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Latest PBE Patch	July 24th, 2019
Highlights
PROJECT 2019 skins Legendary skin: PROJECT: Pyke
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.
Related links
Surrender@20: Current PBE changes
Patch chronology
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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:

• PROJECT: Akali ( 1350)
• PROJECT: Irelia ( 1350)
• Prestige PROJECT: Irelia (Limited)
• PROJECT: Jinx ( 1350)
• PROJECT: Pyke ( 1820)
• PROJECT: Warwick ( 1350)

The following Chroma sets have been added to the store:

• PROJECT: Akali
  Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
• PROJECT: Fiora
  Chromas: Reckoning
• PROJECT: Jinx
  Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby
• PROJECT: Lucian
  Chromas: Reckoning
• PROJECT: Pyke
  Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
• PROJECT: Warwick
  Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Meteorite, Obsidian, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
• PROJECT: Zed
  Chromas: Reckoning

The following Summoner icons have been added to store:

PROJECT: Akali

PROJECT: Irelia

PROJECT: Jinx

PROJECT: Pyke

PROJECT: Warwick

PROJECT: Akali Chroma

PROJECT: Fiora Chroma

PROJECT: Jinx Chroma

PROJECT: Lucian Chroma

PROJECT: Pyke Chroma

PROJECT: Warwick Chroma

PROJECT: Zed Chroma

PROJECT: Reckoning

PROJECT: Reckoning Pass

PROJECT Mission profileicon.png

PROJECT: Mission

PROJECT Pyke Mission profileicon.png

PROJECT: Pyke Mission

Season 2019 Split 3 profileicon.png

Season 2019 Split 3

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

Hush Now

Bang!

Watch Yourself

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Iron

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Bronze

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Silver

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Gold

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Platinum

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Diamond

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Master

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Grandmaster

Season 2019 - Split 3 - Challenger

The following Ward skins have been added to the store:

PROJECT: Reckoning Ward

League of Legends VPBE

Champions

Evelynn

• Hate Spike
  • Monster cooldown refund reduced to 50% from 60%.
• Whiplash
  • Health ratio reduced to 2% of target's maximum health from 3%.

Galio

• Colossal Smash
  • New Effect: Cooldown now scales with cooldown reduction.
  • Base damage increased to 15 − 200 (based on level) from 15 − 180 (based on level).
• Justice Punch
  • Base damage increased to 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.

Graves

• Quickdraw
  • Bonus armor per stack increased to 8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20 from 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15.

Karma

• Defiance
  • Bonus shield strength reduced to 25 / 80 / 135 / 190 from 30 / 90 / 150 / 210.
  • Bonus shield AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.

Kha'Zix

• Taste Their Fear
  • Base damage increased to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.

LeBlanc

• Ethereal Chains
  • Base root damage increased to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.

Lee Sin

• Sonic Wave
  • Base damage increased to 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
• Resonating Strike
  • Minimum base damage increased to 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.

Lissandra

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 550 from 518.
  • Health growth increased to 90 from 87.
• Frozen Tomb
  • Damage AP ratio increased to 75% AP from 60% AP.

Lucian

• The Culling
  • Base damage per shot increased to 20 / 40 / 60 from 20 / 35 / 50.

Malphite

• Seismic Shard
  • Slow increased to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%.
• Thunderclap
  • Base damage increased to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80.
  • Bug Fix: Cone damage now properly applies Hunter's Talisman's burn.

Poppy

• Steadfast Presence
  • Bonus movement speed increased to 40% from 35%.

Qiyana

• Edge of Ixtal
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 80% bonus AD from 90%.
• Terrashape
  • New Effect: Now gains River Element when dashing towards a Health Relic on Howling Abyss.
• Audacity
  • New Effect: Damage is now Flashable.
• Supreme Display of Talent
  • Cooldown changed to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 100 at all ranks.

Rumble

• Scrap Shield
  • Base shield strength reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 / 220.

Soraka

• Starcall
  • Base damage increased to 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.

Swain

• Death's Hand
  • Target range increased to 725 from 625.

Syndra

• Transcendent
  • Force of Will bonus true damage increased to 30% from 20%.
• Unleashed Power
  • Base damage per sphere increased to 90 / 140 / 190 from 90 / 135 / 180.

Vayne

• Condemn
  • Wall increased damage 150% from 100%.

Xerath

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Target range changed to 5000 at all ranks from 3200 / 4400 / 5600.

