#08 · Standard body

Irelia

The Blade Dancer

Setplay blade-field reset combosResource: FervorDifficulty

A blade dancer who throws blades that stay where they land, then Bladesurges to them and cuts through everything in between. Flawless Duet marks the opponent Unsteady, and a Bladesurge into that mark resets her combo. Pick her if you like placing pieces on the stage and writing long, self-extending routes.

MeterSort21 combos

Magic series floor

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5L›5M›5H

The shared magic series on a standing dummy.

Damage: 927
Hits: 3
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +8

Launch air chain

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5L›5M›5H›2H›jc›j.L›j.M›j.H

The chain-only ceiling: series, 2H launcher, jump-cancelled air series.

Damage: 1780
Hits: 7
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +16
End adv.: +41

Auto: Flawless Duet

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5L›5M›5H›236M

The autocombo sentence at 0 Style: series into the M Duet, which stuns and marks the foe Unsteady.

Damage: 1235
Hits: 4
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +11

Auto: EX Duet

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5L›5M›5H›236M›236EX

The autocombo at 50 Style: the Duet's stun into the EX Duet, which leaves a blade past the join.

Damage: 1920
Hits: 5
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Starts with: 50 Style
Style net: -39

Auto: Vanguard's Edge

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5L›5M›5H›236M›Skybound

The autocombo at 100 Style: the Duet into Vanguard's Edge, which staggers and plants a blade on each side.

Damage: 1988
Hits: 5
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Starts with: 100 Style
Style net: -89
End adv.: +3

SuperWallstick

Toss, surge through

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›5H

The blade verb: the toss plants past the body and 6U surges to it through them, so the series continues from the other side.

Damage: 1693
Hits: 6
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +15

Duet into Bladesurge reset

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5L›5M›5H›236M›623M

The mark verb: the Duet leaves them Unsteady and a Bladesurge into the mark resets; the reset stuns +10 and hands back the special cancel.

Damage: 1539
Hits: 5
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +13

Two resets

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U

The bank-and-cash loop: each blade move and Duet banks a Fervor family, each Bladesurge reset cashes the mark for a fresh leg at 80% instead of 70%. Two resets a combo.

Damage: 3059
Hits: 13
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +25

Two resets, surge out

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›6U›5M›5H

Meterless best: the Ward blade the second reset leaves is the last surge, through them into a taxed series restart with four Fervor stacks.

Damage: 3538
Hits: 16
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +28

Ward and recall

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5L›5M›2U›22M›5U›6U›5M›5H

The recall verb: 2U plants a blade past them, 22M calls it home through their back and drags them toward her, and the fresh toss and surge carry on.

Damage: 2130
Hits: 8
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +19

Diving Blade pickup

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5L›5M›2H›jc›j.M›j.H›j.U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›6U

Two legs: the Diving Blade plants under the knockdown and 6U is her OTG pickup (`OtgPickup`), then the reset loop. Pays carry, not damage.

Damage: 2904
Hits: 17
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +25
Legs: 2

OTG

Reset into the air

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›2H›jc›j.M›j.H›j.U›6U›5M›236H›623L›5U›6U

Reset then launch: the reset's special cancel is spent on the air leg, the dive's blade is the pickup, and the second reset ends on a toss and surge.

Damage: 3370
Hits: 17
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +26
Legs: 2

OTG

Corner resets

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U

The reset loop against the wall: a point-blank toss still cuts (a flying blade reaches the wall), and the blades plant just inside it.

Damage: 3059
Hits: 13
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +25

Resets, EX Duet

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›236EX›6U›5M›5H

Best 50: the EX Duet after the second reset leaves a blade past the join, so there is one more surge and series than the meterless best.

Damage: 3873
Hits: 17
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Starts with: 50 Style
Style net: -23

EX Bladesurge reset

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623EX

623EX always resets, mark or not, and is the full reversal; here it is a reset that launches.

Damage: 2038
Hits: 7
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: 50 Style
Style net: -35
End adv.: +3

EX recall

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5L›5M›5H›22EX

22EX throws its own blade out and calls it home, so it recalls with no blade out and launches.

Damage: 1258
Hits: 4
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: 50 Style
Style net: -42

Resets, Vanguard's Edge, surge

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›Skybound›6U›5M›5H

Vanguard's Edge after the second reset: its blades flank the stagger, so 6U has a blade past them for one more series.

Damage: 3909
Hits: 17
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Starts with: 100 Style
Style net: -73

SuperWallstick

Awakening, then resets

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5L›5M›5H›Awakening›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›6U

Best 100: Awakening staggers and opens its window (four Fervor stacks held, a third blade, blade moves fresh), and the whole reset loop runs inside it.

Damage: 4769
Hits: 16
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Starts with: 100 Style
Style net: -73

SuperWallstick

Corner resets, Edge

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5L›5M›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›236H›623L›2U›Skybound

Vanguard's Edge in the corner wallsticks off the reset loop.

Damage: 3452
Hits: 14
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Starts with: 100 Style
Style net: -75

SuperWallstick

Bladesurge anti-air

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623H›236L

The H Bladesurge rises strike-invulnerable and launches; the L Duet's long cut catches the fall.

Damage: 821
Hits: 2
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +7

Heavy punish

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5H›5U›6U›5M›236M›623M›5U›6U›5M›5H

A 5H counter-hit starter (105%) into the toss, Duet, and one reset.

Damage: 3076
Hits: 10
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Starts with: no meter
Style net: +28

Notation

7 Jump back
8 Jump up
9 Jump forward
44 Backdash
66 Dash
jc Jump cancel
j.66 Air dash
IAD Instant air dash
SC Style Cancel (spends 25 Style, 10f screen freeze)
SDC6 Style Dash Cancel forward
SDC4 Style Dash Cancel back
SDC8 Style Dash Cancel up
SDC2 Style Dash Cancel down
236EX L+M version of a special (costs Style)
Every route is replayed in the real sim on a standing dummy; damage and advantage are the results.

Combo notes

Toss and surge: 5L 5M 5U 6U 5M 5H. The blade plants past them, and the surge carries the combo to the other side.
Basic reset: 5L 5M 5H 236M 623M. After the reset, cancel into a blade move or another special.
The loop: 5L 5M 5U 6U 5M 236M 623M, reset, 5U 6U 5M 236H 623L 2U. The first reset returns the blade moves, and the second Duet sets up the second reset. End with 6U 5M 5H off the ward's blade for her best meterless damage. It works in the corner too.
Recall: 5L 5M 2U 22M 5U 6U 5M 5H. The ward's blade flies home through them and drags them back into range.
Legs: end air chains with j.U so a blade sits under the knockdown, then pick up with 6U.
Build Fervor early: routes that touch more families (toss, surge, Duet, Bladesurge, Recall) reach four stacks sooner, and every later hit deals true damage.
Meter: at 50 Style, finish the loop with 236EX 6U 5M 5H. At 100, Awakening spent at the start and the whole loop under it is her highest-damage route. Skybound after the loop leaves blades for one more 6U series.