Idea for a Sona VO Update without any actual voicework

Daedric Etwahl·4/17/2019, 8:24:34 AM·56 votes·16,879 views

Posted this a long time ago, figured I'd share it again since it was fun to share with some added points.

So, Sona's voiceover, like a lot of old champions, is pretty basic, and outdated since she refers to her Summoner a lot, still.

Obviously these types of things can't be rectified so easily because of availability of Voice Actors, but what other players in the game hear is her emotes, which are all musical cues. So, I present an idea:

What if Sona was given special taunt and encounter interactions with other champions, both allied or enemies, where she plays a brief snippet of that champions login theme, or other piece the champion is associated with. Obviously not an exact soundalike, but in a style similar to how Silent Night Sona plays little snippets of "Deck the Halls".

Example: When taunting or first encountering Kindred Sona could play either a little snippet of their login theme, or the small tune that Lamb sometimes hums.

Heck, imagine loading into a game as Camille jungle, and you head to your buff and your allied Sona follows behind you, and you hear a brief, very-simplified string version of the violins of Camille's login theme. I think that could definitely be a really cool little thing to encounter at the start of the game!

There are plenty of champions with great, recognizable scores, like Camille, Xayah & Rakan, Pyke, Jhin, Taliyah, Ekko, Kled, etc and I think it would be a perfect way to add a little flavor to Sona as a world-class musician, and it would require no actual voiceover work!

18 Comments

AbiwonKenabi4/17/2019, 1:43:01 PM9 votes

I like that this is a solution that doesn't have the usual "but Voice Actors are expensive and busy!" excuse (even though Blizzard seems to have their Overwatch VAs on-call, but I digress). The only problem I see with it is Riot would have to justify allocating SFX/music resources to this instead of something more "high value".

Its a great idea though. I would love some older favorites like Diana login, Nami login, maybe some Pentakill songs for her Pentakill skin/encountering a Pentakill skin.

kayochan4/17/2019, 3:11:44 PM4 votes

I actually would really like that interaction! It would be very immersive and showing that even though shes mute she still knows who people are and and communicate.

Caitlyn FTW4/17/2019, 7:12:59 PM3 votes

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Genghis Khat4/17/2019, 8:08:35 PM2 votes

This would work so well on sona cause she is mute aswell @_@

Terozu4/17/2019, 11:44:01 PM2 votes

OMFG YES

Chembaron Yamada4/18/2019, 11:17:55 AM2 votes

I never really supported a Sona VO update, since she is mute in the lore and there is no summoner anymore she can communicate with through telepathy, so I always thought that this update would just take away from her.

But this idea.... is great. It doesn't conflict with her being mute in the lore, would be really fun and refreshing. And even the other players could enjoy this. I would love to hear short snippets of my favourite login themes when I am playing with a Sona on my team. I hope this threads gets the attention it deserves.

ReySolomon4/17/2019, 8:49:15 AM2 votes

This would be cool!

GinoSoldier4/17/2019, 1:17:25 PM2 votes

Thou hast mine upvote.

The23rdGamer4/17/2019, 3:00:16 PM2 votes

This would be a really cool solution. I want to be able to blare Kled's war themes whenever I face him ;)

Placentas4/19/2019, 4:18:23 AM1 votes

Oh yeah I totally remember you posting this idea before, absolutely loved it then and i love it even more now. I really hope they take this idea to heart.

AnotherPurple3794/20/2019, 6:15:45 AM1 votes

Okay, this is a super neat idea. Especially as taunts/first encounters. It may be difficult to translate some certain types of theme songs to an etwahl, but who knows? Maybe Riot is up for the challenge.

Also, I think it would be fine if Sona had a couple of actual voicelines that aren't about her actually speaking, but just thinking in her mind.