop off top laner whose hype has already died down meanwhile kiin has consistantly been the best top laner in korea for 4 seasons now. you could argue at times khan was better but there are situation reasons to that argument
@@iceicejay9569 don't get me wrong Kiin is amazing, but Kiin joined AF in 2017 (before that he was in CK with E8W), the same year TheShy joined IG. From then til now IG has won the LPL regular season a few times and spring 2019 (with TheShy being the MVP of Spring 2019 playoffs), Worlds 2018, rift rivals, etc...AF has one Kespa Cup this year, that's all. Also, TheShy has made a case not only for best top laner, but for best players in the world, period, in the last few years, and although the LPL has been delayed this season, IG is leading the competition, and TheShy has been looking pretty good. So although I don't think Kiin is a slouch and there's no comparison, Kiin hasn't had more longevity nor more success than TheShy. But again, Kiin is probably the best top laner in LCK, and definitely one of the best in the world.
"I tried to be professional, asking him all the regular interview questions." *What are your thoughts on Hashinshin?* A question that every toplaner should be asked xD
The relationship between Gbay and Irelia is like the greatest love story to have ever existed! XD All the highs and lows, the break-ups and the reunions... The drama's insane!
These documentary style videos are the best. They always amp me up to get back to grading ranked. I really enjoy seeing these in my notifications. Keep up the great work!
If happy for you gbay, you’ve had some lows and high throughout RUclips and this is a definite high. I can’t wait to see one of my favorite content creators climb to the top again!
You know you are a good content creator when you can get a community of Irelia mains to watch a 21 minute video for the one sentence that we came for. haha. nice vid. still don't know how the eff to play irelia well though.
Damm some of those clips were so fucking clean. I have been watching you for ages now at this point. And its just fun looking what your doing and I will stay around!
I was thinking about it recently, and I think Gbay has the best documentaries and historical League content in this platform. Not only because he puts his soul, heart, and, most of the time, his own personal background and storylines into the actual docs, but because *all* the content he has made over the years is a fascinating and REALLY entertaining look at how League has evolved. Like, if you watch the first Road to Diamond series he made (and practically invented), you get to understand the old Runes System and Dynamic Queue. And it just grows from there, man. I have to say, the old items are CRAZY, and I know about them only because I watched Gbay's videos, which are, again, really entertaining. Not to mention the old background music, jesus. For some reason I find it really nostalgic when watching the new ones. I think his main, Irelia, and his constant struggle with her changes (the catalyst for this video in particular) is a good reflection of all this. You can actually go back and watch how he played and loved the character, and understand the old mechanics because of it (he probably took so long to understand the minion thing because in old Irelia you just needed one low health minion to stun someone and do the combo). AND HER ULT WAS SO WEIRD BACK THEN. What happened ? So thanks, Gbay. For making a pretty difficult and conflicting game for you into some of the most entertaining videos on RUclips for us.
I literally can't explain to you how much i relate to this video. I played irelia for about 3 seasons straight. She became literally my favorite champ pretty quick, and i played her almost every. single. game. I stopped playing this game for a little while, and made a dedicated attempt to come back to it just to play new Irelia, seeing as the old one was gone forever. I still can't come back to this game, because all i want to do is play irelia, and i can't seem to grasp the game and new irelia's playstyle. I really really REALLYYYYYYYYYY miss old Irelia...
Please, make more videos regarding Irelia's playstyles, and tips and tricks. This made me super happy seeing a fellow irelia one trick find their momentum and feel good about the games their playing and feel like they're taking something from each game. I literally know EXACTLY how you felt when you were learning her, not catching it, and feeling like she just wasn't for you anymore, because i went through the same exact thing only to find myself again... searching for videos on youtube on how to adapt to new irelia or if there was something that i just wasn't taking advantage of that was causing me a lack of success. I feel like i've already realized that you need to setup minions to make irelia work, in terms of her passive and damage. I downloaded league on my labtop again for the first time since i've had it. (got it last year for christmas) and i'm super excited to try her out again. Just waiting for the current update to finish. Best of luck, Gbay!
hoenstly....I just came back to league after 2 years of not playing and I too was disappointed to find one of my most played champs of all time, Irelia, was changed to the point my play style no longer worked with her. I use to play her in top, mid, and jungle in the old days and saw pretty good success overall, but didnt see any of that anymore after I returned. My biggest struggle was the passive and as simple as the tip was I think it showed me truely how important it is to pay attention to the over all health pool of minions for the new irelia playstyle. So I just wanted to say thank you, because you got the answer for many old school irelia players who loved the champ.
Fucking hell this was an amazing video. Gives me goosebumps. You knew what you wanted and went for it. Inspiring, motivational, creative. Stay safe. And after all these years of watching your vids in recommended, I have finally subscribed.
Holy shit GBay, what you say about ranked this year is spot on. I was stuck in Gold 2 as well, but honestly a big reason for this is is the matchmaking. When I was in Gold 2 I was being placed vs. ex-diamonds every single game, which made climbing out from gold an absolute nightmare (Given that my skill level is D4 at best) and makes climbing really bad. After losing over and over and tanking the fuck out of my MMR I started versing plat 3s and it started being fun again. Just really sucks how Riot is doing this to the ranked system and I can't wait for their rework.
