6/27 PBE Update: New Champion KAYN, Chroma for Pool Party Fiora, Graves, and Lulu, and more!

The PBE has been updated! As we kick off the 7.14 PBE cycle, tonight's update includes our new scythe wielding champion Kayn, his release skin Soulhunter Kayn, new chroma sets for Pool Party Fiora, Graves, and Lulu, tentative balance changes including a new Singed passive, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

Table of Contents

• New Champion - Kayn, the Shadow Reaper
• Stats & Abilities
• Voiceover
• Lore
• Release Skin - Soulhunter Kayn
• New Summoner Icons
• New Chroma
• Pool Party Lulu
• Pool Party Graves
• Pool Party Fiora
• Miscellaneous 
• Balance Changes
• General
• Champions
• Summoner Spells
• Items
• Context & Notes

New Champion - Kayn, the Shadow Reaper

KAYN, THE SHADOW REAPER is now on the PBE for testing!
From his champion reveal:

"A peerless practitioner of lethal shadow magic, Shieda Kayn battles to achieve his true destiny—to one day lead the Order of the Shadow into a new era of Ionian supremacy. He audaciously wields the sentient darkin weapon Rhaast, undeterred by its creeping corruption of his body and mind. There are only two possible outcomes: either Kayn bends the weapon to his will... or the malevolent scythe consumes him completely, paving the way for the destruction of all Runeterra."

Before we get into his full details, here's Riot Szymba with a bug thread to report anything crazy happening with Kayn, the Shadow Reaper:

"Hello, everybody! 

With today's PBE deploy, we've enabled Kayn on the PBE for testing and feedback! We've spent a lot of time trying to burn down our bug count, but there are still a few things to take care of. If you happen to come across something odd during your time playing as, with, or against Kayn, please let us know through the Report a Bug tool with a description of what happened and whatever other information you can provide. 

As a heads up, we are aware of an issue with Kayn not appearing properly in the client and in champ select (he's the character with a blank square right now). This should be fixed sometime this afternoon. 

I'll be keeping tabs on these threads throughout the 7.14 PBE cycle. Thanks for all your help and rock on! 

-Szymba"

Kayn, the Shadow Reaper 

Stats & Abilities

Stats:

• Health: 585
• Health Growth: 85
• Attack Range: 175
• Movement Speed: 340
• Base AD: 60
• AD Growth: 2.8
• Attack Speed: 0,669
• Attack Speed Growth: 2.7
• Base Armor: 29
• Armor Growth: 3,3
• MR: 32.1
• MR Per level: 1.25
• Base HP Regen: 1.6
• HP Regen Growth: 0.15
• Base Mana Regen:  [~12 per 5]
• Mana Regen Growth:  ~~~~

Below are Kayn's tooltips and ability information. During a match, Kayn undergoes a one way transformation into either Darkin or Shadow Assassin:. Once transformed, his abilities vary based on which form you assume. We've listed the base tooltips as well as both the Darkin and Shadow Assassin variants.

The Darkin Scythe (Passive):

"Kayn wields an ancient weapon and fights Rhaast, the darkin within it, for control. One will win, the other will die. 

The Darkin Rhaast thrives on fighting melee enemies, while hunting vulnerable ranged enemies strengthens Kayn, the Shadow Assassin.

Darkin: Heal for a percentage of spell damage dealt to champions. 

Shadow Assassin: For the first few seconds in combat with enemy champions, deal bonus damage. "

• Once one side is full, you can activate it immediately or you can wait four minutes to active the other form. 

• Transformation is a one way street - permanent once you choose! 

Darkin "Heal for [25% + 1% per level] of spell damage dealt to champions."

Shadow Assassin "For the first 3 seconds in champion combat, deal [10% + 1.9% per level] of all damage dealt to champions as bonus magic damage."

Becomes available again after 8 seconds out of combat with champions."

• This is based off of *post*-mitigation physical damage. 

