11/4 PBE Update: Tentative balance changes, New CS Up for Testing, All-Star Finishers

Posted on at 11:31 AM by Moobeat
The PBE has been updated! As we continue with the preseason changes, we have more tentative balance changes, a look at the All-Star 2015 Finishers files, and 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. )

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New Champion Select still in testing!

While it won't be launching to live in 5.22, the new champion select is still on the PBE for testing! Check out the video below, this 2016 update announcement, or our earlier PBE coverage for more info.


All-Star 2015 Finishers

While they are NOT AVAILABLE TO TEST NATURALLY ON THE PBE YET, here is a quick video showing off the All Star Fire and Ice Finishers that were added to the PBE. No details on availability or anything.

We first saw finishers, special effects that play when killing an enemy, during 2015's URF event.

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.

General


Champions

Draven
  • Attack speed growth reverted to to 2.7 from 1.5

Graves
  • MR growth reverted to 0 from 1.25

Kog'Maw
  • [REMINDER: Kog'Maw has a significant rework currently testing on the PBE. See THIS CONTEXT THREAD and check out our PREVIOUS PBE COVERAGE for more info.]
  • Caustic Spittle (Q) attack speed bonus changed to 15/20/25/30/35% from 10/20/30/40/50%
  • Living Artillery (R) bonus AD ratio reduced to .65 from .75.

Miss Fortune
  • [REMINDER: Miss Fortune has a significant rework currently testing on the PBE. See THIS CONTEXT THREAD and check out our PREVIOUS PBE COVERAGE for more info.]
  • Love Tap (Passive) [now benefits from Life Steal] [s]
  • Strut (W) Love Tap now extends duration by 1 second (2 vs champion) up from .75 seconds (1.5 vs champion) [s]
  • [Shouldn't be in today's update but Statikk also noted love tap will soon effect turrets - source]
Quinn 
  • [REMINDER: Quinn has a significant rework currently testing on the PBE. See THIS CONTEXT THREAD and check out our PREVIOUS PBE COVERAGE for more info.]
  • Aerial Assault (Q) damage changed to 20/45/70/95/120 from 10/40/70/100/130
    • damage based on missing health is 2x original value - changed to 40/90/140/190/240 from 20/80/140/200/260
  • Aerial Assault (Q) total AD ratio changed to .7/.75/.8/.85/.9 from .6/.7/.8/.9/1.0
    • damage based on missing health ratio now 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8 from 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2
Urgot
  • Zaun-Touched Bolt Augmenter (Passive) [tooltip reverted - no longer mentions shrinking opponents size by 15%]

Items

 Recommended Items
  • Lots of updates. 

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