Spirit Blossom Irelia splash art inspired fans to demand the actual skin line to be available for the champion
Spirit Blossom is one of League of Legends’ most popular events, featuring a limited-time game mode, a visual novel-style side game, and some of the finest skins the game has to offer. Champions like Yasuo, Riven, Kindred… have some of the best animations the skin line has brought to the game.
Riot Games has released multiple Spirit Blossom skins in League of Legends, but despite the skin line’s backstory being intricately connected to Irelia’s lore, the creators have yet to create one for her.
Nonetheless, one of the designers drew a stunning splash art of what the skin may look like if it were to be included to the game. Bo Chen, a senior artist at Riot, posted his work on ArtStation, where fans may delve into the concept art’s minutiae.
According to Bo Chen, the splash art design was heavily influenced by Spirit Blossom Yone and Spirit Blossom Riven.
The Irelia design, like other skins in the Spirit Blossom series, utilizes bright tones. The champion’s costume is predominantly white, pink, and red, with hints of purple and gold thrown over the background.
There have been several leaks and reports claiming that this year’s Worlds would be a Spirit Blossom Event. Many Spirit Blossom skins have been leaked, however, Spirit Blossom Irelia is not one of them.
Still, there is a potential that a Spirit Blossom skin for Irelia may be released in the future. Because Spirit Blossom skins are based on Ionian lore, and Irelia is such a prominent Ionia champion throughout the game, we may see her in the skin line in the future.