6.21 PBE Cycle

Doom Bots of Doom Testing

[NOTE: Enabled for testing on 10/5! The gauntlet enabled on 10/6]
Doom Bots of Doom  debuted for PBE testing during this cycle!

Info

Here's L4T3NCY with more info on the upcoming return of Doom Bots of Doom, including several changes such as increasing difficulty, upgraded bots, and a new evil overlord:

"The wind howls through the trees, carrying through an air of mystery and slight terror... 

Greetings, Summoners! 

Prepare yourselves for the ultimate Doom of your lives! Doom Bots: The Teemoing is hitting PBE! 

The Teemoing will be our fixed difficulty version of the mode. This version does not have the difficulty voting. However, it has all of the same crazy content as The Gauntlet version of the mode! :) 

There are lot of complexities on the mode, but if you see issues with the following, please report them here or via the Bug Reporting Tool: 

• Evil Boss does not path properly/does not attack targets/etc
• Bots do not properly path/attack targets
• Curses do not work properly
• Game crashes! (PLEASE submit your bugsplats! <3) 

We have a few known bugs currently with the mode: 

Resolved Bugs: 

• Ryze Warp Curse has a slightly higher rate of spawn than normal -- We may keep this though if it's fun :) So let us know what you think! This has been fixed! Go forth... or go forth less?
• This version may be slightly less difficult than intended! We ran into an issue where the bots aren't quite as buff as intended, so we're working on that. Expect Bot buffs tomorrow :D Fixed! Bots are slightly stronger now.
• Some Curses may be missing sounds! Everything should have sounds now! Let us know if something is missing. :)
• Teemo or champions may become invincible if put into an invulnerable state before the summoning. This should be fixed! Let us know if you're still seeing this!
• Regular Malzahar cannot spawn more than 1 voidling -> Resolved!
• Ryze Warp curses causes hitching -> Resolved!
• Some bots don't have skins T_T -> This should be resolved now
• O o p s! Gauntlet does not scale properly from level 70 upward. -> Resolved!  

New/Unfixed Bugs: 

• Ivern cannot attack Udyr camps summoned into lane -> Should be on PBE now!
• Teemo can sometimes hit 1 or 0 HP but not die! -> There should be a fix on PBE now!
• Malzahar voidlings/Udyr monsters can still attack things during the Summoning Ceremony -> There should be a fix in now!
• There may be some performance issues with the mode! If you run into performance issues, please let us know and post your DXDiag! 

Upcoming New features: 

• Spooky music! We heard your feedback, and we agree! We will be adding the Twisted Treeline music to the map :D -> This is active now!
• GAUNTLET MODE ACTIVATED! -> This is active now!
• Some bots will have skins! :D -> This is active now!
• Map is still purple, but less purple. -> This is active now!
• Made the Giant Darts a little more accurate. So you may get hit more. :D -> This is active now!
• Gangplank generates silver serpents passively! -> This is active now!
• Adding Quick Charge Tear items! -> In progress 

As always, any feedback you have is also welcome here! :) Hit us with it! 

You should expect to see The Gauntlet version of the mode active within the next day or so. 

Happy hunting!"

Through the in-game strings it appears DEVIL TEEMO will be the Doom Bots new evil overlord.

•  Text countdown timer - ex:"10 minutes before HE arrives..." and "1 minute left! Your end is nigh!"
• "The Teemoing has begun!"
•  "Destroy Devil Teemo to stop The Teemoing!"
• Little Devil (Teemo): What?! My servants haven't destroyed you yet?"

Amumu:

 Doom of the Sad Mummy - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Amumu also:  

• Shares his Despair with nearby minions
•  Has a much larger Curse of the Sad Mummy
•  Is still quite sad

Annie:

Doom of the Dark Child - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Annie also:

• Automatically Disintegrates nearby minions
• Incinerates units in a circle around her
• Summons Tibbers when she dies, who will be quite angry
• Likes her teddy bear

Blitzcrank:

Doom of the Great Steam Golem - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Blitzcrank also:

• Casts triple Rocket Grab
• Constantly goes into Overdrive
• Has a much larger radius on Static Field's active
• Has a heart...?

