5.8 PBE Cycle

Table of Contents

• New Skins
• Risen Fiddlesticks
• Forsaken Jayce
• Blood Moon Zilean
• Master Arcanist Ziggs
• New Summoner Icon
• Champion Update: Ryze
• New Ryze Ability Icons
• ARAM Improvements
• New Feature: Chroma Packs
• Lucian: Prime Chroma
• Dragon Fist Lee Sin: Duel Chroma
• Blitzcrank: Steel Chroma
• Garen: Noble Chroma
• Pool Party Leona: Dawn Chroma
• Fizz: Scorch Chroma
• Nemesis Jax: Sand
• Texture Rebalances
• Lux
• Spellthief Lux
• Sorceress Lux
• Commando Lux
• Imperial Lux
• Steel Legion Lux
• Poppy
• Noxus Poppy
• Blacksmith Poppy
• Lollipoppy
• Ragdoll Poppy
• Battle Regalia Poppy
• Scarlet Hammer Poppy
• Shaco
• Mad Hatter Shaco
• Royal Shaco
• Nutcracko
• Workshop Shaco
• Asylum Shaco
• Shyvana
• Ironscale Shyvana
• Boneclaw Shyvana
• Darkflame Shyvana
• Teemo
• Happy Elf Teemo
• Recon Teemo
• Badger Teemo
• Astronaut Teemo
• Cottontail Teemo
• Super Teemo
• Panda Teemo
• Mushroom Update
• Skin Updates
• New Quick Cast with Indicator Keybind Options
• Miscellaneous
• Balance Changes

New Skins

Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Risen Fiddlesticks:

"From the sands comes Risen Fiddlesticks! 

Risen Fiddlesticks will be 1350 RP* and includes:

• New model and texture! (Oooh, shiny!)
• New particles! (He gives a whole new meaning to throwing sand in your enemies' eyes!)
• New sounds! (They're uh... pretty 'buggy', one might say. :D)
• New recall animation! (Poor Fiddle!) 

Risen Fiddlesticks 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."

"Bring down the hammer! 

• The dark and brooding Forsaken Jayce has descended onto the PBE! This skin includes:
• All new model and texture!
• All new particles!
• All new recall animation!
• All new SFX! 

This skins price is 1350RP - (pricing subject to change) 

Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Forsaken Jayce 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! 

Note: His Acceleration Gate (E) is supposed to be blue. Due to game play concerns we made an entirely new particle but kept the coloring blue to make it obvious that this Gate is from a friendly Jayce. It's a similar situation to Ahris (Q) color which can't be changed since it shows if her passive is active or not."

Here's Nurse Flan with a bugs & feedback thread for Blood Moon Zilean:

"Dark clouds part and reveal a sinister red moon. Its red beams of moonlight pierce through the night as Blood Moon Zilean emerges from the shadows. He has seen your future, and it was painful... 

Zilean merged the blood moon arts with his powers over time, and he's ready to showcase his new abilities on the Rift! He will be priced at 975RP *

• Completely new model (new mask and robe!)
• Carries around a new time machine! (blood moon style!)
• New particles for abilities!
• New recall! (he uses his clock as a gong!)
• New audio for his Recall, Q and R! 

As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings on the new Blood Moon skin! 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! 

*Prices are not final and may be subject to change :)"

"Magic first, questions later! 

Master Arcanist Ziggs, the skilled arcane wizard, is ready to try out some new spells on the PBE! This skin includes:

• All new model and texture!
• All new particles!
• All new recall animation!
• All new SFX!

This skins price is 1350RP - (pricing subject to change) 

Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Master Arcanist Ziggs 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!"

New Summoner Icons

To celebrate the upcoming international event, several Mid-Season Invitational icons have also been added!
For more details on availability of the MSI and Regional league icons, check out this post - they will be available for purchase on live from May 5th through May 19th.

Champion Update: Ryze

Here's Riot Repertoir with a discussion thread and change list for the Ryze gameplay updates:

"Hi guys, 

Now that Ryze is ready to go on PBE, I'll be here to talk openly with you about his changes as he approaches release to Live servers. 

This update definitely isn't a complete character overhaul, so a lot of what you know and love about Ryze is still there. Arcane Mastery (P) still reduces cooldowns, Overload (Q) is a spammy nuke, Rune Prison (W) is a targeted root, Spell Flux (E) is a bouncy spell, and Desperate Power (R) is mostly unchanged. While this stuff is all true, most of the abilities have been changed in one way or another to help create a package with more engaging gameplay for both Ryze and opponents. I'll save most of my talking for responding to your feedback, so I'll give a quick description of the abilities and let you guys drive questions from there. 

