9.20 PBE Cycle

This mega post was last Updated on 10/3 with the 10/3 PBE Update
(With the release of patch 9.19 to live on September 25th, we started the new 9.20 PBE cycle.)

Previous PBE Cycles in 2019
[8.24] [9.1] [9.2] [9.3] [9.4] [9.5] [9.6] [9.7] [9.8] [9.9] [9.10] [9.11] [9.12] [9.13] [9.14] [9.15] [9.16] [9.17] [9.18] [9.19]

Below you will find a comprehensive list of new content, balance changes, and whatever else  is included in the current PBE cycle! Be aware that these changes are extremely tentative, there is a possibility that things you see below will be changed or even reverted prior to the live patch.

 ( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated! )

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

Table of Contents


Champion Skins

Three new skins are now on the PBE:

High Noon Ashe

1820 RP (Legendary)
"A mechanical angel built at the dawn of the pioneer age, Ashe is fueled by the blood of deities gunned down in the infamous land rush that destroyed Heaven. She has adopted a devil-may-care attitude as she seeks adventure, choosing to forgive and protect the same mankind that forever robbed itself of eternal paradise."
High Noon Ashe has new special interactions:

Check out her full voiceover:

Here's Riot grumbojr with a bugs & feedback thread for High Noon Ashe:
"Meowdy pardners, 
High Noon Ashe is here to take down that devil named Hecarim. She’s got the blood of angels and is galloping onto the Rift, featuring: 
  • New models and textures! - Meet the Angelic Automaton of the West.
  • New VFX! - With the glow of the heavens above!
  • New animations! - Did you see her new dance?
  • New SFX! - Hear the twang of that mechanical bow.
  • New VO and VO processing - Just what you thought a Mechanical Angel in the Weird West should sound like. 
High Noon Ashe is live on PBE! If you’ve got feedback, we’d love to hear it. Bugs? Send them our way and we’ll take care of them. We’ll do our best to answer your questions! 
High Noon Ashe is set to be 1820 RP. 
*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

High Noon Darius

1350 RP
"The once-human Darius was a terrifying manhunter, feared throughout the West for his cunning and brutality. Famously defeated by his brother in a widely publicized duel, his wounded pride eventually twisted into obsession, leading him to strike a deal with the devil Hecarim..."

Here's Riot grumbojr with a bugs & feedback thread for High Noon Darius:
"YEEHAW BUCKAROOS! 
High Noon Darius has ridden into town and his spurs are a’ jingling and a’ jangling their way on to the Rift, featuring: 
  • New model and texture! - We gave Darius a GUN-AXE.
  • New particles! - Hellfire and tumbleweeds galore.
  • New SFX! - Listen to that hellfire crackle.
  • New recall animation! - This manhunter ain’t afraid of Hecarim. 
High Noon Darius is live on PBE! If you’ve got feedback, we’d love to hear it. Bugs? Send them our way and we’ll take care of them. We’ll do our best to answer your questions! 
High Noon Darius is set to be 1350 RP.* 
*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

High Noon Hecarim

1350 RP
"When Heaven was destroyed by mortal men, it was only a matter of time until Hell overflowed onto the prairie, bringing with it all the devils who had waited so patiently to escape their confinement. Hecarim and his black riders revel in this newfound freedom, razing everything before them to ash as they stampede across the frontier."

Here's 6armedrobot with a bugs & feedback thread for High Noon Hecarim:
"Evil reborn! From the death of a notorious bandit and his loyal black stallion, a monstrous demon has re-entered the world. Evil has returned with a vengeance! 
High Noon Hecarim gallops onto the Rift featuring: 
  • New models and textures! Hecarim is reborn as a demon from below!
  • New fiery VFX to burn your enemies!
  • New SFX summoned from the pits!
  • New recall animation! Watch Hecarim strut his stuff, just keep your distance and beware his scythe! 
High Noon Hecarim is now available to play on PBE! Remember to report back here with any bugs or feedback. And of course, if you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. Cheers! 
High Noon Hecarim is set to be 1350 RP. 
*Prices on PBE are subject to change."

