I'm not an Irelia main nor do I think it's a big deal to Irelia mains, but it just seems strange. Urgot had 4 legs that became 6, Swain's Beatrice became a bunch of crows instead of one, and now Irelia has 2 extra blades? Is this a trend we should expect from future VGUs? Or was there another reason why she got more?
nunu update is gonging to be iceclimbers riding a yeti.
They probably gave her 6 blades because it looks like her blades are made from the tinity force in universe and because of that,they get into a triangle shape in her idle pose. And making a triangle shape with 6 blades is simply more symmetrical.
Also when she moves one blade,the others move the same way afterwards,making it look like kind of an afterimage,which simply works better with 6 blades.
Urgot got leg upgrades because his old skinny sticks for legs ain't looking right for his massive upper body. Though they could've just made those 4 legs thicker and called it a day; I'm guessing they added 2 extra to probably give Urgot an octopus motif (6 legs and 2 arms), which can make sense given octopuses can be pretty smart and deadly predators, or something like that. Though a more practical reason may be to simply balance his shotgun knee passive, and they may have reached the conclusion that 6 knees is better to work with than 4.
There is still Beatrice, she's just other off-screen or supposedly mixed in with the other crows, given Swain does still refer Beatrice by name, albeit in a joke where he is seen confused between which crows in front of him is Beatrice. Swain will also summon 1 crow to accompany him during the recall animation, that one is likely to be Beatrice or at least a familar or an avatar of them.
Irelia getting 6 sblades instead of 4? Idk, maybe it's because 4 is not a favoured number in Asian culture and associated with bad luck or death traditionally (both in various languages in Asia, verbal pronunciation of "4" sounds like "death"), and is only sported by ominous fellow like Jhin, and so they upped the count from 4 to 6 by adding 2 more. 6 may also be consciously chosen, given it is believed by some people, Chinese people in particular, to be a good number (in Chinese, verbal pronunciation of "6" sounds similar to "smooth", as in everything goes smoothly as desired). But that's just a theory, I have no beef on this. They could've just added the number because they think it looks cooler or something.
