9.13 PBE Cycle

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )

Our newest champion, Qiyana, is now testing on the PBE! Before we get into the full details, here's Riot Szymba with a bug thread for reporting any issues:

"Hello everyone! 

The newest champion Qiyana is now available on the PBE! We are still hard at work polishing her up and fixing bugs for her release. If you happen to come across something odd during your time playing as, with, or against Qiyana on the PBE, please let us know through the Report a Bug Tool with a description of what happened and whatever other information you can provide. 

I'll be looking through this thread and the reports from the tool for the rest of the 9.13 cycle and beyond. 

Szymba"

Stats & Abilities

Stats:

• Base Mana: 320
• Mana Per Level: 50
• Base MR: 32.1
• MR Per Level: 1.25
• Base AD: 64
• AD Per Level: 3.1
• Base Armor: 28
• Armor Per Level: 3.5
• Base HP: 590
• HP Per Level: 90
• HP Regen: 1.7
• HP Regen Per Level: 0.13
• Attack Speed Per Level: 2.1
• Move Speed: 335
• Attack Range: 150

Abilities:

Royal Privilege (Passive)

"Your first basic ability or attack to damage each enemy deals 15-83 (+55% bAD)(+30% AP) bonus physical damage.  

This effect has a 25s per target cooldown, but the cooldown resets when you cast Terrashape to gain a different weapon enchantment."

Elemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal (Q)

35 Mana
7s Cooldown

"Elemental Wrath: Blast your weapon's enchantment in the target direction, consuming it. This projectile detonates to deal 80/100/120/140/160 (+90% bAD) physical damage and:

• Ice Enchantment: Briefly root enemies hit, then slow them by 20% for 1s.
• Rock Enchantment: 51/63/75/87/99 (+60% bAD) bonus damage to units below 50% health.
• Wild Enchantment: Leaves a canopy trail that stealths you and grants 20% movement speed. Canopy fades after attacking from it, exiting it, or after 3.5s. 

Edge Of Ixtal: If you do not have an enchantment, slash in the target direction, dealing 80/100/120/140/160 (+90% bAD) physical damage to enemies in a small area.

Both abilities deal 75% damage to targets beyond the first."

Terrashape (W)

25/30/35/40/45 Mana
7s Cooldown

"Active: Target River, Wall, or Brush. Conjur elemental power from the environment and dash towards it to enchant your weapon with it and reset Elemental Wrath's cooldown. 

Passive: While your weapon is enchanted, you gain 20% Attack Speed and your attacks and basic abilities deal 8/16/24/32/40 (+30% AP)(+20% bAD) bonus magic damage. Additionally, you gain 5/6.25/7.5/8.75/10% movement speed while out of combat and near the corresponding terrain type."

Audacity (E)

40/45/50/55/60 Mana
12/11/10/9/8s Cooldown

"Dash a fixed distance at target enemy, sliding through them to deal 70/105/140/175/210 (+70% bAD) physical damage.

If Elemental Wrath / Edge of Ixtal is cast during this ability, Qiyana will aim it at the target of her dash."

Supreme Display of Talent (R)

100 Mana
100s Cooldown

"Launch a shockwave that knocks back enemies and stops when it hits a Wall. The entire Wall then explodes to stun nearby enemies for up to 1s [Min: 0.5s] and deal them physical damage equal to 100/170/240 (+170% bAD) + 10% of their max health.

Any River or Brush the shockwave passes through also explode after a delay for the same damage and stun."

Voiceover

Here's Qiyana's full VO:

Pick Quote: "You may now appreciate me."

Ban Quote: "You were right to fear my greatness."

Lore

Client bio: "In the jungle city of Ixaocan, Qiyana plots her own ruthless path to the high seat of the Yun Tal. Last in line to succeed her parents, she faces those who stand in her way with brash confidence and unprecedented mastery over elemental magic. With the land itself obeying her every command, Qiyana sees herself as the greatest elementalist in the history of Ixaocan—and by that right, deserving of not only a city, but an empire."

Check out her full bio on her Universe page!

Release Skin

Four new skins are now on the PBE:

Arcade Caitlyn

Arcade Caitlyn Prestige Edition

Here's Riot Orphyre with a bugs & feedback thread for Arcade Caitlyn Prestige Edition:

"Hey everyone! 

We’ve got a new Prestige skin coming out for Arcade Caitlyn! She’ll be coming with:

• New Model & Textures: Check out her new and upgraded gun!
• New Golden VFX: Gold palette and patterns for her VFX.
• New Recall Props: Caught playing a new game on recall.

Arcade Caitlyn Prestige Edition is available on PBE! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below! 

Thanks for checking in, hope to hear from you soon! 

Riot Orphyre"

Arcade Kai'Sa

Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Arcade Kai'Sa:

"Are you the hunter... or the prey? 

