Irelia Quotes

See this skin in 3D: Mythmaker Irelia

Movement › First Move

• "This story is mine to tell—and it's just beginning!"
• "Heroes really can come from anywhere."
• "Even legends can change… (chuckles) I'm living proof!"
• "Anyone can be the lead; you just have to take the first step."
• "I've been in the shadows for too long, time to step into the light!"
• "New year, new start, new world."

Movement › Moving

• "I make my own luck."
• "'Luck' is 'hard work' under another name."
• "A good leader should foster hope."
• "There are no small parts; only potential untapped."
• "Shoulders down, chin up, posture!"
• "A life lived with grace is its own form of art."
• "Monsters are made, not born."
• "No one can see me stumble…"
• "A new start is hope worth protecting!"
• "We can be heroes."
• "I'll give my family something to celebrate!"
• "Legends are told in word and deed."
• "Every role, important; every player, invaluable."
• "Lead with grace, and others will follow."
• "We were all born to make history."
• "This is a new tale."
• "I'll rest after the fireworks!"
• "Great battles are fought in service of simple joys."
• "Heroes and beasts, are cut from the same paper."
• "Looking forward to the fireworks!"
• "Every family is a story, told through their kin."
• "I can't wait for the feast we'll have when this is done!"
• "Traditions begin in myth."
• "Everyone has their own tale to tell!"

Movement › Long Move

• "Some may say I'm spinning a yarn… But this is paper!"
• "Fables may change with each telling; but the heart remains the same."
• "I love my people—my myth… I want a brighter future for all of them!"
• "The legend I lived a thousand times is changing before my eyes!"
• "The question isn't 'Can a myth change?' it's 'What changes will we make?'"
• "When others run; look to those who stay."
• "I've always been the hero of my own story… I've just never realized it!"
• "Heroes, villains… The role you play depends on the tale being told."
• "It's funny how one-chance encounter can change your whole world!"
• "We are defined by our traditions: those we let go, and those we keep."
• "Paper… stories… Both have two sides, and endless potential!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Mythmaker Galio

• "Galio, you don't have to be the beast they say you are!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Mythmaker Garen

• "I'm one of your people too, Garen. That hasn't changed!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Mythmaker Sivir

• "You don't have to carry this story alone, Sivir. Let me take the lead."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Wukong

• "Aren't you in the wrong story, Wukong…?"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Mythmaker Zyra

• "Zyra… I told you to leave us alone!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Papercraft skin

• "Folded paper… How curious!"

Taunt

• "Where's my Tea Pet…"

Taunt › Taunt Response

• "That display was paper thin."

Joke

• "Once upon a time…"

Joke › Joke Response

• "Mmm… No, that joke fell flat."

Attack › Attacking

• "Watch me."
• "Cut loose!"
• "Slice!"
• "Stand and fight."
• "I won't fold!"
• "Mind the edge."
• "Paper cuts!"
• "Show me your craft!"
• "We begin."
• "Seeing red?"
• "Face me!"
• "Missed your cue."

Ability Casting › Using Bladesurge › Using with Max Stacks of Ionian Fervor

• "This"
• "is"
• "my"
• "story!"
• "For"
• "a"
• "new"
• "start!"
• "My"
• "time"
• "to"
• "shine!"
• "I"
• "will"
• "not"
• "fold!"

Ability Casting › Using Defiant Dance › Channel

• "Paper…!"
• "Hole…!"
• "Un…!"

Ability Casting › Using Defiant Dance › Recast

• "Storm!"
• "Punch!"
• "Furl!"

Ability Casting › Using Vanguard's Edge

• "Showdown!"
• "Stories end!"
• "The grand finale!"
• "Fly!"

Ability Casting › Using Vanguard's Edge › Ranking for the First Time

• "I'm ready for some fireworks!"

Kills and Objectives

• "Tell a different tale!"
• "You fell flat."
• "I'm a cut above!"
• "Next time, with feeling."
• "Paper thin!"
• "Didn't make the cut!"
• "A valiant attempt."
• "Fold!"
• "Time for your exit."
• "Try a re-write."
• "Start over!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Mythmaker Galio

• "You have the power to change, Galio—but you have to want it!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Mythmaker Garen

• "You underestimated me, Garen. Try to learn from your mistake!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Mythmaker Sivir

• "I am a hero too, Sivir!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Wukong

• "Find your own legend, Wukong…"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Mythmaker Zyra

• "Zyra, our story doesn't have to end this way!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Papercraft skin

• "Nothing but paper cuts from you!"

Kills and Objectives › Scoring First Blood

• "This was just the prologue."

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Double Kill

• "Two? You'll need more than that."

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Triple Kill

• "End of act three…!"

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Quadra Kill

• "Four? Ha, fitting!"

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Pentakill

• "This calls for a celebration!"

