VPBE

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.

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New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

• Lunar Wraith Sylas ( 1350)
• Heartpiercer Fiora ( 1350)
• Firecracker Sejuani ( 1350)
• Coin Emperor Tahm Kench ( 1350)
• Firecracker Vayne ( 1350)
• Firecracker Vayne Prestige Edition
• Heartbreaker Vi ( 1350)

The following Chroma sets have been added to the store:

• Heartpiercer Fiora
  Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby
• Warring Kingdoms Jarvan IV
  Chromas: Golden
• Firecracker Sejuani
  Chromas: Citrine, Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
• Lunar Wraith Sylas
  Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Ruby
• Coin Emperor Tahm Kench
  Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby
• Heartbreaker Vi
  Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
• Lunar Guardian Warwick
  Chromas: Golden
• Warring Kingdoms Xin Zhao
  Chromas: Golden

The following Summoner icons have been added to store:

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

The following Ward skins have been added to the store:

League of Legends VPBE

Client

• Rotating Game Mode: ARURF+ returns on PBE with a few changes.
  • Reroll bench: Now uses the same system as in ARAM for champion selection, where you can reroll a champion and place it to the bench for other ally to select.
  • Champion cannon: Just outside each fountain is a champion cannon that you can jump in and use to launch yourself great distances across the map. The cannon can help you get to the action in an instant, but aim carefully, enemies will get a warning that you're dropping in.
    • Teleport is not available in ARURF+.
  • Baron Nashor spawns at 10 minutes and grants both the Hand of Baron and Eye of the Herald when slain.
  • Elemental Drakes are replaced with a special Elder Dragon that spawns at 6 minutes and grants Aspect of the Dragon as well as a stack of every single elemental dragon's Dragon Slayer when defeated.
  • Minion gold: When minions die you get a chunk of gold whether you last hit them or not.
  • Golden Spatula Club ( 1250): This is a new club membership that lasts for the duration of the event. Joining grants you:
    • 1 random individual skin boost every game.
    • 1 additional reroll each game (maximum allowed is still 2).
    • 3 new randomized champion finishers. The more people on your team that are members, the fancier your finishers will be.
    • Special minion taunts.
  • Early surrender: Can now unanimously surrender at 8 minutes, or normal surrender at 10 minutes.
  • Early homeguard: Homeguard is enabled from the start of the match.
  • Bonus turret damage: Rip down enemy structures a bit faster with our newest tweak to URF's Awesome Buff of Awesomeness.
  • No champions disabled: All champions are available to play.
  • Champion balancing:
    • Evelynn
      • Base movement speed increased to 345 from 335.
      • New Effect: Total damage increased by 10%.
    • Fiora
      • Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
      • Attack speed growth reduced to 2.5% from 3.2%.
    • Jax
      • Base health reduced to 550 from 592.
      • Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
    • Kalista
      • Attack damage growth increased to 7 from 3.6.
      • New Effect: Total damage increased by 20%.
    • Karthus
      • Base health reduced to 450 from 528.
      • Health growth reduced to 65 from 87.
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 15%.
    • Katarina
      • Base movement speed increased to 345 from 340.
      • Health growth increased to 105 from 92.
    • Ornn
      • Base movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
      • Base health increased to 600 from 565.
      • Health growth increased to 105 from 95.
    • Rek'Sai
      • Base health increased to 600 from 570.
      • Health growth increased to 100 from 85.
      • Attack damage growth increased to 4.5 from 3.35.
      • Base armor increased to 38 from 33.
      • Attack speed growth increased to 3% from 2%.
    • Rumble
      • Base health reduced to 550 from 589.
      • Health growth reduced to 65 from 85.
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 10%.
    • Ryze
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 10%.
    • Sona
      • Base health reduced to 460 from 480.
      • Health growth reduced to 50 from 77.
      • Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.3.
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 10%.
    • Tahm Kench
      • Base movement speed increased to 340 from 335.
      • Base health increased to 600 from 538.
      • Health growth increased to 120 from 102.
      • New Effect: Total damage increased by 20%.
    • Wukong
      • Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 4.
      • Base attack damage reduced to 63 from 68.
      • Health growth reduced to 70 from 85.
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 10%.
    • Zac
      • Health growth increased to 105 from 95.
      • Base armor increased to 38 from 33.
      • Armor growth increased to 4.5 from 3.5.
      • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.75 from 1.25.
    • Zed
      • Base health reduced to 550 from 582.
      • Health growth reduced to 60 from 85.
      • New Effect: Total damage reduced by 10%.

