1/5 PBE Update: Minor Portrait Tweaks and Balance Changes

After a long break, the a small update has been pushed to the PBE! We have several tweaks to champion portraits, a few tentative balance changes, and more!

Continue reading for more information!

(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

• Welcome Back
• Portrait Updates
• Misc
• Balance Changes

Welcome back!

It's been a while since our last PBE update, so be sure to brush up on the PBE changes that are still in testing from before the break! This includes Alistar visual updates, El Tigre Braum, Challenger Ahri, new SR terrain changes, and more!

Portrait Updates

Several champion portraits have been updated with minor changes in today's update, likely to improve their readability at a glance.

Here are the NEW (on the left) vs the OLD (on the right) icons!

    

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

Ahri also has a new portrait icon to match her new splash art added earlier this PBE cycle:

Misc

The expanded Amumu story titled "Greed and Tears" has been removed from it's hidden place in the game files. :(

There are new shop icons for the three upcoming poro ward skin - Battlecast, Dragonslayer, and Underworld.

Check out our earlier PBE coverage for a preview at these new ward skins in-game!

Although they were added in an earlier update, there is a new swap system for a few different similar item instead of buying and then having to resell the entire item.This works for Boot Enchantments, Jungle Items (non enchanted), and trinkets.

 [Note: You can not swap if you put an enchantment on your jungle item, only before]

Balance Changes

* Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.

Champions

Janna

• Howling Gale (Q) width reduced to 120 from 150.

• [Note: The visual indicator was also adjusted accordingly, although it was reduced from 200 (which was inaccurate) to 120.]

Sona

• Movement speed lowered to 325 from 330

Miss out on previous updates from this PBE cycle? Check out THIS PAGE for a comprehensive list of the new content in this PBE cycle or catch up with the links below !

• 12/9 PBE Update: Dauntless Ahri, El Tigre Braum, Alistar Visual Updates, and much more!
• 12/10 PBE Update: Minor El Tigre Braum tweaks, new icons for jungle items, and more!
• 12/11 PBE Update: New SR Base Gates/Openings, Zz'Rot Portal Updates, Dragonslayer Braum unique passive indicator, and more!
• 12/12 PBE Update: Alistar's Nose Ring returns, three new poro ward skins, and more!
• 12/15 PBE Update: Challenger Ahri, Tentative Renekton changes, and more!
• 12/16 PBE Update: Morgana and Volibear texture rebalance, Updated Summoner Icons
• 12/17 PBE Update: New Ahri Splash Art, Extended Amumu lore, and more