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( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated!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

• Irelia Champion Update
• Irelia, the Blade Dancer
• Stats & Abilities
• Voiceover
• Lore
• Updated Skins
• Nightblade Irelia
• Aviator Irelia
• Infiltrator Irelia
• Frostblade Irelia
• Order of the Lotus Irelia
• New Skins
• Lancer Stratus Wukong
• Badlands Baron Rumble
• New Summoner Icons
• New Emotes
• Irelia Update Login Theme
• Cannon Minion changes targeted for 8.7 
• [PBE] Feature in testing: New banner call outs for objective steals 
• Miscellaneous
• Balance Changes
• Champions
• Items
• Runes
• Minions
• Jungle
• Patch History

Irelia Champion Update

"I am both the tranquil sea and the tempest." Following multiple teasers and her champion reveal, Irelia's champion update is now on the PBE for testing! Just like Swain and Evelynn, this is a LARGE scope champion update complete with new gameplay, visuals, updated skins, voiceover, and more!
Before we get into the sharp details, here's Riot Ranger XIV with an Irelia bug thread:

Hello there everyone! 

Irelia is ready to run wild in PBE. However, we do know she is not perfect right now. We are still working on polish, but to help us, please let us know of any bugs that you happen to see or be a part of! 

Things that we know: 

Order of the Lotus is disabled today. We had an issue with the model and she'll be available tomorrow! 

You're going to see or hear some issues with Frostbuns and Infiltrator. We are currently in the works of wrapping those two skins up for Audio. Please be patient the first couple days of PBE. However, please give us feedback on the sounds you do hear, we would love to know what you think! 

Thank you very much for helping us make Irelia the best she can be! 

-Ranger XIV"

Irelia, the Blade Dancer

Stats & Abilities

Stats:

• Base MR: 32
• Base AD: 63
• AD per Level: 4 
• Base HP: 580
• HP Growth: 85
• HP Regen Growth: 0.17
• Attack Speed Growth: 2.5
• Movespeed: 340
• Attack Range: 200
• Mana Growth: 30
• Armor Growth: 3

Ionian Fervor (Passive)

"When Irelia hits enemies with her abilities, she gains a stack of Ionian Fervor for 6 seconds. Her basic attacks deal [4/5/6/7/9/10/11/12/14/16/18/20/22/24 at 1/3/5/7/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18 + 2/3/4% AD at 1/7/13 ] bonus magic damage per stack. 

At max (4) stacks, Ionian Fervor also grants [20/30/40% at 1/7/13] Attack speed and deals 300% damage to shields.  

Ionian Fervor's duration is refreshed when Irelia attacks a champion.
An ability will grant multiple stacks if it hits multiple champions."

Bladesurge (Q)

Cost: 20 Mana
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds

Irelia dashes to an enemy, dealing 10/30/50/70/90 (+80% AD) physical damage, applying on-hit effects and healing for [12/14/16/18/20% AD] health. 

Bladesurge's cooldown is reset if the target was Marked or dies to Bladesurge. 

Bladesurge deals 60% bonus damage to non-champions.

Defiant Dance (W)

Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 Mana
Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds

First Cast: Irelia aligns her blades into a defensive formation, gaining 45/50/55/60/65% (+10% AP) damage reduction and a stack of Ionian Fervor but becoming unable to act. 

Second Cast: Irelia swipes her blades, dealing 10/30/50/70/90 (+60% AD) (+45% AP) physical damage. Damage increases with charge time, up to 20/60/100/140/180 (+120% AD) (+90% AP) after .75 seconds. 

Defiant Dance cannot be interrupted. 

Quick Cast: Hold and release instead of casting twice.

Flawless Duet (E)

Cost: 50 Mana
Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds

Irelia readies 2 blades that will fly towards each other once placed, dealing 80/120/160/200/240 (+80% AP) magic damage and stunning for .8/.9/1/1.1/1.2 seconds. 

Champions and large monsters are Marked for 6 seconds.

Flawless Duet deals 50% damage to monsters.

Vanguard's Edge (R)

Cost: 100 Mana
Cooldown: 120/105/90 seconds

Irelia launches a storm of blades that explode outward upon hitting a champion. The blades deal 150/275/400 (+70% AP) magic damage and Mark champions and large monsters for 6 seconds. 

Irelia then forms the blades into a wall for 2.5/3/3.5 seconds. Passing through the wall deals 125/200/275 (+70% AP) magic damage, slows by 60% and disarms for 2 seconds. 

Disarmed enemies cannot basic attack.

Voiceover

Irelia's new voiceover clocks in at just over 17 minutes:


Irelia has a ton of new special interactions:


She also has new pick and ban quotes:

• Choose VO: "Fight for the first lands!"
• Ban VO: "Tyrant!"

Non-English VO:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• Czech
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Latin American Spanish
• Polish
• Romanian
• Russian
• Turkish
• Spanish

Lore

In-client bio:

"The Noxian occupation of Ionia produced many heroes, none more unlikely than young Irelia of Navori. Trained in the ancient dances of her province, she adapted her art for war, using the graceful and carefully practised movements to levitate a host of deadly blades. After proving herself as a fighter, she was thrust into the role of resistance leader and figurehead, and to this day remains dedicated to the preservation of her homeland."

