Tristana's voice. It sounds a little too...Poppy-ish? The pitch should be a LITTLE higher

5G8Nri0B54·Jan 25, 2015·3 votes·1,938 views

(I made this thread once before, but for some reason it ended up in the Gameplay Balance board...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=mamnlBEUU0E

While I don't think she should sound like , at the very least I think the pitch should just be a little higher. Not to the extent of , but "smaller" sounding than what we currently have. You know how in many games/films when a character is shrunken down, their voice sounds a little more high pitched (look at SSB for example)? I think there should be a hint of that in her voice. She is still a Yordle afterall. Take her current voice and lines, and run it through a processor or something to make it a little higher.

The voice sounds great for

18 Comments

GreenLoreJan 26, 20153 votes

I feel she sounds fine. poppys voice is deeper than hers and honestly poppy will get a new VO once her rework is finished.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 26, 20151 votes

Poppy's current voice is hardly an issue. I'm not saying Poppy sounds odd or anything, I'm saying Tristana sounds too close to Poppy's type of voice.

The very butch deep voice.

Slushi SimcambiJan 26, 20153 votes

I actually really like it!

Antemos XaosJan 26, 20152 votes

I love the new voice. little bit rougher, a bit less... ear stabbing.

SukishooJan 26, 20152 votes

You think that fits Poppy !? You cray. New Trist is higher then the current Poppy, and wouldn't suit her at all. She needs something rougher and tougher since she swings a giant hammer around. Trist is cuter and playful, so the voice goes great with her.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 26, 20151 votes

Here's the issue at hand though. Her voice is hardly cute and playful. Her new voice atm is much too rough and tumble for someone like Tristana.

SukishooJan 26, 20151 votes

That's not rough at all. She has a boyish tone in her voice which suits her look, that's far from rough.

Valaran NaraJan 26, 20152 votes

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Here's the issue at hand though. Her voice is hardly cute and playful. Her new voice atm is much too rough and tumble for someone like Tristana.

That moment when the VO update was to give Trist a personality, so the interpretation of her is wide and varied.

I thought Trist was some kind of flirt with how her old lines went. As of right now, she's military. You learn how to yell and put force in your voice. If you make it through basic training still being soft-spoken, then you stayed in the background. Other than the idea of her size, having a high pitched voice would seem somewhat odd for somebody who plans to gun you down in the name of their faction. (Jinx doesn't count cause she's sociopathic)

5G8Nri0B54Jan 26, 20151 votes

It's more along the lines of the volume of her body, lungs, throat and all. I look at her play style and appearance, and the voice is kinda jarring.

That and, considering the rework JUST made her even more fuzzier/cuter/hamster-like, that just makes the voice even more off than ever.

darkdillJan 25, 20151 votes

I imagine Poppy's VO will get redone when she gets her rework. Hopefully it'll be soon. I absolutely HATE dealing with a Poppy in late-game since you cannot burst her or even interact with her if she ults one of your teammates.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 25, 20151 votes

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...wait, the issue is Tristana's voice having too much Poppy in her, not any problem with Poppy's voice.

Lost RJan 26, 20151 votes

It's hard to gauge how a Yordle girl should sound. We only have three examples to go by; Poppy, Lulu and Tristana herself. Old Tristana didn't even have that high pitched of a voice. Poppy is probably the most grim serious of all the Yordles and thus has a deeper tone, and Lulu is a child. I think we're going with the misconception that because they're a child-sized race, they should also have a higher voice not unlike a child.

I personally enjoy Trist's new voice.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 26, 20151 votes

Here's the thing though. Ignoring the fact that she's a Yordle, she's still quite diminutive in stature and volume. That makes her rather deep voice rather jarring for someone with such a small form.

I'm not saying she should sound like Annie or Lulu. However it can be a* little* more higher in pitch.

Athenes LuluJan 26, 20151 votes

I think it's fine. Fits her VU model anyways.

Sounds more like Nami and Vi combined.

The SoulforgedJan 27, 20151 votes

I don't sound any poppy at all in her new voice... Poppy is completely different.

5G8Nri0B54Jan 27, 20151 votes

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I don't sound any poppy at all in her new voice...

wait...what

The SoulforgedJan 27, 20151 votes

Lemme rephrase, I don't hear any 'poppyishness' in trists new voice.

N0ble1Jan 28, 20151 votes

I don't like the new Tristana voice at all but I do think what would help improve it is giving it a higher pitch, she doesn't really sound like a yordle. Yordles in general sound like they're small, Tristana's new VO not so much.