Today's update starts the 6.21 PBE cycle and includes spooky new skins for, and, new summoner icons, new chroma forand, a new Vamporo ward skin, info on the upcoming return of the Doom Bots mode, 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

New Champion Skins

New Chroma

Dunkmaster Darius and Headmistress Fiora added in today's PBE

Dunkmaster Darius (250 RP each or discounted in bundles!) Amethyst , Catseye , Citrine , Emerald , Aquamarine]

New chroma forandadded in today's PBE

Headmistress Fiora

(250 RP each or discounted in bundles!)





New Ward Skin

Vamporo Ward

Tales from the Rift 2016

640 RP

New Summoner Icons





Doom Bots of Doom testing soon for RGMQ

NOTE

L4T3NCY

"It's been a long time coming.. they've been lurking... waiting... to be summoned... ..here comes the Doom Bots of Doom!

We'll be enabling them on the PBE soon(tm), and eventually they'll go into the RGM rotation. A LOT has changed from last time though, so I'll get straight to it.

Game flow:

Battle against the Doom Bots of Doom on an extra spooky Summoner's Rift in this survival style game mode.

Doom Bots will rush your lanes relentlessly. Survive!

Try to survive for 15 minutes until the Evil Overlord of the Doom Bots is summoned.

Defeat him to win the game!

Lose your nexus and be doomed forever...

Other gameplay notes:

Doom bots don't go back to shop or heal, but when they do die they'll be back in lane before you know it.

The map has been cut in half so we could double down on the doom.

Enemy towers are invulnerable. Don't bother trying to push.

In the event you manage to suicide some minions into an enemy tower, you'll receive burst of HP/mana for some sustain.

Upon breaking certain kill 'quest' thresholds, your team will receive a boost in power. Work together to get kills and power up in time.

The Doom Bots roster:

Our bot roster has dramatically increased from last time! We have:

Amumu

Annie

Blitzcrank

Brand

Chogath

Ezreal

Fiddlesticks

Galio

Heimerdinger

Leona

Lulu

Lux

Malzahar

Morgana

Tristana

Udyr

Veigar

Wukong

Yasuo

Yorick

Ziggs

Curses:

Curses are global buffs that effect every Doom Bot (or the map itself). They rotate in randomly every few minutes and give the bots a variety of familiar (but scary) powers:

Celestial Expansion

Tempered Fate

Giga Blinding Dart

Brush Fire :)

Death Defied

Realm Warp

Electrified Turrets :)

Windwall

Twilight Shroud

Devilish Duplicates :)

Aegis Protection

Hallucination

Poison Trail

Blood Scent

the Doom Bots' Evil Overlord:

He who shall not be named..

Custom difficulty in "The Gauntlet" mode:

In "The Gauntlet", we're letting YOU set the difficulty and choose how hard you want the Doom Bots to be when challenging them.

Set a custom Doom Bots difficult from 1 - 100 at the start of the game to modify your Doom Bots.

Use the chat command "/votelevel ##" and have 3 or more players vote for the same difficulty level to lock it in. (EG: /votelevel 65)

If a difficulty is not agreed on and voted for within 90sec, the mode will randomise a difficulty level.

On completion, your match history will show what level you completed as PROOF of your accomplishment (or demise).

We're interested to see what the highest level that any players in the WORLD can complete.

There will be an icon after the event for players that complete some of the highest possible levels compared to anyone else in the world. Get your squad together and see how far you can go. :)

Known bugs:

Mode not yet fully optimised. Might be some particle slow down on lower end machines.

Summoning ceremony still missing SFX.

Given the amount of content in Doom Bots, we expect there's probably quite a few bugs still lurking in there. Any help from you PBE peeps is always appreciated to catch those hard to find bugs. Thanks as always everyone.

Now go get doomed. :)

-- L4T3NCY"

Text countdown timer - ex:"10 minutes before HE arrives..." and "1 minute left! Your end is nigh!"

"The Teemoing has begun!"

"Destroy Devil Teemo to stop The Teemoing!"

Little Devil (Teemo): What?! My servants haven't destroyed you yet?"

That's not all though, there are also a slew of text chat lines from Teemo to announce the various doombots abilities, curses, etc



Here's a list of the various doom bots and their doom abilities:

Doom of the Sad Mummy - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Amumu also:

Shares his Despair with nearby minions

Has a much larger Curse of the Sad Mummy

Is still quite sad

Doom of the Dark Child - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Annie also:

Automatically Disintegrates nearby minions

nearby minions Incinerates units in a circle around her

units in a circle around her Summons Tibbers when she dies, who will be quite angry

when she dies, who will be quite angry Likes her teddy bear

Doom of the Great Steam Golem - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Blitzcrank also:

Casts triple Rocket Grab

Constantly goes into Overdrive

Has a much larger radius on Static Field 's active

's active Has a heart...?