Duh indeed.He is having TF blade in his back yard yet he goes to Korea to make this crap content, i like the guy don't get me wrong still this made me think that he is not that smart, not that iq has much with league but common...
GOod choice in music, narration, editing and feels. Well done gbay99, i've watched you for over 5 years now and I'll still be watching you for another 5 years to come :P
@ShowMaker yes but skillwise he's pretty good, when irelia got reworked tf blade flooded her with montages, he's also in the US so he doesn't need to bother to go to SK to ask how to play Irelia 2k20
Awesome video, buddy! I came here for the same reasons that you went to South Korea. I really enjoyed following your whole journey of your history with Irelia (she's truly worth it). Keep on making these great videos and have fun playing (: from a fellow Irelia fan
@@Populous3Tutorials given that the lpl hasn't played in a while i dont blame u for believing that to be the case. Lets just see over the course of the next weeks
Gbay, I feel so happy that you found your passion for Irelia again. It always feels like something is missing in your videos when you can't play her or have fun with her. I hope you can find more than just your passion, but a love for your character as a whole. Edit : ♥
here i thought this was a legit irelia guide . that aside , i'm thankful that i found this video because i actually really relate to this. i discovered irelia in the end of season 6 and i loved it , i loved it so much that i gained like 80 k on it in a few months. this champ got me out of bronze and when they reworked her. i liked playing her but there was something missing and idk what it was. and now i feel like we're kind of in the same state where we are trying to get her love back but still struggling. Anyway , i'm commited to getting my bb girl back on the rift carrying games.
I haven't even gotten to your redemption moment (I hope) in this vid, but I really connected with that first part. I used to love old Irelia because it allowed me to face any matchup with the certainty that I could win If I showed I was better than my oponent, regardless of which champion was better. Then new Irelia came and, well... you said it yourself. Great vid, man.
One tip for GoldBay99lp and some aspiring irelia players: Note that Kiin said to slot in AA’s between Q’s to minions. You slow your passive stacking, but you also get a lot of AA’s in without putting yourself in much danger, since you’ll be dashing every 0.5 secs anyways. This AA reset will really help your damage even if you use it only 1-2 times in stacking your passive.
i have played irelia since season 2, this irelia is literally the best rework in the game. she is just fine in top lane, you have to use the minions and achieve maximum mobility and sustain to play her top lane. i said, in one of your older irelia vids where you were complaining about the champion not being the same that that would be her final play style, and it is now her final playstyle. use the Q, use the minions, reposition yourself constantly, and find opportunities to deal damage inbeteween. does it stack your passive? then do it. she is very high skill floor right now and i love it cause i get to stomp on people who have never seen irelia do shit like that before. but, it is mentally draining, and that's fine, either you can keep up with the tempo required or you cant. also darius counters literally everyone, not just irelia.
I played like 10 games of irelia, i literally cannot play this champ, that's the only champ with kalista that feels really clunky when i play them. It looks like i don't do any damage, and i need to be at 200 % and literally outplay pleople to do less damages than most champ.
@@grimjowjaggerjak yes, you have to utilise everything that is around you, at least into even or unfavourable matchups. the ones you autowin will have people all chatting you about the champ being broken like playing into yorick and stacking your passive on his ghouls. there is also some flair in how the E is timed, you can bait out fiora's riposte while waiting on second E cast. same goes for waiting for people to use their mobility before casting the second E, lining up minions for execution, and as ever the brush cheese which i dont really like it's very unreliable. her W is some part cast when necessary and some part cast when required, so maybe gnar is jumping in and wants to ult you to the wall, you aren't going to be able to dodge, might as well reduce 60%(?fuck if i know what this number even is now) of the damage and see what happens afterwards. add qiyana ult, talon ult, full AD team because it's soloq, it can do some work, likewise for ranged executes when you're styling. but otherwise everything is in the Q, need to reset it otherwise the champion doesn't flow, same as old irelia but it's "more" irelia. also item choices, which makes her even more difficult cause one missed item and you fucked up for like 12 minutes in some matchups. kalista requires a complete re-understanding as to how auto-attacks work, i don't understand her either and she's also been nerfed into obscurity on purpose so she doesn't work on purpose right now lol.
I loved this episode, and to be honest I mainly watched your channel back in the day for the Irelia, especially as I once mained her aswell. To be frank, I was kind of dissapointed to see you give up on her, especially after I had tried her out a good bit for myself. I realised she fits way better in to todays rift so I found you a bit stubborn. It annoyed me you didn't work on her more, but I could understand it. Then the gold-skill montage in the end was enough to give me a bit of the chills, seeing you starting to thrive on her. It's really warming to see you back and engaged in Irelia. You'll maybe even hit diamond 2 on her now ;) Good Day, Gbay.
I watched a vod of BDD on Irelia. When he used E, his mouse went behind the character, pressed E, drew a line through the enemy and activated the second towards his character. And obviously did it very quick, but before this VOD I always dropped my E between us or another spot and then tried to land the second part behind the enemy. I won't say it actually is better as my success was probably placebo, but a cool tip from BDD vods.