General

Loading Screen Update

• New champion's border and information display.
• New team text chat.
• New team voice chat, with voice control.
• New information about the loading game.
• New gameplay tips about the map played.
• Summoner spells and keystone rune now display a tooltip when hovered over.
• Can now click any player to see their honor, ranked armor or level border, and champion mastery. You can only see your teammates' border and icon, not your opponent's, but you are able to see your opponent's champion mastery and honor.
• Your summoner's name is now displayed in gold.
• Teammates are always at the top and enemies at the bottom.
• New indicator showing which part of the map your start on.

Champions

Aatrox

• The Darkin Blade
  • AD ratio reduced to 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75% AD from 64 / 68 / 72 / 76 / 80% AD.
• Umbral Dash
  • Recharge time increased to 26 / 22 / 18 / 14 / 10 seconds from 24 / 20 / 16 / 12 / 8.

Aurelion Sol

• Starsurge
  • New Effect: Now obeys minimap targeting.
  • Minimum recast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.65.
  • Removed: Static stun duration of 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5 seconds.
  • New Effect: Stun duration now increased by 0% − 200% (based on disk size).
    • Minimum stun duration set at 0.55 / 0.6 / 0.65 / 0.7 / 0.75 seconds.
    • Maximum stun duration set at 1.65 / 1.8 / 1.95 / 2.1 / 2.25 seconds.

Brand

• Blaze
  • Damage over time reduced to 3% of target's maximum health from 4%.
  • Detonation AP ratio increased to 2.5% per 100 AP of target's maximum health from 1.5% per 100 AP.

Cassiopeia

• Miasma
  • Cooldown increased to 18 / 17.5 / 17 / 16.5 / 16 seconds from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14.
  • Base damage per second reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80.

Diana

• Crescent Strike
  • Bug Fix: Now consistently follows cursor targeting.
  • Bug Fix: Now consistently resets Lunar Rush.
• Lunar Rush
  • Removed: Cooldown is no longer reset if cast at the same time as Crescent Strike.
    • Cooldown still resets if Crescent Strike is cast before Lunar Rush.
  • New Effect: Resets auto attack after dashing.

Evelynn

• Hate Spike
  • Improved targeting priority.
  • Recasts can now be buffered.
• Allure
  • No longer fizzles due to her losing vision of her target.
• Whiplash
  • Now consistently puts her 50 units from her target rather than right on top of them.
• Last Caress
  • New Effect: Can now be buffered during Whiplash.

Galio

• Winds of War
  • Gust base damage reduced to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.
  • Gust AP ratio reduced to 75% AP from 90% AP.
  • Mana cost increased to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
  • Tornado AP ratio reduced to 0.66% AP from 1.33% AP.

Irelia

• Ionian Fervor
  • Removed: At 4 stacks, no longer deals 200% bonus damage to shields.
• Bladesurge
  • Removed: No longer deals double damage to minions.
  • New Effect: Deals 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 bonus damage to minions.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Base wall damage increased to 125 / 200 / 275 from 75 / 125 / 175.
  • Slow increased to 90% from 60%.
  • Wall duration reduced to 2.5 seconds at all ranks from 2.5 / 3 / 3.5.
  • Removed: No longer  disarms for 1.5 seconds enemies passing through the wall.

Jarvan IV

• Demacian Standard
  • Bonus attack speed increased to 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30% from 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%.

Jax

• Stats
  • Base attack damage reduced to 68 from 69.97.
• Leap Strike
  • Base damage reduced to 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.

Kassadin

• Stats
  • Base armor reduced to 19 from 23.376.
  • Armor growth reduced to 2.8 from 3.2.