Arcade Kai'Sa hits the Rift with:

• New model and textures!
• New particles!
• New SFX
• New recall animation! 

Arcade Kai’Sa is available to play soon on PBE! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you've got any questions, post 'em here, and we'll do our best to answer them! 

Arcade Kai’Sa is set to be 1350 RP. 

*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

Battle Boss Yasuo

Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Battle Boss Yasuo:

"Death is like the wind - always by my side. 

Battle Boss Yasuo comes complete with:

• New model and textures!
• New particles!
• New SFX!
• New VO processing!
• New recall animation!

Battle Boss Yasuo is available to play soon on PBE! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you've got any questions, post 'em here, and we'll do our best to answer them! 

Battle Boss Yasuo is set to be 1350 RP. 

*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

New sets of chroma are now on the PBE!

Here's Riot Orphyre with a bugs & feedback thread for Arcade chroma this cycle:

"Hey everyone! 

We’ve got some new Chromas coming up for Battle Boss Qiyana, Battle Boss Yasuo, Arcade Kai’Sa, and one new one each for Arcade Miss Fortune, Arcade Riven, and Arcade Sona! 

Battle Boss Qiyana:

• New textures:
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Ruby)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Rose Quartz)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Catseye)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Sapphire)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Turquoise)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (K.O.)
• Battle Boss Qiyana (Obsidian

Battle Boss Yasuo:

• New textures:
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Meteorite)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Ruby)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Aquamarine)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Amethyst)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Rose Quartz)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Catseye)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (Obsidian)
• Battle Boss Yasuo (K.O.)

Arcade Kai’Sa:

• New textures:
• Arcade Kai’Sa (K.O.)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Ruby)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Rose Quartz)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Catseye)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Aquamarine)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Amethyst)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Obsidian)
• Arcade Kai’Sa (Emerald)

Arcade Miss Fortune:

• New textures:
• Arcade Miss Fortune (K.O.)

Arcade Sona:

• New textures:
• Arcade Sona (K.O.)

Arcade Riven:

• New textures:
• Arcade Riven (K.O.)

The Chroma sets are now available on PBE! We hope you all will enjoy the new sets; as usual, we’re looking forward to hearing your constructive feedback. I’ll do my best to answer and reply to your questions and feedback! 

Thanks! 

Riot Orphyre"

Summoner Icons

Tons of summoner icons are now on the PBE:

• Molten Furyhorn Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Molten Furyhorn Species Egg!
• Demacian Silverwing Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Demacian Silverwing Species Egg!
• Sentinel Runespirit Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Sentinel Runespirit Species Egg!
• Softnosed Molediver Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Soft-nosed Molediver Species Egg!
• Pengu Featherknight Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Pengu Featherknight Species Egg!
• Shadow Isles Hauntling Icon
• This icon was acquired by purchasing the Shadow Isles Hauntling Species Egg!

Ward Skin

A new ward skin is now on the PBE!

Emotes

New emotes were added to the PBE this cycle:

Teamfight Tactics

Teamfight Tactics is now available on the PBE for testing! Check out the release announcement here!
"Assemble a squad of champions that battle on your behalf. Outlast all seven of your opponents and become the last person standing."

For an introduction, check out this informative video from Youtuber/Streamer DisguisedToast:


Here's Riot SapMagic with a context thread for the new mode - "Teamfight Tactics is coming to PBE for testing!"

"Good afternoon, tacticians! 

If you've been following along, you already know that League's new mode, Teamfight Tactics, is on the way soon. Today we're putting the mode on PBE so we can get your eyes on it and start collecting your feedback. 

Teamfight Tactics is a round-based strategy game that pits you against seven opponents in a free-for-all race to build a powerful team that fights on your behalf! Your goal: Be the last person standing. Once TFT is live on PBE, you'll be able to log into the League Client and queue up for it like any other mode. 

Quick Tips

1. This is a beta—expect there are going to be bugs. Please help us by pointing them out!
2. Give us feedback—what do you love, hate, etc? For this mode, we're dedicated to building it with you
3. Equip some emotes—you don't wanna miss those opportunities for juicy BM when you defeat someone on your battlefield
4. Repeat #2
5. ???
6. Profit! 

Known Issues 

We'll update this section with known issues throughout the week. 

Follow Along 

We'll be engaging here, on Reddit, and any other social media platform we can find. If you're looking for the up-to-the-minute latest, follow Riot SapMagic and Riot MapleNectar on Twitter. 

Thanks in advance for all your help and feedback, and we hope we'll see you in the arena!"

 Gallery:

I'm the best.