• Passive (Arcane Mastery) 

• Casting a spell grants a stack of Arcane Mastery for a long duration.
• At 5 stacks, Ryze gets a Mana shield and goes into hyper cooldown mode where spellcasts reduce cooldowns by the cooldown of Overload (Q).
• Ryze's abilities still scale with his maximum Mana.
• Note: by turning Ryze's passive into a model that has uptime and downtime, we can let Ryze be really strong within that window, and allow opponents a clear opportunity to fight against him outside of it, or cc him during it. 

• Q (Overload) 

• Short cooldown skillshot line nuke that deals damage to the first target it hits.
• Note: by turning Overload into a skillshot, Ryze can operate at an increased combat range, and opponents have more opportunities to minimize the damage they take from Ryze. 

• W (Rune Prison) 

• Targeted, zero travel time root + nuke
• Note: this spell is mostly unchanged, and although it's a low counterplay ability, it emphasizes one of Ryze's strengths at reliably shutting down mobility, so we've kept it. 

• E (Spell Flux)  

• Targeted nuke and Magic Resist shred that bounces from the primary target to nearby enemies
• After hitting the secondary targets, they bounce back to the original target.
• Note: we really wanted to reduce some of the random nature of Spell Flux, giving it clear uses cases (especially in lane) that aren't just throwing it at a target and hoping it bounces to the right guys. 

• R (Desperate Power) 

• Steroid that grants Movement Speed, Spell Vamp, and area damage on spells for the duration
• Additionally passively grants 10/20/30% Cooldown Reduction with rank in the spell

That's the basics. I'm looking forward to watching him on PBE over the next couple weeks, and I'll do my best to keep up with any questions/concerns/feedback you guys have during this time. 

Cheers, 

RiotRepertoir"

Here's a rundown of the changes and new abilities:

Base stats:

• Base Mana Regen Per Second decreased to 1.0 from 1.2
• Mana Regen Per Second Growth increased 0.2 from 0.16
• Armor Growth reduced to 3.0 from 3.9

 Arcane Mastery (New Passive):

Casting spells grants a stack of Arcane Mastery for 12 seconds. 

At 5 stacks, Ryze becomes supercharged for [3 and going up to 4/5/6 based on ult rank] gaining a shield that blocks [25 + ~5 per level] (+8% of his maximum Mana) damage and causing his spellcasts to reduce the cooldown of his other spells by Overload's cooldown (4 seconds base, IS decreased by CDR), to a minimum of 0.25 seconds. 

Ryze's abilities gain additional strength based on his maximum Mana."

Overload (Q)

Fires an orb, dealing 65/90/115/140/165 (+.55 AP )(2/2.5/3/3.5/4% maximum mana) magic damage to the first target hit.

Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50

Cooldown; 4 seconds at all ranks 

Range: 900 

Rune Prison (W)

Ryze instantly roots a target for .75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75 second(s) dealing 65/95/125/155/185 damage (+ .40 AP)( 2.5% max mana) magic damage

Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 

Cooldown: 14 seconds at all ranks 

Spell Flux (E) :

Unleashes an orb that deals 50/66/82/98/114 (+ .3 AP )( 2% max mana) magic damage and reduces the Magic Resist of its target by 8/9/10/11/12% for 5 seconds,stacking up to 3 times. 

After hitting, Spell Flux bounces to up to 6 nearby enemies and Ryze before returning to the original target. Instances of damage on the primary target after the first deal 25/33/41/49/57 (+ ,15 AP)( 1% max mana) damage.

Mana  Cost: 60/70/80/90/100

Cooldown: 7 seconds 

Alternative description from the Champion Update post:

"Ryze targets an enemy unit, blasting them with a slow-moving ball of energy that, after striking the target, splits to damage all nearby enemies before returning to Ryze’s original target, dealing increasing damage based on the number of bolts."

Desperate Power (R)

Passive: Ryze gains 10/20/30% Cooldown Reduction 

Active: Ryze gains 80 movement speed and 15/20/25% Spell Vamp for 4/5/6 seconds. During this time, Ryze's spells deal 50% additional damage to enemies near his targets

Cooldown: 80/60/40

Here's a video preview of ability and VFX updates:

New Ryze Ability icons

To go along with his champion update this cycle, Ryze has received new ability icons!

ARAM Improvements

Here's Riot JxE with details on all the numerous ARAM improvements that are hitting the PBE in today's update, including a new summoner spell, several item changes, reskinned minions and updated structures, a new loading screen, and more!

"Hey all! 

As we continue to polish and update Summoner’s Rift, we found a cool opportunity to make some improvements to Howling Abyss and ARAM. Without any further ado, let’s break the ice and get things rolling – here is the list of changes coming to the PBE today: 

Gameplay Changes; My Mind is Telling Me No: 

New Summoner Spell on ARAM: Mark/Dash 

After analyzing the results of Legend of the Poro King, we realized that Poro Toss gave an across-the-board bump in viability to some historically unpopular picks and helped balance the playing field. After careful consideration and some tweaks we’re bringing this back to ARAM as an optional new summoner spell called Mark/Dash.

