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Rammus & Riot's modern standard for champion Voice overs.

Jeddy017·6/29/2015, 6:21:22 PM·1 votes·2,963 views

I'm sure we all have noticed in recent releases & updates the amount of work Riot put into champs as far as voices are concerned.We all are very impressed by Tahm & his 13+ minutes of dialogue with taunts toward 46 enemies & 46 allies.Though as a Rioter pointed out,they may toned it down a bit with future interactive taunts for a while. Now let's look at Rammus.It's pretty clear,even by old champion VO standards,that Rammus is more on quiet side of verbal usage.Not Sona level,but you get the idea.If Rammus were to ever receive updated VO,should he be brought up to LOL modern standard for VOs?Well in Rammus case,I feel he should continue to talk as little as possible.Rammus is someone I like as the strong,silent type.I don't feel it would be right for Rammus to talk as much as the recent champs because he is not Azir Sion or Ekko .I believe as far as talking is concerned,he should keep his one word sentence trait.Yes,those one word sentence can be expanded to more than just 6,but they shouldn't be the majority of his VO.Riot can have him mostly grunt or something for the majority of his VO,as long as he's not talking all the time.Bard & RekSai are good examples of Riot being comfortable with making champs who don't talk.I'm sure they would be just as fine as making champ,who can talk,not talk all the time. This way,Riot can bring Rammus up to the bar of modern champ VOs while still being Rammus.That's the ultimate point of this thread.And because it's a Rammus,I can't go without saying this at least once.......

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SIDE NOTE:If Sona was made today,I'm pretty sure she wouldn't talk either.Her whole VO would probably just be the sound of her instrument.I mean,the only reason she talked in game before was because of the Summoners & we all know what happened to them.

18 Comments

Celio Hogane HD6/30/2015, 6:33:20 PM4 votes

So basically Riots needs to make 50 iterations of "Ok" for rammus.

Sharjo6/29/2015, 6:47:38 PM3 votes

I'd argue that animation is also incredibly important for building character, not just the VO, and it's especially true for Bard and Rek'Sai. As laboured the movements of an armadillo in an armoured shell are, animations would really help to add to his personality to make up for his very limited vocabulary.

I'd also argue that while Rammus's lines are pretty sacred to many, he could maybe have a few more added. Maybe bring it to fifteen lines with actual words instead of six, even if those words are just repeated.

GreenLore6/29/2015, 7:35:11 PM2 votes

What if rammus had special taunt-lines for many champs? And with Taunt I mean his E,I mean the move basically consists of taunting the enemy,so I think he could say something to his taunted target.

That way rammus could still be mostly silent,but have an expansive VO just for that move.

Rammus Da Turtle6/29/2015, 7:37:07 PM2 votes

i wouldnt mind Rammus just saying his voice lines he has, just louder and more frequent

The Soulforged6/29/2015, 7:20:00 PM1 votes

I liked how the longest sentence Rammus has ever said was, "Shut up". I want to keep that D: