VPBE

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VPBE
Latest PBE Patch	April 17th, 2024
Highlights
Neon Strata 2024 skins Art & Sustainability Update: Lee Sin
Glossary
PBE Cycle: The period between two Live patches is the current cycle. Iceboxed: Content that has frozen in development and will not be released in the coming patch, but is harmless enough to remain active for testing on the PBE.
Patch chronology
← Previous	V14.7
Next →	Unreleased Content

Below you will find a comprehensive list of new features, cosmetics and balance changes that are currently active in the PBE relative to the live server. These changes are all highly tentative and are all subject to change, or may even be scrapped. A change that has been scrapped will be stricken through. Reasons content might be reverted includes bugs or end-of-cycle patch preparation.

Please do not replicate this information elsewhere on the site.

New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

• Empyrean Akali ( 1350)
• Empyrean Brand ( 1350)
• Empyrean Kayle Empyrean Kayle ( 1350)
• Prestige Empyrean Kayle (2000 Worlds Tokens)
• Empyrean Malzahar ( 1350)
• Empyrean Nocturne ( 1350)
• Empyrean Varus ( 1820)

The following Chroma sets have been added to the store:

• Empyrean Akali
• Empyrean Brand
• Empyrean Kayle Empyrean Kayle
• Empyrean Malzahar
• Empyrean Nocturne
• Empyrean Varus

The following Summoner icons have been added to store:

The following Ward skins have been added to the store:

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

League of Legends VPBE

Champions

Aatrox

• Umbral Dash
  • Bug Fix: No longer references to his long-deprecated ammo system.

Garen

• General
  • Selection radius increased to 125 units from 75.

Kennen

• Lightning Rush
  • Indicator now includes a decal for the ability's collision radius.
• Slicing Maelstrom
  • Removed: No longer has an animation time.
  • New Effect: User can now move during the cast time.

Lee Sin

• Cripple
  • New Effect: Now applies the debuff to Tempest's targets directly.
    • Removed: No longer apples the debuff through an (unblockable) targeted missile.
  • Bug Fix: An inconsistency with the debuff's application that caused it to overcompensate its value has been resolved, which would previously grant targets a positive bonus at the last stat update tick.

Skarner

• Threads of Vibration
  • Target health ratio at maximum Quake stacks reduced to 7% − 10% (based on level) of target's maximum health from 7% − 12% (based on level).
• Shattered Earth
  • On-hit damage health ratio reduced to 5% of user's bonus health from 6%.
• Seismic Bastion
  • Base damage reduced to 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.

Smolder

• MMOOOMMMM!
  • Bug Fix: No longer displays its mana cost in the HUD if the respective setting has been disabled by the player.

Xerath

• Arcanopulse, Eye of Destruction, Shocking Orb
  • Bug Fix: No longer reference to his long-deprecated ammo system.

Items

Caulfield's Warhammer

• Now builds into Maw of Malmortius.

Death's Dance

• New Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + Pickaxe + 125 = 3200.
  • Old Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + 1000 = 3200.
• Attack damage increased to 60 from 55.
• Defy AD ratio increased to 75% bonus AD from 50% bonus AD.

Eclipse

• Ever Rising Moon damage reduced to ( 6% / 4%) of target's maximum health from ( 8% / 4%).

Hexdrinker

• New Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + Long Sword + 150 = 1300.
  • Old Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 500 = 1300.
• Magic resistance reduced to 30 from 35.

Long Sword

• No longer builds into Maw of Malmortius.

Maw of Malmortius

• New Recipe: Hexdrinker + Caulfield's Warhammer + 700 = 3100.
  • Old Recipe: Pickaxe + Hexdrinker + Long Sword + 275 = 2800.
• Ability haste increased to 15 from 0.
• Attack damage increased to 70 from 65.
• Magic resistance reduced to 40 from 50.
• Lifeline duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.5.
• Lifeline life steal reduced to 8% from 12%.

Pickaxe

• Now builds into Death's Dance.
• No longer builds into Maw of Malmortius.

Spear of Shojin

• New Effect: Focused Will can now only gain a stack once per unique ability per second.

Sterak's Gage

• Total cost increased to 3100 from 3000.
  • Combine cost increased to 675 from 575.
• Lifeline cooldown increased to 90 seconds from 60.

Sundered Sky

• Lightshield Strike per-target cooldown increased to 8 seconds from 6.
• Lightshield Strike heal AD ratio reduced to 120% base AD from 140% base AD.
• Lightshield Strike heal health ratio reduced to 5% missing health from 6%.

Howling Abyss

Items

• A new version of Hubris has been added for the Howling Abyss specifically. This item currently shares the icon, names, and statistics with the Summoner's Rift version, but is implemented as such due to the functionality of range type modifiers:
  • Eminence base bonus attack damage changed to ( 15 / 10).
  • Eminence attack damage per stack changed to ( 2 / 1).
  • Eminence duration changed to ( 90 / 45) seconds.
• Cappa Juice
  • Flavor text has been added, which reads: "In honor of Captain Abe."