 

Mark allows you toss a projectile at an enemy unit, you can then follow up on a Marked unit with Dash to quickly travel to the Marked target. 

Go forth and tower dive, but remember, it’s only worth it if you say so in chat. 

Item Changes; Out With the New, In With the Old: 

Bloodthirster added 

With the recent rework of Bloodthirster, it made sense to re-introduce the SR favorite to ARAM to help out champions that rely on high AD to be more successful on the map. The passive doesn’t hurt either - shields up! 

Sanguine Blade removed 

10 out of 10 ADCs agree that Bloodthirster is bigger, better and bloodier than Sanguine Blade. We can't argue with that, so we’ll be retiring it from ARAM. 

Warmogs added 

Ever shed a tear after purchasing Giant’s Belt on ARAM only to remember you can’t build Warmogs? We’re bringing the HP behemoth to ARAM to give tanks a little love and to help them survive poke long enough to initiate at the right time. Note that we’ll be keeping a close eye on this one to make sure tanks don’t become too overpowering. 

Skin Boosts; Turning the Random Dial to 11:
After flicking some switches and fiddling with a couple of dials, we've successfully added Skin Boosts to our ARAM update! Throw down 95RP and you'll give everyone on your team a one-time random skin for the champ they're using that game. You'll also earn yourself 200IP while giving your teammates 100IP. 

Map & Art Changes; No More Nexus Gnomes:
We’ve skinned some of the art from Summoner’s Rift to match the Howling Abyss theme and bring some consistency between the maps. We also took this opportunity to do some general art polish, make some performance improvements and fix an issue that caused champion spells to sometimes be clipped when drawing on the ground. Check out these screenshots for more details. 

 Reskinned Nexuses (Nexi?)

Reskinned Minions

 

New Loading Screen

 

If you discover any bugs, please post them here!"

Here's the new HA background with no VS:
The new ARAM exclusive Mark / Dash summoner spell is now on the PBE for testing. This is one of the many changes and improvements  to ARAM and Howling Abyss testing this cycle.

"Throw a snowball a long distance, dealing [20 + 10 per level] true damage to the first enemy unit hit. If it hits an enemy, this ability can be recast for 3 seconds to Dash to the tagged unit. Dashing to the target will reduce the cooldown of Mark by 25%.  

Mark projectiles are not stopped by spell shields or projectile mitigation."

"Dash to the unit hit by Mark. Casting Dash will reduce the cooldown of Mark by 25%."

As the icon implies, Mark throws a cool little snowball, which leaves a snow flake when it hits.

Mark:
Marked:
Dash:


Along with the other ARAM updates coming in the next patch, Howling Abyss also now has a purple variation of the new end of game animated victory and defeat screens!

New Feature - Chroma Packs

Chroma packs are making their PBE debut in today's update. These are 590 RP bundles that include three different color variations for a champion's base or existing skin that you already own.

More information can be found here in the PBE announcement and feedback thread and in the FAQ.

Here's an example process of buying the Chroma bundle via the store's "Bundles" tab, choosing your color variant, and loading in. The "slice" images listed below are currently used in champion select and in the shop but are not used in loading screen.
To start off with we have Chromas for Lucian and Dragon Fist Lee Sin.

Lucian: Prime Chroma

Dragon Fist Lee Sin: Duel Chroma

Assets for three new Chroma packs have been added in this cycle as well - sets of 3 color variations for Blitzcrank, Garen, and Pool Party Leona.

Texture Rebalances

Today's update includes another set of texture rebalances, this time for Lux, Poppy, Shaco, Shyvana, and Teemo! These are low scope texture updates aimed at aligning older champions & skins with the current art style. They are not replacing proper and larger scope visual updates.

Lux

Poppy

Shaco

[Nothing for Masked Shaco.]

 Shyvana

[No changes for Icedrake Shyvana and Championship Shyvana]

Teemo

While not as significant, Astronaut Teemo, Super Teemo, and Panda Teemo also have slightly updated mushrooms.
According to Ququroon, the 5.8 PBE cycle contains the last set of champion texture rebalances.

Skin Updates

Ravager Nocturne has been updated. His color has been changed to more closely match his color scheme prior to the texture rebalance late last year.

Miscellaneous

• Loading screen tips have a background behind them so they are easier to see on the new loading screen backgrounds.
• Mystery Ward Skin and Mystery Icon options are now in the shop.

• A small series of icons above the queue button now denotes what sort of rewards you get for playing that mode - IP, XP, or Champion points for the upcoming Champion Mastery system.

• Outer Turrets damage increased to 185 from 160
• Inhibitor Turrets damage increased to 195 from 160
• Nexus Turrets damage increased to  175 from 130