8.10 PBE Cycle

This mega post was last Updated on 5/10 with the 5/10 PBE Update
(With the release of patch 8.9 to live on May 2nd, we started the new 8.10 PBE cycle.)

Previous PBE Cycles in 2018
[7.24] [8.1] [8.2] [8.3] [8.4] [8.5] [8.6] [8.7] [8.8] [8.9]

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( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated!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

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

Table of Contents


New Skins

As previewed on social media, three new Pulsefire skins are warping our way in 8.10 - Pulsefire Riven, Pulsefire Shen, and Pulsefire Twisted Fate.

Pulsefire Riven

1350 RP
[Loading Screen]
Here's Riot KiWiKiD with a bugs & feedback thread for Pulsefire Riven:
"KiWiKiD here taking you to the top (lane) with Pulsefire Riven. Now her plays will be twice as flashy thanks to her high-tech upgrades!! 
  • New model and textures - Clean outfit, lavender hair, and shiny new blade with pulsefire core.
  • New Spell VFX - Featuring quintessential pulsefire blue, and heated orange while in ult.
  • New SFX - SFX on all spells!! Pulsefire energy highlights her skill.
  • New recall animation - Escape through a portal, avoiding capture from enemies across timelines.
  • New death animation - Stare at the pretty singularity instead of typing to your team when you die level 1.
Pulsefire Riven is now available on PBE! Pulsefire tech cards are ready to be dealt. Remember to report back here with any bugs that occured or feedback that you have. And of course: If you’ve got any questions, I’m here for them, and you. 
Pulsefire Riven is currently set at 1350 RP (subject to change)."

Pulsefire Shen

1350 RP
[Loading Screen]

Here's Riot KiWiKiD with a bugs & feedback thread for Pulsefire Shen:
"Hello gamers, it’s KiWiKiD again with the long awaited Shen skin — pulsefire edition! Can’t wait for this handsome, time-traveling man to ult to my side and give me a thick shield. 
  • New model and textures - See the Shenpai in his full glory.
  • New Spell VFX - Futuristic flashiness to compliment his ninja sleekness
  • New SFX - New or additional SFX on all spells! The W is my personal favorite.
  • New recall animation - Recall home in satisfying, blissful style.
  • New death animation - Chest problems in the future don’t look so fun. Hopefully it’s painless.
Pulsefire Shen is now available on PBE! Go forth and show some players the Shenobi of the future. Report back here with any bugs that occured or feedback that you have. If you’ve got any questions, you know who to call. Me! 
Pulsefire Shen is currently set at 1350 RP (subject to change)."

Pulsefire Twisted Fate

1350 RP
[Loading Screen]
Here's Riot KiWiKiD with a bugs & feedback thread for Pulsefire Twisted Fate:
"Sup players, I’m back with the latest technologies showcased by Twisted Fate! His high-tech improvements may (or may not) help you lock -in that juicy 0-rotation gold card. 
  • New model and textures - you see the bowler hat, you be the bowler hat, you are the bowler hat.
  • New Spell VFX - Featuring that iconic, mesmerizing ice blue all over.
  • New SFX - Digitized and techy SFX on all spells! Let me know which one you like the most!
  • New recall animation - Pick the correct portal in search of Pulsefire Riven.
  • New death animation - Get the death you deserve when you ult into a turret (for those 200iq plays). 
Pulsefire Twisted Fate is now dealing tech cards on PBE! Report back here with any bugs that occured or feedback that you have. If you’ve got any questions, I’ll be the support you need to carry your bugs and feedback to the team. 
Pulsefire Twisted Fate is currently set at 1350 RP (subject to change)."

New Summoner Icons

Three new summoner icons featuring the new Pulsefire Riven, Twisted Fate, and Shen skins are now on the PBE:

A fourth, fluffy new summoner icon is now on the PBE:

New MSI Summoner Icons

Fourteen new MSI summoner icons are now on the PBE:
         

New Emotes

Three buzzworthy new emotes are now on the PBE - "Bee Mad", "Bee Sad", and "Bee Happy":
  

New Leveling Reward Emotes

Five new leveling reward emotes have been added to the PBE, corresponding to Legend 16, Legend 17, Legend 18, Legend 19, and Legend 20:


New Ward Skin

A new ward skin is now on the PBE!

Pulsefire 2018 Ward Skin



Clash Summoner Banners, Flags and Trophy Assets

Tons of new assets for summoner banners and flags based on Runeterran regions, frames, pedestals, trophies, and more were added to the PBE. These look to be related to Clash! Here is an Imgur album of all assets.