Irelia's full bio and short story have also been added to her Universe page!

Updated Skins

Each of Irelia's skin were also updated:

Nightblade Irelia

Aviator Irelia

Infiltrator Irelia

Frostblade Irelia

Order of the Lotus Irelia

New Skins

Two new skins are now on the PBE - Lancer Stratus Wukong and Badlands Baron Rumble!

Lancer Stratus Wukong

Badlands Baron Rumble

Here's Nurse Flan with a bugs & feedback thread for Badlands Baron Rumble:

"The overlord of the wastelands has appeared! Watch out, it's Badlands Baron Rumble! 

• New model and textures - His own extra-custom ride!
• New VFX for all spells - Smokey, oil on fire!
• New SFX - Very metal-y, with some car revs!
• New recall - A yordle is apparently fire-proof!

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

Badlands Baron Rumble is set to be 1350 RP.
Prices are subject to change"

New Summoner Icons

Three new summoner icons are now on the PBE:

Two other icons are also on the PBE, these icons match the names we saw in the loot assets - "Heimerdinger Gear Icon" and "Veigar Crystal Icon":

Irelia Update Login Theme

A new login theme featuring Irelia is now on the PBE:

Cannon Minion changes targeted for 8.7 

Here's RiotRepertoir with a thread on cannon minion changes coming to the PBE:

"Hi everyone,

We're looking to ship some changes to primarily cannon minions (and a few others for the sake of tuning) for 8.7. The basic outcome of these changes is that cannons will be worth a fair amount more and be a bit tankier, while other minions will be worth slightly less gold.

The idea behind these changes is that increasing the value of cannons will make them more worth fighting over, and that increasing their health will make the waves they're in not quite so easily cleared out. Some of you may recall that this approach is very similar to about half of a larger minion pass that appeared on the PBE for the 8.6 cycle, but we're not currently looking to add those other changes into the mix for now. Below are the tentative cannon minion changes and related tuning changes to the rest of the system:
Cannon Minions

• Base Gold Value :: 45 >>> 60
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) :: 0.35 >>> 3
• Base Health :: 828 >>> 900
• Health Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) :: 23 >>> 50
• Health Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) beginning at wave 16 :: 32 >>> 60
• Health bar size visually increased

Super Minions

• Base Gold Value :: 45 >>> 60
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) :: 0.35 >>> 3

Melee Minions

• Base Gold Value :: 20 >>> 21
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) :: 0.125 >>> 0

Caster Minions

• Base Gold Value :: 17 >>> 14
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) :: 0.125 >>> 0

One of the first things worth pointing out with these changes is that the total amount of gold acquirable from minions in the system is largely unchanged, with the percent difference in cumulative gold in the system starting around -1.5% and fluctuating between -1% and +1% by 20 minutes into the game.

The major tuning consideration that still needs to be made if we're to go forward with this seems to be what to do about Relic Shield and its upgrades, since at optimal play, this sure results in increased gold generation for its users. As such, if you see an alteration to any of those items hit the PBE soon, that's likely why.

Feedback on this stuff is welcome. If it seems there's something being neglected, please do call that out. Happy cannon hunting!

Repertoir"

[PBE] Feature in testing: New banner call outs for objective steals 

Here's Fearless with details on a new feature in testing on the PBE:

"Hello Friends! 

We have a small feature in testing on the PBE right now, where the game will attempt to recognize when a team “steals” an objective. We’re looking to find ways to recognize more high moments, and big objective steals are some of the biggest turning points that the game currently doesn’t celebrate well. 

We’re currently trying to watch for when both teams end up damaging an objective, and based on how that damage is split up and comes in over time, we recognize the steal and for now, give it a kill banner. If we get the procedural recognition dialed in to a spot that feels accurate, we might look to improve the callouts in game. 

Right now, the most important feedback would be any times that the game calls an objective take a steal, but you feel that was off. We’d also be happy to hear about any situations that you feel should have been a steal, but weren’t called out. 

Quick note that this is only hooked up for Dragon and Baron, it’s a known bug that Rift Herald is currently excluded. 

Thanks Friends!"

Ahri
[Reverted to live functionality! Expect to see this back for more testing in a future cycle!]

• Essence Theft (Passive)
• [Changed Effect] "Whenever Ahri's spells hit a champion, she's refunded 15% of its cost."

• Orb of Deception (Q) 
• [Removed] no longer grants movement speed 
• [New Effect] "Casting Orb of Deception builds stacks. At 2 stacks, Ahri's next Orb of Deception will restore x (+x) health for each new enemy hit."