Reaping Slash (Q):

Mana: 50
Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5
[Range]

Kayn dashes forward to strike nearby enemies. Both dash and strike deal 55/75/95/115/135 (+65 % bonus AD) physical damage. 

Darkin Deal a percentage of the target's maximum health instead.

Deals 70 bonus physical damage to monsters.

Darkin "...Both dash and strike deal 50% Total AD physical damage + [5% + (4% per 100 bonus AD)] of the target's maximum health (max 200 vs monsters). 

Deals 70 bonus physical damage to monsters."

Blade's Reach (W):

Mana: 60/65/70/75/80
Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9
[Range] [Shadow Assassin Form Range]

Kayn deals 80/125/170/215/260 + (120% bonus AD) physical damage and slows enemies hit by 60%, decaying over the next 1.5 seconds. 

Shadow Assassin: Gain extra range and the ability to move during Blade's Reach.

Darkin: Gain a knock up.

Darkin "Enemies hit are knocked up for 1 second,, "

Shadow Assassin "Kayn creates a Living Shadow, which casts Blade's Reach for him..."

• Range increase is 200. 

Shadow Step (E):

Mana: 90
Cooldown: 21/19/17/15/13

Kayn gains 40% movement speed and the ability to walk through terrain for 1.5 seconds. When he first enters terrain, he is healed for 100/115/130/145/160 (+ 40% bonus AD) and the duration of this effect is extended to 5 seconds.

Shadow Assassin: Gain more movement speed and slow immunity.

Maximum duration in combat with enemy champions: 1.5 seconds. Immobilizing effects end Shadow Step immediately.  

Shadow Assassin "....While in terrain, Kayn gains slow immunity and his movement speed bonus is increased to 70%."

 

Umbral Trespass (R):

Mana: 100
Cooldown: 120/100/80
[Range] 

Kayn infests an enemy champion he has recently damaged, becoming untargetable for up to 2.5 seconds. Reactivate to end this effect early. When Umbral Trespass ends, the target takes 150/250/350 (+110% Bonus AD) physical damage. 

Shadow Assassin: Gains extra range and refresh The Darkin Scythe on exit. 

Darkin: Deals percent maximum health damage and heals for a percentage of target maximum health.

Darkin "... the target takes [10% + (13% per 100 bonus AD)]% of their maximum health as physical damage and Rhaast heals for [70% of damage value]% of target maximum health."

•  Heal is pre-mitigation.

Shadow Assassin "...When Umbral Trespass ends, the cooldown of The Darkin Scythe is reset and the target takes..."

• Range increase is 200. 

Voiceover

Here is Kayn's full voiceover, clocking in at nearly 30 minutes including various form and Rhaast dialogue:

and his voiceover includes several interesting special interactions for his base form:

As well as interactions for his Shadow Assassin form:


Champion Select Pick Quote:

• Kayn: "Will you prove worthy?" Rhaast: "Probably not."

Champion Select Ban Quote:

• Kayn: "The weak fear the shadows." Rhaast: "Fear controls them."

Lore

Here's Kayn's short form in-client lore entry:

"The child is gone. The killer remains.” 

A peerless practitioner of lethal shadow magic, Shieda Kayn battles to achieve his true destiny—to one day lead the Order of the Shadow into a new era of Ionian supremacy. He audaciously wields the sentient darkin weapon Rhaast, undeterred by its creeping corruption of his body and mind. There are only two possible outcomes: either Kayn bends the weapon to his will... or the malevolent blade consumes him completely, paving the way for the destruction of all Runeterra.

Release Skin

Soulhunter Kayn

Here's Riot LoveStrut with a bugs & feedback thread for Soulhunter Kayn:

"Soulhunter Kayn lurks in the shadows, searching for souls to feed to his Darkin Scythe. 

Scythes and Souls  

• All new model for all forms! (Choose between the crimson Shadow Assassin and the spectral Darkin.) 

