8/10 PBE Update: Crime City Nightmare & Phoenix Skins, Chromas, & More!

The PBE has been updated! As we start the 11.17 PBE cycle, today's patch includes Crime City Nightmare skins for Akali, Darius, Shaco, Twisted Fate, and Zyra, Pheonix skins for Anivia, Seraphine, and Xayah, and much 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.)

Table of Contents


Champion Skins

Eight skins are now on the PBE for testing:


Crime City Nightmare Akali

1350 RP
"A loyal enforcer for the Graves family, Akali took the same deal everyone else did when the Mysterious Gentleman came calling. The power changed her, twisted her into something that hears a siren song echoing from beyond the veil of reality. Now she acts in ruthless, horrific violence, seeking an inscrutable 'balance' even she cannot name."

Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Crime City Nightmare Akali:
"I love what I do, my enemies won't.

Crime City Nightmare Akali is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation! 
Crime City Nightmare Akali is set to be 1350 RP.

Crime City Nightmare Akali will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

 

Crime City Nightmare Darius

1350 RP
"All Darius wanted was to secure a place for himself at the top of the underworld. Becoming Miss Fortune's personal bodyguard was the first step, but the second was embracing the power of the Mysterious Gentleman: welcoming forces from beyond space and time that have molded him into something far more powerful than he could ever have imagined."

Here's Riot Dead Thief with a bugs & feedback thread for Crime City Nightmare Darius:

"Scurry, weakling." 
Crime City Nightmare Darius is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation!
Crime City Nightmare Darius is set to be 1350 RP. 
Crime City Nightmare Darius will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

Crime City Nightmare Shaco

1350 RP
"Once a mere courier for the Twitch syndicate, Shaco is now barely human. The eldritch corruption has stripped him of reason and identity, turning him into a chittering horde of knife-wielding monsters that haunt the boroughs of Valoran City. None of them are sure which is the 'real' Shaco anymore. None of them care."
Here's Riot Dead Thief with a bugs & feedback thread for Crime City Nightmare Shaco:
"Just a little bit closer!" 
Crime City Nightmare Shaco is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation!
Crime City Nightmare Shaco is set to be 1350 RP. 
Crime City Nightmare Shaco will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

 

Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate

1350 RP
"No one knows if the Mysterious Gentleman is human or something Else, but he has somehow injected himself into every crime family in Valoran City. With honeyed words and a conman's grin, he convinced them all to embrace the horrors of the Beyond... Now the only thing to do is sit back and watch them tear each other apart."

Here's Riot Dead Thief with a bugs & feedback thread for Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate:
"Nobody touches the hat." 
Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation! 
Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate is set to be 1350 RP. 
Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

Crime City Nightmare Zyra

1350 RP
"Zyra was once a longtime associate of Graves and a skilled con artist, but grew dissatisfied with the monotony of a low-end criminal lifestyle. Seeing a way out, Zyra merged with the 4th-dimensional horrors from Beyond. She now follows the edicts of an alien power, ripping veins of sentient sludge from the earth and rending her enemies asunder."

Here's Riot Dead Thief with a bugs & feedback thread for Crime City Nightmare Zyra:
"My prey thinks itself clever." 
Crime City Nightmare Zyra is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation!
Crime City Nightmare Zyra is set to be 1350 RP. 
Crime City Nightmare Zyra will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

 

Divine Phoenix Anivia



Here's Riot DW Platypus with a bugs & feedback thread for Divine Phoenix Anivia:
"I shall endure.

Divine Phoenix Anivia comes with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New Recall! 
Divine Phoenix Anivia should be available on PBE soon! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below! 
Riot DW Platypus"


Graceful Phoenix Seraphine



Here's Riot DW Platypus with a bugs & feedback thread for Graceful Phoenix Seraphine:
"Let's change the world!

Graceful Phoenix Seraphine comes with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New Recall! 
Graceful Phoenix Seraphine should be available on PBE soon! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below! 
Riot DW Platypus"

Brave Phoenix Xayah


Here's Riot DW Platypus with a bugs & feedback thread for Brave Phoenix Xayah:
"Compromise. It's a pain. 
Brave Phoenix Xayah comes with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New Recall! 
Brave Phoenix Xayah should be available on PBE soon! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below! 
Riot DW Platypus"

Chromas

Tons of chromas are now on the PBE! (no assets yet)

Crime City Akali
[9 Chromas]

Crime City Darius
[9 Chromas]

Crime City Shaco
[9 Chromas]

Crime City Twisted Fate
[9 Chromas]

Crime City Zyra
[9 Chromas]

Divine Phoenix Anivia
[8 Chromas]

Graceful Phoenix Seraphine
[8 Chromas]