• Fox-Fire (W) 
• Cooldown lowered from 9/8/7/6/5 to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4
• initial Delay increased from 0.25 to 0.4
• [Changed Effect] Cooldown begins on cast instead of after the last fox-fire attacks/expires 
• Damage changed from 40/65/90/115/140 (30% AP) to 40/65/90/115/140 (40% AP) 

• Charm (E) 
• Damage changed from 60/95/130/165/200 (+60% AP) to 60/90/120/150/180 (+40% AP)
• [New Effect] When Charm deals damage to an champion, Ahri's abilities deal 20% more damage to them for 5 seconds 

• Spirit Rush (R) 
• Cooldown increased from 110/95/80 to 120/105/90 
• Damage changed from 70/110/150 (+25% AP) to 70/100/130 (35% AP) 

Elise

• Venomous Bite (Spider Q) damage increased from 60/100/140/180/220 to 70/110/150/190/230

• Cocoon (Human E) cooldown lowered from 14/13/12/11/10 to 12/11.5/11/10.5/10

Gragas
[Context]

• Barrel Roll (Q) 
• AP ratio increased from 60% to 70% 

• Drunken Rage (W) 
• AP Ratio increased from 30% to 50% 
• [New Effect] damage reduction is now increased by an additional 4% for every 100 AP for 2.5 seconds.

Ivern
[Changelist]

• Friend of the Forest (Passive) [REVERTED]
• Timer reduced by 10s at lvl 6 and 11 
• (After 11 duration is 1s flat) 
• Health cost reduced 25% > 20%
• Rootcaller (Q)  "Should fail much less often jumping over walls using monsters"
• Brushmaker (W) range increased from 800 to 1000

• Daisy! (R) 
• Daisy AOE damage reduction now also applies on damage from Epic Monsters toward her
• [AI fixes]

Karthus

• Lay Waste (Q) damage increased from 40/60/50/100/120 to 50/70/90/110/130

Kayn

• The Darkin Blade (Passive)
• Context - "Kayn passive changes are in 8.7! Quick reminder: you'll get WAY more points for fighting enemy champions very early on, considerably less for fighting at 12+ minutes (when currently you get a bonkers amount for fighting at, say, 18 minutes)."

LeBlanc
[Context/Changelist - Reverted for now, tentative 8.8 release]

• Mirror Image (Passive):
• "Mirror Image is back, currently no changes from pre-rework state."

• Sigil of Malice (Q):
• Damage lowered from 55/90/125/160/195 (+0.5 AP) to 55/80/105/130/155 (+0.4 AP)
• Mark Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+0.4 AP)
• Mana Cost increased from 40/45/50/55/60 to 50/60/70/80/90 

• Distortion (W):
• Damage increased from 40/55/70/85/100 (+0.2 AP) to 85/125/165/205/245 (+0.6 AP)
• Mana Cost increased from 70/80/90/100/110 to 60/75/90/105/120
• cooldown lowered from 18/16/14/12/10 to 14/13/12/11/10
• Dash Speed lowered from 1600 to 1450
• Snapback Lockout changed from 0.85 seconds from starting dash to 0.2 seconds from finishing dash

• Ethereal Chains (E):
• Initial Hit AP Ratio lowered from 0.5 AP to 0.3 AP
• Root Damage increased from 40/60/80/100/120 (+0.5 AP) to 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.6 AP)
• Mana Cost increased from 40 to 70
• Tether Range lowered from 885 to 865 

• Mimic (R):
• RQ Damage lowered from 150/275/400 (+0.6 AP) to 70/140/210 (+0.4 AP)
• RQ Mark Damage changed from 150/275/400 (+0.6 AP) to 140/280/420 (+0.8 AP)
• RW Damage increased from 60/120/180 (+0.3 AP) to 150/300/450 (+0.75 AP)
• RE Initial Damage lowered from 100/160/220 (+0.4 AP) to 70/140/210 (+0.4 AP) 
• RE Root Damage increased from 100/160/220 (+0.4 AP) to 140/280/420 (+0.8 AP) 
• Cooldown increased from 54/42/30 to 60/45/30

Circlet of the Iron Solari [Ornn Masterwork Upgrade]

• Unique Active
• shield value lowered from [35 (+22 per level)] to [30 (+15 per level)]
• bonus health lowered from [2% ~ 36%] to [20%]
• Cooldown increased from 90 seconds to 120 seconds
• [Changed Effect] "Shield amount is reduced to 25% if the target has been affected by another Locket of the Iron Solari in the last 20 seconds."

Ninja Tabi

• Armor lowered from 30 to 20
• Unique Passive block value increased from 10% to 12%

Relic Shield

• Gold per 10s lowered from 2 to 1

Targon's Brace, Remnant of the Aspect

• Gold per 10s lowered from 4 to 1

[Context]
Cannon Minions

• Base Gold Value increased from 45 to 60
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) increased from 0.35 to 3
• Base Health increased from 828 to 900
• Health Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) increased from 23 to 50
• Health Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) beginning at wave 16 increased from 32 to 60
• Health bar size visually increased

Super Minions

• Base Gold Value increased from 45 to 60
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) increased from 0.35 to 3

Melee Minions

• Base Gold Value increased from 20 to 21
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) lowered from 0.125 to 0

Caster Minions

• Base Gold Value lowered from 17 to 14
• Gold Value Growth per 90 seconds (3 waves) lowered from 0.125 to 0