The PBE has been updated! To kick off the 5.6 PBE cycle we have several new skins - Surprise Party Amumu, Urf the Nami-tee, Archduke Nasus, Order of the Banana Soraka, and Definitely Not Udyr, a new Champion Mastery system, texture rebalances for Kayle, Lee Sin, Pantheon, Rumble, and Ryze, new ability icons for Rammus and Twisted Fate, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!
(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )
Table of Contents
- New Skins
- Surprise Party Amumu
- Urf the Nami-tee
- Archduke Nasus
- Order of the Banana Soraka
- Definitely Not Udyr
- Debonair Galio
- Champion Mastery
- New Ability Icons
- Texture Rebalances
- Summoner's Rift Terrain Changes
- Miscellaneous
- Balance Changes
New Skins
To kick off the 5.6 PBE cycle, we have comical new April Fools' themed skins for Amumu, Nami, Nasus, Soraka, and Udyr!
Surprise Party Amumu
1350 RP
[NOTE: The little candle on his head lights up. When issue is fixed, will updated the pictures!]
[NOTE: The little candle on his head lights up. When issue is fixed, will updated the pictures!]
[Note: Preview video is INCOMPLETE. Missing candle lighting up, sad face ult, and sounds]
"Where's my invitation?
Nasus, Udyr, Nami, and Soraka are having a party....but they forgot to invite Amumu.
The Sad mummy is left out once again. This skin includes:
- New model and texture!
- New Recall animation!
- New particles!
- New Sound Effects!
This skin will be 1350 rp.
Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Surprise Party Amumu and let us know what you think! Feel free to drop any bugs you find in this thread as well!
See you on the Rift!
Note: Audio isn't in yet, I'll update this post when it is!
Additionally, we encountered a bug with Amumu so he won't be testable today. Poor Mummy. ;_;"
750 RP
750 RP
750 RP
975 RP
"Trick your enemies into thinking you're someone else with these April Fools' skins!
Archduke Nasus 750 RP
- All new model and texture! (What a fine looking sir!)
Definitely Not Udyr 975 RP
- All new model and texture for each of his stances! (Seriously, though, it's definitely not Udyr, I don't know what you're talking about.)
Order of the Banana Soraka 750 RP
- All new model and texture!
- Banana auto attacks~ ('Cause, you know, no one expects the banana.)
Urf the Nami-tee 750 RP
- All new model and texture! (She's even got a spatula staff!)
- Oh, and you should check out her joke!
All of these skins are now available to play on PBE! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you've got any questions, post 'em here, and we'll do our best to answer them!"
After originally being introduced last cycle, Debonair Galio is back with several updates!
Debonair Galio
750 RP
New Feature - Champion Mastery
Today's PBE patch also includes Champion Mastery, a new system where you rank up with each individual champion and earn various rewards for each tier of mastery you achieve!
"CHAMPION MASTERY
We want to recognize you for playing the champs you love and give you feedback on how well you play them.
"With Champion Mastery, you now get points, ranks, and rewards for the champs you play. Now, if you want to show other players that you’re a dedicated Swain main, or a big cheese with Twitch, you can!
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
Finish a game of League and you’ll earn points for your champion based on your team’s performance as well as your own contribution. Earn enough points and you’ll level up that champ’s mastery level, giving you rewards as you progress.
Grades
Hover over your Champion Mastery points bar in the post-game screen and you’ll see the grade that our new system gives you. Grades are awarded based on your overall performance in the role along with the champion you’re playing and, crucially, where you’re playing them.
Leveling Up
Check out your in-client profile, and you’ll see a new stat telling you your mastery score, a sum of all your mastery ranks combined.
REWARDS
We’re kicking off Champion Mastery with the first five ranks for each champion unlocked. Here are the crests your champion will earn as they rank up:
ROLLOUT
We’re kicking off the rollout with a PBE stint from 3/11. If all goes well, a couple of weeks later we’ll then launch a beta in a single region, focusing on Summoner’s Rift normal queues to make sure the feature’s stable for expanded use. We’ll read through your feedback and keep you updated with our progress, too, so keep an eye out for future posts after the service goes live!
