10/13 PBE Update: Seraphine, K/DA ALL OUT Skins, Chromas, & Much More!

"Preseason is back on PBE today, there are lots of changes and more coming soon.  

-Stat filters in the shop 

-Many buffs and nerfs (eclipse we see u) 

-New support mythics 

-A million bug fixes  

Get back in there and enjoy, thank you again for all of the experimenting and feedback!"

He also noted new Item icons:

"Over 60 new icons will be in todays build. Go ham"  

He added:

• Preseason 2021 Gameplay Plans
• Preseason 2021 Champion Class Item Goals
• Item System Update and Game-Ruining Behavior | Riot Pls
• /Dev: Updated approach to Item Balancing
• Preseason Item Shop Update
• Preseason 2021: Mythic & Legendary Items Previews

Here's a look at Scruffy's r/LeaguePBE feedback threads for the preseason changes! Make sure to leave any feedback on the changes in these threads:

Preseason Items and Systems Update 

"Hey everyone, The massive item system overhaul is coming to PBE. This is the thread for all feedback related to:

• Updated stats (like Ability Haste)
• Mythic items
• New Legendary items
• Updated Legendary items
• Other systems changes like Runes, the Jungle, etc

Some of the new items don’t have final VFX or SFX yet, so if you see something that looks placeholder expect it to be updated soon. We most appreciate feedback around item choice and satisfaction. We won’t turn away any balance feedback, but PBE isn’t the best environment for balance reads because most players haven’t played enough games for matchmaking to be accurate. 

There is a lot to absorb, so take your time playing and give us as much feedback as you can. We’re reading and absorbing all of it."

Preseason Shop and Icons Update

"Hey everyone, This is the thread for feedback on the new shop interface and the update to item icons. We’re most interested in how you are learning the new interface and starting to see the increased speed and intuitiveness of finding the items you need. Feedback on any of these features is welcome: 

• Recommended Items Tab
• All items Tab
• Popular Items
• Quick access sidebar
• Item search
• Item icons

There are a few features still coming that aren’t yet in the build, expect these coming in the next few weeks:

• Stat filters (AD, AP, Ability Haste, Armor, etc)
• Item sets
• “Good against” champion recommendations for items
• Enhanced Mythic item visuals
• 100% icons updated (unfinished icons have a silly pink border right now)
• Enhanced tooltips (shift functionality)

We know that this is a big change, so don’t freak out if it’s not immediately clicking in your first game. Thanks for testing all of this stuff, we’re excited to see your feedback, solve problems, and polish the shop to 100. 

Riot Scruffy"

Here's assorted other tweets & changelists over the course of testing in the 10.21 PBE cycle:

ARAM Preseason Adjustments

Here's Riot Lowbo with a thread on ARAM changes that are now testing alongside the Preseason Item changes:

[1] "Hello everybody! Now that PBE is back with Preseason content, ARAM is enabled, along with the changes we made to accommodate the new item system. Going to first post the changes, and then the reasoning behind them. Most visible are the Guardian items:"

[2] The biggest thing is that they will count as a Legendary for your Mythic passive, allowing you to engage with that system earlier. In addition, they've been made more efficient - more stats for the same money, and they sell for 70% of cost rather than 40%

[3] With the Guardian items becoming so efficient, we wanted to make sure that all champions felt like there was one that was a good investment. So, we added health regen to Orb if you're a manaless champion, and we added Guardian's Blade for AD caster types.

[4] In addition, many of the sources of gold income are increased from before - nearby minion deaths grant 6 gold rather than 5, and kills and ambient gold are increased by 10%. These numbers are subject to tuning and could change before release.

[5] We made these changes because, in playtests, we felt that games were ending (or becoming decided) before players' builds came online. We think the Mythic items are really exciting, so we want to give ARAM players a chance to really engage with that system!

[6] In addition, we like that Guardian items now give a solid core of stats, making most champions feel a lot better. They also allow players to delay committing to a Mythic until getting a chance to feel out the game. Or, they can rush a mythic and then get a big stat boost cheaply!

[7] We've been really enjoying playtesting ARAM with these changes, and I hope y'all will to. Happy to discuss anybody's feedback, questions, or comments!

"Hello everyone!

We've made some adjustments to ARAM to accommodate the new item system.

Changes:

• Guardian items count as Legendary items for Mythic passives
• Guardian item efficiency increased
• Guardian items sell for 70% of cost rather than 40%
• Guardian's Orb now grants health regen to manaless champions
• Guardian's Blade, with health, AD, and Ability Haste, added
• Nearby minion deaths grant 6 gold rather than 5
• Passive income and kill gold up 10%

Goals:

• Allow players to engage with the Mythic item system and get farther into their builds before games are decided
• Let players delay committing to a Mythic, if desired, until they get a chance to feel out the game
• All champions should have a Guardian's item they feel good about building
• Players don't feel bad delaying their build by buying a Guardian item

Specific tuning is subject to change while on PBE. 

Happy to discuss any questions, comments, and feedback here! Enjoy!"

New 10.22 Balance Changes

• Ability break sleep damage lowered from 500/750/1000 to 500/500/500

• Shadow assassin ability damage lowered from 65% to 50%