Current version[]

V14.14

• Stats
  • Attack damage growth reduced to 3.5 from 4.
• Ionian Fervor
  • Attack speed per stack changed to 7.5% − 25% (based on level) from 7.5% − 20% (based on level). Now scales with every level.
    • Maximum attack speed changed to 30% − 100% (based on level) from 30% − 80% (based on level).
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Bladesurge cooldown reduction reduced to 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 seconds from 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5.

V14.11

• Stats
  • Health growth reduced to 115 from 124.

V14.4

• Divine Sword Irelia
  • Bug Fix: Homeguard run VFX no longer appears to be more intense than intended.
• Infiltrator Irelia
  • Ionian Fervor
    • Bug Fix: VFX of the blades now shifts color at maximum stacks.

V14.2

• Bladesurge
  • Bug Fix: Dash now properly resets if cast at max range and the target dies right before she arrives.
  • Undocumented: Check rate for the reset to have been successful quadrupled to once every 0.0625 seconds from once every 0.25 seconds (resultingly every 2 game ticks instead of every 8 game ticks).

V13.18

• Vanguard's Edge
  • Cooldown reduced to 125 / 105 / 85 seconds from 140 / 120 / 100.

V12.16

• Stats
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 4.2.
  • Base magic resistance increased to 30 from 28.

V12.14

• General
  • Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.

V12.11

• Bladesurge
  • Heal increased to 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13% AD from 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11% AD.
• Flawless Duet
  • Cooldown reduced to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12.

V12.10

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 590 from 520.
  • Health growth increased to 124 from 110.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
• Bladesurge
  • Heal reduced to 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11% AD from 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% AD.

V12.9

• Ionian Fervor
  • Bug Fix: No longer only grants stacks for champions hit when hitting champions and minions & monsters simultaneously.

V11.20

• Ionian Fervor
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 20% bonus AD from 30%.

V11.19

• Ionian Fervor
  • Bug Fix: Blades VFX now properly changes color while at 4 stacks.
• Bladesurge
  • Bug Fix: No longer occasionally hits its target twice (thereby dealing its damage twice).
  • Correction: This bug could still be reproduced in this patch and future ones. The bugfix did not prevent it from occuring completely.

V11.17

• Bladesurge
  • Heal AD ratio reduced to 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% AD from 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20% AD.

V11.15

• Defiant Dance
  • Minimum AD ratio reduced to 40% AD from 50% AD.
    • Maximum AD ratio reduced to 120% AD from 150% AD.
  • Base physical damage reduction reduced to 40% − 70% (based on level) from 40% − 80% (based on level).
  • Base magic damage reduction reduced to 20% − 35% (based on level) from 20% − 40% (based on level).

V11.14

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 520 from 580.
  • Health growth increased to 110 from 95.
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 28 from 32.
• Ionian Fervor
  • Maximum stacks reduced to 4 from 5.
  • Bonus attack speed per stack changed to 7.5% − 20% (based on level) from 8% − 16% (based on level).
    • Maximum bonus attack speed reduced to 30% − 80% (based on level) from 40% − 80% (based on level).
  • Base damage reduced to 10 − 61 (based on level) from 15 − 66 (based on level).
  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 30% bonus AD from 25%.
  • Secondary resource bar (count of passive stacks) is now also visible to enemy players.
• Bladesurge
  • Base dash speed reduced to 1400 from 1500.
  • Bonus minion damage changed to 55 − 259 (based on level) from 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135.
• Defiant Dance
  • Base physical damage reduction changed to 40% − 80% (based on level) from 50% at all levels.
  • New Effect: Now reduces magic damage by 20% − 40% (based on level) (+ 3.5% per 100 AP).
  • Maximum base damage increased to 30 / 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 from 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140.
  • Maximum AD ratio increased to 150% AD from 100% AD.
  • Maximum damage AP ratio increased to 120% AP from 80% AP.
• Flawless Duet
  • Missile travel time changed to 0.264 seconds at all distances from 0 to 0.396 seconds (based on distance).
  • Removed: Can no longer be recast during cast-inhibiting crowd control.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • New Effect: Now passively reduces Bladesurge's cooldown by 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 seconds.
    • This takes effect before ability haste.

