Tinfoil hat theory: These skins tease the Irelia VGU

Malicious Metal··28 votes·4,747 views

We know Eve is going to be revealed soon, meaning we'll get to know the next champion to get a VGU.

Irelia is tier 1 VGU priority and these skins all show some kind of telekietic blade fantasy, especially Yi.

Mad ravings or is there a possibility of these skins foreshadowing Irelia's VGU?

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RiotReav324 votes

Thinking Face

Shadowkirby141 votes

Reav3 may be onto something... [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Jeddy01710 votes

I imagine Gbay suddenly feels a disturbance in the force.

Infernape1 votes

Don't!

Solari Fortune4 votes

Reav3, don't do this, you are going to spawn 10 min youtube videos about this comment with this

Infernape3 votes

HEY GUYS WELCOME TO ANOTHER LEAGUE OF LEGENDS VIDEOS

DJMason883 votes

wHaT's Up GuYs It'S mE JeReMy

ggGetJinxed21 votes

I can see it now, "Hello everyone, my name is Gbay99"

RacoonHunter3 votes

I hope you are having a wonderful day.. here's a 10 minute video on a 4 minute topic where I show nothing but my Irelia picks while talking about people like kayn. ;) :) *ps he's one of the youtubers I actually have a sub too and watch whenever he puts up one..

speaking of that,, WTB MORE ANKLESPANKIN VIDEOS!

Levost1 votes

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Thinking Face

While I doubt that the skins pipeline magically was able to coordinate something like this with the VGU team like OP seems to think, I have to say, they all have really cool, uniquely Ionian aesthetics we haven't seen much of outside of skins.

Can you tell me (unofficially of course) if you think that these skins are probably in the same aesthetic ballpark as a future Irelia VGU? i.e. are they similar to what you expect Irelia's new visuals and updated - and properly nuIonia - aesthetic would be? I would think that if nothing else it's at least a kind of benchmark of Ionian-ness, and would be on the team's mind when going at her in a future VGU.

Linna Excel2 votes

Reav3, do you think the Irelia rework whenever it happens is going to be more of a modernization that keeps the kit mostly intact or a complete rework from the ground up that'll make Gbay99 cry?

Aeszarck2 votes

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Reav3, do you think the Irelia rework whenever it happens is going to be more of a modernization that keeps the kit mostly intact or a complete rework from the ground up that'll make Gbay99 cry?

It will make me cry too I love Irelia's current kit, as annoying as it is to fight. :(

Ivern and Irelia2 votes

Just keep her q the same. everything else can be changed

Rengooo1 votes

Oh Reav3 you're such a tease

Leyin4 votes

I like your idea, but I think it is based on chinese culture,because the Worlds are in China this year.

Talvaren1 votes

as an interesting thought as that is, it is more likely these skins are based on Chinese culture. To be more specific I think they are based on modern Chinese kung fu fantasy films, like "Journey to the West" and "The Sorcerer and the White Snake".

Beyond Legends1 votes

No it's more similiar to the newer cultivation web novel if anything. Neither Journey or White snake are new lol.

FlameHalbrdOkido1 votes

I thought the same thing

KoKoboto1 votes

God please yes. PLEASE YESSSS.

zero3561 votes

Here's hoping for an Irelia VGU

It's doubly interesting because Shen is currently a better telekinetic sword wielder than she is, so that lines up (kind of)

And I have some personal ... pride? ... riding on the Irelia VGU, so there's that

Linna Excel1 votes

They seem like they were inspired by the lotus line, but with a bit more of an obvious chinese flair to them.

The DrBonjigollo1 votes

Possible sure, but I'm pretty sure that it was said that Swain was supposed to be next.

GreenLore1 votes

Swain is getting worked on by the team that did the Urgot VGU. The opener says that Irelia might become the next project of the team that works on Evelynn.

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