Sona & Zilean VGU/Rework?

Heckin Support··5 votes·695 views

Am I the only one who thinks these two champions could use some love in the visual as well as gameplay department?

I've always thought Sona had SO much potential to be the bard of League of Legends. Creating different music to buff her allies/weaken her foes. Right now she doesn't feel that amazing to play... Before you judge, I do have Sona at rank 7, and she is one of the top 3 most played champions on my profile. I love her, she just needs some love back. I don't like how she's a glorified Q poke bot who got caught up in the abusive ardent censor meta. Her potential to be a GODLY team fight oriented support is there, I just wish Riot would jump on it and rework her. I've asked about this before and I've been told (by a Rioter) it would never happen because of how much of a staple support she is and simple her kit is. This seems like a bad reason to not update/change her if you ask me. My hope for a visual update is probably squashed since ya know...DJ Sona, but I still feel as if her gameplay could be so much more.

Zilean just looks like an older champion and his kit doesn't feel amazing. Another champion I got to rank 7 (not top 3 though, I think) and it doesn't feel that amazing to play. His passive is a gimmick and once it hit's late game (everyone level 18) he has no passive. It was a cool concept, but it doesn't feel that great to use. His kit revolves around his bombs and his trolly ultimate. (The number of times I've gone in to ult an ADC only for them to still use EVERYTHING to escape...) Realistically, he definitely needs more of a visual update than a gameplay update, but a gameplay update couldn't hurt...

TLDR: Sona has potential to be this amazing team fight support oriented around buffing/debuffing certain people. Zilean needs a visual update pretty bad, more than a gameplay update; but talk of a gameplay update couldn't hurt.

7 Comments

Nick Da Chip2 votes

I'd be pretty sad if they changed zileans gameplay. It's unique and doesn't really need a change it seems. A VGU wouldn't hurt, but I like his current model and animations still. They only feel slightly outdated.

Heckin Support1 votes

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I'd be pretty sad if they changed zileans gameplay. It's unique and doesn't really need a change it seems. A VGU wouldn't hurt, but I like his current model and animations still. They only feel slightly outdated.

I'm not a huge Zilean player, I just like to pick him against super dive assassin comps. There's just something about him that when you see him you can tell "This is an old champion." Whether it's his look or his kit that doesn't have a passive attached to every ability, I'm not sure; probably a mixture of both though.

Dreadlocks1 votes

I wish they never gave Shen a VGU but i'm probably a minority of that.. I also miss my vorpals

Nick Da Chip1 votes

I feel ya. I wish they would give champs visual upgrades without changing all their animations/textures completely. In the case of shen he got a bit of a gameplay update too.

Dreadlocks1 votes

the SFX on old Rengar was so beast man.. lol

Hupsis1 votes

Zilean definitely needs a VGU. He has a very outdated kit and the rework he received ages ago was only a bandaid fix for him.

Sona has potential to be a unique champion. Her current iteration just doesn't feel that interesting. It would be pretty cool if she were able to mix tunes to create songs with various effects. Three tunes (Q, W, E) would make a song which could be unleashed through her ultimate.

Q - increase damage W - increase healing E - increase stun duration

R - unleash song at target direction (same hitbox as current ult)

meh, just an idea.

Daedric Etwahl1 votes

Personally I really love Sona as well, but I think that, visually anyway, she isn't nearly in as bad of a spot as many other champs are. Hell, even among all her skins her default is my 3rd favorite one to use after Sweetheart and Pentakill. I guess she is a bit shallow in the skills department but I personally love Sona the way she is now.

On the flipside... I wouldn't get yourself too worried over DJ Sona's existence. She's no Spirit Guard Udyr. Sure they have the same name but DJ Sona feels like a completely different person (flavor-wise) from regular Sona.

Personally if they do ever give her a full VGU I really hope they don't have her default toward the DJ style. I honestly dislike DJ Sona, and that basically being the canon character would ruin Sona for me

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