Serious Inquiry about a QOL buff to Irelia

Goddamn Heretic·9/6/2018, 3:30:42 AM·2 votes·1,498 views

Hi Riot,

Over the two or so years I have played league of legends, I have tried many different champions across many roles. However I have found little success with all but two: Diana and Zed. I have tried numerous times to expand my pool, trying Irelia, Darius, Camille, and Riven, among others. However for some reason all of these champions did nothing but frustrate me. I came up with a few theories. I looked at what Diana and Zed have in common. Both quite notably betrayed their upbringing, going as far as to kill the people who were holding them back. Hell, I even had a bit of success with Fiora and she literally has the same thing going on. For a while I thought "This must be it. I'm destined to be a heretic. Camille and Darius and the lot of them are all a bunch of sheep doing whatever they grew up with. Camille especially, she let her brother spook her out of pursuing what she really wanted."

But I knew that was rubbish. I just wanted to tell the story because I thought it was funny. Lets continue to my actual point. The real thing that Diana and Zed have in common is their auto attack. Both the animation and the sound that accompanies it are noticeably more acute, making it easier to follow and visualize my damage output. Darius, Irelia, Riven, and Camille all lack this. The sound of their auto is much softer. Less like a sharp impact the way Diana's and Zed's are. The animations, too, are wider and more fluid, making it strange to look at. I often find myself panicking after underestimating my damage and using up all my abilities. It's like I know the damage is there because I see a chunk getting knocked off their health bar, but I can't FEEL it. It's a very strange feeling and it makes for this kind of visceral feeling of not being actually in control.

So I would like to ask for just one simple thing, even though it's a ridiculous and tedious thing to ask and it probably won't happen: Out of all the champs I tried, I really like Irelia. She was my favorite, so might as well try it for her. What if you guys changed the sound effect for her auto just a little bit? More similar to Diana's and Zed's with a clearer and more satisfying moment of impact. I think it would be a great QOL improvement. If it would be even remotely possible to make this happen, it wouldn't even need to be for Irelia, since I know you guys just put in so much time into her rework (which was amazing by the way). Riven in general, Darius' W, and Camille's Q could all benefit from this.

3 Comments

Chuck NASUS9/6/2018, 6:36:39 AM4 votes

you taking league to a deeper level bro