6/4 PBE Update: Five new Football Skins, Primetime Draven, Skarner TU, Nidalee Gameplay Update, and much more!

Primetime Draven

"Mic test...check...1..2, 3! It's Primetime Draven's cue to deal tons of damage on the PBE! o u o

Draaaaaaven had a little makeover and is now dressed to impress! In his Primetime Draven look, he's ready and eager to cast any sports event! 

• A new suit!
• New weapons (they look like dangerous mics!)
• A new VO/SFX set (like he's casting your game!)
• A new recall (summons a podium!)

(NOTE: As of 06-04, his SFX are not in yet! They will be soon though!) 

As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings on Draaaaaaaven's new skin! The feedback and bugs you leave here will help us get a better idea of things we may still have to take a look at. :] 

See you on the Rift!"

Sweeper Alistar

Goalkeeper Maokai

Superfan Gragas

Striker Lucian

Red Card Twisted Fate

[ Note on Red Card TF: He's currently missing sounds ]

Skarner TU

"Futbol" ward skin

This patch also includes SIX new summoner icons, one for each of the roles ( and using the same symbols as Team Builder ) : Fighter, Mage , Marksman, Support, Assassin, and Tank

Updated Nidalee Ability Icons

Nidalee also got a fresh set of ability icons!

In a follow up post, Scruffy mentioned Skarner's consumes the crystal poison stacks on stun

Skarner's new passive uses small crystals to denote the amount of Crystal poison stacks on enemy:

Two Stacks of Crystal Poison, stacks applied by hitting with abilities.

At 3 stacks of Crystal poison, a ring forms between the crystal indicators letting you know your next basic attack will trigger a stun

A full video preview, including footage of Skarner's new passive in-action, can be found here.

Here's Riot Repertoir with details on the Nidalee Gameplay update that is now available for testing!

"Hey guys, 

Nidalee has some gameplay changes headed her way, largely in the form of a modified passive and its interactions throughout her kit. These changes help reinforce a pattern of interaction between Nidalee and opponents, but since the changes are quite dramatic, they required changes to numbers and timings throughout her kit. I’ll be popping in and out of this thread while she’s on PBE to collect everyone’s feedback on her, so please feel free to leave it in the comments and I’ll try to get back to you. 

While all feedback is welcome at this point, the stuff that would be particularly useful is:

• Are Pounce and Swipe behaving the way you’d expect?

• Are you having difficulty using her Hunt Pounce effectively?

• How has your laning pattern changed compared to Live (both as and against Nidalee)?

• How do you feel in roaming cases using your modified brush passive?

• Did you notice any bugs on her?

• What items are you guys building on her to be successful?

• How was your experience building mainly Ability Power items?

• How was your experience building more bruiser items?

• Generally, where do you feel she is too strong/weak? 

Thanks in advance for all your guys’ thoughts, 

Repertoir 

With that said, if you're interested in the full changelist, here it is below: 

General:

• Basic attack hit timing adjusted to better match visual

• Death Recap now properly differentiates between Javelin Toss and Takedown, and Bushwhack and Pounce

• (R) Aspect of the Cougar now has 4 ranks and is automatically trained at level 1

• UI elements added to support modified passive

• Movement Speed increased to 340 from 335

(P) Prowl

• Movement Speed in brush reduced to 10% from 15%

• Movement Speed in brush is now increased to 30% while moving toward visible enemy champions within 5500 range

• Damaging champions with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack causes her to Hunt these targets for 4 seconds, granting Prowl’s increased Movement Speed toward them and enhancing her next Takedown, Pounce, and Swipe against them

• Nidalee ignores unit collision while Prowl and Hunt are active

(Q) Javelin Toss

• Minimum base damage reduced to 50/75/100/125/150 from 55/95/140/185/230

• Maximum base damage reduced to 150/225/300/375/450 from 137/237/350/462/575

• Minimum Ability Power ratio reduced to 40% from 65%

• Maximum Ability Power ratio reduced to 120% from 162.5%

• Cooldown adjusted to 8/7/6/5 with rank in (R) Aspect of the Cougar from 6 at all ranks

• Now deals maximum damage at 1300 range rather than 1500

• Missile visuals adjusted to better match player expectation

• Applies the Hunt debuff to enemy champions hit

(Q) Takedown

• Deals 33% increased damage to Hunted targets

• Minimum base damage reduced to 4/20/50/90 from x/40/70/100

• Maximum non Hunt base damage reduced to 10/50/125/225 from x/120/210/300

• Maximum Hunt base damage introduced at 13/67/167/300

• Maximum non Hunt Total Attack Damage ratio reduced to 250% from 300%

• Maximum Hunt Total Attack Damage ratio introduced at 333%

• Minimum non Hunt Ability Power ratio introduced at 24%

• Maximum non Hunt Ability Power ratio introduced at 60%

• Maximum Hunt Ability Power ratio introduced at 80%

• Now deals entirely magic damage instead of entirely physical damage

• Maximum damage is now dealt when the target is at 20% current Health, up from 0%

