DJ Sona taunt, laugh, VO, and joke disapointment
Not live yet so maybe changes.... Lots of love for Sona, which is great (Sona "main" myself).... interesting concept with the music aspect... not looking to talk about any of that though I'm not complaining about the animations, the music, or any of that, they seem well done and open to personal tastes. The idea's however I think are a bit weak. Am I in the minority when I say I am really disappointed in Sona's taunt, laugh, and joke? I understand she is a mute however her joke is to turn over her table, which seems much more taunting like than a joke.... definitely not a funny joke
DJ's are always cutting in tracks, often hilarious, short, synthesized joke tracks.... why was nothing like that added in.... something to make a joke, a joke... even a silent joke, things like stereotypical DJ poses that are true, and funny, and require no voice... like "The Jesus" or "The Cowboy" (who wouldn't want to see DJ Sona "lassoing" an enemy)
Her taunt is to me at least, barely noticeable.... which makes it a very weak taunt.... the animation is fine, jumping on the table is cool although she's not elevated so gesturing to the "crowd" below her seems weird when you are taunting an enemy right in front of you, why not use the opportunity to relate to the community.... an electronic "Come at me Bro" or something similar would have been amazing while doing this animation...
Her laugh is my biggest problem.... It is the same exact animation she has while just standing idle playing her music, example: youtube video below, shows her normal animation at 1:50, jumps into the air, right arm raised... at 1:53 is her laugh where she does the same exact thing except she jumps a little higher and it last a half second longer.... that's it.... that's not a laugh.... so many different possible laughs could have been made, for instance an electronic/synthesized one, a big L-O-L being written out with lasers or fog, or what about the Wah Wah Wah fail sound, ect... lots of possibilities but they just used an idle animation she was already doing....
Her VO not being understandable was planned, I disagree with that, it might be difficult to understand DJ VO's but they are understandable, I can't make out what she says even when listening to her VO without any music... I would suggest cleaning it up a little bit, hard to understand, not impossible.... especially during combat when other effects or sounds are going off.
Where are the lasers? The light show.... I see her aura's and the effects they make, ok... but I mean lazzzzers! bright green and blue and red lines shooting out from her table.....
Biggest missed opportunity.... Why can there not be a dance party when you get together with 2-3 or even require all your team to /dance together.... DJ Sona puts on a show while your team is within 800 units and also dancing.... how was this not implemented....
Side note, I don't care for body suits, latex, vinyl, and I think this type of outfit was a poor choice.... many other interesting and more iconic clothing options (and attractive) available... Where are the fur knee high boots, skirts, the "candie" bracelets, the bikini outfits, the tails and ears, and body glitter. A body suit really does not fit for dancing, DJing, or hoping to not sweat your body weight off in a night, it's out of place imo.... like they took a 80's version of a rave or dance party and not a better or even more current version of what it is.
Adding I think her death animation is also lackluster and unimaginative.... Brand's basic death animation explodes in fire, then leaves a pile of ash in the form of a body which other champions walking through creates tracks of ash for a little bit.... Ultimate skin DJ Sona doesn't even have smoke coming out of her table....
Love a lot out of the skin, but I feel there were huge missed opportunity's and compromises made that lower the quality of the skin.
http://www.mixmag.net/words/features-funny/dj-poses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xoX8dhfspo