11/8 PBE Update: New Splash Art, K/DA Akali Tweaks, & More

Posted on at 12:14 PM by Aznbeat
The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 8.23 PBE cycle, today's patch includes new splash art for all of the skins this cycle, tweaks to K/DA Akali, 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 Splash Arts

Splash arts for the skins this cycle have been added to the PBE!

Solar Eclipse Leona

Lunar Eclipse Leona

Coven Camille

Coven Lissandra

Pajama Guardians
Splash for Lulu, Soraka, & Lux
Splash for Ezreal and Miss Fortune


[Loading Screens: Lux / Soraka / Lulu / Miss Fortune / Ezreal]

New Summoner Icons

Three new summoner icons were added in today's update:

Pajama Guardian Lux Icon, 2018 All-Star Icon, (Unnamed)
  

K/DA Akali Skin Tweaks

As noted by the LoLEU twitter, K/DA Akali has been updated to include her blacklight/glow paint when she is shrouded!
"We heard you loud and clear, and we've updated K/DA Akali's in-game model to show the neon/blacklight effect from the Popstar video! This will be available for free if you already own the K/DA Akali skin, and appears during her shroud" [Gif]

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
Kai'Sa
  • [Changes today are a bug per Captain Gameplay - "This is a bug. there shouldn't be any changes for kaisa this patch"]

Items

[New] Youmuu's Wraithblade
  • [Looks to be a new Ornn upgrade item, context in this thread from Squad5]
    • +75 Attack Damage
    • +10% Cooldown Reduction
    • Unique Passive: +25 Lethality
    • Unique Passive: +40 Movement Speed out of Combat
    • Unique Active: Grants +20% Movement Speed for 6 seconds (45 second cooldown).

[New] Frozen Fist
  • [Looks to be a new Ornn upgrade item, context in this thread from Squad5]
  • +95 Armor
  • +20% Cooldown Reduction
  • +700 Mana
  • Unique Passive - Spellblade: After using an ability, the next basic attack deals bonus physical damage equal to 100% of base Attack Damage in an area and creates an icy zone for 2 seconds that slows Movement Speed by 30% (1.5 second cooldown). Size of zone increases with bonus armor.

Runes
Demolish (R2)
[Demolish has other changes in testing on the PBE!]
  • Charged attack damage lowered from [175 (+30% of your max health)] to [100 (+30% of your max health)]

Dark Harvest (Domination Keystone)
[Dark Harvest has a reworked effect in testing for Preseason!]
  • Damage lowered from 40-80 to 30-60
  • Cooldown increased from 40s to 45s 

Kleptomancy (Inspiration Keystone)
  • [Changed Effect] "After using an ability, each of your next 2 attacks can grant 5 gold... or something nicer. Only attacks against champions grant you a reward."
    • [Previously only the next basic attack could reward either gold or an item]
    • Captain Gameplay noted:
"the proc chances are lowered to compensate for 2 hits (you should get more value than before if you do both hits consistently, but less if you just hit once) 
also wards (green, Control, Blue) have been removed from the drop pool post 20 minutes so you don't just poot wards out in teamfights"

Context & Notes

1) Here's Riot Orphyre with a bugs & feedback thread for the Coven Camille and Coven Lissandra chroma this cycle:
"Hey everyone! 
We’ve got some new Chromas coming up for Coven Lissandra and Coven Camille!
Coven Lissandra:
  • New textures:
    • Coven Lissandra (Ruby)
    • Coven Lissandra (Rose Quartz)
    • Coven Lissandra (Aquamarine)
    • Coven Lissandra (Tanzanite)
    • Coven Lissandra (Obsidian)
    • Coven Lissandra (Meteorite)
    • Coven Lissandra (Sandstone)
Coven Camille:
  • New textures:
    • Coven Camille (Tanzanite)
    • Coven Camille (Aquamarine)
    • Coven Camille (Obsidian)
    • Coven Camille (Rose Quartz)
    • Coven Camille (Ruby)
    • Coven Camille (Pearl)
    • Coven Camille (Turquoise) 
The Chroma sets are now available on PBE! We hope you all will enjoy the new sets; as usual, we’re looking forward to hearing your constructive feedback. I’ll do my best to answer and reply to your questions and feedback! 
Thanks!
Riot Orphyre"

Check out [THIS PAGEfor a comprehensive list of the new content & changes currently on the PBE as a part of this cycle or catch up with the individual update links below !

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