Yeah sorry I'd been meaning to fix that, thanks for the reminder. Build is updated.

I'm not sure if any changes to the build are required but I'll keep an eye open for any meta developments towards her build.

It's viable if you prefer a better early-game over scaling.

She is definitely hard to master, but you shouldn't let that discourage you. Practicing high skillcap champions can improve some of the skills necessary to play them much faster than if you practice other champions first. For example, I've always stayed away from skillshot-reliant champions because I have bad aim, and because I don't practice skillshot champions, my aim is bad! It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

If you want to pick up Irelia but you're not good enough to do well with her yet, the solution to that is to start practicing her.

No, Lich Bane doesn't do much damage if you don't have AP. You'd be better off just investing in some armor pen if you're really that worried about the enemy's armor.

Except that @ Warefareoid said, which is true, in case you actually build lich bane to counter them building armor, the damage from lich bane will be extremely low because you dont have enought ap, and also the spell blade passive doesnt not work, if you have build any other spell blade item.

Not rly since Irelia really needs the atk speed from tri or burst from AD items. Passive doesn't scale on AP, which is your biggest damage source. You can whiff your E since it's a weird skilshot + your ult is just better used as marking tool and stopping movement than investing a item into upping its damage. If they build armor, then you're better off building on-hit like BOTRK and wits end to mitigate how much they reduce.

I completely disagree. His guides are very stylized thanks to coding, and much of what you need to know about playing the heroes he makes guides about are down below. He's a professional player, he knows what he's doing, and his guides have helped me a lot in learning to play as the heroes I enjoy playing as today.