Ashe VO Update

Ashe's voiceover has been updated this cycle!
With Ashe's updated VO comes her new special interactions:
Ashe's choose and ban VO were updated along with her full voiceover:
  • Choose: "All the world on one arrow."
  • Ban: "Coward! May you die with your eyes closed!"

Chromas

Assets for chromas this cycle were added to the PBE!

High Noon Ashe
[5 Chromas]
    


High Noon Darius
[6 Chromas + LPP Exclusive Emerald]
      


High Noon Hecarim
[5 Chromas]
    

Here's Riot Orphyre with a bugs & feedback thread for the High Noon chroma:
"Hey everyone! 
We’ve got some new Chromas coming up for High Noon Ashe, High Noon Hecarim, and High Noon Darius! 
High Noon Ashe:
  • New textures:
    • High Noon Ashe (Ruby)
    • High Noon Ashe (Aquamarine)
    • High Noon Ashe (Obsidian)
    • High Noon Ashe (Nomad)
    • High Noon Ashe (Amethyst)
High Noon Hecarim:
  • New textures:
    • High Noon Hecarim (Obsidian)
    • High Noon Hecarim (Nomad)
    • High Noon Hecarim (Ruby)
    • High Noon Hecarim (Amethyst)
    • High Noon Hecarim (Emerald)
High Noon Darius:
  • New textures:
    • High Noon Darius (Ruby)
    • High Noon Darius (Obsidian)
    • High Noon Darius (Tanzanite)
    • High Noon Darius (Emerald)
    • High Noon Darius (Sapphire)
    • High Noon Darius (Rose Quartz)
    • High Noon Darius (Nomad) 
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

A handful of new summoner icons are now on the PBE!

High Noon 2019 Icon

High Noon Hecarim Border Icon, High Noon Ashe Border Icon, High Noon Darius Border Icon
  

High Noon Hecarim Chroma Icon, High Noon Ashe Chroma Icon, High Noon Chroma Border Icon
  

10th Anniversary Summoner Icon, 2019 MSI G2 Winners Icon
 

Ward Skins

Two new ward skins are now on the PBE!

Frontier Devil Ward


10th Anniversary Ward

Emotes

New emotes are now on the PBE!

Happy 10th Anniversary!, One Corn Chip Animated, What In Tarnation
  

I Won!

Worlds 2019 Login Theme

A new login theme is now on the PBE!

