7.13 PBE Cycle

Below you will find a comprehensive list of new content, balance changes, and whatever else  is included in the current PBE cycle! Be aware that these changes are extremely tentative, there is a possibility that things you see below will be changed or even reverted prior to the live patch.

( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated! )

• New Champion Skins
• SKT T1 Ekko
• SKT T1 Jhin
• SKT T1 Nami
• SKT T1 Olaf
• SKT T1 Syndra
• SKT T1 Zac
• New Ward Skin
• New Summoner Icons
• Honor Login Theme
• Miscellaneous 
• Balance Changes
• Champions 
• Items
• Summoner's Rift
• Patch History

New Champion Skins

[NOTE: The SKT skins will have new sounds added in a future patch!]

The 7.13 PBE brings us new skins for Ekko, Jhin, Nami, Olaf, Syndra, and Zac, as well as a Ward Skin, to celebrate SKT as our 2016 World Champions!
Before we jump into the individual previews, here's KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for the SKT T1 Championship skins and ward:

"Third time’s a charm, unless you’re SK Telecom T1, and you’ve successfully won your third World Championship! Each one of these skins honors a player (with a ward for their coach!) of SKT T1, the 2016 World Champions! 

Olaf - Bengi - 1350 RP 

• New model and texture - Enter battle with your godly armor and crystal-bladed axes.
• New VFX - Crash down lightning upon your foes!
• New recall animation - DEFEAT?! Olaf unleashes his rage! 

Zac - Blank - 1350 RP

• New model and texture - Crimson goo and golden armor.
• New VFX - Dignified reds.
• New recall animation - Zac eats his own blobs. Delicious!

Syndra - Faker - 1350 RP

• New model and texture - Frosty, yet sophisticated.
• New VFX - Royal blues and golds - fit for League royalty.
• New recall animation - Syndra proudly displays the SKT logo, as one more championship slips under their belts!

Ekko - Duke - 1350 RP

• New model and texture - Shining armor and maroon gems.
• New VFX - Flashes of pale gold and emblazoned SKT emblems.
• New recall animation - Ekko high-fives his own time echoes and they jump back to base in unison!

 

Jhin - Bang -1350 RP

• New model and texture - SKT on his cape and golden guns to match his crown.
• New VFX - Sprout golden wings before finishing off enemies with crimson crystals.
• New recall animation - Jhin breaks out some bangin’ dance moves!

 

Nami - Wolf - 1350 RP

• New model and texture - A colorful fish, adorned in SKT-style armor!
• New VFX - Full of vibrant golds and of course, her signature water and waves!
• New recall animation - She may be served up as sushi, but you won’t catch Wolf dead on the Rift. ;)

Ward - kkOma - 640 RP

• model and texture - A Yordle version of SKTs coach!
• New animations - Takin’ notes!
• New SFX - Scribble, scribble!

The SKT T1 skins are now available to play on PBE! As players who experience this content firsthand, your constructive feedback is appreciated. 

Resident QA peeps will be hitting up this thread for feedback! We’re all on different skins, so please @ the following Rioters for any specifics. We’ll do our best to answer questions and reply to all of your feedback! ^-^ 

Riot KateyKhaos - Nami (ofc), Syndra and kkOma ward
Riot LoveStrut - Jhin and Olaf
Riot Time Wizard - Zac and Ekko 

* Prices are subject to change."

SKT T1 Ekko

SKT T1 Jhin

SKT T1 Nami

SKT T1 Olaf

SKT T1 Syndra

1350 RP

SKT T1 Zac

Here's SuperCakes back with an update on this year's upcoming SKT World Championship skins, discussing their pricing and the upcoming addition of sound effects for each skin.

"Hello players who love Skins, players who love SKT and, in this particular case, players who love SKT Skins! 

When we first shipped the SKT Skins to PBE, we heard some concerns over their pricing. More specifically, we have a “Guide to Skin Price Tiers” on our player support page that promises that 1350RP skins would have new sounds, and some of these SKT skins don’t. 

First, I want to apologize that we’ve not updated this guide in so long. When we originally wrote it four years ago, our philosophy on pricing skins was different (not dramatically, but still). When we change our thinking, this also means we owe you an explanation, and we failed to do this. 

In the case of these SKT skins, all of our normal playbooks were thrown out. We didn’t look at them as an individual set of features, but rather a holistic experience. We wanted to create World Championship skins that are highly commemorative and, because they are rev-shared, give you an opportunity to honor SKT in a really meaningful way. 

We don’t charge you for “our effort.” There is no evil overlord tracking our hours and converting that into RP. But, there is a level of value and quality that we strive for when creating content and once we hit it, we price accordingly. In the case of the 2016 SKT World Championship Skins, we believe they are priced fairly for what they are: a high quality execution across a number of dimensions, even if those dimensions don’t 1:1 match our checklist. 

