4/12 PBE Update: New Skins, Chromas, Icons & Much More

The PBE has been updated! As we start the 12.8 PBE cycle, today's patch includes Lunar and Solar Eclipse skins, Gangplank the Betrayer & Sea Dog Yasuo, 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.)

Table of Contents


Champion Skins

Eight skins are now on the PBE for testing!

Gangplank the Betrayer

1350 RP
Energized by a mysterious amulet containing Viego of Camavor and wielding the Blade of the Ruined King, Gangplank's personality erupted as he raged in search of the long-lost Isolde. Though ultimately freed of the King's influence by a group of heroes, he carries the experience with him... a reminder, perhaps, of true power


Here's Riot Eneopa with a bugs & feedback thread for Ganglank the Betrayer:
"Hello All!

"Neither the flames nor the depths could claim me."

Gangplank the Betrayer
is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall Animation!
Gangplank the Betrayer is set to be 1350 RP. 
Gangplank the Betrayer is available 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! 
- Riot Eneopa"

Sea Dog Yasuo

1350 RP
Empowered by the Buhru during his fight against Viego of Camavor, Yasuo made an unlikely champion for the children of Nagakabouros-- his obsession with past events flew in the face of everything they believed in. Yet even the mangiest sea dog has his day, and Yasuo stood against the forces of darkness, emerging triumphant.

Here's 6armedrobot with a bugs & feedback thread for Sea Dog Yasuo:
"Hello Everyone!

Sea Dog Yasuo has risen against the Ruin and traveled to the Rift featuring:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New Recall animation!
Sea Dog Yasuo is an Epic skin set to 1350 RP and is available on PBE! 
Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have down below.

-6armedrobot"

Solar Eclipse Kayle

1350 RP


Here's Riot Lavender Kira with a bugs & feedback thread for Solar Eclipse Kayle:
"Hello All! 
"Grant me the strength to forge by flame, a world beyond worlds." 
Solar Eclipse Kayle is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall Animation!
Solar Eclipse Kayle is set to be 1350 RP. 
Solar Eclipse Kayle is available 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."

Solar Eclipse Sejuani

1350 RP
A Knight of the Eclipse who patrols the border of the Elderwood on a great beast. Grim and wild at heart, Sejuani lives for battle with the forces of the Old Gods, caring naught for the reason why.
Here's 6armedrobot with a bugs & feedback thread for Solar Eclipse Sejuani:
"Hello All! 
Solar Eclipse Sejuani has charged onto the Rift featuring:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New Recall animation!
Solar Eclipse Sejuani is an Epic skin set to 1350 RP and is available on PBE! 
Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have down below. 
-6armedrobot"

 

Solar Eclipse Sivir

1820 RP / Legendary
A mercenary Eclipse Knight known for her skill in battle and lack of chivalry, Sivir sells her services eliminating witches and monsters who menace the countryside, ignoring threats that do not prove lucrative. Though many knights find nobility in their stated purpose, Sivir cares naught but for coin, pledging to aid her order only in their final, dire hour.

As a legendary skin, Solar Eclipse Sivir has a new voiceover:


Here's Riot LavenderKira with a bugs & feedback thread for Solar Eclipse Sivir:
""Dark times bring the brightest gold."

Legendary skin, Solar Eclipse Sivir, is heading onto the Rift, featuring:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New animations and recall!
  • New VO!
Solar Eclipse Sivir is set to be 1820 RP. 
Solar Eclipse Sivir will be available to play now 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!"


Lunar Eclipse Aatrox

1350 RP


Here's Riot LavenderKira with a bugs & feedback thread for Lunar Eclipse Aatrox:
"Hello All! 
"I do not obey! I cannot lay down! I will be the ender of all things!" 
Lunar Eclipse Aatrox is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall Animation!
Lunar Eclipse Aatrox is set to be 1350 RP. 
Lunar Eclipse Aatrox is available 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."

Lunar Eclipse Senna

1350 RP
An ancient knight long thought dead, freed from the Eclipse Cathedral's catacombs as Kayle began to stir from her ancient slumber. Senna now aids her knighthood against the new threat of the Coven, saving whoever she can from the resurrected Old Gods... though she remains ever vigilant, as the sun-eater's return is now inevitable.


Here's Riot Eneopa with a bugs & feedback thread for Lunar Eclipse Senna:
"Hello All!

"No one fights alone in the Mist."

Lunar Eclipse Senna is heading onto the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall Animation!
Lunar Eclipse Senna is set to be 1350 RP. 
Lunar Eclipse Senna is available 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! 
- Riot Eneopa"

Lunar Eclipse Senna Prestige Edition

125 ME
Burning up the runway in a look inspired by an ancient order of magical knights, Senna brings a cold, but determined energy to the Gala proceedings. Evil beware-- these looks can kill... and kill again.

