Sona Pentakill Sounds

ZylotheWolfbane·6/4/2014, 6:44:34 PM·34 votes·5,797 views

UPDATE 6/12/2014: Riot hears our cries, and are hoping to add some different sounds to Pentakill Sona eventually! :D Riot Comment Here

I was looking forward to the Pentakill Sona update, because I LOVE the skin, and it's awesome, but the thing that bugs me most is that her sounds are still exactly the same, she still has her light, happy harp-like music, which clashes HORRIBLY with her Heavy Metal Pentakill skin, so I was hoping that the update would include some new sound effects, or special effects at least to fit in with the skin more. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Which is incredibly disappointing. As a 975 RP skin, which includes many of the Pool Party skins, skins like Amethyst Ashe, Frostfire Annie, Dragonslayer Braum, Rageborn Mundo, Surprise Party Fiddlesticks, Bloodstone Lissandra, and Darkflame Shyvana among many others. These skins all have special effects, and some have additional sounds as well. I honestly feel that the Pentakill Sona skin right now is nowhere near worth the RP spent on it, compared to many, MANY other 975 RP skins. I'm not sure if alternate sounds are planned for later, or in progress, or if this is just a missed opportunity that Riot didn't notice, or forgot about, but the Pentakill Sona skin right now is just terribly unfitting with her sound effects, and special effects.

22 Comments

Acerola6/4/2014, 9:56:11 PM4 votes

They also forgot her tattoo featured in her own splash art, sure would be nice to at least have the visuals matching, if not the so dearly needed audio as well- that said, the default harp sounds grind me the wrong way so bad, I love Pentakill Sona, and her default sounds are nice, on the default. But they just don't fit together, especially when even her taunt or whatever it is has fitting sounds. But yeah, really hope they'll change it some time.

SensualMuffins6/5/2014, 8:01:08 PM3 votes

They changed the sounds for Arcade so they would fit the skin, why not do the same for Pentakill?

Prince Naoto6/5/2014, 1:16:21 AM2 votes

The normal sounds bother me too, they really should give Sona unique sounds for the skin.

Rhyto6/5/2014, 5:24:19 PM2 votes

Splash Art In-game Harp sounds Fix please.

Poro Support6/4/2014, 6:41:36 PM2 votes

I'm personally a fan of the sounds she has however I definitely see your side. If she's meant to be portrayed as a heavy metal keyboard/string player her in game sounds should reflect somewhere. She doesn't need a 30 second shred solo but... something:)

Twizted Psycho6/9/2014, 2:48:33 AM1 votes

Even though I don't have the skin being discussed, I am a diehard metalhead, and the happy go lucky harp sounds on default Sona just don't seem right on a skin that looks so brutal. They should definitely change the default sounds over to something that's not quite so.... joyful? Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for here.

Now excuse me while I go jump into a mosh pit...

Ask the String6/12/2014, 12:10:07 AM1 votes

Not to worry. I simply used my normal melodies for the time being until I come up with the perfect music to substitute. I admit it has taken some time, but not to fret. Eventually I will come up withe the perfect METAL to help heal your sorrows and deter your enemies. Just give it some time.

-- Sona , the Maven of the Strings

white prizm6/12/2014, 7:21:25 AM1 votes

Im all for Pentakill sounding like you would think. I bought the skin thinking it would sound like metal. would also be cool if they changed her voice a little.

Potato 0rgy6/12/2014, 10:56:57 AM1 votes

There's a lot of potential for the sound variance too, in the style of metal Sona's Etwahl could be played like an electric guitar, she is (of course) the rhythm guitarist where Mordekaiser is the lead but they could both be the soloists, taking a page from bands like Dragonforce and bringing in more than one talented shredder

Gnur6/14/2014, 2:51:36 PM1 votes

194/4. RITO PLS!

Azon 016/4/2014, 11:09:35 PM1 votes

dem 18-0 votes

Astaroth6286/6/2014, 1:52:33 AM1 votes

Do EET and i'll buy her the same day!!!

LONG LIVE METAL! \m/

oblivianji6/6/2014, 12:52:55 PM1 votes

when i heard the pentakill songs, i loved them and immediately purchased the pentakill sona skin as she is my favourite champion. but i was quite disappointed when she appeared unfinished with sounds that did not fit her skin.

im hoping that she gets a more fitting sound scheme, animations, and projectile art, among others. i really would like to see her become even more metal!

ZylotheWolfbane6/7/2014, 7:39:41 PM1 votes

Wow. 122/2 votes, and we're at the top of the sub-comm as I'm posting this with 17 upvotes. Seems pretty clear that the community really wants some affects for Pentakill Sona. They don't have to be much really, maybe some color changes on her particles, and you could use sounds/clips from the Pentakill Album for her abilities. I mean, the album has three full instrumentals, you could put those on a loop for her passive playing depending on which of the three ability auras she has out at the time, and could easily use parts from the songs for when she actually uses the abilities. It doesn't seem like that would be too hard to do, but then again, I'm not a game programmer, so I could be wrong I suppose. Either way, I'd really like to see a Rioter post here about the decision of Pentakill Sona's effects being the same. Is it something Riot just didn't consider? Did they purposefully decide not to do it? Did they thing 975 RP isn't enough for the special effects/sounds? Is it something that will be coming in a later update maybe, with a Sona VU perhaps? I'd really like to hear what Riot has to say about this.