Doom of the Burning Vengeance - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Brand also:

Creates multiple Pillars of Flame around targets

around targets Is on fire

Looks mean

Doom of the Terror of the Void - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Cho'gath also:

Passively gains Feast stacks

stacks Creates multiple Ruptures based on his size

based on his size Knocks back units hit by Feral Scream

Is often hungry

Doom of the Prodigal Explorer - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Ezreal also:

Shoots multiple Mystic Shots when cast

when cast Shoots multiple Essence Fluxes when cast

when cast Shoots a plethora of Trueshot Barrages when cast

when cast Does not need a map

Doom of the Harbinger (of Doom) - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Fiddlesticks also:

Drains HP from all nearby enemies when cast

HP from all nearby enemies when cast Periodically spawns spectral clones that cast Crowstorm

Is ironically bad at scaring crows

Doom of the Sentinel's Sorrow - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Galio also:

Casts Resolute Smite in a circle around him

in a circle around him Creates multiple Righteous Gusts in a line

in a line Periodically spawns Taunt zones near him

Flies, sort of

Doom of the Revered Inventor - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Heimerdinger also:

Passively spawns H-28G Evolution Turrets near him

near him Causes H-28G Evolution Turrets to shoot in multiple directions

to shoot in multiple directions Changes Hextech Micro-Rockets to return along their trajectories

to return along their trajectories Modifies CH-2 Electron Storm Grenades to fragment on detonation

to fragment on detonation Is smarter than you are

Doom of the Radiant Dawn - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Leona also:

Shields nearby minions with Eclipse when cast

when cast Passively generates Eclipses near her

near her Calls down massive Solar Flares

Praises the sun

Doom of the Fae Sorceress - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Lulu also:

Places up to five additional Pix, Faerie Companions on nearby allies

on nearby allies Causes all nearby Pixes to randomly cast Whimsy when she does

when she does Makes all nearby allied champions grow when Wild Growth is cast

is cast Knows what colors taste like

Doom of the Lady of Luminosity - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Lux also:

Creates starbursts of Light Bindings

Causes Lucent Singularity to generate Light Bindings

to generate Fires multiple Final Sparks in a circle around her

in a circle around her Really likes laughing

Doom of the Prophet of the Void - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Malzahar also:

Constantly opens portals to the Void

Passively summons Void creatures into lane

Is originally from Shurima

Doom of the Fallen Angel - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Morgana also:

Creates additional Dark Bindings when cast

when cast Spawns multiple Tormented Soil areas around her

areas around her Automatically Flash + Stasis when Soul Shackles is cast

when is cast Struggles with baking

Doom of the Yordle Gunner - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Tristana also:

Simultaneously attacks two targets

Passively adds Explosive Charges to minions hit

to minions hit Knocks back enemies when she lands a Rocket Jump

Has greatly increased knockback radius on Buster Shot

Trains dragons in her spare time

Doom of the Spirit Walker - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Udyr also:

Periodically marks jungle camps as claimed

Summons unkilled monsters from claimed camps into lane after a delay

Guards spirits or whatever

Doom of the Tiny Master of Evil - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Veigar also:

Periodically calls down Dark Matter around him

around him Has increased range and no hit limit on Baleful Strike

Is really evil

Doom of the Monkey King - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Wukong also:

Creates Decoys that knockback nearby enemies

that knockback nearby enemies Spawns Decoys on units hit by Nimbus Strike

on units hit by Creates multiple spinning clones when Cyclone is cast

is cast Will be the best

Doom of the Unforgiven - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Yasuo also:

Creates several whirlwinds whenever Resolve expires

expires Creates a whirlwind when projectiles are blocked by Wind Wall

Creates clones that use Last Breath when faraway enemies are Airborne

when faraway enemies are Airborne Is sometimes a robot and sometimes a cowboy but never a robot cowboy

Doom of the Shepherd of Souls - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Yorick also:

Constantly raises hordes of Mist Walkers to fight alongside him

to fight alongside him Plays guitar

Has a last name

Doom of the Hexplosives Expert - In addition to bonus stats, Doom Ziggs also:

Leaves behind mines on Bouncing Bombs

Creates Mini Inferno Bombs around Mega Inferno Bomb 's blast zone

's blast zone Is not the star this time

Curse: Akali (Twilight Shroud) - This Bot creates a smoke cloud in an area for a short time. While within the cloud, this Bot's allies are stealthed. They will briefly appear when they attack or use an ability.

Curse: Aurelion Sol - The Bots have Aurelion Sol's stars orbiting them, dealing magic damage on contact. Curse: Bard - Bard's Tempered Fates are randomly falling out of the sky! Any unit or turret hit will be put into stasis for 2.5 seconds. Curse: Karthus (Death Defied) - Bots will randomly enter a state of undeath, becoming invulnerable and untargetable. Unlike Karthus, they can still move and cast spells, so watch out!

