7-16: News: Eve Spotlight, PBE Update, and more!

In today's news we have a new champion spotlight, several changes from the recent PBE update, an informative graphic about the newly increased tower detection radius, and a brand spanking new champion sale. Off we go!
To catch players up to speed on her recent remake, Riot has released an updated champion spotlight for Evelynn. Check out her new kit, in action, below!

I assume we'll see a similar spotlight for Twitch in the very near future.

My PBE was downloading ever so slowly today despite the estimated time.

Moving on, the biggest chunk of today's news comes from the 7-16 update to the PBE. As you may recall, the PBE was last updated a few days ago to include Zyra and the Eve, Twitch, and Xin Zhao. While tonight's update didn't include anything massive, there was a slew of small changes.

First off, Zyra has a new trick up her sleeve. As teased at earlier today on the forums, her W ability, Rampant Growth, now includes passive cool down reduction starting at 4% and increasing by an addition 4% per rank to a maximum of 20%.

Image courtesy of pidimension.

Evelynn got some new icons to go along with her fancy new skill rework.

Two new icons for the Widowmaker.

 For those who may not have noticed, Twitch already had new icons during the previous update.

Rounding out the 7-16 PBE changes, Cassiopeia now has her updated particle effects that ricklessabandon mentioned a few days ago. Check out a screen cap or enjoy a video of them below.


So, speaking of PBE, there was another change I overlooked from the previous iteration of the PBE: Towers now have a larger stealth detection radius. This is an intended change and you can take a looksie at the picture below to get a better idea of where the new ranges sit.

Images compliments of redditor Zikel.

Lastly in today's news, there is a new champion and skin sale! Between July 17th and the 20th you can catch sale prices on Leona ( 487 RP ), Kassadin ( 487 RP ), and Dr. Mundo ( 292 RP ). Skin wise you can pick up Superb Villain Veigar ( 487 RP ), Tundra Hunter Warwick ( 260 RP ), and Siren Cassiopeia ( 487 RP ) at discounted prices.