Oh my god... i can't believe i was just out here watching some Gbay99 and then i get hit with the Nick Robinson "feeling lost and not knowing what else to do..." line and just as i do when watching his videos i felt my body shiver and get all excited with the biggest grin on my face never expecting to hear the got on a plane meme in someone elses video
Pro Player: instead of having one minion low at a time. Have all minions low on health at the same time. Gbay99: "Brilliant but lazy" Gaby100: but what about playing Ireila in LoR tho???????
Yaay another GBay Documentary incoming! By the by, the most fun I have while watching your video, is when you are positive, optimistic, and this was a fun video to watch!
nah theshy hasnt been as successful for as long as kiin. its like comparing faker and rookie. also theshys talent showed due to being on a much more dominant team. kiin has never had that luxery.
@@iceicejay9569 yeah because kiin is also a 3 times world champion just like faker right? LMAO kiin only title is a kespa cup lol and the reason IG was so dominat is because theshy and rookie.
to compare faker and rookie is a arguement and its core about validation of talent between the now and the past. over consistency and peaking. not over how many titles someone has as that is generally relative. In the same regard I am judging kiin (someone with a much more consistant track recordin similar fashion to fakers career) to Rookie (someone who peaked and fell off rather quick just like the shy.) this was meant as a purely symbolic phrase that I hoped you would understand at face value, seeing your have your mind set I will have to go into extensive detail to make what is clear to most people obvious to you. As Thorin once said"you rarely see a truely great player come out of China because it is a region that cannibalizes itself and its players." and It comes down to being a region built on strong individual talent and nkt team coordination (a discussion for another video). but there are always a plethora of reasons explainning why some players preform better on certain teams due to gold income, meta swings, jungler proximity, and how dominant the team you play on is. And when I see a team like IG and a top laner like TheShy I see a player is very talented in singular flashier aspects of the game. To act like this whole proposal of "Kiin is the best top laner in the world" isnt something new and was a secondary conscencious among the league community even during TheShys prime as he just displayed a much broader spectrum of talent through matchup knowledge, tp usage, cs/min, macro and micro, and versatility of champion pool. A lot of people who make the argument you make are the same people who said Khan was the greatest top laner in the world at his prime. but what people who argue points like this fail to see beyond the solo kill that occured on screen. they dont see the 5 minutes of setup the entire team spent to give him that kill. and they dont understand the concept about being a team primary carry that they played around. I definitly believe that this is the biggest point with how teams play around top laners. and its something that skews the perception of skill on an internation level especially. players like TheShy were doing well because they were toplane orriented team in a top lane dom meta. and its funny because once 2019 hit IG ironically fell out of fashion to a meta that favored mid-jungle priority (hence why teams like G2, Skt, and Pheonix did soo well). Yet This isnt a problem that has been faced by Afreeca. because Kiin has consitently been the best toplaner in Korea going on three years straight despite the meta shifts... Idk why I have to argue this point with anyone. but it comes down to that Kiin has stayed on top because he is on top and his talent transcend the meta and extends into every other aspect of his play be it his macro displayed through his tp usage, side lane pressure, and objective control. but he always has an alternative way to carry his team without the flashy solo kill, being done on a flashy solo kill champion. This is why Kiin is the best toplaner in the world. if you take a look at champion pool to its easy to see why TheShy would be the defacto fan favorite. Kiin most popular champions are gangplank, gnar, tanks (shen, maokai, sion) with some camille, jax, and irelia. TheShy champion pool is Jayce, Akali, Irelia, Ryze, Riven, Fiora, Yasuo.
@@iceicejay9569 that's not true. TheShy has been well known as a world class toplaner and likely world's best Riven for probably as long as Faker. It's just his pro career that went off late.
@@iceicejay9569 You can't compare TheShy to Khan. Longzhu was a team that was incredibly dominant because they managed to find an amazing toplaner, jungler and midlaner, yes, but also because they had insane team coordination. iG however wasn't that. iG always kind of lacked coordination due to Baolan and Ning's coinflippy stile of game that ended up with them either dominating or feeding and also Rookie's break he had to take leaving him out of form for a long time. Honestly even though Rookie had the flashier moments and thus became the star of the team TheShy was most impressive to me. You just never really saw him loose lane. He often created an amount of pressure toplane that I haven't seen in a long time and holy crap his Vladimir is straight up scary. It's true that Kiin has the bigger champion pool, but there's also a bias for Kiin because he has stayed relevant for so long, same thing that happens with Faker and Rekkles. People get used to saying "best player world" and "best adc eu" and often they then become biased and refuse to acknowledge when other players simply are performing better. My god, there are still people today saying Faker is the best player in the world even though nowadays there's clearly countless of players outperforming him. A great player? For sure, but the ONE BEST PLAYER in the world? Absolutely not. My point is that while Kiin is certainly one of the worlds best toplaners right now, there is a point to be made for TheShy and btw also Nuguri as well.
I just stopped playing Irelia and started playing Shen. It feels like he has that sort of every matchup is a skill match up feel (other than Gangplank). I love the global ult it's really helped my map awareness and styling on people on a character that doesn't even have an ult for fighting feels great.
Gbay: Best Storyteller But damn, flying there just for Irelia 😦... Or at least to pretend it 🌚 But hey, if you are happy and satisfied and if you feel you are getting better LET'S GOOOOOO!
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gbay when you getting out of gold If i can go from silver 1 to gold 1 in 18 days then you can get out of gold.
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my mans traveled to korea just to get hardstuck in diamond again
pog
The humble pilgrimage of gbay99 🙏
Not fun of gaybay99 but ey at least he is dia comparing to your bronze ass
he is still gold 1
Everyone's journey is different
10:42
"...Not to enter korea unless absolutely necessary."
* shifts to Irelia splash art *
" *THIS* was absolutely necessary."
I loved this part.
gbay: I traveled to Korea just to ask kiin how to play Irelia
kiin: just Q to minions man
ye that got me too xD
#Worth
tbh the thing with the aa's in between makes a lot of sense. I thought gbay knew that you have to stack the minions to be on low hp so insta 5 stacks at lvl 1 and easy kill but tbh I expected sth more spicy
bgay:*
Sometimes it's hard to Q the minion 15:10
Can we take a moment to appreciate he lost to yummi top :)
He even got completely dumbstered
this might be late but Yuumi is a surprisingly good top laner. if you want to see Yuumi top watch Tilterella's video on it
@@xlucyfer a challenger player smashing silver ppl? Wow so amazing !! He is so good.
@@NFSFR34K lmao
Ngl Yuumi has pretty good base dmg
Me: Oh look Gbay is gonna do a simple interview
Gbay: Now, this is the story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down...
AtlantisSettler ID like to take a moment, just sit right there
The last one To tell you how I got from one tricking irelia
666 Likes noice
This is literally an anime plot, someone wants to become the strongest and travels to a legendary land to train under a legendary sensei
I'd say an old Kung fu movie but that works too.
yep
And sensei says something really trivial that actually makes sense
Gbay: *loses to pro players on a champ he doesn’t really play anymore*
Gbay: *surprised pikachu face*
LMAO ouch
Well, he lost to a Yummi top so that is not really an excuse.
@@1997lordofdoom Yuumi Top is apparently a good choice, Tiltarella did a video on it recently, You just have to be REALLY good at the game to make it work.
Cute Kurama I can’t imagine a worse champ tbh
@@Rosewell8 i havent played the game in a while but are you serious when you say that? That sounds like such a troll pick
Imagine flying 13+ hours of flight, spending kinda alot of money, editing this video and recording footage, spending alot of time with the pro's to ask. How do I Irelia? Kiin: Just get minions to low hp (Duuuuh) 10/10
He got paid money and everything was taken care of by afreeca
Reminds of the "KOREAN ANALYSYS BTW" joke Dumbs make in a World stuff video lmao
>"I got on a plane to South Korea in search of answers"
>Can't tell if this a Nick Robinson reference or not
I guess it is! :D
Right? Gbay is just turning into Nick but with Korea, I love these kind of videos
Yeah, he referenced him as an inspiration in his streams
Correction, the problem with *new* Irelia is that old players wanted to play her the old way.
Its like giving a 60 year old a smart phone and waiting 3 minutes for them to type a sentence with 1 finger
6:40 this is cursed.
The one after that is even worse
Fucking 90's wallpaper
Blessed*
Though many of Gbay's Skills are dubious at best; he holds one title: he is the BEST STORYTELLER IN TOP LANE. :D
Exil is his 2nd in command
@@ThatWildcard exil is plain bad
@@bellybutton3806 pardon?
Best top laner in the world...
TheShy confused noises
exactly what I was thinking lol
I that kiin has had much more longevity in his talented career then theshy. theshy was only a usually 1 almost 2 season pop off top laner whose hype has already died down meanwhile kiin has consistantly been the best top laner in korea for 4 seasons now. you could argue at times khan was better but there are situation reasons to that argument
U mean chokekayleshy?
@@iceicejay9569 don't get me wrong Kiin is amazing, but Kiin joined AF in 2017 (before that he was in CK with E8W), the same year TheShy joined IG. From then til now IG has won the LPL regular season a few times and spring 2019 (with TheShy being the MVP of Spring 2019 playoffs), Worlds 2018, rift rivals, etc...AF has one Kespa Cup this year, that's all.
Also, TheShy has made a case not only for best top laner, but for best players in the world, period, in the last few years, and although the LPL has been delayed this season, IG is leading the competition, and TheShy has been looking pretty good.
So although I don't think Kiin is a slouch and there's no comparison, Kiin hasn't had more longevity nor more success than TheShy. But again, Kiin is probably the best top laner in LCK, and definitely one of the best in the world.
this is a problem also where I value consistency above all else. and theshy i feel is just too inconsistent
"I own every playable character in this game"
*shows that he owns Wukong*
at least he is getting a remake.
new wukong omega op abuse it while you can
@@arias1610 he shittin on everyone
Time ?
"I tried to be professional, asking him all the regular interview questions."