Teamfight Tactics

Game

Champion Star Level-Up

• When a champion gains a Star-level the text will pop up next to their name.

Champions

Mordekaiser

• Base armor increased to 40 from 35.
• Base health reduced to 500 from 550.

Traits

Brawler

• Bonus health changed to from .

Dragon

• Magic damage reduction reduced to 83% from 100%.

Knight

• Damage blocked reduced to from .
• New Effect: Now reduces all damage instead of only from basic attacks.
• New Effect: Now affects all allies instead of Knights only.

Ninja

• Bonus attack damage changed to Flat AD from Total AD.
• New Effect: Now also grants AP.

Noble

• Bonus armor reduced to 60 from 100.
• New Effect: Now also grants 60 bonus magic resistance.

Shapeshifter

• Bonus health changed to of maximum health from 60% at 3 Shapeshifters.

Void

• Removed Effect: While 3 Void units are in play, your team gains 50% armor penetration.
• New Effect: While 3 Void units are in play, Void units deal true damage.

Yordle

• Dodge chance changed to from .

Upcoming

Champions

Wukong - Gameplay Update

• Strength of Stone
  • Renamed Strength of Stone from Stone Skin.
  • New Innate Effect: Wukong and his clones apply a stack of Crushing Blows, for 4 seconds, whenever they damage an enemy champion. Targets take 4% increased damage from him and his clones for each stack of Crushing Blows, stacking up to 5 stacks for a maximum of 20%.
  • New Innate Effect: When 3 enemy champions are visible within 1400 units, Wukong gains 22 − 56 (based on level) (+ 20% bonus armor) bonus armor and 22 − 56 (based on level) (+ 20% bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance for 6 seconds and renews if enemies remain near.
  • Old Innate: Wukong gains bonus armor and magic resistance for each visible enemy champion within 1400 units.
• Wuju Strike
  • Renamed Wuju Strike from Crushing Blow.
  • Mana cost changed to 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 from 40 at all ranks.
  • New Passive Effect: Gains 125 bonus basic attack range after casting any ability.
  • Damage type changed to magic from physical.
  • Base damage changed to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 10 / 40 / 70 / 100 / 130.
  • AD ratio changed to 20% bonus AD at all ranks from 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40% total AD.
  • New Effect: Now heals for 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 25% bonus AD) on-hit, halved against minions.
  • Removed: No longer reduces his target's armor by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% for 3 seconds.
• Warrior Trickster
  • Renamed Warrior Trickster from Decoy.
  • Dash distance increased to 200 units from 100.
  • New Effect: Can now dash through thin walls.
  • New Effect: Now casts in the direction of cursor rather than where Wukong was facing.
  • New Effect: The clone can now basic attack for 50% AD and apply on-hit effects.
    • New Effect: Clone now gains Wuju Strike and Nimbus Strike's bonus attack speed if cast prior to Warrior Trickster.
  • Clone duration increased to 2.5 / 3.125 / 3.75 / 4.375 / 5 seconds from 1.5.
    • Stealth duration unchanged at 1.5 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced to 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 seconds from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10.
  • New Effect: Cooldown now starts on clone death rather than on creation.
  • Removed: No longer deals 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 60% AP) magic damage to all nearby enemies upon death.
• Nimbus Strike
  • New Effect: Additional images can now be targeted by enemies.
  • Secondary target check area increased.
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 50% bonus AD from 80%.
• Cyclone
  • New Effect: Can now cast abilities during Cyclone, cancelling the ability.

Teamfight Tactics

• New shapeshifter champion.
  • Hinted with the new tier in Shapeshifter class on VPBE, from 3 (+ 100% health) to 3 (+ 60% health) / 6 (+ 120% health).

Skins

• On January 27th, a new /dev diary video about Skins in Season 2019 was released with the following content:
  • The return of Star Guardian skins.
  • Other music-inspired skins like K/DA.
  • Unknown upcoming skin for Zilean.

Chromas

• Grey Warwick and Medieval Twitch Honor 5 chromas

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.

• New non-traditional Marksman champion.

New Marksman Champion 2019 Teaser 01.gif

New Marksman Champion Teaser

Update Schedule

1. Pantheon - Visual and Gameplay Update
2. Fiddlesticks - Visual and Gameplay Update
3. Volibear - Visual and Gameplay Update

Pantheon Update Teaser

Volibear Update Concept 1

Volibear Update Concept 2

Fiddlesticks Update Concept 1

Fiddlesticks Update Concept 2

References

Patch History