Miscellaneous

  • 10th Anniversary loading screen tips added:
    • When Anivia turns into an egg, your chat name will become "Eggnivia". Because you're an egg.
    • In the bot lane lives a little frog named George. If you spook him, he might jump out of the Rift.
    • Pulsefire Ezreal can visit--and has visited--every single skinline universe! (Including a few he's keeping a secret.)
    • When Braum buys Tier 1 boots he says, "These are too tight". When he buys Tier 2 boots he says, "Ha ha, perfect!
    • The retired item, Philospher's Stone, hangs upon a monument in the bottom half of the jungle.  
    • Dark Star Cho'gath was designed by a player named Bryan along with the LoL dev team.
    • The Blue Sentinels will dance with Popstar Ahri if you hit Ctrl + 3. 
    • Night Hunter Rengar will put on a hat when you hit Ctrl + 5.
    • Tahm Kench will make the scuttle crab dance when you hit Ctrl + 3.
    • When Galaxy Slayer Zed kills another Zed he says, "Look at the skill. Look at the moves. Zed, what was that!?
    • When hit by Lulu's W, the champion's name will turn into Squill.
    • Pyke's knife will change color if you hit Ctrl + 5.
    • Zoe twirls, jump ropes and yo-yos with her stars if you press Ctrl + 5 while walking.
    • Kai'sa will put on her helmet if you press Ctrl + 5.
    • When Leona's passive, Sunlight, hits champs wearing shades such as Vayne, her damage will be reduced by 1.
    • Who will be the World Champion this year, on League's 10th anniversary?
    • At the end of Season 1, the player Voyboy was Rank 1 in NA.
    • Silver Scrapes was originally composed by Danny McCarthy.
    • Remember the days of 4.20 Warwick and Devourer? We don't!
    • Udyr was the first new champion released after the original forty champions.
    • In 2010, we officially lost count of Amumu's tears.
    • Off the coast of Australia, a Nautilus statue is growing into an artificial coral reef. 
    • In 2015, Gangplank was apparently killed by Miss Fortune. He left the rift briefly before returning with an amputated arm and a grimmer temper. 
    • The Ionian Boots of Lucidity were added after a battle where Ionia reclaimed its southern provinces from Noxus.
    • EU was the first region to run Supports in the bot lane.
    • HotshotGG pioneered the Split Push strategy in Season 1.
    • League of Legends was officially released on October 27, 2009.
    • "Has it been a decade already? That's fifty-four in magical cat years." - Yuumi
    • League of Legends originally launched with a subtitle: Clash of Fates.
    • Awkward confession. League of Legends is only six years old on Mac.
    • The Music of League of Legends - Volume 1 released in 2015. Volume 1?!
    • There are many ways to measure League of Legends: in years, in Teemos (Summoners Rift is 190 long!), and 200 IQ plays.
    • Summoners Rift has had four shopkeepers. One of them was named Manbacon. No lie.
    • League of Legends is localized in 19 languages.
    • During Worlds 2014, with 1 HP left on their nexus, OMG came back to defeat FNC in a game that lasted 71 minutes and 29 seconds.
    • Two of the most iconic cross map Ashe arrows were shot by aAa YellOwStaR in Season 1 and ROX PraY in Season 6.
    • M5 Diamondprox was one of the first pro players to revolutionize the early meta by counter-jungling.
    • Odyssey Kayn doesn't know Rhaast is a Dark Star corruptant. Shhh, nobody tell him. It's funnier that way.
    • Atma's Impaler, Wriggles Lantern, Heart of Gold, Force of Nature, and Philosopher's Stone are all retired items that sometimes reappear.
    • Player names have inspired some key items in League of Legends (Athene's, Ohmwrecker, and Maw of Malmortius)
    • League of Legends was at one point released in a physical box.
    • League of Legends currently has 145 champions. And we are still making more! 
    • WILLUMPBOT is the creator of all the Loading Screen Tips.
    • High Noon was rebooted into High Noon Gothic because demon cowboys are better than cowboy cowboys.
    • The city in PROJECT has only ever been referred to as The City. Does it have a name? Smells like a corporate conspiracy.
    • Whenever a developer says "corruption" they have to put a dollar in the corruption jar.
    • The Coven are very fashionable witches who want to bring a very unfashionable end to civilization.
    • Remember that giant Thresh puppet? It now watches us from above the front door of the NA LCS studio.
    • At IEM Katowice in 2013, xPeke won the game by backdooring the Nexus as Kassadin.
    • The 2016 Worlds in Los Angeles was the first time a piece of music scored for a 5th match was ever played live.
  • Another set of "Narrative" game startup tips were added:
    • King Santon of Demacia avoided civil war with a game of Tellstones, saving thousands of lives.
    • Demacians play a variant of Tellstones called “King's Gambit”, in honor of Santon the Great.
    • Despite the game's popularity across Runeterra, no one seems to know where Tellstones originated...
    • The Dauntless Vanguard play their own version of Tellstones, and use it to settle disputes within the ranks.
  • Skin bios added for skins this cycle
    • Valiant Sword Riven Prestige Edition: "Riven's destiny is greater than she knows. One day she will determine the fate of the heavens, land, and sea, and awaken the slumbering power of the dragon within her."
    • Iron Solari Leona: "She who bears the Iron Solari into battle bears the weight of history-- as iron gives way to steel, and steel to eternity."
    • Championship Ryze: "Celebrating the 2019 Championship in Europe."
  • Championship Ryze's loading screens were updated with the typical black edging (was not present in old version):
  • New TFT map added - "Storm Rift Arena":
  • New 10 year celebration assets added:
    • Missions assets:
  • Loot Assets
    • 10 Year Vanilla Orb
    • 10 Year Chocolate Orb
  • Loot assets for the High Noon content were added to the PBE:
    • High Noon Ashe Icon & Border
    • High Noon Ashe (Nomad Chroma) & Icon
    • High Noon Darius Icon & Border
    • High Noon Darius (Nomad Chroma) & Icon
    • High Noon Hecarim Icon & Border
    • High Noon Hecarim (Nomad Chroma) & Icon

