8/23 PBE Update: Yorick Champion Update, Chef skins, Championship Zed, and more!

The PBE has been updated! As we kick off the 6.18 PBE cycle, we have a HUGE update including the Yorick champion update, Championship Zed, new cooking themed skins for Pantheon, Akali, Leona, and Olaf, tweaks to Championship Riven, and much more!
Continue reading for more information!

Table of Contents

• Yorick Champion Update
• Yorick, the Shepherd of Lost Souls
• Stats & Abilities
• Voiceover
• Lore
• Updated skins
• New Skins
• Championship Zed
• Sashimi Akali
• Barbecue Leona
• Baker Pantheon
• Butcher Olaf
• [PBE CONTEXT] Ramping up for Worlds content 
• Championship Riven 2016 - return details & skin updates
• Miscellaneous 
• Balance Changes

Yorick Champion Update

Stats & Abilities

Stats:

• Range: 175
• Movespeed: 340
• Base HP: 580
• HP Growth: 100
• Base health regen: 1.6
• Health regen growth: 0.16
• Base Mana: 300
• Mana Growth: 40
• Base Mana Regen: 1.5
• Mana regen growth: .15
• Base Armor: 30
• Armor Growth: 4
• Base MR: 32
• MR per level: 1.25
• Base attack damage: 57
• Attack damage growth: 5

Shepherd of Souls (Passive)

[RANGE] 

The Cursed Horde: Yorick can have up to 4 Mist Walkers in an area with [100+5 per level] (+10% of Yorick's HP) Health and [10+5 per level] (+30% of Yorick's total AD) Attack Damage. Mist Walkers will perish if the move too far away from Yorick or the Maiden of the Mist. 

Final Service: Every 12/8/4th (at level 1/7/13) enemy unit that dies near Yorick will leave a grave. Enemy champions will always leave a grave. 

If Yorick's minions enter a lane, they will proceed down the lane.

• HP: 100/105/110/115/120/125/130/135/140/145/150/155/160/165/170/175/180/185  
• AD: 10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50/55/60/65/70/75/80/85/90/95 

Last Rites / Awakening (Q)

Mana Cost: 25
Cooldown: 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 

Yorick's next basic attack deals 30/55/80/105/130 (+140% Total AD) physical damage and restores 12-82 health (doubled when below half Health). Last Rites will leave a grave if it kills the target. 

When there are 3 or more graves nearby and Last Rites has been used, Yorick can cast Awakening to raise Mist Walkers from graves.

• Heal value is 12/14/16/18/20/22/26/30/34/38/42/46/52/58/64/70/76/82.

Dark Procession (W)

[RANGE] 

Mana Cost: 70
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12 

Yorick summons a destructible wall of spirits with 2/2/3/3/4 health around target area for 4 seconds. Allies can walk through the wall freely.

Mourning Mist (E)

 [RANGE] 

Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 

Yorick throws a globule of Black Mist that deals 15% of enemy's current Health as magic damage (minimum 70/105/140/175/210 (+70% AP)), slows by 30% for 2 seconds, and marks targets for 4 seconds. Yorick and his minions are hasted by 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% while moving toward the mark.

Eulogy of the Isles (R)

 [RANGE] 

Mana Cost: 100
Cooldown: 160/150/140 

Yorick summons The Maiden of the Mist and 2/3/4 Mist Walkers. The Maiden has 700/1500/3000(+30% of Yorick's total HP) Health, deals 10/20/40 (+50% of Yorick's total AD) magic damage per second, and raises Mist Walkers from nearby enemy deaths. 

When Yorick damages the Maiden's target he will deal 5/7.5/10% of their max Health as bonus magic damage (2 second cooldown).

• Cooldown starts when maiden dies. [src]

Voiceover

Here's the updated Yorick voiceover, clocking in at over 20 minutes!

(NOTE: We'll have a full special interactions video up in a few days!)

