I think Akali's VO needs some work.

Bârd·12/31/2019, 1:07:44 AM·2 votes·3,296 views
  • Summary: Cleaned up the wording on some lines to be less clumsy, more to the point. Changed rhythms and inflections of some lines. Toned down the edge.

  • Taunt: "Oh Look, someone's got a death wish"

  • Changed to "Hey look, someone's got a death wish".

  • Pause between the two sections of the line decreased.

  • Pitch raised in the middle, punctuation less pronounced on "death wish". Tone should be less angry, more jeering.

  • Taunt: "I can make this fast, or really fast. Choice is yours."

  • Pause at the comma decreased.

  • Emphasis taken off of "Choice" placed on "yours". Added a slightly raised inflection to "yours" to imply beckoning.

  • Taunt: "That is just another reason for you to die."

  • Added a hair of space between "That" and "is".

  • Increased the time Akali lingers on the word "is" by a hair.

  • Changed the rhythm of the words "for you to die" from straight sixteenths to slightly swung, with "for" and "to" being short, and "you" and "die" being longer, with a small pause after "you".

  • Taunt Response: "It's who I am, get used to it."

  • Changed tone from outright angry to joking and dismissive.

  • Long Move: "The only rule that matters is that your enemies don't walk away"

  • Wording changed from "your enemies" to "they" with slight emphasis.

  • Early Game: "No one tells me what to do. Not anymore".

  • More emphasis placed on "No one", slowed down the rate at which the line is spoken.

  • Early Game: "I love what I do. My enemies won't"

  • Wording changed from "My enemies" to "They".

  • Mid Game: "You can never have too many Kunai"

  • Wording changed from "Kunai" to "Knives". The extra syllable fucks the rhythm.

  • Mid Game: "Let em see me, they can't stop me."

  • Inflection in the second phrase changed to more closely match that of the first, emphasis placed on "can't" rather than "me".

  • Mid Game: "Kama or Kunai? Depends how I'm feelin'"

  • Removed. This line is just terrible.

  • Late Game: "Playtime's Over"

  • Every syllable is over-pronounced. Tone that down a bit and it's good.

  • Late Game: "How about I just end this."

  • Inflection changed from that of an spiteful threat to that of a threatening question.

  • Special Interaction: "Ugh, Jhin, what a drama queen"

  • Increase the time spent on this line by about 20%. It's way too rushed.

  • Special Interaction: "How about I take this life, Karma?"

  • Removed "Karma" from the line, emphasis on "this" increased. Using the champion name in the line is fine on occasion, but when it's done like this it just feels superfluous and formulaic.

  • Special Interaction: "Katarina! Today you will bleed for Ionia"

  • Removed "Katarina! Today" from the line, increased emphasis on Bleed, decreased emphasis on Ionia.

  • Special Interaction: "Kayn... why are the hot ones always crazy?"

  • Removed "Kayn" from the line.

  • Special Interaction: "Time to snuff out the light, Lux"

  • Removed "Lux" from the line.

  • Special interaction: "Yi, another master no one needs"

  • Removed "Yi" from the line.

  • Special Interaction: "Bad time to come back to the front lines, Swain"

  • Removed "Swain" from the line.

  • Increased emphasis on "Time" and "Lines".

  • Special Interaction: "Steel beats Rock, Taliyah".

  • Removed "Taliyah" from the line.

  • Special interaction: "Ohohoho, Zed... this I will enjoy"

  • Changed wording from "I will" to "I'll"

  • Special Interaction: "Let me show you my secrets, Zed"

  • Removed "Zed" from the line.

  • Kill: "Mark acquired, and eliminated."

  • Wording changed to "Target acquired, target down."

  • Pause between phrases reduced.

7 Comments

KestrelGirl12/31/2019, 1:56:47 AM3 votes

You're entitled.