*What are your thoughts on Hashinshin?*
A question that every toplaner should be asked xD
5:15 "Her playstyle has been completely reversed" laughs in Aatrox main
fml, I wish they could revert aatrox back
*laughs in Mordekaiser*
Does aatrox main existed before the rework? lol
Laughs in urgot
@@Lucho-gk4sp not until he got buffed and op
Gbay: Yuumi cannot be played without a teammate to bind to, right?
Ross and Tilterella: *laughs in Yuumi top and AD Yuumi jungle*
good thing ross just trolls all around the place
Ross is shitty silver.
16:16 "0-3, like a EU vs China grand finals"
This genuinely makes me so happy, old gbay is back!
The relationship between Gbay and Irelia is like the greatest love story to have ever existed! XD
All the highs and lows, the break-ups and the reunions... The drama's insane!
These documentary style videos are the best. They always amp me up to get back to grading ranked. I really enjoy seeing these in my notifications. Keep up the great work!
6:19 Did he just quote the American Declaration of Independence to explain why he is hardstuck gold?
MURICA
"I will only main cat champion." Gbay 2020
Theshy looks weird in this interview.
Shane Su trueeeee
o god neither of them is the best
@@Populous3Tutorials who then?
yeet Gbay99
Shane Su the shy has been underperforming recently so idk about that
0-3 PTSD
If happy for you gbay, you’ve had some lows and high throughout RUclips and this is a definite high. I can’t wait to see one of my favorite content creators climb to the top again!
1:07
Wow, truer words have never been spoken
no
Is this new Justin.Y
👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
You know you are a good content creator when you can get a community of Irelia mains to watch a 21 minute video for the one sentence that we came for. haha. nice vid. still don't know how the eff to play irelia well though.
I sincerely doubt a majority of his viewers are Irelia mains.
Source - not Irelia main
ah of course, the first thing i do when my main gets reworked and i have a hard time getting used to it is to go to SouthKorea, classic
Oh yes...
Some really high quality Gbay99 content, loving it!
Edit: that final line gave me chills
Damm some of those clips were so fucking clean.
I have been watching you for ages now at this point. And its just fun looking what your doing and I will stay around!
*Next Video:*
How to Play: High Major Commodore of the First Legion Third Multiplication Double Admiral Artillery Vanguard Company Kled
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!
I was thinking about it recently, and I think Gbay has the best documentaries and historical League content in this platform.
Not only because he puts his soul, heart, and, most of the time, his own personal background and storylines into the actual docs, but because *all* the content he has made over the years is a fascinating and REALLY entertaining look at how League has evolved.
Like, if you watch the first Road to Diamond series he made (and practically invented), you get to understand the old Runes System and Dynamic Queue. And it just grows from there, man. I have to say, the old items are CRAZY, and I know about them only because I watched Gbay's videos, which are, again, really entertaining. Not to mention the old background music, jesus. For some reason I find it really nostalgic when watching the new ones.
I think his main, Irelia, and his constant struggle with her changes (the catalyst for this video in particular) is a good reflection of all this. You can actually go back and watch how he played and loved the character, and understand the old mechanics because of it (he probably took so long to understand the minion thing because in old Irelia you just needed one low health minion to stun someone and do the combo). AND HER ULT WAS SO WEIRD BACK THEN. What happened ?
So thanks, Gbay. For making a pretty difficult and conflicting game for you into some of the most entertaining videos on RUclips for us.
What a rollercoaster, I laughed, I cried. Goldbay is back. Los Gehts!
I literally can't explain to you how much i relate to this video. I played irelia for about 3 seasons straight. She became literally my favorite champ pretty quick, and i played her almost every. single. game. I stopped playing this game for a little while, and made a dedicated attempt to come back to it just to play new Irelia, seeing as the old one was gone forever. I still can't come back to this game, because all i want to do is play irelia, and i can't seem to grasp the game and new irelia's playstyle. I really really REALLYYYYYYYYYY miss old Irelia...
Please, make more videos regarding Irelia's playstyles, and tips and tricks. This made me super happy seeing a fellow irelia one trick find their momentum and feel good about the games their playing and feel like they're taking something from each game. I literally know EXACTLY how you felt when you were learning her, not catching it, and feeling like she just wasn't for you anymore, because i went through the same exact thing only to find myself again... searching for videos on youtube on how to adapt to new irelia or if there was something that i just wasn't taking advantage of that was causing me a lack of success. I feel like i've already realized that you need to setup minions to make irelia work, in terms of her passive and damage. I downloaded league on my labtop again for the first time since i've had it. (got it last year for christmas) and i'm super excited to try her out again. Just waiting for the current update to finish. Best of luck, Gbay!
I like how he makes these videos so that someone who doesn't know league could also understand him
hoenstly....I just came back to league after 2 years of not playing and I too was disappointed to find one of my most played champs of all time, Irelia, was changed to the point my play style no longer worked with her. I use to play her in top, mid, and jungle in the old days and saw pretty good success overall, but didnt see any of that anymore after I returned. My biggest struggle was the passive and as simple as the tip was I think it showed me truely how important it is to pay attention to the over all health pool of minions for the new irelia playstyle. So I just wanted to say thank you, because you got the answer for many old school irelia players who loved the champ.
