Senna/Trivia

General

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• 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 Lucian's story since his release. Another example is  Lissandra, who appeared in the Journal of Justice.
  • She is also part of the alternative universes of High Noon and PROJECT without having any belonging skins before her release.
• Senna is the second champion that cannot increase a stat through leveling up, after Thresh and his armor. In her case, it is attack damage because of her passive, Relic Cannon.
• If Senna and Thresh are played on opposing teams, a quest will trigger. This in-game quest consists in one killing the other to earn the opposing champion's stack of souls.
• 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.
• Her name comes from Arabic سناء Sanāʼ "brightness, sublimity", from root s-n-y (> Sin "moon" & seneh "burning bush").

Development

• Senna started out as a background character to Lucian's story, being the main drive for his path of vengeance against Thresh and the Shadow Isles.
• It was one of the product goals from the beginning to introduce Senna for the 10 year anniversary of League.
• Eoin Colgan's original Senna concepts were used as reference by Justin 'Earp' Albers when Riot had begun exploration on her.
• Senna had no placeholder name in development due to Riot wanting to create the character into a champion.
• Senna is a support marksman because Riot felt she should be a marksman since she had owned a gun just like Lucian, but she should also be able to lane with him.
• Riot hosted a "Senna Dome" where multiple artists would contribute to brainstorming designs.
• Several iterations of Senna's kit in development include:
  • 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 Piercing Darkness that healed minions and turrets.
• Piercing Darkness is inspired by Lucian's Piercing Light, mirroring it's paradigm and functionality.
• Influences for Senna include Blessed Isles motifs, Lucian's clothing, Sentinels of Light aesthetics, sacred geometry shape-making, and modern athleisure styles.
• Absolution was originally a 3 hit passive but was reduced to a 2 hit passive due to feeling too unreliable.
• Senna's proxy model in development was a recolored Ezreal.
• Senna was given a cannon due to League previously lacking a railgun fantasy as well as to have a vastly different silhouette from Lucian.
• 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 that has been slightly modified to be more wieldy (Notably changes to the stock).
• During Mordekaiser's development, a version of Indestructible involved him turning into an untargetable wraith. This idea seems to have been somewhat reused in Senna's Curse of the Black Mist.

Lore

• Senna's cannon has two barrels which can fire either darkness or light. The light barrel can heal.
• Senna was the apprentice of Lucian's father, and had essentially lived the life he had wanted: to join the Sentinels of Light.
• Senna was born on an island close to Demacia, but is not Demacian herself.
• The Sentinels of Light were originally formed on the Blessed Isles and have passed down their traditions and relic weapons to people around the world.
• Senna and Lucian 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.
• One of Lucian's guns belonged to her before she was killed by Thresh.

Skins

Original Senna

• Being a Sentinel of Light, she shares visual elements with Lucian.
• Her joke features Pengu Featherknight.

True Damage Senna
Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Citrine, Freestyle, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire

• This skin shares the True Damage theme with:
  • Breakout True Damage Ekko
  • Prestige True Damage Qiyana
  • Prestige True Damage Senna
  • Prestige True Damage Yasuo
  • Prestige True Damage Qiyana (2022)
  • True Damage Akali
  • True Damage Ekko
  • True Damage Qiyana
  • True Damage Yasuo

• On August 13, 2019, an update was pushed to the PBE (later known as patch V9.17) where the Limited Edition loading screen for featured an unfinished artwork of this skin. Later on, new image leaked that reinforced the authenticity of the leaked skin.
• Her joke features Melisma.

Prestige True Damage Senna

• This skin shares the True Damage theme with:
  • Breakout True Damage Ekko
  • Prestige True Damage Qiyana
  • Prestige True Damage Yasuo
  • Prestige True Damage Qiyana (2022)
  • True Damage Akali
  • True Damage Ekko
  • True Damage Qiyana
  • True Damage Senna
  • True Damage Yasuo

• She was teased in the GIANTS music video.
• She is the second skin cooperated with Louis Vuitton.
• Her joke features Melisma.

Relations

• Senna and her village were saved by a Sentinel, Lucian's father Urias, who helped her become a Sentinel.
• Senna met Lucian to deliver the new of his father's death. Love developed between them and they became husband and wife. She also helped him become a Sentinel.
• Due to her connection to the Black Mist, Senna was aware of Thresh and his torture before eventually meeting him. He claimed her soul when she tried to save Lucian.
  • During Shadow and Fortune, Lucian traveled to Bilgewater in pursuit of the Harrowing to locate Thresh. It was then he found out Senna's soul is trapped inside the Chain Warden's lantern.
    • Lucian continued to pursue the Mist to free her and finally succeeded, though he did not expect her to come back to life.
• Senna's connection to the Mist has been theorized to be caused by her being contacted by the Ruined King's wife.