User blog comment:Emptylord/Season 3 - PBE Patch Notes/@comment-4083774-20121127161426

Couple of things - Avarice blade got nerfed to the ground.

Right not, runic bulward gives the most MR in the game which is 60(if you hold the item) and that's pretty sad compared to the season 2 mres items...

Spirit visage now becomes even more powerful (vlad likey :P), provides second most mres in the game, so now might be a bit more valuable on Irelia(13/5=1.6 more health per hit or 2.6 per hit with active, still pretty lame... but good with a doran's blade though)

Zeypher now becomes a core item on irelia in my opinion, given the fact it gives TENACITY+cdr+as+ms+ad.

Zerkers could now become good on irelia, enchanted with furor...

A viable build on irelia imo can be:

• zerkers(furor)

• early phage

• zeypher

• complete trinity

so far we have boots + 2 items leaving us for 3 last defensive items:

we could use spirit visage for mres (or bulward if nobody else gets it),

Mercurial Scimitar  can come in handy every once in a while against malz and such, giving additional ad nevertheless... GA could work as well despite being nerfed...

wits end could work as an additional offensive edge...

Ravenous Hydra  or an early tiamat could work against a champ who is vulnerable to pushing, but it also provies great sustain and generally good stats...