8/7 PBE Update: Chroma Assets, Balance Changes & More

The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 9.16 PBE cycle, today's patch includes a look at the Honor 5 chroma for Grey Warwick and Medieval Twitch, tentative balance changes, and more!
Continue reading for more information!

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and subject to change - what you see below may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers at the end of the cycle! Manage your expectations accordingly.)

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Miscellaneous 

  • The store images for each new Honor 5 chroma are now on the PBE:
Grey Warwick Sapphire, Medieval Twitch Sapphire
  • Store assets for the Series 3 Little Legends eggs are now on the PBE:
  

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
Azir
[Changelist]
  • Conquering Sands (Q) cooldown changed from 15/12.5/10/7.5/5 to 15/13/11/9/7
  • Arise! (W) sand soldier control radius reverted from 550 to 660

Corki
[Changelist - Corki has other changes in testing on the PBE!]
  • Base AD lowered from 56 to 55

Ekko
[Changelist - Ekko has other changes in testing on the PBE!]
  • Chronobreak (R) cooldown changed from 110/70/50 to 110/80/50

Ezreal
[Changelist]
  • Mystic Shot (Q) AP ratio lowered from 30% to 15%
  • Arcane Shift (E) cooldown increased from 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 to 25/22/19/16/13

Kassadin
[Changelist]
  • Nether Blade (W) damage increased from 40/65/90/115/140 to 70/95/120/145/170

Shen
[Changelist]
  • Twilight Assault (Q) max HP damage on hit increased from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6% to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%
  • Shadow Dash (E) damage increased from 50/75/100/125/150 to 60/85/110/135/160

Singed
[Changelist]
  • Base mana increased from 290.6 to 330
  • MP5 lowered from 7.524 to 7.5
  • Base AD increased from 62.32 to 63
  • Attack speed per level increased from 1.81 to 1.9
  • Insanity Potion (R) bonus stats increased from 30/55/80 to 30/60/90


Sion
[Changelist - Sion has other changes in testing on the PBE!]
  • Decimating Smash (Q) max damage increased from 70/130/190/250/310 to 70/135/200/265/330

Sivir
[Changelist]
  • Ricochet (W) total AD ratio lowered from 50/55/30/65/70% to 30/40/50/60/70%

Tahm Kench
[Changelist]
  • Base movement speed lowered from 345 to 335
  • Thick Skin (E) shield duration lowered from 3 to 2

Ziggs
[Changelist - Ziggs has other changes in testing on the PBE!]
  • Mega Inferno Bomb (R) cooldown lowered from 120/105/90 to 120/95/70

Context & Notes

1) AzuBK noted a Aurelion Sol bugfix for his changelist in testing on the PBE:
"Asol Q speed fixed for tomorrow PBE. Will now properly decelerate from 850 to 600 as it does on live, instead of dropping to 600 immediately."
2) Riot Scruffy provided a list of changelists for champions this cycle:
"9.16 changes in progress. Added Singed. Some are big and some pretty small, feedback welcome as always."
He also noted:
"Also - not mentioned but work happening on 
Kayle - for 9.17
Asol - for 9.17
Shaco - for a later patch
Ivern - for a later patch and some others (we will talk about them more when the designers have work to show)"
3) Riot August provided an updated Kayle changelist:
[1] "Kayle changes are trending positively.
Targeting 9.17 for ship.
TLDR
-Exalted MS is all directions
-Range @ 6
-AoE @ 11
-More range (575) instead of true damage @ 16
-Q is faster + Refunds mana
-Lower R CD
-Better on-hit ratios
-Lower range (525), no AS spike @ 11, less shred
[2] "Intent is that she is still a weaker early game champion that ascends into a carry role, but now has more opportunities to succeed (or fail) vs. her lane opponents."

Check out [THIS PAGEfor a comprehensive list of the new content & changes currently on the PBE as a part of this cycle or catch up with the individual update links below !

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