Talk:Irelia/@comment-108.85.84.234-20120504012028/@comment-4957501-20120504155418

That's more of a personal observation I think, because I haven't seen her anymore than I usually did, which is barely at all, even since the patch. The only time I've seen the new skin in game too is when I was spectating featured games, never in a game I played in. The kicking ass is more of a skill thing, not the champion, as is usually the case. The Irelia you see now is the same as the Irelia you saw before the last patch, just with slightly buffed base stats (31 extra starting HP, +3 AD, 90 HP gained per level instead of 85 and 7.5 extra Health regen per 5 up from 6.5), I don't think these are game breaking differences that'll make her go from what was widely considered a mid tier solotop to "kicking ass" every game, especially since her kit wasn't modified in any way and she still faces the same problems and weaknesses she did before. If you do actually see her in every game you play with the new skin and always kicking ass..... well, that's just odd luck I guess.

Regardless, ofcourse Riot intended to make money with her skin, that's the entire reason they make skins in the first place. As for the nerfing, I'm pretty sure from what I've observed that Riot has their own guidelines for determining who gets buffed/nerfed. Which is why most people don't understand the logic behind why Riot buff/nerf as they do most of the times. Noobs get pwned by a whole lot of other champions too, I don't think that'll be incentive for them to nerf her. But ultimately that's for Riot to decide, and I still don't believe they buff/nerf champions just for the sake of manipulating their skin sales, since there's no evidence of them ever doing so. Irelia simply has always had a history of being tinkered with constantly, so much so that she's actually the subject of the most popular LoL meme. Equating that to a recent skin sale and jumping to the farfetched conclusion of customer manipulation is just unlikely IMO, but to each their own I guess. :)