Irelia Rework Idea
Passive:Will of The Blades Irelia gains stacking Lifesteal/Spellvamp and Tenacity for each auto attack up to a cap.(6 attacks are needed to get max stacks)
Q:Bladesurge ACTIVE: Irelia dashes to the target enemy, dealing physical damage and applying on-hit effects. This ability CAN CRIT. If In Hiten style Irelia will instead impale her target instead dealing bonus damage based on missing HP but will NOT refund mana and cooldown upon kill.
W Blade Maifestation
Irelia can freely toggle between two forms.
Truten Style: Irelia commands 2 of her blades to orbit around her dealing damage each time they pass through a enemy Hiten Style: Irelia Increases her attack Range 30/50/70/90 but deals 25% less damage. This also interacts with Irelias Bladesurge and Equilibrium Strike.
E: Equilibrium strike: Irelia strikes her opponent gaining bonuses based on whos HP was higher.If Hiten style is activated Irelia also stuns her target for 1 second
Enemy HP is higher: for the next 5 seconds Irelia gains bonus true damage equal to X AD increased by her missing HP.
Irelias HP is Higher:Irelia gains attack speed and slows her target aswell
R:Irelia Summons 4 spirit blades to aid her in battle for 15 seconds.While the spirit blades persist Irelia can fights up to 1/2/3 different enemies in auto attack range of her dealing 50/75/100% of the damage her main target takes. (Basically Irelia can auto attack up to 3 people at once). Irelia only gains on hit effects as though she hit one person( basically you cant double up on lifesteal if you manage to hit two people) When activated Irelia shoots her spirit blades into her foes stopping at the first person hit. Each Spirit Blade applies a tapering slow and Deals on hit effects .These blades also gain damage based on Irelias crit chance and Critdamage (however they DO NOT crit).
Damage: 100% total AD + Irelias critchance % and critdamage( at 100% crit and 50% crit damage they would deal 250% total AD each)
Reasoning: This would make Irelia unique and stand aside from other champs with her amazing ability to fight 3 people at once while also increasing her auto attack range and being able to adapt to a combat situation. Full on crit-assassin Irelia becomes a more alluring prospect as with a enough crit your opponent could be staring down 1000% AD upon eating all 4 blades then easily brought down with a Hiten empowered crit-bladesurge execute! To seperate good Irelias from bad Irelias will be how long Irelia holds onto her spirit blades before shooting them. Shoot all of them too early and you wont be able to damage 3 people simultaneously, Delay your damage too long and a kill might get away.This rework would remove some of the unfairness and binary aspects of the Equilibrium/ Hiten style combo while giving her strengths elsewhere . Thanks to Truten style Irelia can take on jungle with even more ease this skill shines best on bruiser/draintank Irelia as it will deal consistent damage while she dukes it out in close range.Will of the blades allows Irelia to sustain in lane so long as she can attack something while also giving her an option for extreme burst healing if using all skills at once.
Combos: after taking harass Equilibrium strike a unsuspecting higher hp opponent then switch to hiten style to pound down your foe with increased range and true damage. apply the last bit of damage or finish them off with a Bladesurge.
So long as your out of Hiten style Irelia can still make use of Blade surge shenannigans to cover ground quickly. Bladesurge your way to a low health opponent . As he runs for It summon your spirit blades and fling them into him to slow him. The crippling slows should give enough time to close the gap and finish them off with a Hiten empowered Bladesurge
While in Truten mode bladesurge onto 3 opponents then quickly apply a Equilibrium strike and activate Transcendent blades. the massively increased attackspeed will allow you to output lots of damage while quickly stacking your will of the blades passive.When combined with on hit effects this can be a very lethal combo
Weakness Irelia must wait approx 4 seconds to fire all of her blades as there is a 1 second cooldown between each transcedent blade. League of legends is a game of seconds and 4 seconds is more than enough time to react properly.
Crowd controls are not Irelias strong suit. a one second stun and sporadic slow effects can be easily mitigated by tenacity or deadmans plate.With no slows Irelia may easily find herself outpaced and kited.
In order to make the most out of Will of the blades Irelia must auto attack. Lane bullies like Darius or Garen who can keep her off of minions can drastically reduce her sustain in lane
Remember if a Irelia chooses to go full damage then they will be easy prey if they jump in 1v2 or 1v3 without proper followup. If Irelia jumps on you with bladesurge then she will not have access to her execute damage until it comes back off of cooldown. It might also be best to turn on her during that time.
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