Tutorials:

• Choose a champion from the store and recruit them with gold. Then, drag them from the bench to the battlefield to deploy them. Combine three of the same champion to create a stronger, two-star version of that champion.
• Champions have traits and earn bonuses when deployed with other champs that share those traits. Positioning matters! Experiment with different layouts to find the best results.
• Each round, your team teleports to an enemy's arena (or vice-versa). Champions fight automatically, and if your team is defeated, your Little Legend takes damage. When your Little Legend's health reaches 0, you're out of the game.

Client assets:

Mission assets:


Companions:
Hauntling - The spookiest of the Little Legends.

Silverwing - A young Demacian Silverwing Raptor.

Furyhorn - A small, angry, horned beast.

Molediver


Runespirit - A mysterious and mischievous Runespirit.

Featherknight - A noble Featherknight.

Eggs

"TFTmapskin_1"

• More miscellaneous TFT assets added:
• Default Battlefield
• Runic Battlefield
• Rift Battlefield
• Arrowhead Battlefield

• More miscellaneous TFT assets added:
• Molediver description: "He shovels very well."
• Little Legends Eggs
• Shadow Isles Hauntling Egg
• Demacian Silverwing Egg
• Molten Furyhorn Egg
• Soft-nosed Molediver Egg
• Sentinel Runespirit Egg
• Pengu Featherknight Egg
• Random [Companion Type] Egg
• Twitch Prime Rare Egg: "A gift from Twitch Prime to subscribers to celebrate the launch of Teamfight Tactics. Everything you need to get started!"
• Tutorial images

• More miscellaneous TFT assets added! Check out this tweet from Riot Zephyr with videos and streams from content creators trying out Teamfight Tactics for a full preview of the mode before it is enabled soon!
• River Sprite (TFT Avatar)
• Emote Chest

Damage Text Changes

Here's Riot Greenily with details on damage text changing coming to test on the PBE:

"Hi everyone! I’m Riot Greenily, a UX designer working on League of Legends. I’ve worked on things such as Nexus Blitz, the new stat panel, the stat runes, and more. I wanted to share a small, but highly visible, update to the game experience that will be on PBE today and ship during the 9.13 patch. 

We're changing the appearance of the damage text you see when dealing physical, magic, and true damage, as well as their crit styles. You can see how they will look below:

Physical Damage and Crits

Magic Damage and Crits

Here are our goals with the changes:

• CONSISTENCY
• We’ve changed the damage text color in order to shift towards consistency throughout the League experience. Damage and crit text has been standardized from four colors into three unique colors. This means you should be able to tell at a glance what type of damage is being done, even if it’s a crit. The crit icon has also been updated to match the style you see in the stats panel.
• As we work on future in-game updates, we want to make sure our system of stats and colors makes sense. The colors of physical and magic damage text should now feel more related to AD and AP stat colors respectively.

• READABILITY
• We also want to hit clarity and readability of the damage text. This iteration of colors should make damage type differentiation more clear. If you commonly pay attention to damage text, we hope this helps you. If you don’t, this shouldn’t affect your experience negatively.

• SATISFACTION
• We’re testing some changes to the animation style of crit texts to make the initial hit really pop and seem impactful. With the change of both color and animations, we hope crits will feel more satisfying.

In terms of feedback: 

We'd love if you could share your feedback with us—especially after you've played with this change for a few days. Even if you don't normally pay attention to combat text, the changes could feel a little jarring, but we hope it's positive overall. 

With that in mind, please give us your thoughts on the readability of the text specifically. Eg: Does the color of the text get lost to you in game? If you’re colorblind, do you feel that this is an improvement from the old text colors? 

Thanks for your patience as we go forth with this change. Your feedback is appreciated in making the game better!"

• Arcade event mission assets added:
• Arcade 2019 event pass mission thumbnail
• Arcade 2019 celebration background
• Arcade 2019 induction background

Balance Changes

Ornn 
[Changelist]

• Volcanic Rupture (Q) AD ratio increased from 100% to 110%

Pyke

[Changelist]

• Bone Skewer (Q)
• Stab targeting paradigm changed from [Aoe (30% reduced damage on non-champions)] to [Single Target (nearest unit, preferring nearest champion)]
• [Removed] Stab 15% bonus damage
• Cooldown lowered from 14/12.5/11/9.5/8

• Ghostwater Dive (W) movement speed changed from [40% (decaying to 0% over 5 seconds) to [40/45/50/55/60% (decaying to 0% over 5 seconds)]

• Phantom Undertow (E) 
• [Removed] damages non-champions

Essence Reaver
[Changelist]

• Recipe changed: [B.F. Sword + Caulfield's Warhammer + Cloak of Agility + 100G]
• Cost increased from 3200 to 3300

Randuin's Omen

Rod of Ages
[Changelist]

• Cost lowered from 2700 to 2600
• Combine cost lowered from 750 to 650