• All new animations! (Recall in style with a spin of your scythe and unique lead-out animations for each form.) 

• All new VFX! (Firey, amber slashes as a Shadow Assassin and ghostly black and teal slices as a Darkin.) 

• All new SFX! (Updated recall sounds!)  

We always love hearing your feedback and feelings! All bug reports and thoughts help us make these skins even more awesome, so please keep 'em coming! 

Thanks, cuties! <3"

New Summoner Icons

With the new cycle are two new summoner icons relating to Kayn, one for each of his Shadow Assassin and Darkin forms:

New Chroma

New Chroma sets are here for Pool Party Lulu, Pool Party Graves, and Pool Party Fiora! Chroma are available for 290 RP each or discounted bundles.

Here's KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for the Pool Party chroma:

"June 28th @ 9:15AM - We are aware of an issue preventing players from being able to see/purchase the chromas in the store. We are actively working on a fix. 

I'm posting on behalf of Riot Orphyre, who worked with his pod to make these awesome chromas happen! He... just needs to get his PBE account! :P 

Woo, the Feedback Thread for Chromas is back! We’re looking forward to hearing what all of you think about our Chromas, and how we can make them more and more awesome! 

There’s more fun in the sun with these new Chromas for Pool Party Fiora, Graves, and Lulu! Get ready for the summer, and splash onto the Rift with some shiny new colors! 

Pool Party Fiora Chromas - 290 RP Each, 3,550 RP for the Bundle (less if you already own the champion and skin!)

New textures - “I am an artist with a pool noodle.” SMACK 

• Tanzanite - Purple noodle with red shorts
• Turquoise - Orange noodle with jean shorts
• Rose Quartz - Pink spiral noodle with white shorts
• Aquamarine - Yellow noodle with jean shorts
• Citrine - Green noodle with red shorts
• Pearl - Yellow, white, and blue noodle with heart shorts
• Rainbow - Rainbow noodle with jean shorts
• Sapphire - Watermelon noodle with blue shorts 

Pool Party Graves Chromas - 290 RP Each, 3,340 RP for the Bundle (less if you already own the champion and skin!)

New textures - “Like rubber duckies in a barrel.” 

• Citrine - Orange gun and blonde hair
• Amethyst - Purple gun with green wristbands and pink headphones
• Sapphire - Pink and sky blue gun with blue headphones
• Emerald - Yellow and green gun with orange headphones
• Ruby - Red and blue gun with gold headphones and striped clothes
• Turquoise - Yellow and blue gun with blue headphones and a black tank top 

Pool Party Lulu Chromas - 290 RP Each, 3455 RP for the Bundle (less if you already own the champion and skin!)

New textures - “That tasted...rainbowy!” 

• Catseye - Yellow squid with red bandana and a green blowfish
• Sandstone - White kitty-squid and a pink blowfish
• Peridot - Cact-o-squid!
• Ruby - Red squid and a takoyaki-blowfish
• Turquoise - Green-scaled squid and a dark red blowfish
• Citrine - Orange squid and a blue blowfish
• Rose Quartz - Pink squid and a blue blowfish 

We hope you all will enjoy the new sets, but we’re also looking forward to hearing what you really think and feel, and any other constructive feedback. I’ll do my best to answer all questions, and reply to all of your feedback!"

Miscellaneous 

• Along with the new Pool Party Graves chroma, the base Pool Party Graves texture was updated with color tweaks and improvements.

• SKT Nami's loading screen has been adjusted, including adding waves to the bottom part of the cut:

Alistar

• Unbreakable Will (R):
• Damage reduction effect increased from 50/60/70% to 60/65/70%
• Damage reduction duration changed from 7 seconds at all ranks to 7/8/9 seconds.

Diana
[changelist from 6/27 - very tentative.]

• Moonsilver Blade (P) [removed] no longer grants 20% attack speed.