Of course, Yorick also has a new Champion Select Quote:

Lore

Here's the short form version of Yorick's lore that is now available in client. As usual, expect a larger introduction and story down the road!

 ''These isles… How they scream.'' 

The last survivor of a long-forgotten religious order, Yorick is both blessed and cursed with power over the dead. Trapped on the Shadow Isles, his only companions are the rotting corpses and shrieking spirits that he gathers to him. Yorick's monstrous actions belie his noble purpose: to free his home from the curse of the Ruination."

Updated skins

In addition to various new sfx and vfx added in the update, note that  Pentakill Yorick 's dance starts playing Lightbringer from the Pentakill album!

New Skins

Butcher Olaf

[PBE CONTEXT] Ramping up for Worlds content 

Here's Riot Pabro with some information on upcoming Worlds content that will be hitting the PBE soon - including new 2016 WC summoner icons (including emotes & recalls), improvements and the return of Championship Riven, and an introduction to the new Championship Zed!

"Hey Everyone, 

This is Pabro, from the Personalization team here to talk about the slew of World Championship related skins, icons, and good stuff hitting PBE for Patch 6.18. We're super excited to celebrate the 2016 World Championship with you, and we’re bringing a bunch of ways to show off your team pride in game. 

First off, we’re bringing back World Championship summoner icons and temporary team emotes. You’ll be able to purchase and equip an icon for your favorite team which unlocks the ability for you to show your support with an emote. This year, you'll also be able to upgrade emotes across three tiers to show your dedication to your team. Each tier has a different border for the icon and emote, and the final tier has additional sound effects and a special esports recall particle! The final tier of emotes is hitting PBE today, with the other tiers coming at a later time. More details on how the upgrade system will work to come later, but for now enjoy playing around with your favorite team on PBE. (Note, if your team doesn’t make it into Worlds they will not be featured on live. LEND THEM YOUR ENERGY!) 

Secondly, we’ve added some extra art to Summoner’s Rift to commemorate the World Championship. The map will feature special textures to reinforce the spirit of Worlds in every game. 

Last but certainly not least, we have some exciting news for the Championship skin line. We’re happy to introduce Championship Zed as the mid laner we’ve been waiting for since the famous Faker vs. Ryu showdown. Take him for a spin, and let us know how he feels. 

In addition to Zed, we’ll also be bringing back Championship Riven, our first member of the Championship team. We know this has been long-awaited, so check out the full details and further info on her return here. 

Please hit us with your feedback and stay tuned for more details that we’ll reveal soon in anticipation of Worlds! 

Cheers,
Pabro"

Additional coverage of the emote and recall examples will be added at a later date!

Championship Riven 2016 - return details & skin updates

As mentioned above, Championship Riven (currently a limited skin) will also be returning soon, complete with updated textures and vfx touch ups! Those who purchased her way back in 2012 will also be getting a few extras to make up for the formerly limited skin returning to the shop, including a unique vintage loading screen and the in-game addition of a crown to her model and new R VFX!

The skin will now be split into two "versions" -

• Championship Riven - "original"version of the skin for folks who previously purchased or obtained the skin, complete with extras such as in-game crown & R vfx, special loading screen, and vintage summoner icon! Will not go on sale.
• Championship Riven 2016 - version of the skin that will be returning to the store and available for purchase for 975 RP. Does not include extras.

While there are two versions, both Championship Riven skins have received a texture and vfx pass on the PBE. Below is a comparison between LIVE and PBE versions of Championship Riven

Here's Riot Pabro with more information on some upcoming return and changes to Championship Riven:

"Hi there, 

I’m Pabro, a Product Manager, on the LoL Personalization Content Team (aka Skins team) and I’m here to give you all an update on Championship Riven as she will be hitting PBE very soon.