Kills and Objectives › Destroying a Turret

• "There's a hole in your defence…"
• "Ripped to pieces!"
• "I was hoping there'd be fireworks."

Shopping › Opening the Shop

• "I only have paper money…"
• "Do you take red envelopes?"
• "Hmm… I need something sharper."
• "You wouldn't happen to sell fireworks…"

Other Gameplay › Leveling Up

• "One more chapter!"
• "Step by step."
• "A new act begins!"
• "Strength in the journey."

Other Gameplay › Pinging › Assist Me

• "To me!"

Other Gameplay › Pinging › Danger

• "Beware!"

Other Gameplay › Pinging › Enemy Missing

• "They vanished!"

Other Gameplay › Pinging › On My Way

• "I'm with you!"

Recall

• "I guess even protagonists need rest."
• "Collect yourself, Irelia…"
• "To be continued."
• "Let's prepare for the next chapter."
• "That was exhilarating!"
• "A brief interlude."

Death

• "Can't… let them… down…" (exhales)
• "It's not… the end…" (exhales)
• "Was it all… for nothing…?" (whimpers)
• "Don't… forget me…"

Death › Respawn

• "I begin anew."
• "Take it from the top."
• "This is my story; I say it goes on."
• "Let's turn the page."
• "Life was easier as a background character…"
• "Lucky enough, it seems."
• "Another chapter."
• "Don't write me off!"

See this skin in 3D: Spirit Blossom Irelia

Movement › First Move

• "Evil wears many faces. Until I unmask them, I will have no rest."
• "I am the Queen's Ready Hand—bound to her memory, ready to strike."
• "We cannot be distracted from our duties. Even if our hearts tell us otherwise."
• "My mistakes may linger, haunting me, but I will not let them deter me!"
• "In life, my duty was to protect what mattered most. Can I do the same in death?"
• "Know your enemy and always keep them in your sight."

Movement › First Move › First Move with Ally Spirit Blossom Ashe Both sides

• "Come, my Queen. I will never let you out of my sight again."

Movement › First Move › First Move with Enemy Spirit Blossom Ashe Both sides

• "The Wandering Queen walks among the enemy…? Has my failure driven us apart forever?"

Movement › First Move › First Move with an Ally Akana

• "Let us channel the conflict within into something more useful, akana."

Movement › First Move › First Move with an Enemy Akana

• "Unlike you, akana, I do not wander aimlessly. You shall see when our paths meet."

Movement › First Move › First Move with an Ally Kanmei

• "Do not accept everything you see here, kanmei. Spirit blossoms attract both the righteous, and the wicked."

Movement › First Move › First Move with an Enemy Kanmei

• "Kanmei or not, an open hand cannot always be trusted. I will greet them—with a ready hand."

Movement › Moving

• "So much still ties us to the living…"
• "Fire and death haunt my steps."
• "Many hands lift the heaviest burdens."
• "No one but me knows the names of my blades."
• "Nothing can surprise me anymore."
• "The rhythms do not come as easily as before…"
• "Respite is a gift I may never earn."
• "The spirits saw my failure… Never again."
• "There is still time to rectify my mistakes. I cannot stop."
• "I feel the eyes of ghosts."
• "Peace everlasting is a myth."
• "I still protect my people!"
• "I am always moving. Stillness is death."
• "They say time heals but, how long must I wait?"
• "There is nothing more deceptive than 'good' intentions."
• "My hands can never be cleansed."
• "Tenderness is not weakness… but it can cloud our judgment."
• "Be the leader she knows you can be."
• "Why would she apologize for something that was my fault…?"
• "When I can't protect those closest to me, what is my worth?"

Movement › Long Move

• "Living with my choices was easy. Dying with them was another matter."
• "There is no such thing as a clean death, when burdens always follow us."
• "Memories of home… A knowing smile between friends. The worth of morning's first light."
• "I walk among the dishonored dead. I do not need to hear them to know what they say."
• "My Queen died in my arms… From that moment, I've held her memory within me."
• "My dreams may be… unattainable. But that does not mean I will abandon them."
• "When my shame has been atoned for, I will once again dance to honor my Queen."
• "My people… They did not deserve the carnage the Grovemother brought. I will not forget them."
• "I am not the eloquent leader my Queen was. I speak through action."
• "It was a mistake believing duty bends with the wind. It is a mountain; firm and absolute."

