5.7 PBE Cycle

Table of Contents

• New Skins
• Omega Squad Teemo
• Interactions
• Login Screen
• Guardian of the Sands Rammus
• Guardian of the Sands Skarner
• Guardian of the Sands Xerath
• Arclight Vayne
• Debonair Galio
• Splash Art Update
• New Summoner Icons
• Omega Squad Teemo
• Esports Summoner Icon
• Morgana VFX Update
• Exiled Morgana
• Blackthorn Morgana
• Ghost Bride Morgana
• Victorious Morgana
• April Fools
• Summoner's Rift Loading Screen
• Luden's Echo Update
• Minion Spawn VFX and SFX
• Miscellaneous
• Balance Changes

New Skins

First up we have a set of four new skins - Guardian of the Sands skins for Rammus, Skarner, and Xerath plus a work-in-progress Arclight Vayne skin! Also, following the "War changes a yordle" teaser from earlier this week, a new legendary tier Omega Squad Teemo skin is now on the PBE for testing!



As you likely heard in the video, Omega Squad Teemo has several unique VO lines for champions and when purchasing or using items!

Taunting Amumu

• "My tears have all dried up kid"

Taunting Corki,

• "You've got no idea what it's like on the ground fly boy"

Taunting Gnar

• "Little guy's gone native"

Taunting Heimerdinger

• "Wars are won with men, not machines"

Taunting Tristana

• "Rockets ain't for jumping ... who gave you that?"

Taunting Zilean

• "Everyone's on a clock but only mine keeps tickin'"

Buying Liandry's Torment

• "This is gonna sting"
• "Some masks you never take off"
• "Let 'em die slow"

Buying Rabadon's Death Cap

• "Mete out the pain."
• "Time to put on my killin' hat."

Buying Runaan's Hurricane

• "Fighting fair is a good way to die"
• "There's no such thing as collateral damage"
• "One on three? Best odds yet"

Buying Zhonya's Hourglass

• "This could have saved a lot of good men"
• "Sometimes time stands still and all you can do is watch"
• "2.5 seconds is all it takes"

Using a Sight Ward

• "Nobody gets past Teemo"
• "Never let your guard down"

Check out this video for a preview of the special interactions in-game:


A login screen for the upcoming Omega Squad Teemo skin was also added.


Here's the static background of the login, a first look at Omega Squad Teemo's splash:

Here's Galetta with a bug & feedback thread for Omega Squad Teemo:

"You want Teemo?! Come and get him! 

Watch your step, Omega Squad Teemo has become one with the jungle....you never know where he might pop up. Remember, buy some pink wards and don't go and get yourself "Teemo'd". This skin includes: 

• All new model and texture!
• All new particles!
• All new animations!
• All new SFX and VO!

This skins price is 1820RP - (pricing subject to change) 

Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Omega Squad Teemo 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!"

Guardian of the Sands Rammus

 Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Guardian of the Sands Rammus:

"One might say this new Rammus skin is 'ok'. 

Guardian of the Sands Rammus will be 975 RP* and includes: 

• New model and texture!
• New Powerball (Q) animation! (Now with wings!)
• New recall animation! 

Guardian of the Sands Rammus is 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! 

*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

 Guardian of the Sands Skarner

Here's Nurse Flan with a bugs and feedback thread for Guardian of the Sands Skarner:

"Beneath the shifting sands of Shurima emerges a guardian of the desert, Skarner! Brace yourselves against the storm that comes with Guardian of the Sands Skarner, and be wary of his flash + ultimate! 

Skarner comes equipped with magical gems of turquoise and polished golden armor to facilitate his new desert powers. 

• New Shurima-themed model!
• New particles for abilities! (sandy and crystalline turquoise!)
• New recall! (I'm a cobra!)
• 975 RP* (pricing subject to change) 

As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings about Guardian of the Sands Skarner! The feedback and bugs you leave here will help us get a better idea of things we may still have to take a look at. :] 

See you on the Rift!"

 Guardian of the Sands Xerath

Here's Nurse Flan with a bugs and feedback thread for Guardian of the Sands Xerath:

"Not even the sands of time can hold Xerath back! Guardian of the Sands Xerath dons his golden armor and takes the power of the sun and sand to blast away all who dare to oppose him!  

Check out his newly discovered magic, but don't get too close! 