Ending song: Hallmore - its her :)
the real mvp
Thank you man i've been searching forever for this :)
"or because i'm not skillful enough" *cuts to clip of him standing in rumble R for literally 10 seconds*
This man flew around the world to find out killing minions wins games
I was also planning to main irelia this season and then this video pops up. Dayum this inspire me even more to main her.
Gbay: “Irelia became unplayable on toplane”
person who got rank 1 on 4 different servers playing Irelia and Jax: “LISTEN BUDDY”
Arias XD
Fucking hell this was an amazing video. Gives me goosebumps. You knew what you wanted and went for it. Inspiring, motivational, creative. Stay safe. And after all these years of watching your vids in recommended, I have finally subscribed.
Last time i was this early Gbay was eating a sock
Holy shit GBay, what you say about ranked this year is spot on. I was stuck in Gold 2 as well, but honestly a big reason for this is is the matchmaking. When I was in Gold 2 I was being placed vs. ex-diamonds every single game, which made climbing out from gold an absolute nightmare (Given that my skill level is D4 at best) and makes climbing really bad. After losing over and over and tanking the fuck out of my MMR I started versing plat 3s and it started being fun again. Just really sucks how Riot is doing this to the ranked system and I can't wait for their rework.
Glad you had such a positive experience in KR.
Keen to see you learn Irelia once again :)
This is probably the best video I have ever seen very nicely made and conducted.
This man goes on a real life journey to south korea for solo Q. XD
Great Video Gbay! Been trying to play Irelia top lately myself and this has been HUGE insight. Thanks for posting this man! GG
Gbay this is literally the basics of irelia lmao
he might be the worst irelia main on the planet
Duh indeed.He is having TF blade in his back yard yet he goes to Korea to make this crap content, i like the guy don't get me wrong still this made me think that he is not that smart, not that iq has much with league but common...
Sometimes you just got to hear from someone else what you are doing wrong
Le Quack ok that might be a little too far man relax LMAOOOOOO I’m laughing so hard rn😂😂
waitngo he was really good at irelia before rework
GOod choice in music, narration, editing and feels. Well done gbay99, i've watched you for over 5 years now and I'll still be watching you for another 5 years to come :P
5:28 "irelia a lategame scaler"
I beg to differ
This
When the rework came out she was a late game scaler. She's a midgame champ now due to all the nerfs.
every irelia coach: yes you need to Q the minions
Kiin: Just Q minions
Elo raising
TheShy?
Yeah for me its the shy as well
Or Khan
That's mean he had to travel China where Coronavirus originated
This is 100% the most effort I've ever seen go into a league video and I am here for it. Great video!
I love these vids so much. They bring me joy and comfort.
I'm happy to hear you've found love in League and Irelia again :D can't wait for more Irelia gameplay and the documentary!
17:17 "if anyone knew how to play Irelia, it would be him"
TF Blade: *laughs
@ShowMaker yes but skillwise he's pretty good, when irelia got reworked tf blade flooded her with montages, he's also in the US so he doesn't need to bother to go to SK to ask how to play Irelia 2k20
ShowMaker 650 LP challenger (mostly Jax but still) is really good in KR
Awesome video, buddy! I came here for the same reasons that you went to South Korea. I really enjoyed following your whole journey of your history with Irelia (she's truly worth it). Keep on making these great videos and have fun playing (: from a fellow Irelia fan
"they dont care if they win or lose the match, if they solo kill the top lane thats a win for them" AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE HATE THE GAME.
I love the mix of Old GoldBay content and Documentary elements in this video
Best top laner in the world
Theshy: *AM I JOKE TO YOU*
not a joke, but not the best top laner atm
@@Populous3Tutorials given that the lpl hasn't played in a while i dont blame u for believing that to be the case. Lets just see over the course of the next weeks
The end made me cry thats fire.
Gbay, I feel so happy that you found your passion for Irelia again. It always feels like something is missing in your videos when you can't play her or have fun with her. I hope you can find more than just your passion, but a love for your character as a whole.
Edit : ♥
here i thought this was a legit irelia guide . that aside , i'm thankful that i found this video because i actually really relate to this. i discovered irelia in the end of season 6 and i loved it , i loved it so much that i gained like 80 k on it in a few months. this champ got me out of bronze and when they reworked her. i liked playing her but there was something missing and idk what it was. and now i feel like we're kind of in the same state where we are trying to get her love back but still struggling. Anyway , i'm commited to getting my bb girl back on the rift carrying games.
well now I'm hyped for the Afreeca documentary
I haven't even gotten to your redemption moment (I hope) in this vid, but I really connected with that first part.
I used to love old Irelia because it allowed me to face any matchup with the certainty that I could win If I showed I was better than my oponent, regardless of which champion was better. Then new Irelia came and, well... you said it yourself.
Great vid, man.
Gbay sometime ago: I no longer want to be known as an irelia one trick
Gbay now: I now want to be a irelia one trick again
This video is so dramatic but happy at the same time, really happy for you.
remember the old 'art of war' 'art of league' gbay?
calm down, focus and be smart
edit: pro tip, your champ has abilities, use them!