V10.25

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 65 from 63.
• Bladesurge
  • Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.

V10.23

• Stats
  • Mana growth increased to 50 from 30.

V10.19

• Vanguard's Edge
  • Barrage base damage increased to 125 / 250 / 375 from 125 / 225 / 325.
  • Perimeter base damage increased to 125 / 250 / 375 from 125 / 200 / 275.

V10.15

• Ionian Fervor
  • Bonus attack speed per stack increased to 8% − 16% (based on level) from 8% − 12% (based on level).

V10.10

• Flawless Duet
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.

V9.15

• Flawless Duet
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would target incorrect positions in Howling Abyss and Summoner Rift's river.

V9.12

• Flawless Duet
  • Cooldown increased to 18 / 16.5 / 15 / 13.5 / 12 seconds from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10.
  • Target range reduced to 775 from 850.

V9.9

• Frostblade Irelia
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where her moving blades did not play sounds during her Golden Chroma respawn animation.

V9.3

• Stats
  • Health growth increased to 95 from 85.
  • Base armor increased to 36 from 34.
• Ionian Fervor
  • New Effect: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 5 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions and large and epic monsters refreshing the duration. Irelia gains 8 / 10 / 12% (based on level) bonus attack speed per stack, up to 40 / 50 / 60% (based on level). At maximum stacks, Irelia's basic attacks deal 15 − 66 (based on level) (+ 25% bonus AD) bonus magic damage on-hit.
  • Old Effect: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 4 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions and large and epic monsters refreshing the duration. Irelia's basic attacks deal 4 − 17 (based on level) (+ 4% bonus AD) bonus magic damage per stack, up to 16 − 68 (based on level) (+ 16% bonus AD). At maximum stacks, Irelia gains 30 / 40 / 50% (based on level) bonus attack speed.
• Bladesurge
  • Minion bonus damage increased to 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 from 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105.
• Defiant Dance
  • Base damage reduction increased to 50% from 40%.
  • New Effect: Damage reduction now only applies to physical damage.
• Flawless Duet
  • Hitbox visuals are now easier to see.

V9.2

• Ionian Fervor
  • Removed: At 4 stacks, no longer deals 200% bonus damage to shields.
• Bladesurge
  • Removed: No longer deals double damage to minions.
  • New Effect: Deals 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 bonus damage to minions.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Wall duration reduced to 2.5 seconds at all ranks from 2.5 / 3 / 3.5.
  • Removed: No longer disarms enemies passing through the wall for 1.5 seconds.
  • Slow increased to 90% from 60%.
  • Base wall damage increased to 125 / 200 / 275 from 75 / 125 / 175.
  • Undocumented: Wall VFX no longer changes depending on whether Ionian Fervor is fully stacked or not.

V8.24

• Defiant Dance
  • Cooldown increased to 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 seconds from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.
  • Base damage reduction reduced to 40% from 50%.
  • Removed: No longer grants 1 additional stack of Ionian Fervor.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Bug Fix: Corrected interaction when casting Flash mid-cast. Skillshot now fires in target direction.

V8.21

• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.

V8.17

• Bladesurge
  • Minion increased damage increased to 100% from 70%.

V8.15

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 63 from 60.
  • Base health increased to 580 from 550.
• Ionian Fervor
  • Base damage per stack increased to 4 − 17 (based on level) from 1 − 12 (based on level).
• Bladesurge
  • Target range reduced to 600 from 625.
  • Base damage reduced to 5 / 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90.
  • AD ratio reduced to 60% AD from 70% AD.
• Defiant Dance
  • Base damage reduction changed to 50% at all ranks from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65%.
• Flawless Duet
  • Target range reduced to 850 from 900.
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
  • Removed: No longer deals 50% reduced damage against monsters.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Target range reduced to 1000 from 1050.