• Crescent Blade (Q) cooldown lowered from 10/9/8/7/6 to 8/7.5/6.5/6

• Moonfall (E) [new effect] Passive - Diana's spell casts grant her 40/50/60/70/80% attack speed for next 3 attacks.

Garen
Singed

• Base health increased from 542.76 to 610
• Health growth increased from 82 to 90

• Slipstream (Passive) - [reworked]  

"Singed will draft off of nearby champions, gaining 25% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. 

Each champion has a 10 second cooldown."

• Only works on enemy champions. 

• Poison Trail (Q):

• AP ratio increased from 30% to 40%
• Damage changed from 22/34/46/58/70 to 20/30/40/50/60

• Mega Adhesive (W):

• Mana cost lowered from 70/80/90/100/110 to 60/70/80/90/100

• Cooldown changed from 14 at all ranks to 17/16/15/14/13

• Slow changed from 35/45/55/65/75% to 40% at all ranks

• Adhesive duration lowered from 5 secs to 3 secs

• [new effect] Enemies in the area are also now grounded, prohibiting the use of Movement abilities.

• Fling (E) Mana cost lowered from 100/110/120/130/140 to 80/95/110/125/140

• Insanity Potion (R):

• Mana cost lowered from 150 to 100
• Stat bonus changed from 35/50/80 to 35/60/85

Taric

Udyr
[changelist from 6/27 - very tentative.]

• Base movement speed increased from 345 to 355

• Inner Beast (P) reworked - "When Udyr changes stances during combat, he gains 4% attack speed, 4% cooldown reduction, and 6% base attack damage for 7 seconds (effect stacks up to 5 times)"

• Tiger Stance (Q):
• Cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Attack speed duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
• DOT Damge changed from [30-150 + (120%-160% total AD)] to [78/126/174/222/270 (+90% bonus AD]
• DOT duration increased from 2 seconds to 6 seconds.
• [new effect] DoT deals +6% damage for each Inner Beast (Passive) stack Udyr has at time of application.
• [removed] DoT no longer deals clipped portion's damage as a burst if DOT is refreshed.

• Turtle Stance (W) cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.

• Bear Stance (E) cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.

• Phoenix Stance (R):
• Cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Active duration increased from 4 to 6.
• Flame Aura :
• Damage changed from 40/80/120/160/200 to 60/90/120/150/180
• Scaling changed from [100% AP] to [120% Bonus AD].
• Fire Cone:
• Damage changed from 40/80/120/160/200 to 50/75/100/125/150
• Scaling changed from [45% AP] to [30/40/50/60/70% bonus AD]
• [new effect] Fire cone deals +6% damage for each Inner Beast stack Udyr has.

Duskblade of Draktharr
[Context]

• Build path changed to [Serrated + Caufield's + XG]
• Total Cost lowered from 3250 to 3000
• Attack damage lowered from 65 to 55
• Unique Passive-  Nightstalker - proc damage changed from [75 + 200% lethality] true damage  to [150 physical damage.]

• [added] Unique Passive-  Nightstalker proc now slows by 99% for .25 seconds.
• [added] Now grants 10% cooldown reduction.
• [removed] Out of Combat Movement speed lowered from 20 to 0

Edge of Night
[Context]

• Recipe changed to [Serrated + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + Gold]
• Total Cost lowered from 3100 to 3000
• [added] Now grants +250 health
• [removed] Out of Combat Movement speed lowered from 20 to 0
• [removed] Magic resist lowered to 35 to 0.