Worlds is a special time of year, and with the introduction of Championship Zed (surprise!) who rounds out a full Championship team comp, we wanted to look back to Season 2 where the championship line began. We felt this was a great opportunity to bring back the original Championship skin: Championship Riven for a new generation of players. And we damn well wanted to make sure she felt awesome for original owners. So we spent some time giving her texture some love and bringing it up to our current art standards.

We didn’t want to stop there though, and decided we were going to do something extra special for those who originally obtained her four years ago during the Season 2 World Championship. 

If you are an original owner of Championship Riven, we are adding in some extra in-game recognition for you. Firstly, we will be making a custom vintage loading screen banner that is different than previous versions so people will know you’re an OG.

Secondly, we’re creating a “vintage” version of her in-game model that features an exclusive crown and a glowing particle on her sword when her ultimate, “Blade of the Exile” is activated. Original owners will get the “vintage” version of her updated model and the new version as well.

Any new owner of the skin will be able to obtain Championship Riven with an updated texture but none of the aforementioned extra goodies. The goal here was to ensure that vintage Championship Riven commemorated the start of the Championship skin line and people who obtained her at that time will get to celebrate that forever. 

Championship Riven has been highly coveted by a lot of you for a looooong time. I mean, there was even a petition about it. Over the years, we’ve heard a lot of feedback, excitement and discussion around this skin so we felt it was important to do something different than what we’ve tried in the past. 

We hope you enjoy the update and changes. As always, let us know what you think. We welcome it. 

Thanks,
Pabro"

To add to this, here's Riot Lovestrut with a bugs & feedback thread for Championship Riven 2016:

"Championship Riven 2016 is dashing, hopping, and slashing her way back into the store for a limited time! 

Championship Riven 2016 will be 975 RP* and includes: 

• Updated textures! (Championship Riven 2016's made a few tweaks to her gear since last time!)
• Updated VFX! (Crush the competition with more stunning particles!) 

Learn more about the Championship Riven update here! 

We always love the feedback and feelings that you cuties provide! Any bug reports and thoughts help guide us toward ways to make these skins even more awesome, so please keep 'em coming! <3 

Thankies! 

*prices are subject to change"

Miscellaneous 

• Arcade Ahri's splash art has been updated to include the whisker marks on her face.

Ekko

• Base attack damage lowered to 55 from 59
• Parallel Convergence (W) passive's bonus magic damage on basic attacks changed to enemies [under 20% health] from [under 30% health].

Gnar

• Hyper (Mini W) damage lowered to 10/20/30/40/50 from 15/25/35/45/55

Kindred

• Attack damage growth increased to 2.5 from 1.7
• Mounting Dread (E) maximum health damage increased to 7% from 5%

Lee Sin

• Iron Will (W2) lifesteal and spell vamp increased to 10/15/20/25/30 from 5/10/15/20/25%

Lux

• Lucent Singularity (E) slow increased to 25/30/35/40/45% from 20/24/28/32/36%

Miss Fortune

• Love Tap (Passive) tooltip no longer mentions doing half damage vs turrets.

Shen

• Ki Barrier (Passive) shield duration lowered to 1.5 from 2.5 seconds.

• Twilight Assault (Q) 
• Next 3 attack damage lowered to 2/2.5/3/3.5/4% of target's max health from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5%
• Extra damage against minions/monsters hit reduced to 30/40/50/60/70 from 30/50/70/90/110

Taliyah [context]

• Mana growth lowered to 50 from 60
• Base Mana regen lowered to 1.2 from 1.4
• Mana regen growth lowered to .16 from .17
• Threaded Volley (Q) no longer deals 50% extra damage to minions.

• Unraveled Earth (E) trap damage lowered to 80/100/120/140/160 from 80/105/130/155/180

Frozen Mallet

• Recipe changed to [Jaurim's Fist + Long Sword + Giant's Belt + 550g]
• Health increased to 700 from 650
• Attack damage lowered to 30 from 40

Relic Shield

• Heal for killing a minion lowered to 15 from 20