V8.13

• Ionian Fervor
  • Base on-hit damage per stack reduced to 1 − 12 (based on level) from 2.5 − 16.5 (based on level).
  • On-hit AD ratio per stack changed to 4% bonus AD from 2% − 4% (based on level) AD.
  • Bonus attack speed increased to 30% / 40% / 50% (based on level) from 20% / 30% / 40% (based on level).
• Defiant Dance
  • Minimum base damage reduced to 10 / 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90.
  • Minimum AD ratio reduced to 50% AD from 60% AD.
  • Maximum base damage reduced to 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 from 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180.
  • Maximum AD ratio reduced to 100% AD from 120% AD.
• Flawless Duet
  • Mark duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Mark duration reduced to 5 seconds from 6.

V8.9

• Ionian Fervor
  • New Effect: Duration now also refreshes when attacking large monsters.

V8.8

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 34 from 31.
• Bladesurge
  • Bonus damage to minions increased to 70% from 60%.
• Flawless Duet
  • Bug Fix: No longer credits her for several minion kills with each cast.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Cooldown increased to 140 / 120 / 100 seconds from 120 / 105 / 90.
  • Missile base damage reduced to 125 / 225 / 325 from 150 / 275 / 400.
  • Wall base damage reduced to 75 / 125 / 175 from 125 / 200 / 275.

V8.7 - April 5th Hotfix

• Stats
  • Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 63.
  • Base armor reduced to 31 from 34.
  • Base health reduced to 550 from 580.
• Bladesurge
  • AD ratio reduced to 70% AD from 80% AD.
• Flawless Duet
  • Stun duration reduced to 0.75 seconds at all ranks from 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1 / 1.2.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Disarm and slow duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.

V8.7 - Full Relaunch

• General
  • Title changed to the Blade Dancer from the Will of the Blades.
  • Complete visual upgrade across all skins.
  • New splash artwork for Original Irelia, Nightblade Irelia, Aviator Irelia, Infiltrator Irelia and Frostblade Irelia. Tweaked splash artwork for Order of the Lotus Irelia.
  • New voice over.
  • New lore.
• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
  • Base attack range increased to 200 from 125.
  • Base attack damage reduced to 63 from 70.
  • Base attack speed reduced to 0.656 from 0.665.
  • Base health reduced to 580 from 607.2.
  • Base mana increased to 350 from 338.8.
  • Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 8 from 8.1.
  • Attack speed growth reduced to 2.5% from 3.2%.
  • Attack damage growth increased to 4 from 3.3.
  • Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.75.
  • Health growth reduced to 85 from 90.
  • Mana growth reduced to 30 from 32.
  • Health regeneration growth increased to 0.85 from 0.65.
  • Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.8 from 0.65.
• Ionian Fervor (Innate)
  • Innate: Irelia gains 1 Ionian Fervor stack for every enemy champion hit by her abilities, or if she hits at least one non-champion, stacking up to 4 times. Ionian Fervor lasts for 6 seconds, with basic attacks against champions refreshing the duration.
  • Ionian Fervor: Irelia's basic attacks deal 2.5 − 16.5 (based on level) (+ 2% − 4% (based on level) AD) bonus magic damage per stack. At maximum stacks, Irelia gains 20% / 30% / 40% (based on level) bonus attack speed and deals an additional 20 − 132 (based on level) (+ 16% − 32% (based on level) AD) magic damage against shields.
• Bladesurge (Q)
  • Passive: Enemy champions and monsters hit by Flawless Duet and Vanguard's Edge's initial barrage are marked for 6 seconds.
  • Active: Irelia dashes to the target enemy, dealing 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (+ 80% AD) physical damage, applying on-hit effects and healing herself for 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20% AD. Bladesurge deals 60% increased damage to minions.
  • Bladesurge's cooldown is refunded if the target was marked or dies to Bladesurge.
  • Target Range: 625.
  • Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 20.
• Defiant Dance (W)
  • First Cast: Irelia aligns her blades around her, gaining 1 Ionian Fervor stack and channelling for X seconds, during which she reduces incoming damage by 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% (+ 10% per 100 AP). Defiant Dance cannot be interrupted.
  • Second Cast: Irelia swipes with her blades in the target direction, dealing 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (+ 60% AD) (+ 40% AP) physical damage to all enemies around her and in a line, increased by 0% − 100% (based on channel time), up to 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 (+ 120% AD) (+ 80% AP).
  • The Second Cast activates automatically toward the cursor's direction at the end of the duration.
  • Target Range: 825.
  • Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
• Flawless Duet (E)
  • Active: Irelia sends a blade to the target location for 3.5 seconds. While active, Irelia may re-activate Flawless Duet to send another blade toward another location.
  • Once both blades have been placed and after a X-second delay, they fly toward each other, dealing 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 80% AP) magic damage and stunning enemies caught in the crossfire for 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 / 1.1 / 1.2 seconds. Monsters receive 50% reduced damage.
  • If Irelia does not re-activate Flawless Duet the second blade will automatically be placed at her current location unless she is affected by crowd control.
  • Target Range: 900.
  • Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 50.
• Vanguard's Edge (R)
  • Irelia launches a barrage of blades through a wide line in the target direction, exploding outwards upon hitting a champion, dealing 150 / 275 / 400 (+ 70% AP) magic damage to all enemies struck.
  • The blades form into a spade-shaped perimeter around the explosion for a 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 seconds, knocking aside all enemies. Enemies that pass the blades are dealt 125 / 200 / 275 (+ 70% AP) magic damage, and are disarmed while being slowed by 60% for 2 seconds.
  • Target Range: 1000.
  • Cooldown: 120 / 105 / 90 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 100.

