The PBE has been updated! As we start the 8.14 PBE cycle, today's patch includes, the sixskins, and more tentative changes!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.)

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

Kalista

Rend (E) Tooltip updated to show more detail on additional spear damage:

Tooltip updated to show more detail on additional spear damage: "Each additional spear deals 10/14/19/25/32 (+20/23.75/27.5/31.25/35% AD) physical damage."

Context & Notes

Meddler's

"Some 8.14 changes

We've just done some initial planning for patch 8.14. Some of the things we'll be looking at:

Monitoring how our changes in 8.13 that impact bot lane, gold/xp funneling and snowball have gone, in particular to see if we should go further in 8.14.

Looking at mage balance, with a focus on mages who've been left in too weak a state after the 8.9 mana changes. We'll be assessing a range of champions for that, with changes expected to some, but not all of them. Some possible candidates include Syndra, Annie, Vel'Koz, Ahri, Cass, Viktor and Ori. Likely that some of those champions don't get buffed and some not on that list do though as we dig into things more.

Likely a buff to Karma. We're working on some longer term stuff for her, but will likely give her some straight power as well in the short term.

Potentially a buff to Liandries."

Riot Mort

"Icon collection will go live with a few minor bugs in 8.13 I believe. Ward collection should be 8.14"

Riot Stellari

[1] The players wanted Korean culture represented for the 2017 SSG World Champ skins. Here's a few of the inspirations: Xayah & Rakan reference the Korean magpie. Xayah's flower is the national flower and Rakan's recall hat is a traditional hat for passing government tests (1/3)

[2] Ezreal is inspired by the Korean hwarang (flower knights)--ancient elite warrior youth who are often depicted with long hair. J4 has a lot of references to Ambition that are obvious, but also refereenced the famous Admiral Yi Sun Shin for his facial hair and ulti. (2/3)

[3] Taliyah is inspired by a Hong Gildong-type (a Robin Hood-type) who weaves the kind of marble you'd see in ancient palaces. Gnar is a white tiger which holds a lot of cultural significance in Korean culture. For SSG fans, there's a number of references to the players too :D (3/3)

Cursor Update on PBE v3

Fearless

"Hey all, here’s one more iteration during this PBE cycle. In this round, we’ve been focusing on the following areas:

Enemy Hover (Sword) Iterations - shape, size, and color

Pass on visuals to feel closer to League style (WIP)

For this round we focused on updating the render quality of our assets to feel a bit more like League but still contrast the colors and vfx that happen in game so you don’t lose track of the cursor. The renders are not final, and if we move forward with these designs, they will still need some polishing.

We have also heard a good amount of feedback on the sword feeling small or the shape change not giving enough feedback on when you’re hovering an enemy. So in this iteration, we are adding color combined with the shape shift to a bigger sword to give you that quick feedback when you need it.

Color can be tricky - the legacy cursor often had problems with losing a red sword in a red wave of minions. To solve that, we’re trying out a red sword but with a brighter white edge and tip to help stand out against all the red in the game.

These visuals are still a work-in-progress and we’d love to get your feedback. Thanks!"

1) Here's an except from quick gameplay thoughts from 6/22, including details on some 8.14 changes:2) When asked about the release of the Icon / Ward collections,3)provided some background on theskins and the Korean references in them:Below iswith the latest PBE boards post on the Cursor update that's been testing on the PBE for a few cycles now.(Posted 6/20/2018)