Poacher's Dirk
[Context]

• [added] Unique Passive - "After killing an enemy, your next damaging spell will deal 50 bonus physical damage. (30 second cooldown)
• [removed] Out of Combat Movement speed lowered from 20 to 0

Randuin's Omen

• Recipe now [Giant's Belt + Warden's Mail + 900g], formerly used two Ruby Crystals.
• Health increased from 350 to 400

Serrated Dirk
[Context]

• [added] Unique Passive - "After killing an enemy, your next damaging spell will deal 50 bonus physical damage. (30 second cooldown)
• [removed] Out of Combat Movement speed lowered from 20 to 0

Youmuu's Ghostblade
[Context]

• AD lowered from 60 to 55
• Total cost increased from 2900 to 3000g.
• Out of Combat Movement speed increased from 20 to 40.
• Unique Active - movement speed changed from [20% movement speed] to [40% movement speed decaying down to 20% over the duration]

Context & Notes

OH YOU DIDN'T KNOW? YOUR WIP BETTER CONTEXT SOMEBOOODDDYYYY

1) Meddler's Quick Gameplay Thoughts for June 27th:

"Morning all, 

Usual Disclaimers 

These posts will often contain talk about future work we're doing, or planning to do, that isn't yet guaranteed to ship. The nature of the work could change or, depending on what we discover, projects mentioned may get put delayed or even stopped.
If you'd like to see a Tweet whenever a new one of these posts goes up: https://twitter.com/RiotMeddler 

Patch 7.14 

There's a chance 7.14 might be a bit smaller than usual in terms of number of balance changes in it. That's from a combination of a holiday weekend coming up during the patch's development and that we're putting more focus than usual into some upcoming work (focus on research for qualifiers/Worlds patches, plus other stuff) 

7.14 Balance changes on PBE today 

Usual deal, some stuff will still be under development so likely to change. Particularly worth calling out that the Udyr and Diana changes are pretty new to testing, so haven't been validated directly yet (possible those don't even hit PBE just yet). Lethality and other item changes are also still going through a bit more testing, so some likelihood of further change there, both since they were last mentioned and between now and the patch locking (Black Cleaver change for example hasn't tested as originally hoped so that's likely gone). 

Speaking of PBE today 

Not much of a surprise alas, given some stuff went up early, keep an eye out a couple of hours from now though for both some details about our next new champ and at some point some more Darkin details for those of you interested in that side of the lore. 

Starting Items 

Something we've been finding as we work on the new runes system is that there are some choices existing runes/masteries offer via stats that are interesting choices but not currently included in the new runes system. In some cases that means creating new runes that cover those stats, in some other cases though we've been looking at a wider range of starting items to cover those needs to. A good example of that which we're currently testing is a Doran's Attack Speed item, allowing an AD for AS tradeoff for those that want to go deeper down the AS path. Let us know if there are particular starting item niches you can think of that seem really promising, we still won't want to have too many, avoid overloading the system, but think there's probably room for at least a couple more than there are today."

2) Solcrushed on Yorick changes for 7.14 PBE cycle:

"Hey guys, another changelist coming (probably tomorrow) wanted to give some context as certain changes will not be datamined. (The jump part especially) 

Passive 

Ghouls now immediately attack upon landing with E.
Ghoul damage adjusted to 10~90 -> 2-100
Radius that ghouls react to E: 1000 -> 1400 

R
CD: 160/150/140 -> 160/130/100
HP: 700/1500/3000 -> 700/1500/4000 

Yorick has a really early-mid focused power curve, which will always be true to some extent but trying to make it less so. At the same time he does much better in low elo compared to high elo. The goal is to keep his early game in high elo similar, while nerfing it in low. 

With the changes if you hit E, you are guaranteed at least one hit from the ghouls, but their dps will be lower early 

R cd probably needs no explaning, and hp is there since Maiden has 0 resists and could stand to be a bit more tanky lategame."

3) ricklessabandon has  tweeted out changelists for upcoming WIP Udyr and Diana changes!

"okay! here's a preview for udyr changes coming to pbe this week -- this is an untested initial pass, so numbers could be very off"

"oh! also, i have a preview for diana changes coming to the pbe as well for anyone interested -- also an untested initial pass"

5) June 23rd's Quick Gameplay Thoughts with Meddler shared context on Lethality item changes, as well as mention that Singed's changes will return and work on Cho'Gath.