Irelia is cool... but I find her excruciatingly weak early game.
But she really picks up mid game.
Is her ult any good? It really doesnt seem to do much.
Irelia's great because of her sustain. This let's you get through the laning phase. She can match other's early game too depending on the champ so she can duel them with clever play.
Her ult is really useful as a wave clearer and it also does a good deal of lifesteal so great to use in lane to get some health back and shove your creep wave into the enemies tower.
EDIT: lol First time using normal's new draft system and I get last pick straight away ^^ Ah well.