Curse: Pantheon (Aegis Protection) - Bots have a shield that blocks the next Champion or Turret attack. They get the shield back every 4 attacks or spellcasts.

Curse: Mordekaiser (Children of the Grave) - A ghostly clone of each Player has spawned, and will assist the Bots in attacking you! Even worse, they'll keep coming back, even if you kill them. Curse: Ryze (Realm Warp) - The Bots will open Ryze's Realm Warp portals under your feet, which lead somewhere behind them.

Curse: Shaco (Hallucinate) - Whenever a Bot falls below 40% health, it creates a clone of itself. This clone explodes on death, dealing magic damage in an area around it.

Curse: Singed (Poison Trail) - The Bots are leaving a noxious cloud behind them. Touching it will poison you, taking magic damage over time. Curse: Warwick (Blood Scent) - When a player falls below 50% health, all nearby Bots run much faster and gain vision of the injured player.

Curse: Yasuo (Windwall) - The Bots will randomly charge up and emit a wall of wind that blocks your team's projectiles.

Curse: Devilish Duplicates - This Bot will disguise itself as Little Devil Teemo as long as it hasn't taken Champion damage for 2 seconds. Curse: Brush Fire - All the brush on the map is on fire, and will deal magic damage to you if you stand in it. Curse: Giga Blinding Darts - Gigantic, global-range darts are being fired that will damage and Giga-Blind anyone hit by them. Curse: Towers Electrified - Your Turrets will periodically zap your team's Champions if you're near them, dealing True damage.

NOTE :

Death Screen Performance Tweaks

Riot JxE

"Hey all!

I’m Riot JxE from the Sustainability Initiative. Our goal is to make it easier for developers to make League of Legends awesome for years to come.

We recently spun up a team that’s focused on refactoring our rendering code. This team is laying down the foundation that we can build on to improve the visuals of League of Legends. These won’t be the highest quality pixels anybody's seen, but they’ll look good and run on your machine.

We’ve redone some of the death screen visuals which will be hitting the PBE today. This was an exercise to get to know our code inside and out that led to some cool side benefits. Prior to our changes, every object in the game had a shader attached to them that would tell the object to turn gray when someone died. This was done a long time ago to make characters render at 20% saturation while the background was completely desaturated. With our new changes, there’s a single post-process pass that sets everything to 20% saturation.

Once we’re confident in this change we’ll remove the old code which results in faster load times when joining a game and memory savings. You will immediately get higher fps while viewing the death screen (VFX now render 65% faster and animated objects render 33% faster).

BEFORE:

AFTER:

We know some of you will encounter this screen more than others. While you’re reflecting on the terrible decisions you’ve made, please take some time to let us know if you notice any issues with our changes!

Thanks!

Riot JxE"

Balance Changes * Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical or experimental changes. Be aware that what you see below may be lacking context or other changes that didn't make it in or were implemented in an earlier patch this cycle! These are not official notes.



*: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical or experimental changes. Be aware that what you see below may be lacking context or other changes that didn't make it in or were implemented in an earlier patch this cycle! These areofficial notes.

Champions Graves

[ Note: CONTEXT from phroxz0n as of 10/4. These are subject to change .]

Quickdraw (E)

Attacking a CHAMPION after E now gives the armor/mr rather than on cast.

after E now gives the armor/mr rather than on cast.

Hitting all bullets on a champion now grants 2 stacks.

Kalista

Rend (E) [no actual changes, they are testing a bug fix.]

Kog'Maw

Living Artillery (R)

Mana cost lowered to 40 at all ranks from 50.

to 40 at all ranks from 50.

Mana cost increase for subsequent shots also lowered to 40 from 50.



Time for mana increase for subsequent shots lowered to 6 seconds from 10 seconds.



Base Damage changed:



NEW :

:



Base [120/160/200 (65% bonus AD)(25% AP) to enemies above 35% health]







Double [240/320/400 to enemies below 35% health]





OLD :

:



Base [70/110/150 to enemies above 50%]







Double [140/220/300 to enemies between 50% - 25% health]







Triple [240/330/540 to enemies below 25% health]



Nasus

[ Note : ManWolfAxeBoss the R resist model likely to be changed.]

Fury of the Sands (R)

Now converts damage done into bonus armor and magic resist instead of attack damage.



"Q range stacks with R now"**

Nidalee

Pounce (Cougar W)

Cooldown increased to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 from 5 at all ranks.



[Hunted target reset adjusted to 3.5 - 2 seconds from 3-1.5]

Yorick

Shepherd of Souls (Passive) [tooltip now notes that large minions and large monsters now also always leave a grave.] Dark Procession (W) [range appears to be increased by 50] tweeted the R resist model likely to be changed.

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