Flag Frames

Flags

Base (Demacia)
 

Freljord

Piltover

Shadow Isles

 Zaun

Pedestals


Trophies

Base (Demacia)


Freljord

Piltover

Shadow Isles

Zaun

Clash Login Theme

A new login themed around Clash is now on the PBE!


Dragon Master Swain Chroma Continued Testing

The Dragon Master Swain chroma are back on the PBE, including changes to each, and two new colors (teal and black):

Dragon Master Swain

     
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Here's Riot Orphyre with an updated bugs & feedback thread for Dragon Master Swain:
"Hey everyone! 
We’ve added two new Dragon Master Swain Chromas, as well as made some adjustments to previous ones! 
Dragon Master Swain Chromas:
  • New textures: “They falter before my dragons.”
    • Pearl
    • Tanzanite
    • Ruby
    • Emerald
    • Sapphire
    • Obsidian
The chroma sets are now available on PBE! We hope you all will enjoy the new sets, but we’re also looking forward to hearing your constructive feedback. I’ll do my best to answer and reply to your questions and feedback! 
Thanks! 
Riot Orphyre"

Off-Screen Health Bar Correction on PBE

As mentioned by Meddler in a previous QGT post, Riot Meyea is here with a feedback thread for off-screen healthbar changes:
"Left image is PBE, the right image is Live 
It's pretty simple. If your health bar is off your screen but a part of a turret, inhib, rift herald, dragon, or baron is on your screen the health bar now pushes itself down so that you can see it. 
If you have any feedback on this feature or any issues, please post here."

Miscellaneous 

  • As mentioned by Meddler in a past QGT post, a "Treat 'Target Champions Only' as a toggle" option was added to the client under Game options:
  • With CLASH and related assets continuing PBE beta testing, the Profile page has been changed to include a spot for a Clash Trophy.
  • Files for a rainbow colored spawn visual effects were discovered! Below is a GIF of the spawn animation in action:
While we have no specifics yet,  KateyKhaos tweeted:
"All champs and skins will have the ability to use it, more details soon!"
  • A new set of skin bios have been added in today's PBE cycle! Here's an example for Red Riding Annie:
"Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house Annie went-- not once suspecting that Warwick the Wolf was waiting for her. Of course, Warwick didn't know Annie could shoot balls of magic flame or summon a fiery bear, so really this was a larger issue with communication."

Balance Changes

* NOTE*: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, & experimental changes. Be aware that what you see below may be relative to other changes earlier this cycle! These are not official notes.

Champions
[** = Marksman Changes, including items, runes, and champions - Context Post / Changelist - REVERTED AS OF 5/10, EXPECT THESE CHANGES BACK IN 8.11!]

** Ashe
  • Armor lowered from 31 to 26
  • HP increased from 527.72 to 539
  • HP/Level increased from 79 to 85
  • HP Regen lowered from 5.5 to 3.5

Azir
[Reverted to live values on 5/7!]
  • Base HP lowered from 552 to 500
  • Attack speed per level increased from 1.5 to 2.5
  • HP5 increased from 7 to 10
  • HP5 per level increased from .55 to .75
  • Conquering Sands (Q) damage increased from 60/80/100/120/140 to 70/90/110/130/150
  • Arise! (W) 
    • recharge time lowered from 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 to 6 at all ranks.
    • AP ratio lowered from 60% to 40%
    • cost lowered from 40 at all ranks to 20/25/30/35/40
    • damage changed from [60-160 based on level] to 60/80/100/120/140
    • Attack speed lowered from 20/30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40/45%
    • Additional attack speed increased from 20/30/40/50/60% to 30/35/40/45/50%
    • Recast time lowered from 1.5s to 1s
    • Sand Soldier changes:
      • Sand Soldier duration changed from 10 seconds at all ranks to 4/5.5/7/8.5/10 seconds
      • [Added to tooltip] Sand Soldiers can attack targets outside of Azir's basic attack range.
      • Sand Soldiers deal 50% damage to minions that aren't their primary target.
      • Soldier pass through damage increased from [25/50/75/100 at levels 1/6/11/16] to 100%
  • Shifting Sands (E)
    • cost increased from 60 at all ranks to 100 at all ranks
    • cooldown increased from 19/18/17/16/15 to 24/21/18/15/12
    • damage AP ratio increased from 40% to 50%
    • damage increased from 60/90/120/150/180 to 100/120/140/160/180
    • shield lowered from 80/120/160/200/240 to 60/105/150/195/240
  • Emporer's Divide (R) damage changed from 150/250/450 to 200/300/400