But we also know we made a commitment, so we’re going to live up to it. We’re still planning to release these skins at 1350RP in Patch 7.13, but we will release an update to them soon after that adds in sounds and checks those boxes. Honestly speaking, we’re not sure if the skins are necessarily better for it. That’s why they weren’t part of their original design. But we also don’t feel that we’re holding up our end of the bargain otherwise. 

This conversation also gives us an opportunity to revamp our policies to match how we currently approach our work. We owe you an updated explanation that really gets into why we make the things we make. We’ll probably also update or retire that article once we can. 

We’re really excited to launch these 2016 SKT Championship Skins, and thank you for all of your feedback to help make them the best they can be. 

xoxo
SuperCakes"

New Ward Skin

To go with our six skins, we also have a new SKT ward skin!

New Summoner Icons

Several new summoner icons were added this cycle, including a set for the upcoming Rift Rivals event:

There were also three other esports icons added, as noted in the announcement for the esports icon bundles:

LPL: JD Gaming
EU LCS: Mysterious Monkeys, Ninjas in Pyjamas

Honor Login Theme

A new login theme featuring art from the Honor system has hit the PBE!

Look for Honor update to go live in 7.13 following the conclusion of live OCE testing in 7.12! More information on rewards, how to particpate, and more available [here].

Miscellaneous 

• [Assets removed as of 6/14 PBE Update] Several "SG_" files were added this cycle. Below is the "SG_skybox_a.dds" asset, which features art very similar to previously seen Star Guardian art. No details on what these files are for yet but the handful of files are all related to map textures/environment. 

Galio

• Base armor lowered from 27 to 24

• Winds of War (Q) 
• Combined tornado damage lowered from 45/60/75/90/105 to 30/40/50/60/70 
• Tornado AP ratio increased from 45% to 60%.

• Hero's Entrance (R) AP ratio increased from 70% to 80%

Gnar
[Context]

• Boomerang Throw (mini Q) - damage increased from 5/35/65/95/125 to 5/45/85/125/165

• Crunch (mega E) range increased from 475 to 600.

Kindred
[Context]

• Number of successful hunts to increase attack range after the initial four lowered from 4 to 3. 

• [The first 4 successful hunts increase Kindred's attack range by 75. Every 3 successful hunts after the first 4 increase their attack range by 25.] 

• Wolf's Frenzy (W) current % health damager per mark increased from 0.5% to 1%

• Mounting Dread (E) base damage increased from 40/60/80/100/120 to 60/80/100/120/140

Kennen
[changelist as of 6/13]

• Electrical Surge (W):
• Passive counter increments upon launching an attack (previously was upon landing a hit)

• Lightning Rush (E) AP ratio changed from 60% to 80%

Kha'Zix

• Taste Their Fear (Q):

• Base damage lowered from 70/95/120/145/170 to 60/85/110/135/160 
• Bonus AD ratio lowered from 120% to 110%
• Increased damage to isolated targets increased from 50% to 65%

• Void Assault (R):
• Active's stealth duration increased from 1.25 to 1.5
• Evolved Adaptive Camouflage stealth duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds. 

Maokai

• Base health increased from 540 to 565
• Nature's Grasp (R)  
• cooldown lowered from 120/110/100 to 120/100/80
• range increased from 2500 to 3000

Poppy

• Hammer Shock (Q) enemies max health damage increased from 7% to 8%

Rek'Sai
[context]
Rek'Sai changes from Meddler:

"Q - does a better job of spell queueing 

W - Standardized unburrow time for W reactivation versus right click (right click was slightly slower), knockback for secondary targets now clears the CC properly on knockback end (was lingering sometimes) 

R - Ratio 1.6 -> 1.85, CD updates properly for allies, visual effects clean up."

Singed
[All changes reverted]

• Poison Trail (Q)
• AP ratio increased from 30% to 40%
• Damage changed from 22/34/46/58/70 to 20/30/40/50/60
• [BUG FIX] Poison trail no longer disappears when Singed leaves enemy vision.

• 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

Shaco
[context / changelist as of 6/13]

• Two-Shiv Poison (E)
• Base Damage changed from 5/35/65/95/125 to 50/75/100/125/150
• AD Ratio changed from [75% total AD] to [60/75/90/105/120% bonus AD]
• Damage type changed from magic to physical
• [new] Now deal up to 50% additional damage based on target's missing health
• [removed] No longer deals 3 - 8% missing health damage based on character level

Trundle
[context]

• Chomp (Q) Trundle can now Chomp (Q) turrets. - src.

• Frozen Domain (W) increased healing and regeneration from all sources increased from 20% to 25%

Summoner's Rift