Brand:

Doom of the Burning Vengeance - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Brand also:

• Creates multiple Pillars of Flame around targets
• Is on fire
• Looks mean 

Cho'Gath:

Doom of the Terror of the Void - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Cho'gath also:

• Passively gains Feast stacks
• Creates multiple Ruptures based on his size
• Knocks back units hit by Feral Scream
• Is often hungry

Ezreal:

Doom of the Prodigal Explorer - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Ezreal also:

• Shoots multiple Mystic Shots when cast
• Shoots multiple Essence Fluxes when cast
• Shoots a plethora of Trueshot Barrages when cast
• Does not need a map

Fiddlesticks:

Doom of the Harbinger (of Doom) - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Fiddlesticks also:

• Drains HP from all nearby enemies when cast
• Periodically spawns spectral clones that cast Crowstorm
• Is ironically bad at scaring crows

Galio:

Doom of the Sentinel's Sorrow - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Galio also:

• Casts Resolute Smite in a circle around him
• Creates multiple Righteous Gusts in a line
• Periodically spawns Taunt zones near him
• Flies, sort of 

Heimerdinger:

Doom of the Revered Inventor - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Heimerdinger also:

• Passively spawns H-28G Evolution Turrets near him
• Causes H-28G Evolution Turrets to shoot in multiple directions
• Changes Hextech Micro-Rockets to return along their trajectories
• Modifies CH-2 Electron Storm Grenades to fragment on detonation
• Is smarter than you are

Leona:

Doom of the Radiant Dawn - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Leona also:

• Shields nearby minions with Eclipse when cast
• Passively generates Eclipses near her
• Calls down massive Solar Flares
• Praises the sun 

Lulu:

Doom of the Fae Sorceress - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Lulu also:

• Places up to five additional Pix, Faerie Companions on nearby allies
• Causes all nearby Pixes to randomly cast Whimsy when she does
• Makes all nearby allied champions grow when Wild Growth is cast
• Knows what colors taste like

Lux:

Doom of the Lady of Luminosity - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Lux also:

• Creates starbursts of Light Bindings
• Causes Lucent Singularity to generate Light Bindings
• Fires multiple Final Sparks in a circle around her
• Really likes laughing

Malzahar:

Doom of the Prophet of the Void - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Malzahar also:

• Constantly opens portals to the Void
• Passively summons Void creatures into lane
• Is originally from Shurima

Morgana:

Doom of the Fallen Angel - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Morgana also:

• Creates additional Dark Bindings when cast
• Spawns multiple Tormented Soil areas around her
• Automatically Flash + Stasis when Soul Shackles is cast
• Struggles with baking

Tristana:

Doom of the Yordle Gunner - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Tristana also:

• Simultaneously attacks two targets
• Passively adds Explosive Charges to minions hit
• Knocks back enemies when she lands a Rocket Jump
• Has greatly increased knockback radius on Buster Shot
• Trains dragons in her spare time

Udyr:

Doom of the Spirit Walker - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Udyr also:

• Periodically marks jungle camps as claimed
• Summons unkilled monsters from claimed camps into lane after a delay
• Guards spirits or whatever

Veigar:

Doom of the Tiny Master of Evil - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Veigar also:

• Periodically calls down Dark Matter around him
• Has increased range and no hit limit on Baleful Strike
• Is really evil

Wukong:

Doom of the Monkey King - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Wukong also:

• Creates Decoys that knockback nearby enemies
• Spawns Decoys on units hit by Nimbus Strike
• Creates multiple spinning clones when Cyclone is cast
• Will be the best 

Yasuo:

Doom of the Unforgiven - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Yasuo also:

• Creates several whirlwinds whenever Resolve expires
• Creates a whirlwind when projectiles are blocked by Wind Wall
• Creates clones that use Last Breath when faraway enemies are Airborne
• Is sometimes a robot and sometimes a cowboy but never a robot cowboy

