Talk:VPBE/@comment-31222231-20180513185602/@comment-25075290-20180514041159

I thought the same, at least initially. Their processes of modernization usually make everything more serious and realistic while this icon looks even more cartoony and disproportioned than its predecessor. You can tell it's newer is because of the better lightning effect, the more modern (more League, less Warcraft) hilt and the smoother carvings. The light and shadow effects make the blade look more like metal - I genuinely thought the Infinity Edge was made of stone before this new icon. I'd say they chose this burlesque (is this the right term?) style because of how IE was always supposed to exaggerate a Marksman's damage.