• Nidalee gains 75 Attack Range while Takedown is active

(W) Bushwhack

• Ground duration reduced to 2 minutes from 4

• Debuff duration reduced to 4 seconds from 8

• Now only affects 1 enemy per trap

• Flat base damage reduced to 20/40/60/80/100 from 80/125/170/215/260

• Flat damage Ability Power ratio removed (was 40%)

• No longer shreds enemy Armor and Magic Resist

• Now additionally deals 12/14/16/18/20% of the target’s current Health over its duration

• Now additionally deals 1% of the target’s current Health per 50 Ability power over its duration

• Cooldown reduced to 17/15/13/11/9 from 18 at all ranks

• Mana cost reduced to 40/45/50/55/60 from 60/75/90/105/120

• Team color indicators added to better indicate trigger radius

• Persistent pulsing particle adjusted for better visibility

• Applies the Hunt debuff to enemy champions hit

(W) Pounce

• Now moves toward the player’s cursor rather than Nidalee’s current facing

• Base damage reduced to 50/100/150/200 from x/125/175/225

• Ability Power ratio reduced to 30% from 40%

• Cooldown increased to 5 seconds from 3.5

• Can now be used to jump to Hunted targets at up to 700 range by hovering the cursor over the Hunted target

• Killing a unit while in Cougar form reduces Pounce’s current cooldown to 1.5 seconds if it is currently higher

(E) Primal Surge

• Base healing increased to 55/95/135/175/215 from 50/85/120/155/190

• Ability Power ratio reduced to 50% from 70%

• Attack Speed buff duration reduced to 6 seconds from 7

(E) Swipe

• Now targets toward the player’s cursor rather than Nidalee’s current facing

• Base damage reduced to 70/130/190/250 from x/150/225/300

• Ability Power ratio reduced to 45% from 60%

• Swiping a Hunted target reduces Pounce’s current cooldown to 1.5 seconds if it is currently higher

• Cooldown reduced to 5 seconds from 6

(R) Aspect of the Cougar

• No longer grants 20 Movement Speed while in Cougar form

• Cooldown adjusted to 5.00/3.75/2.50/1.25 from 4.00 at all ranks

• Nidalee gains vision of all Hunted targets while in Cougar form"

The main change with this Nidalee update is her new "Hunt" mechanic, a debuff applied for four seconds after hitting an enemy champion with a spear or a trap. While the enemy is being "Hunted", Nidalee gets increased movement speed, can see them while in Cougar form, and gains additional benefits to her COUGAR form abilities.  Q gets increased damage, W gets double the jump range, and E resets her W's cooldown to 1.5 seconds.

Here's a few pictures explaining the new indicators that will help you better utilize your enhanced Pounce on a Hunted target.

Hitting an enemy with a spear or trap now puts a "hunt" debuff on them four seconds ( the yellow marker above Kat ). While the debuff is active, there is a tether between Nidalee and her target as well as a circle showing Nidalee her increased Pounce ( W ) range.

While the circle shows your pounce's ( W )  increased range, the tether indicator turns red or green based on if you are close enough to pounce at double range. If the indicator is red, your pounce would be normal. If the indicator is green, you are in range and will successfully do a double range pounce towards an enemy.

[ Ignore blue / missing particles ]  Since Katarina is "hunted", pounce has an increased distance ( as previously denoted by the ring around Nidalee )

Nidalee can use this doubled range on Pounce to clear a number of distances she normally couldn't! In this example, I'm able to jump over a thick treeline to attack the Katarina I landed a spear on.

Here's a quick video of the new "Hunt" passive in action!

New Audio Engine on PBE - Continued Testing!

Here's BelligerentSwan with a heads up the new audio engine is back on the PBE for more testing!

"Hey Summoners! 

For the next day or so we'll be turning on our new audio engine again for another round of testing on the PBE! With each patch we are getting a little bit closer to activating the new audio engine, and we want to continue PBE testing to ensure the switch goes smoothly! 

If you find a sound that doesn't work, or if you want to leave feedback about the way things sound, just leave a comment on this thread! We’ll be actively monitoring it and replying to your questions and concerns. Please let us know what equipment you’re using for audio (Stereo headphones vs. 5.1 surround sound speakers, Sound Blast Zx vs. Realtek HD Audio) so we can help narrow down the cause of the issues. 

If you’re unsure how to get that your system info, here’s a handy guide for PC and one for Mac. 

Why are we changing audio engines? We’re looking to create a more immersive and engaging in-game league of legends audio experience, and this new engine will allow us to do a lot of cool things in the future. You can find a more in depth post about what to expect here."

Balance Changes

Kha'Zix

• Taste Their Fear ( Q ) [ looks like the tooltip now lists the exact isolation damage increase of just saying "30%" - will need to confirm but looks like only a tooltip change ]