I love new Irelia, BUT...

Zero Shingetsu·4/27/2018, 2:39:19 PM·1 votes·2,232 views

There's a voice line that needs changing.

"A mastered weapon needs no haft."

Irelia wields swords, which don't have hafts. This line should've been "A mastered weapon needs no hilt," or "A mastered weapon needs no grip." I mean in theory, sword staves have what could be called hafts, but there's no indication that's what Irelia was raised on. Particularly since the only Asian martial weapons I can think of off hand that possesses oth a swordlike blade and a haft are the Japanese naginata and nagamaki, neither of which are technically swords.

Perhaps we should change Irelia's epithet to "the Polearm Dancer"...

... Wait, that almost sounds really bad out of context.

4 Comments

Oleandervine4/27/2018, 2:41:27 PM4 votes

The hilt of a sword is also called a haft, though it's rarer in use for swords. So the quote isn't wrong, it's just using uncommon vocabulary.

Even then, Irelia doesn't use swords, she uses blades, more akin to kunai. Her blades don't have hilts or any kind of handle at all, and instead have dual sided blades.

ZevBenjamin4/27/2018, 3:05:23 PM1 votes

This is the thing that bothers you? lol i'm more concerned on how they keep nerfing her haha. Good eye though!