One tip for GoldBay99lp and some aspiring irelia players: Note that Kiin said to slot in AA’s between Q’s to minions. You slow your passive stacking, but you also get a lot of AA’s in without putting yourself in much danger, since you’ll be dashing every 0.5 secs anyways. This AA reset will really help your damage even if you use it only 1-2 times in stacking your passive.
"I got solo kill by a Yuumi" - a new Gbay99 Comedy SHow :v
Been with you since the very beginning Gbay. Been nice to see how much you've grown and how far you've come.
Joke in the title gbay is the best top laner in the world. He asked himself
Goddamit these videos are just getting better and better. Good stuff gdad
you asked hashinshin how to play irelia?
imagine building trinity first item on irelia.
i have played irelia since season 2, this irelia is literally the best rework in the game.
she is just fine in top lane, you have to use the minions and achieve maximum mobility and sustain to play her top lane.
i said, in one of your older irelia vids where you were complaining about the champion not being the same that that would be her final play style, and it is now her final playstyle.
use the Q, use the minions, reposition yourself constantly, and find opportunities to deal damage inbeteween.
does it stack your passive? then do it.
she is very high skill floor right now and i love it cause i get to stomp on people who have never seen irelia do shit like that before.
but, it is mentally draining, and that's fine, either you can keep up with the tempo required or you cant.
also darius counters literally everyone, not just irelia.
I played like 10 games of irelia, i literally cannot play this champ, that's the only champ with kalista that feels really clunky when i play them. It looks like i don't do any damage, and i need to be at 200 % and literally outplay pleople to do less damages than most champ.
I'd say WW is the best rework, but Irelia is pretty close to the top.
@@grimjowjaggerjak yes, you have to utilise everything that is around you, at least into even or unfavourable matchups.
the ones you autowin will have people all chatting you about the champ being broken like playing into yorick and stacking your passive on his ghouls.
there is also some flair in how the E is timed, you can bait out fiora's riposte while waiting on second E cast.
same goes for waiting for people to use their mobility before casting the second E, lining up minions for execution, and as ever the brush cheese which i dont really like it's very unreliable.
her W is some part cast when necessary and some part cast when required, so maybe gnar is jumping in and wants to ult you to the wall, you aren't going to be able to dodge, might as well reduce 60%(?fuck if i know what this number even is now) of the damage and see what happens afterwards.
add qiyana ult, talon ult, full AD team because it's soloq, it can do some work, likewise for ranged executes when you're styling.
but otherwise everything is in the Q, need to reset it otherwise the champion doesn't flow, same as old irelia but it's "more" irelia.
also item choices, which makes her even more difficult cause one missed item and you fucked up for like 12 minutes in some matchups.
kalista requires a complete re-understanding as to how auto-attacks work, i don't understand her either and she's also been nerfed into obscurity on purpose so she doesn't work on purpose right now lol.
I loved this episode, and to be honest I mainly watched your channel back in the day for the Irelia, especially as I once mained her aswell. To be frank, I was kind of dissapointed to see you give up on her, especially after I had tried her out a good bit for myself. I realised she fits way better in to todays rift so I found you a bit stubborn. It annoyed me you didn't work on her more, but I could understand it. Then the gold-skill montage in the end was enough to give me a bit of the chills, seeing you starting to thrive on her. It's really warming to see you back and engaged in Irelia. You'll maybe even hit diamond 2 on her now ;) Good Day, Gbay.
When he said best top laner in the world, i was like TheShy in afreeca now? xD
I love how you reframe this completely from previous videos about Korea to give a totally different story
"I payed thousands to learn to manipulate a wave in my favor"
Pretty sure Afreeca Freecs brought him to S. Korea.
I watched a vod of BDD on Irelia. When he used E, his mouse went behind the character, pressed E, drew a line through the enemy and activated the second towards his character. And obviously did it very quick, but before this VOD I always dropped my E between us or another spot and then tried to land the second part behind the enemy.
I won't say it actually is better as my success was probably placebo, but a cool tip from BDD vods.
Gbay’s not only back on LoL, but also back on Irelia?? Is it Christmas already?
gbay is back at it with amazing vids again! wonderful watch bro
Nobody:
Gbay: goes to Korea amidst the coronavirus outbreak
Oh my god... i can't believe i was just out here watching some Gbay99 and then i get hit with the Nick Robinson "feeling lost and not knowing what else to do..." line and just as i do when watching his videos i felt my body shiver and get all excited with the biggest grin on my face never expecting to hear the got on a plane meme in someone elses video
I recommend you the "Irelia still the main" song!
God, I feel like your videos should get much more views, the content you make is so entertaining and enjoyable. Keep it up man
Pro Player: instead of having one minion low at a time. Have all minions low on health at the same time.
Gbay99: "Brilliant but lazy"
Gaby100: but what about playing Ireila in LoR tho???????
I'm super excited to see the next ranked video now
10:21 what an intellectual you are for acknowledging that he's one of the best top laner. Ohmygod he's super underrated.
Yaay another GBay Documentary incoming!