First Encounter

• "Do you stand with my Queen, or the Grovemother's demon children?"
• "The spirits are watching. Honor them."
• "Take one step closer and you will meet my blades."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Ahri

• "No one has time for your games, Fox Spirit—me, least of all."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Ashe Both sides

• "No… this can't be… my Queen would never do this!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Bard

• "Even a peaceful life such as yours is beyond me now, Gardener."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Ivern

• "Long have I admired the bow carved from your branch, Sacred Tree."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Karma Both sides

• "First Spirit. Why aren't you watching over your murderous creation…?"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux

• "I seek no guidance, Lady of Pearls. The path of peace is lost to me."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Morgana Both sides

• "Why live like a human, Grovemother, if you did not want to DIE like one?"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Sett

• "I don't need to prove anything to you, Banished Son. Only myself."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Thresh

• "You cannot torment me, demon; I am already a prisoner of obsession."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Varus

• "Life gives and takes in unequal measure, Archer. I have thought on it often."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Zyra

• "Do not hide your pain, Heart of the Garden. Use it."

First Encounter › First Encounter with an Akana

• "Leave me to my fixations and I'll leave you to yours, akana."

First Encounter › First Encounter with a Kanmei

• "You have nothing of interest to me, kanmei. Stand aside!"

Taunt

• "Dance with me at your peril."

Taunt › Taunt Response

• "That deserves death."

Joke

• "I don't think this is the best use of my… Ugh, nevermind."

Joke › Joke Response

• "Am I supposed to clap?"

Attack › Attacking

• "Our paths meet."
• "Keep your balance!"
• "Your path ends here!"
• "Watch my hands."
• "I see through you!"
• "Give in."
• "Face the consequences."
• "Ready hands strike true!"
• "Trespasser!"
• "Blades unsheathed!"
• "Fulfill your purpose!"
• "For my Queen!"
• "Drown in regret."
• "Fury and strife."
• "Show your true self!"
• "Speak, through action."

Ability Casting › Using Ionian Fervor › Reaching Maximum Stacks

• "RECLAMATION!"
• "MY QUEEN IS WITH ME!"
• "HANDS READY!"
• "EARN MY PLACE!"

Ability Casting › Using Defiant Dance › Channel

• "Hands…"
• "Grasping…"
• "Hold…"

Ability Casting › Using Defiant Dance › Recast

• "Together!"
• "Strike!"
• "Fast!"

Ability Casting › Using Vanguard's Edge

• "GIVE ME REDEMPTION!"
• "DUTY RECLAIMED!"
• "FACE YOUR SHAME!"
• "MY QUEEN GUIDES ME!"

Ability Casting › Using Vanguard's Edge › Ranking for the First Time

• "New power is at my fingertips."

Kills and Objectives › Killing a Champion

• "May you find the peace that has eluded me."
• "Do not dance without knowing the steps."
• "This brings me no closer to redemption…"
• "Regrets cut deepest."
• "And still—the pain persists."
• "Your conviction didn't match your technique."
• "You cannot surprise the Ready Hand."
• "None of our stories end as they should."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Ahri

• "If I can't find my own redemption, Fox Spirit, then I don't deserve it."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Ashe Both sides

• "Forgive me, my Queen. My life is yours, always."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Bard

• "You should've remained among your flowers, Gardener."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Ivern

• "You have shown me that death can still bring new life, Sacred Tree."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Karma Both sides

• "If you cannot contain your creation, First Spirit, then I will!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux

• "Compassion can be another blinding mask, Lady of Pearls."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Morgana Both sides

• "If only your demons had died before you, Grovemother; then, you would know my pain."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Sett

• "I enjoyed this. You are worthy, Banished Son."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Thresh

• "Now you, Collector, can obsess over YOUR failure."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Varus

• "It seems we both fell to protect what was most precious to us, Archer."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Zyra

• "Suffering cannot be eased, Heart of the Garden. Only endured."

Kills and Objectives › Killing an Akana

• "We share the same pain, akana. For there is no peace, in death."

Kills and Objectives › Killing a Kanmei

• "Conflict finds us all, kanmei."

Kills and Objectives › Scoring First Blood

• "I hesitated once. Never again."

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Pentakill

• "MY ATONEMENT IS AT HAND!"

Kills and Objectives › Destroying a Turret

• "Only the illusion of protection."
• "May this find better use in ruin."
• "Is good craftsmanship only known in our lands?"

Shopping › Opening the Shop

• "Show me your bracelets; all of them."
• "I don't need another blade… but my Queen would approve."
• "The dance of commerce will always be foreign to me."

Recall

• "My fixations lead me in circles. I must reorient myself."
• "Retreat is not a sign of weakness."
• "I must believe that new possibilities are within my grasp!"
• "The spirits need not guide me; I know what I must do."
• "Ready are the hands that remain calm."
• "With new wisdom, I will close in from all sides."

Death

• "I'LL FIND YOU! My… Queen."
• "SO MUCH… left… undone…"

Death › Respawn

• "I am not meant to rest."
• "I see now: the rules of life and death refuse rigidity."
• "The dance begins anew."
• "I must stay more attuned to the rhythm of combat."
• "Give me strength, my Queen."
• "Another chance… I am not beyond redemption."
• "Sacrificing my life, I can abide; wasting it, I cannot."
• "There is nothing to say; I can only act."