Eligibility
All summoners who’ve hit level five or higher will be eligible for Mastery points. However, at launch, it’ll only support normal games on Summoner’s Rift.
The Future
This is just the beginning for Champion Mastery. As the system matures, we’ll unlock extra tiers and rewards as we build on the program! "
Quick hits from reds following the announcement:
- You can only see your own grade
- These are visible to TEAM ONLY.
- Not Retroactive
- To start, only normal SR queues (including TB)
- No demotions or anything once you move up a tier.
- Information on Grades will not be in 3rd party sites
Here are more Mastery system assets from the air client, including the champion page display and the individual crests for each rank plus versions not shown in the announcement:
There are also four in-game versions of the mastery crest, including the purple and teal versions not mentioned in the announcement:
Several elements on the profile page have been updated to accommodate the new Champion Mastery system:
If you were to get your mastery up high enough to unlock a Mastery Emote, you could trigger it in-game with "Control + 6" by default.
You can also view other players Champion Mastery by viewing their profile:
New Ability Icons
Rammus and Twisted Fate have both received updated ability icons in today's PBE update!Rammus
[Passive, Q, W, E, R]
Twisted Fate
[Passive, Q, W, E, R + Reactivate R]
[Blue, Yellow, Red card]
Texture Rebalances
Today's patch also includes texture rebalances for Kayle, Lee Sin, Pantheon, Rumble, and Ryze, as well as many of their skins! These texture updates are aimed at bringing older champions and skins up to date with the game's current art style - they are not replacements for eventual and higher scope visual updates
Kayle
Lee Sin
Pantheon
Myrmidon Pantheon has not yet been updated.
Rumble
Ryze
Summoner's Rift Terrain Changes
Today's patch also includes several terrain changes for Summoner's Rift.Here are a few examples with OLD on left and NEW on Right:
Miscellaneous
- Added String Data: "WIP Map for updates to the Howling Abyss" & "Howling Abyss WIP". No details and the map is not up for testing yet.
- The PBE only jungle camp damage test buff is back! See this post for more information and feel free to submit your data over on the PBE boards.
- Two new "3053 and 3052" items were added to the shop on the PBE, although ricklessabandon has confirmed they were just partial files for items they had previously experimented with and will be cleaned up.
- A few urf-tastic sounding text strings for "Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing", "Shield Overload", and "Heal Embargo" have been uncovered.
- "Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing":
- Mana and Energy Consumption reduced by X%.
- + X% Cooldown reduction on Abilities, Activated Items, and Summoner Spells
- +X% Tenacity and Tenaciousness
- + 0 Movement Speed and Speed while Moving
- Attack Speed Bonuses increased by X% (Y% for Ranged Champions)
- Critical Strikes deal X% additional base damage.
- Health costs reduced by X%.
- "Shield Overload"
- This unit has a shield that cannot handle the sheer amount of awesome. Non-ultimate shields cast by this unit have stat scaling (bonus shield strength from AD/AP/Health) reduced by X%
- "Heal Embargo"
- Direct healing effects are currently only X% effective. Heal effectiveness will increase gradually over the course of the game
Balance Changes
* Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.
Champions
- Noxian Guillotine (R) [Still looking, might be more]
- Mana cost reduced to 100/50/0
- New Effect: At rank 3, Noxian Guillotine's cooldown resets entirely on kill
- Mimic (R)
- Mimicked Sigil of Malice AP ratio lowered to .6 from .65
- Mimicked Distortion AP Ratio lowered to .9 from .975
- Mimicked Ethereal Chains AP ratio lowered to .6 from .65
Nocturne
- Paranoia (R) cooldown lowered to 150/125/100 from 180/140/100
Zilean
- Time Bomb (Q) AP ratio increased to .9 from .8
- Rewind (W) [mana cost lowered to 40/30/20/10/0 from 50 at all ranks]
Items
- [It's back]
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