Release version[]

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.592.

V8.2

• Equilibrium Strike
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 70 from 61.544.
  • Base armor increased to 34 from 25.3.

V7.16

• Bladesurge
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Irelia casting Blade Surge on the other side of a wall would cause damage but not bring her over the wall.

V7.15

• Transcendent Blades
  • Cooldown reduced to 100 / 80 / 60 seconds from 110 / 85 / 60.

V7.14

• Bladesurge
  • Changed several interactions where it overwrotes any spell queuing commands, instead forcing the caster to immediately begin basic-attacking once the ability completed.

V6.16

• Ionian Fervor
  • Range reduced to 1000 from 1400.
  • Removed: Reduces duration of crowd control against her by 10 / 25 / 40 (based on Number of Champions)% when near one or more visible enemy champions.
  • New Effect: Reduces duration of crowd control on her based on if she is outnumbered (self + allies vs enemies).
    • Number's Advantage: Grants 0% crowd control reduction.
    • Even Fight: Grants 10% crowd control reduction.
    • Outnumber: Grants 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (based on level)% crowd control reduction.
• Transcendent Blades
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a tooltip bug where scaling was incorrectly listed as 60% bonus AD, rather than 70% bonus AD (actual value unchanged).

V6.13

• Transcendent Blades
  • Cooldown increased to 110 / 85 / 60 seconds from 70 / 60 / 50.

V6.7

• General
  • Splash artwork for Original Irelia and Infiltrator Irelia updated to the Chinese art.
• Bladesurge
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
  • AD ratio increased to 120% AD from 100% AD.

V5.22

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 338.8 from 288.8.
  • Mana growth reduced to 32 from 35.

V5.6

• Equilibrium Strike
  • Base damage reduced to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280.

V4.16

• Bladesurge
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where interrupting Bladesurge mid-dash would still deal damage to her target.

V4.13

• General
  • Splash artwork for Nightblade Irelia and Aviator Irelia updated to the Chinese art.

V4.5

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 19 from 15.

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Base novement speed increased to 345 from 320.

