i liked the idea of introducing % based true damage. irelia has always been weak early, and strong mid, then meh again late. they essentially nerfed her mid game as she can't farm into mid nearly as well. making her useless late. giving her % based damage would let her scale into late game and be effective still.

that or buff other abilities. give her more burst potential. reverse the ratio nerf on her E, or return her ult to magic damage, etc

Irelia is also my favorite Champion in the 1600-1700 Elo range and I'm actually happy with these buffs and her current state.

Except for one thing: her ultimate.

Irelia has THE most lackluster ultimate of any champion and I think it needs either a total rework or to be replaced with a new ult. Maybe play around with the original idea where each blade gave defensive stats and firing a blade would be a trade of losing those stats for added damage?

I will say though that I think it's kind of lame that they nerfed Hiten Style's passive by half. It seems more like "it'd be cute/easy to cut it in half and double it while active" instead of "these are the numbers that we feel are appropriate for Irelia's sustain". But I do agree that it needed a nerf.

Q_Q about sustain
I level up E first anyways, I'm more of a duelist than a sustain farmer

imo the buffs really hit irelia in the right places and the base hp buff isnt as small as it seems. a 3 point base damage buff really helps in trades, and the extra hp regen lets irelia have an easier 1-4. I think in the grand scheme of things, shes been nerfed just a little too hard, but these buffs are a definite and substantial improvement.

Ineffective? It's never meant to be effective to begin with. It's just a encouragement to promote her new skin. I thought Morello already gave up making money from her but it poves I'm wrong. Even with all the grudge he holds against her, he still wants to make money from her. What's the point of arguing? The lead designer is someone who doesn't even play ranking and play few enough normals and got face stomped by a random irelia. After this so called "buff," I sould be expecting more irelia nerfs from him, after all, it's the only thing he can do to make a living.