Here's Riot DWPlatypus with a bugs & feedback thread for Lunar Eclipse Senna Prestige Edition:
"It's just nice not to be in catacombs. 
Prestige Lunar Eclipse Senna comes with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX! 
Prestige Lunar Eclipse Senna should be already available on PBE! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below! 
Riot DW Platypus"

 

Chromas

New sets of chromas are now on the PBE:

Gangplank the Betrayer
[8 Chromas]

Sea Dog Yasuo
[8 Chromas]

Solar Eclipse Kayle
[8 Chromas]

Solar Eclipse Sejuani
[8 Chromas]

Solar Eclipse Sivir
[6 Chromas]

Lunar Eclipse Aatrox
[8 Chromas]

Lunar Eclipse Senna
[8 Chromas]

Here's Riot DW Platypus with a bugs & feedback thread for the chromas this cycle:
"edit: fixed chroma image for Kayle. 
Hey everyone! 
We’ve got new Chromas coming up for: 
  • Lunar Eclipse Aatrox 
  • Solar Eclipse Kayle 
  • Solar Eclipse Sejuani 
  • Lunar Eclipse Senna 
  • Solar Eclipse Sivir
  • Gangplank the Betrayer 
  • Sea Dog Yasuo
Aatrox:
New textures:
  • 8 Chromas
Kayle
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Sejuani
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Senna
  • Updated textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Sivir
  • New textures:
    • 6 Chromas
Gangplank
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Yasuo
  • New textures:
    • 8 Chromas
Aforementioned Chromas 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!"


Summoner Icons

Tons of new summoner icons are now on the PBE:

Eclipse Knight 2022 Icon, Prestige Eclipse Knight Senna Icon

MSI 2022 [Team]  Icon
                          

Emotes

New emotes are now on the PBE:

Prestige Eclipse Knight Senna Emote


MSI 2022 [Team] Emote
                          
 

Swain Mid-Scope Update

The Swain mid-scope update is now testing on the PBE! Here's Riot Truexy with a changelist and context:
Make sure to leave any feedback in the feedback thread HERE!

Tooltips:

Olaf Mid-Scope Update

The Olaf mid-scope update is also now on the PBE for testing, aiming for a 12.9 release. Here's Riot Axes with details and a feedback thread:
"The Olaf mid scope update is coming to PBE today with an intended ship date of patch 12.9 (not 12.8). Putting him up early for feedback, so he should be on PBE for about a week, and then he’ll disappear as we prep patch 12.8. He’ll return to PBE when we kick off the 12.9 cycle. 
Before getting into the actual changes, let’s talk goals. One common response to the initial announcement was confusion as to why he’d be next up on the list for an update.

Olaf has a number of urgent issues we’re looking to address. First, he is (and has consistently been) the least deeply played champion in League—on average, that is (Olaf one tricks don’t @ me.) If Olaf is a champion you play, he probably makes up the lowest percent of your games played, and has consistently been among the lowest for many years now. Second, he’s a deeply pro-bound champion: his win rate is kept lower than would otherwise be ideal because he tends to take over pro play when his kit is tuned to win games in Solo Queue. And third, he’s been deeply impacted by systems changes this season, even more so than other fighters, putting him in particularly bad shape with the current item system. 
With these problems in mind, the goals for this update are to add significant excitement to his kit, remove a bit of pro-oriented power (reduce how easily he escapes dangerous situations with his R as well as curb how fast his jungle clear can get when perfectly optimized.) Lastly, this update should help him use Juggernaut items effectively to scale better than before, which should also make him more resilient to future systems changes. For lanes, we’re aiming to preserve his ability to Jungle (while making it more accessible) while significantly increasing his viability in Top Lane. 
The changes as of now are:

Base Stats
  • Attack Damage :: 68 (+3.5/level), 127.5 at level 18 >>> 68 (+4.7/level), 148 at level 18
  • Health :: 575 (+100/level), 2275 at level 18 >>> 575 (+105/level), 2360 at level 18
  • Mana :: 316 (+42/level), 1030 at level 18 >>> 316 (+60/level), 1336 at level 18
Passive - Berserker Rage
  • Calculation reworked to grant max effectiveness at or below 30% health
  • Maximum Attack Speed granted :: 99% >>> 40-100% (levels 1-18)
  • [NEW] Now gives up to 12-35% life steal (levels 1-18), based on Olaf's missing health

Q - Undertow
  • [NEW] - Shreds 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% armor for 4 seconds on champion hit
  • Damage :: 80/125/170/215/260 >>> 60/110/160/210/260
  • Minimum Range :: Approximately 300 >>> 425
  • Mana Cost :: 60 at all ranks >>> 40/45/50/55/60
  • Cooldown :: 7 seconds >>> 8 seconds
  • Cooldown refund on axe pickup :: 4.5 seconds >>> 5 seconds
W - Vicious Strikes [REWORKED]
(ability may be renamed)
  • [NEW] Resets Olaf’s basic attack
  • [NEW] Olaf gains 70/115/160/205/250 (+25% of Olaf’s missing health) as a shield for 2.5 seconds
  • [REMOVED] No longer grants Life Steal
  • [REMOVED] No longer amplifies Olaf’s healing based on missing health
  • Attack Speed :: 50/60/70/80/90% for 6 seconds >>> 40/50/60/70/80% for 4 seconds
  • Cooldown :: 16 seconds at all ranks>>> 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds
R - Ragnarok
  • [NEW] Hitting a champion with a basic attack or E - Reckless Swing extends the duration of Ragnarok to 2.5 seconds. Olaf can refresh Ragnarok indefinitely.
  • Duration :: 6 seconds >>> 3 seconds
  • [REMOVED] R - Ragnarok's passive's bonus resistances are no longer lost for the duration of the cast
(Heads up that a couple of bugs with passive attack speed and R passive resists slipped in on moving him to PBE, those should be fixed on next deploy)"


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
Olaf
  • [See above for details!]

Swain
  • [See above for details!]

Context & Notes

1) None!


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