The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 8.8 PBE cycle, today's patch includes more tentative balance changes for, 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.)

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* 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.





Ryze

Spell Flux (E) cost increased from 40/55/70/85/100 to 60/70/80/90/100

Sion

[Sion has other changes in testing on the PBE!]

Decimating Smash (Q) maximum damage AD ratio changed from 195% at all ranks to 135/150/165/180/195%

Taliyah

Threaded Volley (Q) cooldown increased from 9/7.5/6/4.5/3 to 11/9/7/5/3

[Note: This is currently NOT SHOWING IN-GAME. ]



Vi

[Vi has other changes in testing on the PBE!]

Armor reverted from [30 + 4 per level] to [35 + 3.5 per level]

from [30 + 4 per level] to [35 + 3.5 per level] Health regen reverted from [10 + 1 per level] to [9 + .9 per level]

from [10 + 1 per level] to [9 + .9 per level] Vault Breaker (Q)

Cooldown increased from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 to 12/11/10/9/8



Vs Live : 16/14/12/10/8 to 12/11/10/9/8

: 16/14/12/10/8 to 12/11/10/9/8

Cost reverted from 40/50/60/70/80 to 50/60/70/80/90 Denting Blows (W) attack speed reverted from 20/30/40/50/60% to 30/35/40/45/50%

attack speed from 20/30/40/50/60% to 30/35/40/45/50% Excessive Force (E) mana cost lowered from 30/40/50/60/70 to 26/32/38/44/50

mana cost lowered from 30/40/50/60/70 to 26/32/38/44/50 Vs Live: 40/45/50/55/60 to 26/32/38/44/50

Xayah Bladecaller (E) damage against minions lowered from 50% to 25%

Items Archangel's Staff

Unique Passive - Awe max mana lowered from 3% to 1%

max mana lowered from 3% to 1% [does not effect Seraph's Embrace]

Runes Lethal Tempo (P1)

attack speed increased from [30% - 80%] to [40 - 100%]

has other changes in testing on the PBE!]

Context & Notes

Riot Maple

"Hey folks!

I'm seeing a lot of conversation around Irelia post hotifx (rightfully so) and wanted to give a little bit of context as to our thinking with why we went so hard, and what our plan is going forward. Brief disclaimer - I'm not the designer of Irelia, I'm the producer on the balance team, so I probably won't be able to provide a super satisfying answer for in depth design questions.

Why did we ship a hotfix as large as we did, and why did we do it so quickly?

To answer the first part of that question, within 12 hours of her release Irelia had hit a ~54.5% winrate at high mmr (plat+), and for new champions and VGUs that's usually just the starting point. We refer to this as the "Day 0" winrate, and is usually a really good indicator of general power before we start to get more nuanced data in. Typically within days of new champs and VGUs we'll see champions climb as much as 4%-5% in terms of winrate, which - if that happened - would have landed us in some pretty hot water with Irelia and perception around her power (because she was likely to be styling on folks). A Day 0 winrate greater than 50% is often already a big red flag for us, let alone hitting the mid 50s. Given where she was sitting only 12 hours into her release, we opted to err on the side of go harder on the nerfs, so that we wouldn't find ourselves in a "ship a few nerfs...shit not enough...ship a few more...shit not enough...ship a few more...oh crap too far...etc" over the following patches. We wanted to aim for one definitive swing, see how she performs over the following days, and then give her back power if her natural growth didn't land her in a good spot.

So what are our plans?

Nothing concrete yet, but looking at data yesterday it's clear that her lane phase is likely just too soft, yet she still scales incredibly well into the mid/late game, matching or even outperforming some of the other top laners that are considered stable. As a result, it's highly unlikely we can just revert some of the nerfs and call it a day since that would most likely just lead to her being the most dominant champ in mid and late game. What this means is there's probably going to be some power curve adjustments being made (give her more power early, but take out some late), so that she doesn't just fall over like a house of cards in lane phase, but also so she doesn't just take over games single handedly. I don't have concrete details on what any of those changes might look like yet, but the designer of Irelia was looking into possible directions yesterday.

So....are you going to buff her or what?

On Monday we're going to see how she's doing after the hotfix looking at power over game length, item build performance and all that jazz, and will make a call on what the path forward is. If she's seen reasonable growth it's likely that buffs will wait until the 8.8 patch, if she hasn't really moved at all we can talk about a hotfix buff. As we know more I'll try to swing back here and let you guys know what's going on if no one else has already. At this point consider nothing is set in stone, but do know that we're looking very closely at her right now and you're not going to be waiting 3 months for us to revisit Irelia.

Touching back a bit on the "why so fast and why so hard" topic, one of the things we're actively looking to avoid is situations like with Ornn and Zoe from this year, where we take small taps in either direction, leaving mains of their champs in constant flux or fear of us going to far in one way or another. We're committing ourselves to getting new champs/VGUs stable as quickly as we can, so you can learn, play, and enjoy your champ without fear of showing up in the next patch note yet again.

Please let me know if a context post like this outlining the plan helps relieve some of the anxiety or frustration you're feeling, if it does I may look to do it with other champs in the future so that mains of the champions we work on are at least up to speed with where our heads are at.

Thanks for your time,

Maple

MONDAY UPDATE: These changes are likely to hit the PBE tomorrow, but going to drop them here in case they don't.

Base Armor: 31 >>> 34

Q: Damage to minions: 60%>>>70%

E: Bugfix - no longer credits Irelia for several minion kills.

R:CD 120/105/90 >>> 140/120/100

Damage (missile): 150/275/400 >>> 150/250/350

Damage (wall) : 125/200/275 >>> 75/125/175

There might still be some tweaks made to the current list, but the designer from Live Gameplay, Solcrushed, and the playtester are still mulling things over. There's a small chance that she doesn't get buffed in 8.8 and instead does in 8.9 based on how she's grown over the weekend, but we're still talking about it."

Squad5

"Just to update on the Ivern buffs I was talking about - aiming right now for them in 8.9 (not this coming patch but next). The changes last patch I don't consider a true buff even though they technically buffed him. Still similar goals but trying not to make him crazy."

Here's with thoughts onbalance, as well as a changelist for today's PBE update: noted possible buffs forin 8.9:Check outfor aor catch up with the individual update links below !