• New Shurima-themed model!
• New particles for abilities! (sand and the power of the sun!)
• New recall!
• 1350 RP* (pricing subject to change) 

As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings about Guardian of the Sands Xerath! The feedback and bugs you leave here will help us get a better idea of things we may still have to take a look at. :] 

See you on the Rift!"

Here's Riot Katey Khaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Arcligt Vayne :

"3/24 NOTE: Arclight Vayne is still very much a work in progress, as compared to other skins hitting the PBE. Please be patient and enjoy watching this skin come to life! 

Watch as the Night Hunter comes to light to seek holy vengeance upon those who oppose her.  

Arclight Vayne will be 975 RP* and includes:

• New model and texture!
• New particles!
• New recall animation! 

Arclight Vayne is 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! 

*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

While introduced originally in the 5.5 PBE cycle but pulled for improvements, Debonair Galio is slated to be released in 5.7!

Debonair Galio

Bugs & Feedback thread for Debonair Galio can be found here.

Splash Art Update

The shared splash art for the five April Fools' skins (which were included in patch 5.6) has been updated and Order of the Banana Soraka's skin color has been adjusted slightly.
Here's a gif comparison of the new and old splash:
Likewise, Order of the Banana Soraka's loading screen slice has been updated:

New Summoner Icons

Also, a full set of Garena Premier League (GPL) team summoner icons have been added to the files. As with most icons that hit the PBE, no details yet on availability.

In order: Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, Mineski, Jakarta Juggernauts, Team Kthxbai, Kuala Lumpur Hunters, Full Louis, Team Infinite , Insidious Gaming Legends, Asus Fate, Diamond Team, Team Fat Rabbit, Ultimate, 269 Gaming, Wargods, Bangkok Titans.

As well, a total of 23 new summoner icons featuring teams from the Turkey, Russia, and Oceania competitive leagues have been added.

Morgana VFX/SFX Update

This PBE update also includes an update to Morgana's visual and sound effects!

Each of Morgana's skins uses these new base VFX or has an updated version of it's unique vfx!

Exiled Morgana

Blackthorn Morgana

Ghost Bride Morgana

Victorious Morgana

NURF Mode?

"+100% Mana and Energy consumption
+200% Cooldown Inflation on Abilities, Activated Items, and Summoner Spells
+50% Anti-Tenacity
+225 Movement Speed Reduction
+200% Delay between basic attacks
Critical strikes deal 50% of total attack damage
This unit deals critical strikes on 150% of its attacks
Protection against superfluous decisiveness
This unit is vulnerable to consequences

Source: Look Before You Leap"

Summoner's Rift Loading Screen

Summoner's Rift now has a new loading screen background!
Along with the new background, the loading screen player frames and borders have also been tweaked. Notably, the ranked borders have been fattened up just a bit.

Here are the raw assets:

Luden's Echo Update

Luden's Echo has received tweaks to it's visual effects!

Minion Spawn VFX and SFX

As hinted at in previous cycles, minions now have a small spawn in particle and sound effects!

Miscellaneous 

• [The new Champion Mastery system is currently enabled on the PBE. Feedback here.]
• [PBE only Jungle Damage testing buff is back. More info here. ]
• New asset for when splash art slices are missing.

Maokai

• Sap Magic (Passive) heal reduced to [5% at level 1 // 6% at level 7 // 7% at level 13]  of maximum health from 7%.

Nidalee

• Base HP reduced to 511 from 541
• HP Growth reduced to 80 from 90
• Primal Surge (Human E) cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12 seconds.

Shen

• Stand United (R) cooldown reduced to 180/150/120 from 200/180/160

Tristana

• Explosive Charge (E) cooldown increased to 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 from 16/15/14/13/12.
• Rapid Fire (Q)  has a new effect: "Explosive Charge's cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds each time Tristana basic attacks an enemy when her Rapid Fire is active (doubled effect against champions)."

Luden's Echo ( Twisted Treeline / Dominion Version)

• A unique version of Luden's Echo, with a different recipe and stats, has been added to  Twisted Treeline and Dominion (NOTE: The Summoner's Rift version has not been changed!)

• Total Cost: 2800g
• Builds out of Blasting Wand + Aether Wisp 
• 100 AP (vs 120 on SR)  
• 7% Movement
•  Unique Passive: Gain charges upon moving or casting. At 100 charges, the next spell hit expends all charges to deal 100 (+15%) bonus magic damage to up to 4 targets on hit.