V1.0.0.147b

• Bladesurge
  • Bug Fix: Failing to refresh cooldown or refund mana when killing certain enemies.

V1.0.0.139

• Stats
• Stats
  • Base health increased to 546 from 515.
  • Health per level increased to 90 from 85.
  • Base health regen increased to 7.5 from 6.5.
  • Base attack damage increased to 59.3 from 56.3.

V1.0.0.138

• Ionian Fervor
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the duration of blinds and silences was being reduced too much.
• Transcendent Blades
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing Irelia not to fire any extra blades.

V1.0.0.136

• Hiten Style
  • Passive heal reduced to 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 per hit from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26.
  • New Effect: While active, heal doubles to 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 per hit.
• Transcendent Blades
  • Cooldown increased to 70 / 60 / 50 seconds from 60 / 50 / 40.

February 21, 2012 Hotfix

• Transcendent Blades
  • Bug Fix: Particle effect issue.

February 14, 2012 Hotfix

• Transcendent Blades
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where one blade was being left on Irelia permanently.

V1.0.0.134

• Transcendent Blades
  • New Effect: Allied-ultimate HUD indicator will remain green until all 4 blades are used.

V1.0.0.129

• Ionian Fervor
  • New Effect: Now additionally reduces silences and blinds.
  • Removed: No longer ignores persistent slow fields ( Void Ooze) when stacked with other disable duration reductions ( Tenacity)

V1.0.0.123

• Bladesurge
  • New Effect: Irelia will attempt to attack enemy champions after dashing to them.

V1.0.0.121

• Bladesurge
  • Mana cost changed to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 70 at all ranks.
• Transcendent Blades
  • Base damage reduced to 80 / 120 / 160 from 85 / 135 / 185.

V1.0.0.120

• Transcendent Blades
  • Heal from champions increased to 25% damage dealt from 20% of raw damage.
  • Removed: Heal is no longer reduced if the damage done is absorbed by shields.

V1.0.0.118b

• Bladesurge
  • Base damage reduced to 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 from 20 / 55 / 90 / 125 / 160
• Transcendent Blades
  • Damage type changed to physical from magic.
  • Now scales with both attack damage and ability power instead of only with the highest.
  • Ability power ratio increased to (+50% AP) from (+40% AP).
  • Now heals for 20% against champions and 10% against minions from 20% against all enemies.

V1.0.0.113

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 515 from 575.
  • Base movement speed reduced to 320 from 330.
• Equilibrium Strike
  • Base damage reduced to 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300.
  • Ability ratio reduced to 50% AP from 100% AP.
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds from 9.
• Transcendent Blades
• Transcendent Blades
  • Base damage reduced to 85 / 135 / 185 per blade from 90 / 140 / 190.

V1.0.0.111

• Transcendent Blades
  • Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying incorrect cooldown.

V1.0.0.108

• Bladesurge
  • Cast range increased to 650 from 600.
• Equilibrium Strike
  • Cast range increased to 425 from 375.
• Transcendent Blades
  • Base damage increased to 90 / 140 / 190 per blade from 80 / 130 / 180.

V1.0.0.105

• Ionian Fervor (Innate)
  • Each nearby enemy champion (to a maximum of three) reduces the effectiveness of crowd control on Irelia.
• Bladesurge (Q)
  • Irelia dashes forward to strike her target. If it kills the target, Bladesurge's cooldown refreshes and half the mana cost is refunded.
• Hiten Style (W)
  • Passive: Irelia is skilled in the art of Hiten, passively giving her physical attacks health restoration.
  • Active: Hiten Style adds true damage to her physical attacks for a short duration.
• Equilibrium Strike (E)
  • Irelia's attack balances the scales, dealing damage and slowing the target. However, if the target has a higher Health % than Irelia, then the blow stuns the target instead.
• Transcendent Blades (Ultimate)
  • Irelia summons four spirit blades which she can fling at her enemies. These blades deal magic damage to enemies that they pass through, siphoning life from them and healing Irelia.

See also[]