Kayn

• The Darkin Scythe
  • Removed: Damage and takedowns against melee champion dropping red orbs and against ranged champions blue orbs.
  • New Effect: Damage and takedowns against enemy champions grants orbs.
  • New Effect: Once the bar is filled, if your percentage of damage done against melee champions is higher than your percentage of damage done against ranged champions you gain Rhaast, otherwise you gain Shadow Assassin.
  • New Effect: The transformation progress bar now color tints towards the transformation type that's furthest along, becoming deeper blue when Shadow Assassin is far ahead, and deep red for Rhaast.
  • New Effect: Can now ping the transform bar to inform allies how far or close Kayn is to transform.
  • New Effect: Can now ping that a form is available.
  • New Effect: Can now ping that a form is unavailable and the time remaining before it is ready to be activated.
  • New Effect: Once a form is unlocked, you can collect orbs from the opposite champion type to reduce the second form's timer by 5 seconds each.
  • Total transformation points required increased to 500 from 400.
  • New Effect: If when collecting their final transformation points, the two forms are within 8% of each other, the type of champion range you finally hit will determine the transformation.
• Shadow Step
  • New Effect: Can now start Recalling during Shadow Step if not inside terrain.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Shadow Step ending due to casting a basic attack would occasionally cut his Reaping Slash attack short and dealing no damage.
• Umbral Trespass
  • New Effect: Can now emerge from target with a distance below 350 units.
  • New Effect: Shadow Assassin's Umbral Trespass gains 200 bonus range when emerging from his target.
• Soulhunter Kayn
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where you could hear Master Yi's Highlander looping SFX for the whole game if you transformed into Rhaast in a game with Master Yi in it.

Neeko

• Inherent Glamour

• • Cooldown increased to 35 − 10 (based on level) seconds from 25 − 10 (based on level).
  • New Effect: If Neeko becomes  invisible to the enemy while disguised, she gains 20% magic penetration that lasts 4 seconds after the disguise breaks.
  • Removed: Non damaging and non direct spells breaking disguise.
• Shapesplitter
  • Clone duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.
  • Bonus movement speed duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.
  • Bug Fix: On hit now works on towers again.
• Tangle-Barbs

• • Cooldown increased to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10.
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220.
  • AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 40% AP.
  • Empowered root duration increased to 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 seconds from 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.5.
• Pop Blossom
  • Cooldown changed to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 90 at all ranks.
  • Removed: No longer slows by 40% as she leaps into the air.
  • Leap duration reduced to 0.6 seconds from 0.75.
  • Bug Fix: Tool tip now correctly shows the AP ratio.

Ornn

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 590 from 565.64.
  • Base armor increased to 36 from 33.04.
• Bellows Breath

• • Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.

Rakan

• Stats
  • Base armor reduced to 29 from 33.
• Grand Entrance
  • Dash speed changed to 1400 (+ 0 / 45 / 80 (based on type of boots)) from 2050 (+ 30% movement speed).
  • Delay on arrival before impact reduced to 0.35 seconds from 0.5.

Shyvana

• Fury of the Dragonborn
  • Bonus physical and magical damage to dragons and Vilemaw increased to 20% from 10%.
• Flame Breath
  • Bonus damage against marked enemies increased to 3.25% of target's maximum health from 2.5%.

Sylas - New Champion

• Petricite Burst (Innate)
• Chain Lash (Q)
• Kingslayer (W)
• Abscond / Abduct (E)
• Hijack (R)

Tahm Kench

• Abyssal Voyage
  • New Effect: Allies cannot climb if in-combat.

Urgot

• Stats
  • Base armor reduced to 36 from 39.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.5 from 4.25.
  • Attack damage growth reduced to 3.5 from 4.
• Corrosive Charge
  • Mana cost increased to 60 from 50.
• Purge
  • Cooldown increased to 17 / 15 / 13 / 11 / 9 seconds from 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.

Volibear

• Majestic Roar
  • Bonus damage changed to 8% of target's maximum health at all ranks from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+ 30% AP).
• Thunder Claws
  • Delay before initial bolt reduced to 0.1 seconds from 0.25.
  • Removed: 0.075 seconds delay between bounces.
  • AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 30% AP.

Yorick

• Shepherd of Souls
  • Removed: Ghouls no longer deal 60% reduced damage when they are too far from Yorick.
  • Deaths required for a grave reduced to 12 / 6 / 2 from 12 / 8 / 4.
  • ARAM-Specific Balancing: Deaths required for a grave reduced to 2 from 4.
  • Mist Walker kill gold reduced to 2 from 5.
• Mourning Mist
  • Bug Fix: Mist Walkers and Maiden of the Mist will no longer sometimes fail to respond to Mourning Mist hits.
  • Slow increased to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% from 30% at all ranks.
• Eulogy of the Isles
  • Cooldown increased to 180 / 140 / 100 seconds at all ranks from 160 / 130 / 100.
  • Maiden of the Mist base health reduced to 300 / 1000 / 3000 from 700 / 1500 / 4000.
  • Maiden of the Mist health ratio increased to 70% of Yorick's maximum health from 30%.
  • Maiden of the Mist base attack damage reduced to 0 / 20 / 40 from 10 / 20 / 40.
  • New Effect: Reactivating the ability will let the Maiden of the Mist break free from Yorick and proceed down the closest lane.
    • While following Yorick, the Maiden of the Mist will leash back to Yorick if he moves 900 units away from her.
  • Bonus damage on Yorick attacking the Maiden's target reduced to 3 / 6 / 9% of target's maximum health from 5 / 7.5 / 10%.
  • Removed: Bonus damage on Yorick attacking the Maiden's target no longer has a 2 second cooldown.