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
Blitzcrank
  • Base armor lowered from 44 to 40
  • Armor per level lowered from 4 to 3.5

Garen
[Changelist]
  • Base HP increased from 616.28 to 620
  • HP per level decreased from 84.25 to 84
  • Attack speed per level increased from 2.9% to 3.65%
  • Perseverance (Passive)
    • [Removed] No longer doubles below (25/50%) health
    • Cooldown changed from 9/4 to 7 at all ranks
    • Changed from  [non-epic monsters don't break passive at level 11] to [non-epic monsters never break it]
    • Heal amount changed from [2%/8%] to [1.5-10.1%] 
  • Decisive Strike (Q)
    • Now scales with attack speed and behaves more similarly to a basic attack.
  • Courage (W) 
    • Resists per stack lowered from .33 to .25
    • Resists cap lowered from 50 to 30
    • Minion kills to max stacks increased from 150 to 160
    • [New] Gains a shield that blocks [10% health] damage that lasts for the duration
    • [Removed] No longer takes 60% less damage for the first .75 seconds
  • Judgment (E)
    • Tick changed from [5+1 per 3 levels (max 10)] to [7+1 per 20% attack speed]
    • Base damage changed from 14/18/22/26/30 to 8/12/16/20/24
    • AD ratio changed from .36/.37/.38/.39/.4 to .32/.34/.36/.38/.4
    • Now adds [+0-8] damage based on character level
    • Hits needed to shred armor increased from 4 to 6
    • [Removed] No longer deals 33% bonus damage if hitting only one enemy
    • [New] now deals [25% base damage] bonus damage to nearest enemy
    • [New] "Refunds it's remaining duration as lower cooldown if canceled early."
    • Now grants stacks of Conqueror
  • Demacian Justice (R)
    • [Removed] the Villainy passive
    • Now grants vision of target for 1 second
      • (can no longer be cancelled from losing vision)
    • Changed from [deals magic damage] to [always deals True Damage]
    • Damage changed from [175/350/525 (+28.6/33.3/40% of missing HP)] to [150/300/450 (+20/25/30% of missing HP)]

Ivern
[Changelist]
  • Attack range increased to 475 from 125
    • [due to above, W no longer increases attack range while in bush - previously increased to 450 from 125]

Lissandra
[Changelist]
  • Base armor increased from 20.216 to 22
  • Iceborn Subjugation (Passive) AP ratio increased from 30% to 50%
  • Ring of Frost (W) AP ratio increased from 50% to 70%

 Pantheon
[Changelist]
  • Comet Spear (Q) base damage lowered from 75/115/155/195/235 to 75/110/145/180/215
Qiyana
[Changelist]
  • Edge of Ixtal (Q) Base damage lowered from 80/100/120/140/160 to 60/85/110/135/160