Brave Phoenix Xayah
[8 Chromas]

Here's Riot Ehrgeiszu with a bugs & feedback thread for the Crime City Nightmare & Phoenix chromas this cycle:
"Hey everyone! 
We’ve got new Chromas coming up for: 
Phoenix
  • Xayah
  • Anivia
  • Seraphine

Crime City Nightmare
  • Akali
  • Shaco
  • Darius
  • Twisted Fate
  • Zyra
Xayah:
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Anivia:
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Seraphine:
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Akali:
  • New textures:
    • 9 Chromas
Shaco:
  • New textures:
    • 9 Chromas
Darius:
  • New textures:
    • 9 Chromas
Twisted Fate:
  • New textures:
    • 9 Chromas
Zyra:
  • New textures:
    • 9 Chromas
Phoenix & Crime City Nightmare sets should be available on PBE soon! We hope you all will enjoy the new sets; and as usual, we’re looking forward to hearing your constructive feedback. 
Thanks! 
Riot Ehrgeizsu"


Summoner Icons

New summoner icons are now on the PBE!

Crime City Nightmare X Chroma Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2021 Coven event.

Moon, I Make A Wish Icon
Let's make a wish with Ahri! Collective icon for 2021 Full Moon Event.

Phoenix Anivia Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2021 Coven event.

Emotes

New emotes are now on the PBE!

Moon, I Make A Wish

Phoenix Anivia

Ward Skin 

A new ward is on the PBE (no assets yet!):

Phoenix Ward

Miscellaneous

  • The Crime City Graves splash art was updated on the PBE! This art was seen in Wild Rift (though slightly different), and will be updated with Patch 11.17!

Balance Changes

NOTE*: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, & potentially experimental changes. Be aware that what you see below may be relative to other changes from earlier this cycle! These are not official notes and may be incomplete.

Champions

Amumu
[Context]
  • Bandage Toss (Q)
    • [New] Now has 2 charges with 14s recharge time
    • Damage lowered from 80/130/180/230/280 to 70/100/130/160/190
    • Cooldown lowered from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 to 3
  • Despair (W)
    • Damage per tick increased from [4/6/8/10/12 + 0.5/0.625/0.75/0.875/1%  (+0.25% per 100 AP) targets max health] to [6/8/10/12/14 + 0.5/0.575/0.65/0.725/0.8%  (+0.25% per 100 AP) targets max health]
  • Curse of the Sad Mummy (R)  
    • Stun duration lowered from 1.5/1.75/2 to 1.5

Runes

Fleet Footwork (Precision Keystone)
  • Ranged healing from minions effectiveness lowered from 20% to 10%
  • [New] Melee healing from minions is 30% effective.
  • Heal increased from [30-60 (+30% bAD) (+20% AP)] to [10-100 (+50% bAD) (+35% AP)]

Context & Notes

1) Here's Riot Aotus with a feedback thread for League Client changes that are testing on the PBE this cycle - "Update to the League Client":
"We need your help! We have upgraded the Chromium version that the League Client runs on. 
TL;DR- We've been doing work behind the scenes to improve the performance of the League Client. Functionally, you should see no change (other than increased performance!). 
However, we need to ensure that all areas of the League Client are still functioning as intended. As you check out 11.17 on PBE, please keep an eye out for any bugs or unexpected behavior while interacting with the League Client. We are specifically looking for things that haven't been seen on live and are new to the build (your best guess is totally fine too!). 
For a full rundown of the work we’re doing, check out our Client Cleanup blog
We really appreciate your help!" 
2) Riot Jag provided some context on the Amumu changes on the PBE today:
"11.17 has some interesting changes in test.  
I wanted to talk about Amumu real quickly. Our goals here are to make Amumu better in higher MMRs, as his current performance disparity is very large.  
Tl;dr - he has 2 Q charges, and we pulled power out of other places. Happy testing!"

He also provided a changelist for Lucian changes coming later this week:

"11.17 has Lucian changes (coming to PBE). The goal is to shift power from Mid Lucian to Bot. 
Base Stats
Base AD :: 64 >>> 62
Lightslinger (P)
(New) - Ally buffs empower Lucian's next 2 (stacks to 4) basic attacks to deal an additional 14 (+10% tAD) magic damage 
(1/2) 
Ardent Blaze (W)
Mana Cost :: 70 >>> 60
Allies proccing the mark also trigger Vigilance.
The Culling (R)
Damage Per Shot :: 20/40/60 (+25%AD) >>> 15/30/45 (+25% AD)
Number of Shots :: 22/28/34 >>> 22 (+25% Critical Strike Chance)
More details will come later this week! 
(2/2)"

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