10-8 PBE Update: Rocketeer Tristana got a fresh coat of paint.

Posted on at 10:24 PM by Moobeat
 edit: For those looking for what's new on the 10-9 PBE update, they mostly fixed a bug with Morgana's Q.
A small update was applied to the PBE tonight and interestingly enough Rocketeer Tristana, an unreleased skin, received some updates to both her model and her load screen picture.
Continue reading for some before & after comparison shots and a little background on this mysterious skin.

( Note: the wall of text below is only relevant for the NA/EU community, the Garena servers run a bit differently and have had this skin, although not updated, for a while now. )

For those who might not be fully up to speed on the history of this skin, Rocketeer Tristana is a skin that first appeared circa the Volibear patch PBE update but was never released on live servers. Despite this, this skin has always been lurking around the PBE. For whatever reason, the tourney realms have also have the skin available, which has lead to a few teams using it in events on occasion ( I believe the last instance was TSM.evo's DontMashMe use it during the NA regionals ) which always creates a surge of forum topics wanting more information about it. The most recent mention of the skin posted by Morello and RiotBazner, neither of which had anything new to say about it or it's assumed cancellation.

With these updates, it seems Riot might just be gearing up to release this long lost skin. Please keep in mind, though, that this stuff is all tentative and may or may not be completed.

Here is the updated model vs the old model; notice the extra detail on both  the gun and the back rocket.


and here is the comparison between the new load screen art and the old art; notice the overall smoothing and color adjustments.

10/10 Edit: I'm still scopping out the validity of this, but I've been told an ad for the new skin was pushed out early on the BR servers. Sh wasn't  yet purchasable but if this is true it pretty much confirms she is going to be released at some point.


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    1. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oh wait im volibear, lol was that even a scratch?

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    2. KOG MAWL: DID YOU SAY SOMETHING VOLI??.TROLOLOL

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  2. Im sexy and i know it

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  3. I wanna shoot something

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    1. Is that a rocket in your pocket? **giggles and blushes**

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    2. No, It's just your mom. :3

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  4. with u right here imma rocketeer and, flyyyyyyyYYYYYYyyyyYYYYYY~

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    1. Couldn't have said it better myself

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  6. Rocketeer Tristana. If they don't buff Trist in the next patch just a little, that's gonna be no use since nobody really plays trist in competitive play.

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    1. AP ratios on a ranged carry is so 2009, get with the times girlfriend.

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    2. I play her in 2300 elo, you two are just bad

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    3. 2300 elo isn't competitive play. Competitive play is tournaments. Competitive =/= soloQ

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    4. She is my main and favorite champion in the game. It's true she needs a small buff to make her more viable in competitive play but every patch that involves her it is a nerf. the most recent one removed the killing things with abilities procs 'explosive shot's passive. it made farming slower and enemies could walk next to minions safer. And i swear Riot hot fixed her jump range b/c i feel like i can't jump as far as I used to.

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    1. Rocketeer Tristana skin for Teemo? Yes please!

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  8. This should be the reward for playing 10 matchmaking games Judgment Kayle style. It'd fit perfectly methinks

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    1. Good idea but now she will be get 2 event skins - and these 2 are better then rest!!! better do this skin like va reward for 20 matchmaked matches or for 975 rp ;)

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  9. Wow, so long ago announced skin, maybe Morde Dark Crusader will be next...

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    1. That's a no.

      They completely rejected Dark Crusader Morde.

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  10. They touched up so little. Why did this take a year?

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    1. Maybe they have other things to do?
      I would rather have a great balanced game with little bugs and great looking champs, than plenty of skins.
      But I think they have postponed it with purpose. Maybe they're going to do something special with it (bet it's just a normal skins, and the artist just got lazy/busy for a while).

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    2. But there are still a lot of bugs popping up around every patch, server problems, etc., and it's irrelevant anyway since different teams work on those issues.

      I hope there was a good reason for postponing it too, because otherwise it seems sillier than the ridiculous amount of time it took for pulsefire ez to come out.

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    3. They probably postponed it because it didn't feel right to them, same as when they postpone/scrap all the other skins, like Dark Crusader Mordekaiser. I'd rather someone be interested in creating the skin, even if they have to rediscover that interest, than someone lose interest halfway through and they go, "Well, its started, may as well put out what we have."

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  11. They removed the SMILEY FACE from the rocket.. LAME!

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    1. If you're talking about the rocket launcher itself, thats a feature of the Riot Girl Tristana skin. If you're talking about the rockets ... I have no clue what you're talking about.

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  12. This skin puts a rocket in MY pocket ;)

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  13. So uh... is that it?

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  14. Yay , a trist skin that i will actually buy.

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  15. The only thing I don't like from what I see on the new updated model is that there is no smiley face on the rocket in the gun :( granted I know there will probably be changes before it's released otherwise I like the updated model just miss the smiley lol

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    1. Why should there be a smiley face on it? Maybe Riot don't want to reedo themselves. ^^

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    2. You're thinking about Riot Girl Tristana, this is a completely different skin. So you'll still have your smiley faces, no worries :p

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    3. ....no if you check the old model pic right there in front of you, you would see a smiley face on the rocket on the old model shouldnt be that hard to just look at the picture :P

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  16. Anybody else notice they gave her cleavage in the new art as well? I'm not sure whether to facepalm or not. The changes are otherwise a simple art shift.

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  17. one of the few adc's im willing to play (:

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  18. don't know where you got this information from, rocketeer tristana wasn't updated at all ;), and if you check the actual files and from the other patches you will see that

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    1. the manifest accounts for the splash update ( being in the game files not in the client files ) but i have no idea where he got the model from..

      http://l3cdn.riotgames.com/releases/pbe/projects/lol_game_client/releases/0.0.0.142/packages/files/packagemanifest

      ^ manifest shows some new sounds too

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  19. IM SO EXCITED. ROCKETEER TRISTANA WHERe?!?!?!

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  20. want exterminator twitch too!

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  21. Almost every champion has it's hair differente from the one of the picture U_U

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  22. Nerf for Leona as well on the PBE - her Q doesn't reset her autoattack timer after use anymore. The animation is super long.

    Also, bringing awareness to the issue: her Q cooldown has been 12/11/10/9/8 forever even though it was supposed to be buffed to 11/10/9/8/7 a long time ago.

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  23. RELEASE IT ALREADY
    WHY DON'T YOU WANT MY MONEY, RIOT
    WHY

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  24. when will it be live on PBE servers?

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  25. Yay , a trist skin that i will actually buy.

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  26. Do you think Riot will give this to everyone a la "Judgement Kayle"?

    That would be the best reward ever if its true!

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  27. And still no.1 plays Tristana xD

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    1. She just doesn't do as well as other AD champs. No burst... pretty much reliant on items and AA. One of those champs you would consider a beast at late game but not as strong early.

      If they would buff her Rocket Jump to be faster or more responsive then people might play her more. I've seen how she can get interrupted while trying to jump because the animation is so slow and dies right there.

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  28. This IMO is the best skin for her... the legendary one is just weak.

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  29. They still need to give info about exterminator twitch too ._.

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  30. Yes! I can't wait for this skins release, I want it so bad! I've wanted it for monthssss. :D

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  31. plz let this skin come out

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