Order of the Lotus Irelia strikes at equilibrium

Riot·6/1/2015, 8:20:45 PM·2 votes·34,920 views

The wise withstand weakness. The mighty master their power.

Enlighten your allies and restore balance to the fight with Order of the Lotus Irelia, available now where the smallest flower blossoms in a field of beauty--or the League of Legends store--for 750 RP.

119 Comments

Irucas6/4/2015, 6:24:37 PM66 votes

Karma B**** don't dress like me

Alice the Mad6/4/2015, 8:58:42 PM42 votes

Now if only we can get an Order of the Lotus Gragas , complete with an Iroh beard and barrels of tea.

The Cool Persian6/4/2015, 6:49:10 PM41 votes

Then everything changed when the summoner 14 nation attacked.

ZA WARUDO WRYY6/4/2015, 6:47:14 PM11 votes

Better Nerf Irelia Irelia summoner 11 Singed

Ps. Dunkey taught us riot was owned/operated by singed

Typhoom6/4/2015, 6:55:27 PM8 votes

Finally !!!! I've been waiting to give you my money all patch.

Istory6/4/2015, 6:27:42 PM7 votes

Why can't the ingame look as good as the splash item 3113

MasterVidallis6/4/2015, 7:51:00 PM6 votes

Irelia needs a full VU though : / This is a pretty skin and it's wasted on her weird frame, awkward stances and slow and lame attack animations. Not to mention her hair looks like an old mop.

LoL Synesthesia6/4/2015, 6:28:04 PM6 votes

Glad to see its only 750 RP

Scale Over Time6/5/2015, 3:35:00 AM5 votes

WAIT WAIT WAIT isn't the Order of the Lotus an Avatar: The Last Airbender reference? Woah.

cloman1006/5/2015, 3:29:17 AM4 votes

order of the lotus blossom zac plz.he can shoot flowers, have a crown, make him hold a flower. ok maybe not so good....Zac

xXx286/5/2015, 3:46:32 PM3 votes

so beautiful

Tortruega6/4/2015, 6:32:21 PM3 votes

Nice skin. Calm and dank. Heimerdinger

Mask Serenity6/4/2015, 10:12:46 PM3 votes

Freaking love this skin so gorgeous. Need more skins like this for ahri and Diana <3

BoilTheOil6/4/2015, 8:29:37 PM2 votes

i cant restore balanced to the fight because Irelia is op

AirSonance6/5/2015, 3:33:18 AM2 votes

That moment when a skin makes you want to play a champion. Not the worst reason to want to buy a new champion, I guess.

Hai MilyQT6/4/2015, 7:15:03 PM2 votes

Lol

Yuwya6/5/2015, 4:17:06 AM2 votes

Now i gotta admit, this was not what i expected to make me buy rp finally but I'm really debating it now. I still promise to buy pool party ahri when she comes out.

daftphonics6/5/2015, 3:07:29 AM2 votes

I really would like to know who illustrates these splashes. They're beautiful! Just gorgeous

Dos Tres Leches6/4/2015, 7:55:23 PM2 votes

I think this skin would have been better for Zyra since she's a plant. Kinda..

False Promise6/4/2015, 6:57:21 PM1 votes

so many half ass cheap 750 skins...dissapointing

KimiNoNaWaSugoi6/4/2015, 10:50:25 PM1 votes

Order of the Lotus Zed? Zed

Vekkna6/4/2015, 9:11:16 PM1 votes

Can Riot please get their shit together on these skins? Splash art is beautiful. Model preview gif looks good, too! In-game screencap is both different AND flat-looking.

Why is it that almost every skin has these problems? The 3 images above have 3 different sets of details. For example:

  1. Splash has sheer pink open sleeves, other two are opaque and closed.
  2. Model preview has sheer white side panels, splash has pink, and in-game has opaque purple.

And like virtually every other skin in the game, this one looks like it's shipped only after being stripped of contrast and color saturation. For example, the preview has obviously bright white edges on the weapon blades that just look dingy gray in-game. All the shadows are brightened to gray, and most of the highlights are dimmed to gray.

And what's worse is that this is intentional. PBE skins tend to be more vibrant and detailed before they're sent through the "shitify" machine to remove anything more ornate than a gradient. (See Ezreal Ace of Spades).