Development
- Main article: Senna (Development)
- Senna is voiced by Cynthia Kaye McWilliams in both League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra as well as multiple cinematics.
- is voiced by the same actress.
- 3 Senna, Sentinel of Light is voiced by Kimberly Brooks in Legends of Runeterra before Senna became a champion card.[1][2] Cynthia Kaye McWilliams represents an older Senna who has escaped Thresh's lantern, while Kimberly Brooks represents a younger Senna before she was imprisoned.[3]
- Senna started out as a background character to Shadow Isles. story, being the main drive for his path of vengeance against and the
- It was one of the product goals from the beginning to introduce Senna for the 10 year anniversary of League.[4]
- Eoin Colgan's original Senna concepts were used as reference by Justin 'Earp' Albers when Riot had begun exploration on her.[5]
- Senna had no placeholder name in development due to already being established in lore.[6]
- Senna is a support marksman because Riot felt she should be a marksman since she had owned a gun just like [7] , but she should also be able to lane with him.
- Riot hosted a "Senna Dome" where multiple artists would contribute to brainstorming designs.[8]
- Several iterations of Senna's kit in development include:[9][10][11]
- A version where she was dual wielding pistols and had 500 range.
- A version of her ultimate that would allow her to blink after every attack.
- A version of her passive that granted her infinitely stacking percent maximum health damage.
- An iteration of that healed minions and turrets.
- is inspired by , both granting infinitely scaling stats with one each of those stats usually being increased with growth, and having additional ratios on some of their abilities that scale with the amount of souls collected.
is inspired by , mirroring it's paradigm and functionality.
- Influences for Senna include Blessed Isles motifs, clothing, Sentinels of Light aesthetics, sacred geometry shape-making, and modern athleisure styles.[12]
- [13] was originally a 3 hit passive but was reduced to a 2 hit passive due to feeling too unreliable.
- Senna's placeholder model in development was a recolored [14] .
- Senna was given a cannon due to League previously lacking a railgun fantasy as well as to have a vastly different silhouette from [15] .
- A teaser for Senna would cover both Summoner's Rift fountains in The Black Mist at game start.
- The Senna Community Kit includes a model of the cannon depicted in Shadow's Embrace that has been slightly modified to be more wieldy (Notably changes to the stock).
- During 's development, a version of involved him turning into an untargetable wraith. This idea seems to have been somewhat reused in .
- Senna's theme was composed by The Crystal Method who previously composed .
Universe
- Main article: Senna (Character)
- Senna's cannon has two barrels which can fire either darkness or light. The light barrel can heal.[16]
- The cannon Senna wields was forged inside [17] lantern, made from the weapons of the fallen. While imprisoned, Senna freed the souls of her fellow Sentinels of Light and collected the relic stones they left behind.
- Senna was born on an island close to Demacia, but is not Demacian herself.[18]
- Senna and [19] aren't affiliated with any region due to the Sentinels of Light being independent and agnostic towards any other region.
- Senna can manipulate the Black Mist due to her curse, and manifests herself into what she looked like when she was human.[20]
- Her "curse" is due to her connection with Isolde, wife. The Black Mist is drawn to Senna, as Viego seeks to take Isolde back.
- One of guns belonged to her before she was imprisoned by .
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Senna (League of Legends)
- Senna is one of 15 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect:
- In Senna's case, attack damage, range, lifesteal and the shield of . infinitely stacks her
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
- Senna is an example of a champion that was present in the lore before they were developed into a playable champion: appearing as a recurring character in Journal of Justice. story since his release. Another example is , who appeared in the
- Senna is the second champion that cannot increase a stat through leveling up, after armor. In her case, it is attack damage because of her passive, . and his
- If Senna and quest will trigger. This in-game quest consists in one killing the other to earn the opposing champion's stack of souls.[21] are played on opposing teams, a
- Senna has among one of the longest attack frames in game, at 0.5 seconds, while most champions are between 0.2 and 0.3 seconds.[22]
- Her name comes from Arabic سناء Sanāʼ "brightness, sublimity",[23] from root s-n-y (> Sin "moon" & seneh "burning bush").[24]
Quotes
- Main article: Senna (League of Legends Audio)
Skins
- Main article: Senna (Collection)
- Being a Sentinel of Light, she shares visual elements with .
- Her joke features Pengu Featherknight.
- This skin shares the True Damage theme with:
- A supposed contract paper with Records can be seen being dropped by Senna.
- Her joke features Base Melisma.
- This skin shares the True Damage theme with:
- She was teased in the GIANTS music video.
- She is the second skin made in cooperation with Louis Vuitton.
- Her joke features an exclusive skin of Melisma.
- This skin shares the High Noon theme with:
- ...and others
- shadow can be seen in the background of her splash art. His splash art is opposite to hers.
- Before becoming part of the skin line, was already mentioned in the color story The Man with the Grinning Shadow as a sheriff and the love of before her soul was claimed by .
- Her horse is named Sentinel, which is a reference to the Sentinels of Light.
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
- ...and others
- Her joke features PROJECT Abyssia.
- The Little Legend was first introduced in this skin (27-May-2021), before making its official debut in Gizmos & Gadgets: Neon Nights (Teamfight Tactics) as a playable Tactician (16-Feb-2022).
- This skin shares the Eclipse theme with:
- Her joke features an exclusive skin of Featherknight.
- This skin shares the Eclipse theme with:
- Her joke features an exclusive skin of Featherknight.
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- ...and others
- Her joke features 9 exclusive skins of Featherknight, changing depending on the chroma (or lack of) used.
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 4 theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin was previously exclusive to Wild Rift.
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
- ...and others
References
- ↑ Zimberfly on Senna Voice Actress
- ↑ Legends of Runeterra IMDB
- ↑ Mary Gumport on Two Senna Voice Actresses
- ↑ Reav3 on Senna from the Start
- ↑ Danky on Original Senna Concepts
- ↑ Reav3 on No Senna Name
- ↑ Reav3 on Support Marksman
- ↑ Earp on Senna Dome
- ↑ August on Senna Development
- ↑ August on Scrapped Senna Spell
- ↑ Maxw3ll on Senna Healing Minions and Turrets
- ↑ Earp on Senna Influences
- ↑ August on Senna 3 Hit Passive
- ↑ August on Senna Placeholder Model
- ↑ Earp on Senna's Cannon
- ↑ Interlocutioner on Senna's Gun
- ↑ Senna's canon
- ↑ Interlocutioner on the Sentinels of Light
- ↑ Reav3 on Senna and Lucian Region
- ↑ Reav3 on Senna's Form
- ↑ August on Senna Quest
- ↑ August on Senna's Attack Frame
- ↑ sanāʼ in almaany
- ↑ Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume 15, ed. Botterweck, Ringgren, & Fabry, p. 318