Zoe

• Paddle Star

• • Bonus damage reduced to 0% − 125% (based on distance traveled) from 0% − 150% (based on distance traveled).

Zyra

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 13 from 15.335.
• Grasping Roots

• • Base damage reduced to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.

Items

Morellonomicon

• Ability power reduced to 70 from 80.
• Combine cost reduced to 550 from 650. Total cost unchanged.

Oblivion Orb

• Total cost increased to 1600 from 1500.
  • Combine cost increased to 765 from 665.
• Ability power reduced to 20 from 25.

Relic Shield

• New Effect: Heal and kill gold now only triggers with a basic attack or ability.
• Minion execute threshold reduced to 150 − 235 (based on level) from 200 − 285 (based on level).

Remnant of the Aspect

• New Effect: Heal and kill gold now only triggers with a basic attack or ability.

Skirmisher's Sabre

• Challenging Smite damage per tick reduced to 19 − 41.67 (based on level) from 20 − 54 (based on level).
• Challenging Smite total damage reduced to 57 − 125 (based on level) from 60 − 162 (based on level).
• Challenging Smite damage over time duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
• Removed: Challenging Smite no longer grants vision for the mark duration.

Stalker's Blade

• Chilling Smite champion damage reduced to 20 − 156 (based on level) from 28 − 164 (based on level).

Sunfire Cape

• Total cost reduced to 2750 from 2900.
  • Combine cost reduced to 650 from 800.

Targon's Brace

• New Effect: Heal and kill gold now only triggers with a basic attack or ability.

Runes

Absolute Focus

• Bonus attack damage reduced to 1.8 − 18 (based on level) from 3 − 24 (based on level).
• Ability power reduced to 3 − 30 (based on level) from 5 − 40 (based on level).

Cut Down

• New Effect: Deal 4% to 10% more damage to champions, based on how much more maximum health they have than you. Bonus damage scales up linearly against enemies with 10% to 100% more maximum health than you.
• Old Effect: Deal 4% bonus damage to champions with at least 150 more maximum health than you. This increases up to 12% bonus damage versus targets with 2000 more maximum health than you.

Legend: Bloodline

• Life steal per stack reduced to 0.6% from 0.8%.
• Maximum stacks increased to 20 from 10.
  • Maximum life steal increased to 12% from 8%.

Overheal

• Healing from allies conversion rate reduced to 40% − 100% (based on level) from 300%.
• Self healing conversion rate increased to 40% − 100% (based on level) from 40%.

Rune Shard

• Slot 1 and 2 adaptive shard reduced to (5.4 bonus AD or 9 AP) from (6 bonus AD or 10 AP).
• Slot 2 and 3 armor shard increased to 6 bonus armor from 5.
• Slot 2 and 3 magic resistance shard increased to 8 bonus magic resistance from 6.

Summoner spells

Challenging Smite

• Damage per tick reduced to 19 − 41.67 (based on level) from 20 − 54 (based on level).
• Total damage reduced to 57 − 125 (based on level) from 60 − 162 (based on level).
• Damage over time duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
• Removed: No longer grants vision for the mark duration.

Chilling Smite

• Champion damage reduced to 20 − 156 (based on level) from 28 − 164 (based on level).

Ignite

• Cooldown reduced to 180 seconds from 210.
• Total true damage reduced to 70 − 410 (based on level) from 80 − 505 (based on level).

Neutral buffs

Hand of Baron

• Bonus attack damage reduced to 12 − 48 (based on minutes) from 24 − 48 (based on minutes).
• Ability power reduced to 20 − 80 (based on minutes) from 40 − 80 (based on minutes).
• Melee and caster minion damage reduction against champions reduced to 50% − 70% (based on minutes) from 70% at all times.