Bard
  • Caretaker's Shrine (W) cost lowered from 90 at all ranks to 70 at all ranks


 ** Caitlyn
  • Armor lowered from 33 to 28
  • HP increased from 475 to 481
  • HP/Level increased from 85 to 91
  • HP Regen lowered from 5.5 to 3.5

 Dr. Mundo
[Changelist]
  • Sadism (R) 
    • cooldown increased from 100/85/70 to 110/100/90
    • cost changed from [20% current health] to [25% current health]

** Draven
  • Armor lowered from 34 to 29
  • HP increased from 557.76 to 574
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 88
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

** Ezreal
  • Armor lowered from 31 to 25
  • HP increased from 484.4 to 491
  • HP/Level increased from 80 to 86
  • HP Regen lowered from 6.5 to 4

 ** Jhin
  • Armor lowered from 29 to 24
  • HP increased from 540 to 556
  • HP/Level increased from 85 to 91
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

 ** Jinx
  • Armor lowered from 32 to 28
  • HP increased from 515 to 531
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 88
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

 ** Kai’Sa
  • Armor lowered from 33.04 to 28
  • HP increased from 554.4 to 571
  • HP/Level increased from 80 to 86
  • HP Regen lowered from 5.5 to 3.5

 ** Kalista
  • Armor lowered from 28 to 23
  • HP increased from 517.76 to 534
  • HP/Level increased from 83 to 89
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

Kha'Zix
[Context / Changelist - Reverted on 5/7!]
  • Void Assault (R) 
    • Evolved Adaptive Cloaking
      • [New Effect] Now grants 50% base cooldown reduction to Void Assault (new cooldowns: 50/45/40)
      • [New Effect] Now increases stealth duration by 1.5 seconds (to 3 seconds per cast)
      • [Removed] No longer passively grants stealth or movement speed when entering brush

 ** Kog’Maw
  • Armor lowered from 29 to 24
  • HP increased from 517.76 to 534
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 88
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

** Lucian
  • Armor lowered from 33 to 28
  • HP increased from 554.4 to 571
  • HP/Level increased from 80 to 86
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

 ** Miss Fortune
  • Armor lowered from 33 to 28
  • HP increased from 530 to 541
  • HP/Level increased from 85 to 91
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

Poppy
  • Base movespeed increased from 340 to 345

 Ryze
[Original context thread - Reverted on 5/7!]
  • Overload (Q) 
    • Cost increased from 40 to 50/60/70/80/90
    • [New Effect] Deals [20/24/28/32/36/40% at 1/4/7/10/13/16] additional damage as true damage to enemies with Flux (replaces E bonus damage mechanic)
  • Rune Prison (W)
    • [Removed] No longer has a mana cost
    • [New Effect] Casting Rune Prison restores 6/7/8/9/10% of Ryze's maximum Mana
    • Cooldown changed from 13/12/11/10/9 to 15/13/11/9/7
    • Bonus mana increased from 1% to 4%
    • CC type changed from [roots for 0.75 seconds] to [applies a 50% slow that decays over 1.25 seconds]
  • Spell Flux (E)
    • Cooldown changed from 3.25/3.00/2.75/2.50/2.25 to 3.5/3.0/2.5/2.0/1.5
    • Cost increased from 60/70/80/90/100 to 60/80/100/120/140
    • [Removed] Overload Damage Bonus (replaced by Q true damage mechanic)
    • W Bonus changed from [Increased Root Duration] to [Roots instead of slowing]
    • Bounce Radius (also applies to Q) lowered from 350 to 275
    • [Added to tooltip] "Bounce ranges are significantly larger against champions, large minions, and large monsters."
    • Spread Radius changed from [350 (center to center)] to [450 (center to edge) vs. champions , large minions, and large monsters]
      • 200 (center to edge) vs. all other units
    • Spread Damage increased from 50% to 100%

 Sion
[Context]
  • HP regen lowered from 2 to 1.8
  • Roar of the Slayer (E) 
    • AP ratio increased from 40% to 55%
    • damage lowered from 70/105/140/175/210 to 65/100/135/170/205
    • armor reduction duration increased from 2.5 seconds to 4 seconds
    • "Armor reduction applies to passed through targets"

 ** Sivir
  • Armor lowered from 31 to 26
  • HP increased from 515.76 to 532
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 88
  • HP Regen lowered from 5 to 3.25

 ** Tristana
  • Armor lowered from 31 to 26
  • HP increased from 542.76 to 559
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 88
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

