Frostblade Irelia - Why the big change in theme?

Jaghatai·3/20/2018, 11:25:30 PM·18 votes·1,188 views

I'm a little dismayed on the direction that this skin took. It was one of my favorite skins in the game and pretty much the only skin for Irelia I used. (not for the "frostbutt"). I liked the kinda scifi-ish, super hero look to it. The high contrast darks and lights mainly blues with the tron-like feel to the suit. Now it's just a nondescript purplish light blue through and through.

The new version looks like a Water-bender from Avatar or Aurelia from Borderland: The Pre-Sequel.

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Aurelia?file=Lady_hammerlock_key_art.jpg

8 Comments

MetaVolca3/20/2018, 11:27:23 PM10 votes

It looks really bad, with the dumb crystal hair and ESPECIALLY that goddamn neck fur thing. This is a Winter Wonder skin, not Frostblade.

ChompyWulf3/21/2018, 12:22:45 AM6 votes

Just saw the new skin. Feels bad man. Likewise, I enjoyed the futuristic cybersuit look of Frost blade. Now it's basic wintery trash.

Another case of Rito fucking over skins.

Kairoptra3/21/2018, 7:07:08 PM2 votes

I mean, it was supposed to be “frostblade”, not “tronblade”. If you can’t say anything else good about it (I personally don’t care about the issue as a whole), you can at least say they refined it more toward the ice theme that the name should suggest.

VelvetCrotch3/21/2018, 7:53:42 PM2 votes

same to me, the only skin i got a while back in crafting for her, and one of my most fav. skins and one of my biggest positive surprises in crafting.

i miss the overwhelming dark blue too. :(( i thought they would change her hair from icy into white like Lissandra or something, but NOT touch the rest of her aesthetics (from splash which is ulgy to ingame)