6/16 PBE Update: Support items &Teleport changes and more Tentative Balance changes

Posted on at 12:38 PM by Moobeat
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The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 6.13 PBE cycle, today's update includes the support item and teleport changes that Xypherous mentioned previously and additional tentative balance changes!
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


Skin Updates

Deep Sea Nami's textures have been tweaked, most notably on her arms and face!

Miscellaneous 

  • A weird "Ward Celebration" string was added, not sure what this is for... 
game_buff_tooltip_WardCelebration:  
"The Distinguished Order of Ward Longevity and Health  
Perhaps this ward has been protected. Perhaps it has merely sat in a disused lane. 
Whatever the case, it has persisted for eons in ward years and joins an ancient regal order of Wards that have lasted a really really really long time. 
Source: Time"

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
Experience
  • Killing wards now grants experience**
    • Wards give 30 XP when slain.
    • Blue Trinket wards give 15 xp when slain.

Champions
Lulu
[Reminder: Lulu has several other changes currently testing on the PBE.]
  • Glitterlance (Q) slow duration increased to 2 seconds at all ranks from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 [need to confirm this is only change, hold tight!]

Tahm Kench
[Reminder: Tahm Kench has several other changes currently testing on the PBE.]
[NOTE: Gypsylord tweeted that this change is bugged and more changes to come in 6/17 update. Meddler mentioned they would be increasing TK's AA passive damage over course of game.]
  • Thick Skin (E) passive effect lowered to 70/73/76/79/82% from 70/75/80/85/90%
    • [NOTE: Live value is currently 100% but there are several other changes to E on PBE.]

Volibear
  • Frenzy (W):
    • Base damage lowered to 60/110/160/210/260 from 80/125/170/215/260
    • Cooldown reduction for using W on monsters reverted to 50% from 25%

Items
Nomad's Medallion
  • HP regen lowered to 25% from 50%
  • Mana regen increased to 75% from 25%
  • Now has 10% cooldown reduction
Talisman of Ascension
  • Cost & Recipe Change:
    • Recipe now [Raptor's Cloak + Nomad's Medallion + 450 gold]
    • Total cost increased to 2500 gold from 2300 gold.
  • Now has 45 armor
  • HP regen increased to 150% from 100%
  • Mana regen lowered to 75% from 100%
  • Additional [new passive] - "Point Runner: Builds up to 20% Movement speed over 2 seconds while near turrets, fallen turrets and void gates."
Forbidden Idol
  • Total cost increased to 850 from 550
  • [new unique passive] +10% Heal and Shield Power
Mikael's Crucible
  • Cost changes
    • Total Cost increased to 2400 from 2300
    • Combine cost lowered to 650 from 850
  • [new passive] +15% Heal and Shield Power
[Tooltip broken]
Ardent Censer
  • Cost Changes
    • Total cost increased to 2400 from 2200
    • Combine cost lowered to 700 from 800
  • [new effect] +15% Heal and Shield Power
  • Ability power increased to 60 from 40
  • Mana regen lowered to 50% from 100%
Ruby Sightstone
  • Cost Changes
    • Total cost lowered to 1600 from 1800
    • Combine cost lowered to 400 from 600
    • Active item cooldown reduction increased to 20% from 10%

Spellthief's Edge
  • "Killing non-lane minions no longer deactivates Spellthief's Edge's passive. (For example: Voidlings or Zyra Plants.)"

Summoner Spells

Teleport
[Context thread]
  • Channel time increased to 4.5 from 3.5
  • "Teleport destination point is no longer random on target, Instead - you now appear on the side of the object closest to your nexus."
  • Teleport VFX now shown if you have vision within 500 units of target point.
  • Teleport now does a soundless "on the way" ping to your allies.

Check out [THIS PAGE] for a comprehensive list of the new content & changes currently on the PBE as a part of this cycle or catch up with the individual update links below !

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