 ** Twitch
  • Armor lowered from 32 to 27
  • HP increased from 525.08 to 542
  • HP/Level increased from 81 to 87
  • HP Regen lowered from 6 to 3.75

 ** Varus
  • Armor lowered from 32 to 27
  • HP increased from 537.76 to 549
  • HP/Level increased from 82 to 86
  • HP Regen lowered from 5.5 to 3.5

 ** Vayne
  • Armor lowered from 28 to 23
  • HP increased from 498.44 to 515
  • HP/Level increased from 83 to 89
  • HP Regen lowered from 5.5 to 3.5

** Xayah
  • Armor lowered from 33 to 28
  • HP increased from 545 to 561
  • HP/Level increased from 80 to 86
  • HP Regen lowered from 5 to 3

Zac
  • Unstable Matter (W) 
    • [Removed] No longer adds 2% per 100 AP health as damage
  • Elastic Slingshot (E) AP increased from 70% to 90%
  • Lets Bounce! (R) AP increased from 70% to 90%

    Items

    Enchantment: Runic Echoes
    • +60 AP
    • +10% CDR
    • +300 Mana
    • [New Effect] UNIQUE Passive - Echo:
    Gain charges upon moving or casting. At 100 charges, the next damaging spell hit expends all charges to deal 60 (+10% of Ability Power) bonus magic damage to up to 4 targets on hit. 
    Thiseffect deals 250% damage to Large Monsters. Hitting a Large Monster with this effect will restore 25% of your missing Mana. 
    Limited to 1 Gold Income or Jungle item."

     Gargoyle Stoneplate
    • Unique Active - Metallicize cooldown lowered from 92 seconds to 90 seconds


    Hunter's Machete
    • Bonus damage vs. monsters increased from 25 to 35
    • [Removed] No longer grants bonus attack speed


    Hunter's Talisman
    • [Removed] No longer gives 150% base mana regen
    • health steal increased from 25 to 30
    • [New Effect] "While in the jungle or river, regenerate 8 mana per second based on your missing mana."


    Warding Totem (Trinket)
    [Context]
    • Ward duration increased from [60-120 seconds] to [90-180 seconds]
    • Charge cooldown increased from [180-90 seconds] to to [240-120 seconds]

    Jungle & Support Items
    • [Context] "First, made Support and Jungle items exclusive. Support items exist to shore up the needs of that position, and it just causes problems when players of other positions take those items."
    • [Context] "Oh, by the way, with the Support/Jungle item change... Machete and Talisman should have special rules that allow you to have both. Please let me know if you run into any issues with this!"

    [** = Marksman Changes, including items, runes, and champions - Context Post / Changelist - REVERTED AS OF 5/10, EXPECT THESE CHANGES BACK IN 8.11!]

    ** [NEW ITEM] Stormrazor
    • Recipe: [Pickaxe + Pickaxe + Dagger + 1150g]
    • Total Cost: 3200g
      • +55 Attack Damage
      • +25% Attack Speed
      • UNIQUE Passive - Storms Edge: If you haven't attacked for 2 seconds, your next basic attack deals +50 damage (increased by your attack speed). 
      • UNIQUE Passive: When you apply Storm's Edge or critically strike, gain 8% attack speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

     ** Last Whisper
    • Armor Penetration changed from [35% bonus] to [10% total]

     ** Lord Dominik’s Regards
    • New Recipe: [Last Whisper + Pickaxe + 625 gold]
    • Total cost increased from 2600 to 2800
    • Attack Damage lowered from 50 to 40
    • Armor Penetration changed from [35% bonus armor penetration] to [35% total armor penetration]
    • Giant Slayer passive removed.

    ** Giant Slayer
    • Removed from the shop

     ** Mortal Reminder
    • Gold cost  increased from 2600 to 2800
    • Attack Damage lowered from 50 to 40
    • Armor Penetration changed from [35% bonus armor penetration] to [25% total armor penetration]

     ** Zeal
    • Total gold cost increased from 1200 to 1300
    • Critical strike lowered from 20% to 15%

     ** Rapid Firecannon
    • Total gold cost increased from 2600 to 2800

    ** Statikk Shiv
    • Total gold cost increased from 2600 to 2800

     ** Runaan’s Hurricane
    • Total gold cost increased from 2600 to 2800

    ** Phantom Dancer
    • Total gold cost increased from 2600 to 2800

     ** Infinity Edge
    • New Recipe: [B.F. Sword + B.F. Sword + 1100 gold]
    • Total Cost: 3700g
    • Attack Damage increased from 70 to 80
    • [Removed] No longer increases critical strike damage.
    • [New Effect] UNIQUE Passive: Doubles your critical strike chance.
    • [New Effect] UNIQUE Passive: 20% of critical strike damage dealt to champions is converted to true damage.

