4.9 PBE Cycle

Last Updated on 5/28 with the 5/28 PBE Update

( With the release of patch 4.8 on  May 22nd, we started the new 4.9 PBE cycle )

Below you will find a comprehensive list of balance changes/game additions for the current PBE cycle.
These new changes and additions are relative to what things currently are on live servers and are

EXTREMELY TENTATIVE!

(They often do not represent the final changes that get pushed to live servers.)

New Content list for this PBE cycle:

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )




Here's Ququroon with more info from the official bugs/feedback thread : 

"Greetings Summoners. Karthus, the Deathsinger, is now ready for PBE testing! (in a few minutes) 

In this ghastly VU, you'll see new models and textures, new animations, new visual effects, new sounds, new VO, and more! We've updated the skins as well, so the four skins of Karthus will be a treat for the eyes. 

One of the bigger changes that we've made to Karthus is on his Passive, Death Defied. There were a lot of times where people would lose the old Karthus in the thick of a fight, or where the person playing him wouldn't realize that he still had time to cast. We've tried to heavily beef this up by giving the Deathsinger unique animations upon his death. He also has this really menacing cackle of power that I'm rather fond of. 

As you approach your testing, please keep these questions in mind!

• How do you feel about the clarity of the particles? Are there any times where this changes?
• Do you find the particles to be too loud or too quiet?
• How do you feel about the skins? Do they properly capture the fantasy that you already know them for? 

Please feel free to leave your feedback in this thread regarding Karthus or any related bugs you encounter. Your feedback here will influence the changes we make, as well as aiding us in our future champion Visual Updates! 

See this thread if you would like more insight into our goals with Karthus, or just to familiarize yourself with him!http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/champion-relaunch/karthus-deathsinger 

If you'd like to know more about what other things the Champion Update team is cooking up, you should check out this thread! http://community.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/champions-skins/txxQETbY-champion-u"

and now for a better look:

Karthus, the Deathsinger

New Voiceover & Special Interactions

( Note: The video starts with new lines for his PENTAKILL skin. The default VO starts ~2:10
 


Karthus also has oodles special item interactions and unique taunts for enemy champions!

Items:

• Angels too, are the messengers of death. [Archangel's Staff]
• Host of angels or murder of crows? [Archangel's Staff]
• It's power grows with time; as does mine. [Rod of Ages]
• A companion for all time. [Rod of Ages]
• A tear of loss, a tear of joy. [Tear of the Goddess]
• A crown for the king of death. [Rabadon's Deathcap]
• It's old master served my patron well. [Rabadon's Deathcap]
• Ah, the song grows. [Rabadon's Deathcap]
• I hear the echo of Rabadon. It is exquisite. [Rabadon's Deathcap]
• None can outrun death. [Rylai's Crystal Scepter]
• When death's grip finds you, it clings tightly. [Rylai's Crystal Scepter]
• This crystal will sing with me.  [Rylai's Crystal Scepter]
• No one can hide from the end. [Void Staff]
• It will turn their mantles to shrouds. [Void Staff]
• What can protect you from the inevitable? [Void Staff]
• The grave has all the time in the world. [Zhonya's Hourglass]
• The sands slip away like lives. [Zhonya's Hourglass]
• Freeze that moment, on the threshold of oblivion. [Zhonya's Hourglass]
• Come, drink of the grail. [Athene's Unholy Grail]

Elise

• "You decieve your followers, I will enlighten them"

Hecarim

• "Death's Horse needs no bridle."
• "You are but the herald, Hecarim. Remember who you truly serve."

Leona

• "Your light is but a candle in the infinite dark."

Lucian

• "Lucian! Join her."
• "Abandon your mortality, and find your precious Senna."
• "You can always join her, Lucian; it will be bliss."

Mordekaiser

• "You give the dead purpose, Mordekaiser; I give them meaning."
• "A shell of flesh or a shell of metal; both ring hollow."

Sion

• "Sion, we must free your soul from the prison of flesh."
• "You are only the echo of greatness, but I can give you voice again."

Thresh

• "Death has more meaning than torment alone, Warden."
• "You may shackle the living, but the dead must walk free."

Urgot

• "Abomination, you have cheated death too long."
• "Urgot.. mmm.. I highly recommend death at this point" [ This one is a joke, not a taunt ]

Varus

• "You are on the eve of liberation, Varus."

New Ability Icons

To go along with his new vfx, Karthus also has new icons for each of his abilities.

Updated skins:

Phantom Karthus

Pentakill Karthus