[Icon] Twin Shadows. Rito explain what this is.

cheolkeong·9/17/2014, 4:54:40 PM·6 votes·1,725 views

Let's take a look at some Icons. item 3128 - a staff with a bony hand grasping at a glowing orb, on an item called Deathfire Grasp. Makes sense. item 3089 - a scary glowing hat with a mean face on Rabadon's Deathcap. Makes sense. item 3172 - a blade with wind spiraling around it on a sword named Zephyr. Makes sense. item 3185 - a glowing bow named Lightbringer. Makes sense. item 3023 - what in the world are we going for here? Twin = diagonal symmetry? Shadows = hey there is a light pink and a slightly darker blue? Is it supposed to be a scroll? If so why is it cut off so awkwardly?

Now look at Aether Wisp item 3113 . Very clearly some sort of spirt thingy. You could even just have two of them swirling around each other with faces and a different overall hue and that would be so much better than a pink and teal eyesore piece of paper with a glowing temporary tattoo on its nose. This is an item that unleashes mindless jittering shades that claw at the area as they try to hunt down their pray. Let's bring some of that coolness into the item. Why is a legendary item icon so much worse in quality than item 1075 item 1056 item 1001 item 2039 item 2037 item 1036 item 1052 ?

TL;DR - item 3023 Does nothing to convey what the item is or does. It does not communicate its role or legendary status. If it isn't going to do any of these things it should at least look really cool, but that is DEFINITELY not happening. I could understand back before item 3113 was a thing and when it wasn't sure if the item would stick around but come on rito pls.

7 Comments

MrSc0tty9/17/2014, 5:55:34 PM5 votes

I thought it was a picture of one of the spooky ghosts it summons.

KaWxANGEALx9/17/2014, 5:46:56 PM3 votes

On the League of Legends wiki, the first item under Trivia states that the item was originally named "Wraith Collar". Given this, I'm assuming the art is supposed to be a necklace/amulet item around one of the spooky ghosts.

shaiith9/17/2014, 11:38:03 PM1 votes

split it like this: /

Lana Dole Rey9/20/2014, 3:10:57 AM1 votes

Dude they're siamese twins who died and came back as ghosts. Duh