Arena

Arena-specific balancing

• Ahri
  • Fox-Fire
    • Base damage increased to 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
    • Bonus movement speed increased to 50% from 40%.
  • Spirit Rush
    • Ammo per takedown increased to 2 from 1.
• Azir
  • Conquering Sands
    • Cooldown reduced to 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6 seconds from 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6.
  • Arise!
    • Base damage increased to 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110.
  • Shifting Sands
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds from 22 / 20.5 / 19 / 17.5 / 16.
• Gnar
  • Boomerang Throw
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5 / 10.
    • Base damage increased to 20 / 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 from 5 / 45 / 85 / 125 / 165.
  • Hyper
    • Movement speed duration increased to 4 seconds from 3.
  • Hop
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12.
  • Boulder Toss
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 20 / 17.5 / 15 / 12.5 / 10.
  • Crunch
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 22 / 19.5 / 17 / 14.5 / 12.
• Karthus
  • Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 from 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125.
    • AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 35% AP.
  • Wall of Pain
    • Cooldown reduced to 12 seconds from 15.
  • Requiem
    • Cooldown reduced to 60 seconds at all ranks from 200 / 180 / 160.
• Lux
  • Illumination
    • AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 45% AP.
  • Lucent Singularity
    • Slow increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%.
  • Final Spark
    • Cooldown increased to 60 seconds at all ranks from 60 / 50 / 40.
• Nidalee
  • Bushwhack
    • New Effect: Trap limit is now 90 higher than the base value, for a total of 94 / 96 / 98 / 100 (based on level).
• Shen
  • Stand United
    • Cooldown reduced to 60 seconds at all ranks from 200 / 180 / 160.
• Vex
  • Mistral Bolt
    • Base damage increased to 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 from 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250.
    • AP ratio increased to 85% AP from 70% AP.
  • Personal Space
    • Cooldown reduced to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.
  • Looming Darkness
    • Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 13.
    • Slow increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%.
• Xerath
  • Eye of Destruction
    • Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10.
    • Base damage increased to 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230 from 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 / 225.
  • Rite of the Arcane
    • Cooldown reduced to 50 seconds at all ranks from 130 / 115 / 100.
• Ziggs
  • Bouncing Bomb
    • Cooldown reduced to 4 seconds at all ranks from 6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5 / 4.

Upcoming

Elise

• Spider Queen
  • New Effect: Stored Spiderlings are now restored to full health after being resummoned.
• Venomous Bite
  • Spiderling dash speed increased by 20%.
• Cocoon
  • Reveal type changed to true sight from standard sight.
• Rappel
  • Cast range increased to 900 units from 850.
  • Recast range increased to 825 units from 700.
  • New Effect: Now always grants the increased Spider Queen bonuses, instead of only when descending directly upon an enemy.

Runaan's Hurricane

• Now purchasable by melee champions.
• New Effect: Wind's Fury bolts now have a minimum cast range of 350 units.
• New Effect: Wind's Fury bolt damage is now modified by on-hit modifiers of the triggering attack.

Game Modes

• Return of Arena for MSI.
• New PvE bullet heaven game mode in mid-2024.

Custom Game

• Old Bots get replaced by the new AI system.

Bots

• Bots now use Barrier.
• Bots can now use Biscuit Delivery.
• Galio Bot can now move during his Shield of Durand.

Personalization

Skins

•  Victorious skins for Kog'Maw for Split 1 and Sona for Split 2.
• The return of  Winged Reign.
  • Faerie Court skin for Soraka.
•  Magicae Prismatica skins for Xerath in June and Nautilus in August.
• Unknown upcoming skin for Olaf.
• Event Prestige skins for Leona and Yuumi.

Mythic Shop Rotation

• 14.10
  • In:
    • Prestige Arcade Caitlyn
    • Prestige Nightbringer Kayn
    • Prestige Fuzz Fizz
    • Prestige Ascended Pantheon
  • Out:
    • Prestige Porcelain Lissandra
    • Prestige Bewitching Miss Fortune
    • Prestige PROJECT: Sylas
    • Prestige Coven Zyra
• 14.12
  • In:
    • Prestige Faerie Court Katarina
    • Prestige True Damage Senna
    • Prestige Brave Phoenix Xayah
    • Prestige Coven LeBlanc
    • Dawnbringer Karma
    • Hextech Nocturne
    • Crystalis Indomitus Xerath
  • Out:
    • Prestige Arcade Caitlyn
    • Prestige Nightbringer Kayn
    • Prestige Fuzz Fizz
    • Prestige Ascended Pantheon

Champion Roadmap

New Champions

The following teasers may or may not be intended to be taken literally, and may provide hints to the champion rather than their development.

• A Vastayan solo lane mage from the Freljord.
• Ambessa.

Champion Updates

• Art & Sustainability Update for Teemo in 14.20.
• Visual & Gameplay Update for a champion from Arcane Season 2.
• Visual & Gameplay Update for Shyvana in 2025.

Vastaya Mage Teaser

Ambessa Teaser

References

Patch History