Yorick

Doom of the Shepherd of Souls -In addition to bonus stats, Doom Yorick also:

• Constantly raises hordes of Mist Walkers to fight alongside him
• Plays guitar
• Has a last name

Ziggs:

Doom of the Hexplosives Expert - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Ziggs also:

• Leaves behind mines on Bouncing Bombs
• Creates Mini Inferno Bombs around Mega Inferno Bomb's blast zone
• Is not the star this time

And here are the various "curses" or global buffs that bots rotate:

• Curse: Akali (Twilight Shroud) - This Bot creates a smoke cloud in an area for a short time. While within the cloud, this Bot's allies are stealthed. They will briefly appear when they attack or use an ability.

Gallery

Gallery of screenshots - notice the GIANT DEVIL TEEMO, spooky map decorations and changes, and more!

Shadow Performance Improvements 

Here's Riot JxE with context on changes to shadow performance:

"Hey all! 

I’m Riot JxE from the Sustainability Initiative again! We have one more treat for you before the next patch goes out. 

The Render Team is still in a stage of exploring and getting to know our rendering code. We know how much you all love frames, so we figured while we’re exploring, why not implement some quick wins? 

Recently we were exploring shadows and while we were in there we found a quick change we could make to improve the performance of our shadow blur. Previously, shadow blur was using 3x3 box filter twice and we changed that to be a 5x5 filter once with the weights calculated to give the same look. We’ve done some testing in our compatibility lab and so far we’ve gained back on average 2 fps across all specs, but sometimes getting 50+ fps on higher end PCs. All with little visual impact. 

Please let us know if you encounter any visual issues with shadows while testing on the PBE! 

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Save the frames, kill the yordles 

Riot JxE"

Death Screen Performance Tweaks 

Here's Riot JxE with more info on changes to post- Death Screen performance currently on PBE:

"Hey all! 

I’m Riot JxE from the Sustainability Initiative. Our goal is to make it easier for developers to make League of Legends awesome for years to come. 

We recently spun up a team that’s focused on refactoring our rendering code. This team is laying down the foundation that we can build on to improve the visuals of League of Legends. These won’t be the highest quality pixels anybody's seen, but they’ll look good and run on your machine. 

We’ve redone some of the death screen visuals which will be hitting the PBE today. This was an exercise to get to know our code inside and out that led to some cool side benefits. Prior to our changes, every object in the game had a shader attached to them that would tell the object to turn gray when someone died. This was done a long time ago to make characters render at 20% saturation while the background was completely desaturated. With our new changes, there’s a single post-process pass that sets everything to 20% saturation. 

Once we’re confident in this change we’ll remove the old code which results in faster load times when joining a game and memory savings. You will immediately get higher fps while viewing the death screen (VFX now render 65% faster and animated objects render 33% faster). 

BEFORE:

AFTER:

We know some of you will encounter this screen more than others. While you’re reflecting on the terrible decisions you’ve made, please take some time to let us know if you notice any issues with our changes! 

Thanks! 

Riot JxE"

Shop Entries for "Elementalist Lux, "Worldbreaker Nautilus" and "Jayce of the Bright Hammer"

Shop entries for  "Elementalist Lux" (3250), "Worldbreaker Nautilus" (750) and "Jayce of the Bright Hammer" (750) skins have been found on PBE shop. While we have names for these upcoming skins, there are no in-game assets or art attached to them so there are no additional previews or information available.
This also matches up with a popular reddit leak from earlier this year claiming Elementalist Lux would be the next ultimate skin.

These all have since been removed from the shop. Stay tuned for more info!

Miscellaneous 

• There is now a spinning circle indicator on the bottom right corner of the load screen. IronyMoose noted on reddit it is "a simple first step to see if it fixes some of the player pain you've been experiencing when the game locks up."

• A new personal shop has been added for the Teemoing!

Zac

• [indicator  added for E's knockup & damage radius]

CONTINUED TESTING