Irelia feels kind of weak this season.

Howdy hey! Gold 5 Irelia main here.

Just wanted to inquire on Irelia's state this season. I'll jump right into it.

First off, I feel like farming with her has become more clunky. It almost like there have been a few frames added to her AA animation before the damage is dealt. I'm not sure if this is true, but it certainly feels as such.

The shifting of trinity forces stats also feel a bit gross too. The missing attack speed is really felt, and while the CDR and crit is nice, the ap and attack speed felt better on her.

Because of the new adc itemization, (particularly things like Death's dance's passive that makes 12% of the damage you take is instead turned into a bleed for 5 seconds, and All of the new phantom dancer), bursting down squishy targets is much more difficult for her, even during her power spike (This is likely a problem felt by all assassin/Burst champs right now though).

Tenacity got nerfed this season as well, and while she still has her passive to grant her a lot of tenacity, the amount that isn't available to her compared to last season can definitely be felt.

The removal of mana pots, and flask kind of hurt her, but the new pots make up for it pretty well, so no complaints there.

This is all that i've noticed so far, but for some reason she feels particularly less powerful than last season at all points in the game, and I don't think that what's listed here is all there is to it.