By the by, the most fun I have while watching your video, is when you are positive, optimistic, and this was a fun video to watch!
"the best toplaner in the world is a player named Kiin" u sure about that? *cough* theshy *cough*
nah theshy hasnt been as successful for as long as kiin. its like comparing faker and rookie. also theshys talent showed due to being on a much more dominant team. kiin has never had that luxery.
@@iceicejay9569 yeah because kiin is also a 3 times world champion just like faker right? LMAO kiin only title is a kespa cup lol and the reason IG was so dominat is because theshy and rookie.
to compare faker and rookie is a arguement and its core about validation of talent between the now and the past. over consistency and peaking. not over how many titles someone has as that is generally relative.
In the same regard I am judging kiin (someone with a much more consistant track recordin similar fashion to fakers career) to Rookie (someone who peaked and fell off rather quick just like the shy.) this was meant as a purely symbolic phrase that I hoped you would understand at face value, seeing your have your mind set I will have to go into extensive detail to make what is clear to most people obvious to you. As Thorin once said"you rarely see a truely great player come out of China because it is a region that cannibalizes itself and its players." and It comes down to being a region built on strong individual talent and nkt team coordination (a discussion for another video). but there are always a plethora of reasons explainning why some players preform better on certain teams due to gold income, meta swings, jungler proximity, and how dominant the team you play on is. And when I see a team like IG and a top laner like TheShy I see a player is very talented in singular flashier aspects of the game.
To act like this whole proposal of "Kiin is the best top laner in the world" isnt something new and was a secondary conscencious among the league community even during TheShys prime as he just displayed a much broader spectrum of talent through matchup knowledge, tp usage, cs/min, macro and micro, and versatility of champion pool.
A lot of people who make the argument you make are the same people who said Khan was the greatest top laner in the world at his prime. but what people who argue points like this fail to see beyond the solo kill that occured on screen. they dont see the 5 minutes of setup the entire team spent to give him that kill. and they dont understand the concept about being a team primary carry that they played around.
I definitly believe that this is the biggest point with how teams play around top laners. and its something that skews the perception of skill on an internation level especially. players like TheShy were doing well because they were toplane orriented team in a top lane dom meta. and its funny because once 2019 hit IG ironically fell out of fashion to a meta that favored mid-jungle priority (hence why teams like G2, Skt, and Pheonix did soo well).
Yet This isnt a problem that has been faced by Afreeca. because Kiin has consitently been the best toplaner in Korea going on three years straight despite the meta shifts... Idk why I have to argue this point with anyone. but it comes down to that Kiin has stayed on top because he is on top and his talent transcend the meta and extends into every other aspect of his play be it his macro displayed through his tp usage, side lane pressure, and objective control. but he always has an alternative way to carry his team without the flashy solo kill, being done on a flashy solo kill champion. This is why Kiin is the best toplaner in the world.
if you take a look at champion pool to its easy to see why TheShy would be the defacto fan favorite. Kiin most popular champions are gangplank, gnar, tanks (shen, maokai, sion) with some camille, jax, and irelia. TheShy champion pool is Jayce, Akali, Irelia, Ryze, Riven, Fiora, Yasuo.
@@iceicejay9569 that's not true. TheShy has been well known as a world class toplaner and likely world's best Riven for probably as long as Faker. It's just his pro career that went off late.
@@iceicejay9569 You can't compare TheShy to Khan. Longzhu was a team that was incredibly dominant because they managed to find an amazing toplaner, jungler and midlaner, yes, but also because they had insane team coordination.
iG however wasn't that. iG always kind of lacked coordination due to Baolan and Ning's coinflippy stile of game that ended up with them either dominating or feeding and also Rookie's break he had to take leaving him out of form for a long time.
Honestly even though Rookie had the flashier moments and thus became the star of the team TheShy was most impressive to me. You just never really saw him loose lane. He often created an amount of pressure toplane that I haven't seen in a long time and holy crap his Vladimir is straight up scary.
It's true that Kiin has the bigger champion pool, but there's also a bias for Kiin because he has stayed relevant for so long, same thing that happens with Faker and Rekkles. People get used to saying "best player world" and "best adc eu" and often they then become biased and refuse to acknowledge when other players simply are performing better. My god, there are still people today saying Faker is the best player in the world even though nowadays there's clearly countless of players outperforming him. A great player? For sure, but the ONE BEST PLAYER in the world? Absolutely not.
My point is that while Kiin is certainly one of the worlds best toplaners right now, there is a point to be made for TheShy and btw also Nuguri as well.
I just stopped playing Irelia and started playing Shen. It feels like he has that sort of every matchup is a skill match up feel (other than Gangplank). I love the global ult it's really helped my map awareness and styling on people on a character that doesn't even have an ult for fighting feels great.
This is one of the most entertaining videos ever XD
Ireli can't believe you travel that far for some Irelia advice. Irelia kidding me.
Gbay: Best Storyteller
But damn, flying there just for Irelia 😦... Or at least to pretend it 🌚
But hey, if you are happy and satisfied and if you feel you are getting better LET'S GOOOOOO!
I love Irelia