The PBE has been updated! Today's late night update includes splash art for, a set of new summoner icons, updates for Luden's Echo, a duck, and more!Continue reading for more information!

(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

New Splash Art

Elderwood Bard

Secret Agent Xin Zhao

New Summoner Icons

Bard's Lore

Bard's short form lore entry has been added: short form lore entry has been added:

"Bard travels through realms beyond the imagination of mortal beings. Some of Valoran's greatest scholars have spent their lives trying to understand the mysteries he embodies. This enigmatic spirit has been given many names throughout the history of Valoran, but titles such as Cosmic Vagabond and Great Caretaker only capture a fleeting aspect of his true purpose. When the unknowable structure of the universe is threatened, Bard steers all existence away from utter annihilation."

Luden's Echo Updates

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Miscellaneous

Balance Changes * Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.



* Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These areofficial notes.

Champions

Bard

Cosmic Binding (Q) cooldown changed to 11/10/9/8/7 from 10 at all ranks

Riftwalk (R):

Range reduced from 550 to 500 [vs 450 on live] Mana cost reduced to 50 from 60 Cooldown changed to 6/4/2 from 7/5/3

[ WARNING : These Kassadin changes still appear to be only in the AIR client only and not in-game.]





Nautilus

Titan's Wrath (W) shield value scaling increased to 9/11/13/15/17% of his max health from 7/9.5/12/14.5/17%

shield value scaling increased to 9/11/13/15/17% of his max health from 7/9.5/12/14.5/17% Titan's Wrath (W) damage increased to 30/40/50/60/70 from 15/30/45/60/75 [Note: Still reduced vs the live value of 40/55/70/85/100] Riptide (E) cooldown increased to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 from 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 [Note: Still lower vs the live value of 10 seconds at all ranks]



Shyvana

Flame Breath (E) tool tip updated - basic attacks against debuffed targets deal 2.5% of maximum health up from 2%. [Note: This change has been on the PBE for a few patches but the tooltip was only updated today. Live value is currently 2%, Previous PBE value was 3%. Current PBE value is 2.5]

Decimating Smash (Q) mana cost lowered to 45 at all ranks from 40/45/50/55/60

[Note: Lower than current live value of 45/50/55/60/65 mana]

Soul Furnace (W) mana cost reverted to 65/70/75/80/85 from 60/65/70/75/80

[Note: Reverted back to current live values]

Items

Experimental

[This item is experimental! Check out Xypherous ' context post for more information.]

' context post for more information.] Mandrake Ward is now up for testing!

Pictured below: Currently using Maokai's Sapling assets for the plant, warning message when you try to put it in anywhere but brush, and range.

Here's a preview video of the Mandrake Ward in action:

Splash art for bothand, two of our upcoming skins in patch 5.5, has been added!Check out the comprehensive 5.5 PBE cycle post for a better look atCheck out the comprehensive 5.5 PBE cycle post for a better look atThree new summoner icons were added in today's update, including a new icon featuring everyone's favorite spatula wielding manatee! No details on availability.For more on our upcoming champion, check out our comprehensive post for the 5.5 PBE cycle. (formerly item 3285) has received a few updates in today's PBE patch, including a shiny new icon and it's own bouncing purple vfx for when it procs!Here's a preview video of the new effects in action:Over on twitter,Model, texture, and animation files for a cute little duck (file path:"" ) are included in today's update.There are also several files referencing "" and various particles. Looks like nothing is hooked up in-game just yet.Check outfor acatch up with the individual update links below !