     ** Molten Edge (Ornn Masterwork Updgrade)
    • AD increased from 100 to 110
    • [Removed] 20% Critical Strike Chance
    • [Removed] no longer increases critical strike bonus damage by 50%
    • [New] Unique passives from Infinity Edge now in place on Molten Edge
      • UNIQUE Passive: Doubles your critical strike chance.
      • UNIQUE Passive: 20% of critical strike damage is converted to True Damage.

    ** Essence Reaver
    • New Recipe: [B.F. Sword + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 800 gold]
    • Total Cost: 3200g
    • Cooldown Reduction increased from 10% to 20%
    • [Removed] No longer grants critical strike chance
    • [Removed] No longer grants additional CDR based on critical strike chance.
    • [Changed Effect] Mana refund reworked: Now grants 1% of missing mana on hit.
    • [New Effect] UNIQUE Passive: After you cast your ultimate, your next basic attack within 10 seconds grants you Essence Flare for 8 seconds (30 second cooldown). Essence Flare: Gain 30% attack speed, and basic attacks refund 20% of your remaining non-ultimate cooldowns."

     ** Cloak of Agility
    • Removed from shop

     ** Blade of the Ruined King
    • Gold Cost lowered from 3400 to 3200

     ** The Bloodthirster
    • Gold cost lowered from 3700 to 3500

     ** Maw of Malmortius
    • AD increased from 50 to 60
    • MR increased from 45 to 50
    • Shield value changed from [300 + 100% of bonus magic resistance] to [350]

     ** Guardian Angel
    • New Recipe: [B.F. Sword + Chain Vest + Stopwatch + 100 gold]
    • Total Cost: 2800g
    • AD increased from 40 to 45
    • Armor increased from 30 to 40

    Runes
    [New] Hail of Blades (Domination Keystone)
    [Context] [Reverted as of 5/10, expect this back for more testing in 8.11!]
    • "Gain 50 - 100% Attack Speed for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
    No more than 1.5s can elapse between attacks or this effect will end. 
    Hail of Blades allows you to temporarily exceed the attack speed limit.
    Cooldown: 5s out of combat."
      • [Must be out of combat ~5 seconds for the effect to cooldown.] 
      • This is a new Keystone, making it the 4th option in Domination. 
    Cheap Shot (D2)
    • true damage increased from [12 - 30] to [15 - 40]

    Ingenious Hunter (D4)
    • Active item CDR increased from 10% to 15%
    • Additional cdr per stack lowered from 6% to 5%
    [New] Ultimate Hunter (D4)
    [Reverted as of 5/10, expect this back for more testing in 8.11!]
    • Effect:
    "Your ultimate gains 5% reduced cooldown, plus an additional 2% per Bounty Hunter stack. 
    Earn a Bounty Hunter stack the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion."

     Demolish (R2)
    • damage increased from 125 to 175

    Bone Plating (R2)
    • Damage lowered from [20 - 50] to [15 - 40]

    Chrysalis (R3)
    • extra health lowered from 60 to 50

    Fleet Footwork (P1)
    [Reverted as of 5/10, expect this back for more testing in 8.11!]
    • Movement speed changed from [30%] to [15% - 30%]

    Phase Rush (S1)
    • movement speed changed from [15% - 40%] to [25% - 40%]

    [New] Nimbus Cloak (S2)
    [Reverted as of 5/10, expect this back for more testing in 8.11!]
    • Takes place of The Ultimate Hat
    • Effect:
    "Shortly after casting your Ultimate ability, gain a powerful, decaying movement speed increase for 2s. 
    Increase: 100 Movement Speed
    Cooldown: 60s, reduced by Cooldown Reduction"


    Perfect Timing (I2)
    • stopwatch transform time lowered from 10 mins to 8 mins

    Jungle

    Rift Scuttler 
    [Context / Changelist from Riot Sotere]
    • Rift Scuttler spawn logic changed from [Randomly determined location at all points] to [Now at game start, there are crabs on both sides of the river. When both are killed, only one will respawn, in a randomly determined location]
    • Rift Scuttler experience changed from [170] to [115-230 (scales from levels 1-9)]
    • Rift Scuttler gold changed from [100] to [70-140 (scales as above)]
    • Camp Respawn timers changed from 2:30 to 2:15]

    Patch History for this cycle:

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