 Shaco
[Changelist]
  • AD lowered from 66 to 63
  • AD per level lowered from 3.5 to 3
  • Backstab (P)
    • Shaco's basic attack, Deceive, and Two-Shiv Poison have additional effects when striking from behind.
      • Basic attack: Deals an additional 10-25 (scaling with level) (+0.15 bAD) damage. This damage can crit.
      • Two-Shiv Poison: Deals an additional 15-50 (scaling with level) (+0.1 AP) damage.
  • Deceive (Q)
    • Stealth Duration increased from [1.5/2.25/3/3.75/4.5s] to [2.5/2.75/3/3.25/3.5s]
    • Cooldown lowered from 16/15.5/15/14.5/14s] to [12/11.5/11/10.5/10s]
    • [REMOVED] Cooldown is no longer reduced by 2.5 seconds upon triggering Deceive's bonus damage. 
    • Damage changed from [10/20/30/40/50 (+0.4 bAD)] to [25/35/45/55/65 (+0.25 bAD)]
      • This damage can crit.
      • When striking from behind, Deceive in guaranteed to crit for 130% damage.
    • AP Ratio removed.
  • Jack in the Box (W)
    • minion fear lowered from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
      • Minions and monsters can move at a maximum of 60 Movespeed.
      • Champions can move at a maximum of 100 Movespeed.
    • Now fires at all nearby targets.
    • Single-Target Damage: 35/50/65/80/95 (+0.2 AP) (unchanged)
    • AoE Damage: 15/20/25/30/35 (+0.1 AP)
  • Two-Shiv Poison (E)
    • Damage Type changed from [Physical] to [Magic]
    • Damage changed from [55/80/105/130/155 (+0.6/0.75/0.9/1.05/1.2 bAD) (+0.75 AP)] to [70/95/110/125/140 (+.08 bAD) (+0.6 AP)
    • Execute changed from [0-50% increased damage based on missing health] to [50% increased damage targets below 30% health]
  • Hallucinate (R)
    • Boxes trigger immediately, fearing enemies at the clone's death location and firing on the nearest enemies.
      • Note: Damage/ratio are down due to the dramatically increased reliability on the boxes. Overall effect of an R explosion is generally up when this is taken into account.
    • Damage lowered from [200/300/400 (+1.0 AP)] to [150/225/300 (+0.7 AP)]
    • Box Single-Target Damage: [25/50/75 (+0.15 AP)] (unchanged)
    • Box AoE Damage: 10/20/30 (+0.1 AP)
    • Fear Duration changed from [0.75/1/1.25s] to [1s]

Varus
[Changelist]
  • Base HP increased from 499 to 500
  • Mana lowered from 360.48 to 360
  • MP5 increased from 7.34 to 8
  • Base AD increased from 59 to 61

 Viktor
[Changelist]
  • [Bugfix] Hex Core stats now update on purchase instead of waiting for Viktor's next level up
  • [Bugfix] Aftershock Death Ray missiles now the same width as the initial missile (80>90)
  • [New] Chaos Storm will continue chasing champions after Viktor dies
  • Siphon Power (Q) scaling on shield changed from [8% max mana (+0.15 AP)] to [30-115 based on level (+0.15 AP)]
  • Gravity Field (W) 
    • Slow changed from 28/32/36/40/44% to 30/34/38/42/45%
    • Augment: Gravity Field changed from [stuns adds a vacuum] to [Viktor's spells now apply a slow for 20% for 1 second]
    • augment name changed to "Magnetize"
  • Chaos Storm (R)
    • Tick cadence lowered from 2s to 1s
    • Number of ticks increased from 3 to 6
    • Damage per tick lowered from [130/210/290 (+85% AP)] to [65/105/145 (+45% AP)]
    • Augment movespeed increased from 20% to 25%
      • storm min speed increased from 200 to 250
      • storm max speed increased from 300 to 325
    • [New] Chaos Storm can now move over terrain

Items
Locket of the Iron Solari
[Changelist]
  • Shield increased from [30 (+15 per level )] to [120 (+10 per level)]

TFT Changes
These changes are tentative and may not be complete! Always refer to official notes for the full picture!

Kai'Sa
  • Bonus attack speed increased from 30/60/90% to 50/75/100%
  • Shield increased from 300/600/900 to 400/700/1000

Lucian
  • Ability second attack damage increased from 100/225/350 to 125/250/375

Wild
  • Attack speed lowered from 12% to 10%

Guardian
  • Armor increased from 35 to 45

Knight
  • 6 knight damage block lowered from 65 to 60

Gunslinger
  • 4 gunslinger random attacks increased from 2 to 3
  • 6 gunslinger random attacks increased from 3 to 5

Assassin
  • 3 assassin crit chance lowered from 10% to 5%
  • 6 assassin crit chance lowered from 20% to 15% 

Patch History for this cycle:


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