Summoner's Rift

Monsters

Blue Sentinel

• Experience reduced to 115 − 143.75 (based on monster's level) from 115 − 180 (based on monster's level).

Gromp

• Experience reduced to 115 − 143.75 (based on monster's level) from 115 − 172.5 (based on monster's level).

 Krug camp

• Ancient Krug
  • Experience reduced to 70 − 125 (based on monster's level) from 70 − 150 (based on monster's level).
• Krug
  • Experience reduced to 35 − 43.75 (based on monster's level) from 35 − 52.5 (based on monster's level).
• Mini Krug
  • Experience reduced to 7 − 8.75 (based on monster's level) from 7 − 10.5 (based on monster's level).

 Murk Wolf camp

• Greater Murk Wolf
  • Experience reduced to 65 − 81.25 (based on monster's level) from 65 − 97.5 (based on monster's level).
• Murk Wolf
  • Experience reduced to 25 − 31.25 (based on monster's level) from 25 − 37.5 (based on monster's level).

 Raptor camp

• Crimson Raptor
  • Experience reduced to 20 − 25 (based on monster's level) from 20 − 30 (based on monster's level).
• Raptor
  • Experience reduced to 20 − 25 (based on monster's level) from 20 − 30 (based on monster's level).

Red Brambleback

• Experience reduced to 115 − 143.75 (based on monster's level) from 115 − 180 (based on monster's level).

Rift Scuttler

• Experience reduced to 115 − 207 (based on monster's level) from 115 − 230 (based on monster's level).
• Gold reduced to 70 − 126 (based on monster's level) from 70 − 140 (based on monster's level).

Turrets

• Inhibitor turret base armor increased to 70 at all times from 55 − 70 (based on minutes).
• Inhibitor turret base magic resistance increased to 70 at all times from 55 − 70 (based on minutes).

Upcoming

Champions

Karma

• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 330 from 335.
  • Base health regeneration increased to 7 from 5.5.
  • Health regeneration growth increased to 0.6 from 0.55.
  • Base armor increased to 30 from 26.
• Gathering Fire
  • New Passive Effect - Kindled Spirit: Karma gains a charge every 7 seconds, up to a maximum of 3 charges. Karma's abilities and basic attacks against enemy champions and large monsters consume a charge to reduce Mantra's cooldown by 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 (based on Mantra's rank) seconds.
  • New Passive Effect - Souls Alight: Karma can see an indicator for her allies' total basic ability cooldowns.
  • Old Innate: Karma reduces Mantra's cooldown by 2 / 3 / 4 seconds every time she damages an enemy champion with an ability, halved to 1 / 1.5 / 2 seconds on her basic attacks.
• Soulflare
  • Bonus damage increased to 35 / 105 / 175 / 245 from 25 / 75 / 125 / 175.
  • Bonus damage AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 30% AP.
  • Detonation base damage reduced to 25 / 110 / 195 / 280 from 35 / 140 / 245 / 350.
  • Detonation AP ratio reduced to 45% AP from 60% AP.
• Spirit Bond
  • Renamed to Spirit Bond from Focused Resolve.
  • Cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12.
  • Mana cost increased to 70 at all ranks from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Base damage per tick increased to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.
  • AP ratio per tick increased to 60% AP from 45% AP.
  • New Effect: Can now target an allied champion to reduce each of their basic ability cooldowns up to 10 seconds over the duration of the tether.
  • New Effect: Mantra - Harmony Reduces the target allied champion's basic ability cooldowns by an additional 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 seconds and also restores 20% of their maximum mana.
• Renewal
  • Healing per tick changed to 15% of missing health (+ 25% AP) from 20% (+ 1% per 100 AP) of missing health.
• Inspire
  • Base shield strength increased to 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 from 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170.
  • Shield AP ratio increased to 55% AP from 50% AP.
  • Bonus movement speed bonus reduced to 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%.
• Defiance
  • Shield percentage changed to (75% split across all nearby allied champions) from (30% to all nearby allied champions).
  • Bonus movement speed changed to (75% split across all nearby allied champions) from (100% to all nearby allied champions).

Skins

• Prestige K/DA Ahri and Prestige K/DA Evelynn.^[1]

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.

Update Schedule ^[2]

1. Kayle and Morgana (Joint Update)

   Kayle - Visual and Gameplay Update

   Morgana - Visual and Minor Gameplay Update ( Innate and W)

References