5.13 PBE Cycle

[NOTE: 5.13 PBE cycle is winding down! Expect the next live patch sometime during the week of July 7th]


This mega post was last Updated on 7/5 with the video previews of skins, TK, VFX updates. 

( With the release of patch 5.12 to live on June 24, we started the new 5.13 PBE cycle )

Previous PBE Cycles in 2015
[4.21][5.1] [5.2] [5.3] [5.4] [5.5] [5.6] [5.7] [5.8] [5.9] [5.10] [5.11] [5.12]

Below you will find a comprehensive list of new content, balance changes, and whatever else  is included in the current PBE cycle! Be aware that these changes are extremely tentative, there is a possibility that things you see below will be changed or even reverted prior to the live patch.


( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated! )

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )

Table of Contents



New Champion: Tahm Kench

Following his champion reveal, Tahm Kench, the River King, is now on the PBE for testing!


Tahm Kench, the River King


Here's ZenonTheStoic with a PBE feedback thread following Tahm Kench's PBE debut:
"Calling all riverboat captains and friends of nautical adventures! 
Tahm Kench, the River King, is about to hit PBE! I am the champion designer who worked on him and I'll be here to field your questions. First off, a little context: 
We initially designed Tahm Kench as a top lane tank and we believe he still functions well in this role, but his support play probably eclipses all other roles. Because ally devour is so particularly powerful when used on a strong but fragile ally, playing him in the role where he can do that from level 1 just makes the most sense. That said, a top Tahm who gets ahead can affect other lanes in a unique way: waddle down into river to "ward", pick up your jungler, teleport mid--and suddenly the enemy mid laner finds himself in a 1v3 tower dive. Fun times! 
We're still fixing bugs, but anything you report now will be massively valuable to us. As always, videos are best; screenshots (preferably also a screenshot with the scoreboard open) are also great, and a description of exactly what happened in which order is super useful as well. 
One bug I'm aware of that'll be fixed with our next deploy is that Devour sometimes doesn't cost mana. Oopsie. There are also some animation issues caused by a faulty export that'll be fixed in the next deploy. 
That said, have at it! As soon as the PBE comes back up, Tahm should be available. If you're streaming your gameplay, feel free to drop a link in here as well. I'll be looking to watch as much first time gameplay as I can. 
The whole Tahm team is so very excited to bring you our very own take on the Southern Devil / gentleman / scuttlegromp. Let us know how you like him!"

Stats &Abilities

  • Base HP: 610
  • HP Per Level: 95
  • Base Mana: 325
  • Mana Per Level: 40
  • Base Attack Range: 200
  • Base Movement Speed: 335
  • Base Damage: 56
  • Damage Per Level: 3.2
  • Base Attack Speed: --
  • Attack Speed Per Level: 2.5
  • Base HP Regen Per Second: 1.3
  • HP Regen Per Second Per Level: 0.11
  • Base Mana Regen Per Second: 1.1
  • Mana Regen Per Second Per Level: 0.2
  • Base Armor: 27
  • Armor Per Level: 3
  • Base Magic Resist: 32.1
  • Magic Resist Per Level: 1.25

Acquired Taste (Passive)
Basic attacks and damaging spells apply stacks of An Acquired Taste to enemy champions. At three stacks, Tongue Lash and Devour become empowered against that champion.


Tongue Lash (Q)
6 sec Cooldown
50 Mana 
[Range: 800
Damage the first enemy hit for 80/115/150/185/220 (+.7 AP) magic damage and slow them by 30/40/50/60/70% for 2 seconds. Champions with 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste will additionally be stunned for 1.5 seconds.
Activate Devour while your tongue is in mid-air to devour monsters/minions from a distance.


Devour (W)
90 Mana
14/13/12/11/10 sec Cooldown 
[Range: 250
Devour a target for 4/4.5/5/5.5/6s (half that for enemy champions.) Enemies are dealt        20/23/26/29/32% (+.02 AP)% of their maximum health as magic damage.  (maximum of 400/450/500/550/600 against neutral monsters).
Enemy Champions:Requires 3 stacks of An Acquired Taste to be devoured. While holding an enemy champion, Tahm Kech is slowed by 95%
Allied Champions: While holding an allied champion, Tahm Kench gains 30/35/40/45/50% movement speed toward enemy champions (halved when not moving toward enemy champions).
Minions and monsters: Reactivate to spit, dealing 100/150/200/250/300 (+0.6 AP) magic damage to targets hit.
[Red = Enemy inside]
[Blue = Ally inside]

Thick Skin (E)
50 Mana
16/15/14/13/12 sec Cooldown 
Passive:Damage taken while this spell is not cooling down is converted to grey health. If allowed to decay, 20/26/32/38/44% of grey health will turn back into health. 
Active:Convert all of your grey health into a shield that lasts 6 seconds, but falls off gradually over that time."

Abyssal Voyage (R)
100 Mana
160/130/100 sec Cooldown 
Range: 4000/5000/6000 
Passive: Basic attacks and damaging spells deal an additional X (20 + 4/5/6% of Tahm Kench's bonus health) magic damage 
Active: Begin to channel for up to 15 seconds. During this time, one ally champion can right click Tahm Kench to join in. Alternatively, reactivate this ability to travel alone. On reactivation or once an ally has opted in, Tahm travels to the target location. Incoming champion damage breaks the channel. 
'Boy, the world's one river, and I'm its king. Ain't no place I ain't been; ain't no place I can't go again.'

Here's a video preview of Tahm Kench's abilities in action:


Voiceover

Tahm Kench's voiceover clocks in at just over 13 minutes.


Tahm Kench's champion select quote has also been added:

"Call me King, call me demon - Water forgets the names of the drowned."



As you may have noticed, Tahm Kench has quite the variety of unique champion interactions.

Riot Utora explains:
":) Tahm has a ridiculous amount of VO. He also has 46 (i think) enemy specific taunts and 46 ally specific taunts. You're going to want to spam taunt in game to find out who has them! 
Also, Tahm has an unique aggressive mode where he'll play special lines - more aggressive lines when he has at least 2 stacks of his passive on someone or an enemy has been devoured. He has aggressive move, attack, and basic attack efforts for when he's in this frequent, but short lived mode. 
He'll also have some lovely critiques on the flavor of enemies he spits out ;)"


Lore

The short form client lore entry for Tahm Kench can be seen here:
"The whole world's a river, and I'm its king." 
Tahm Kench travels Runeterra's waterways, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of the unsuspecting. The singularly charming gourmand savors every moment of his victims' suffering.  A deal with Two-Coats may carry you to wherever you wish, but your journey will most assuredly end in the depths of despair.

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Release Skin

Master Chef Tahm Kench

975 RP
Here's Galetta with a PBE bugs and feedback thread for Master Chef Tahm Kench:
"Now we shall gluttonize, 
Out of the frying pan and into the fire, Master Chef Tahm Kench is here to cook up some trouble! This skin includes:
  • New model and texture!
  • New Recall animation! With the addition of some eating utensils on his angry idle, angry run, and his taunt animations!
  • All new particles on his (E) and (R)! 
This skin will be 975rp. (pricing on PBE is subject to change) 
Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Master Chef Tahm Kench and let us know what you think! Feel free to drop any bugs you find in this thread as well! 
See you on the Rift!" 

New Skins

As for skins, this cycle also includes a proper and civilized new skin for Gnar!

Gentleman Gnar

975 RP
 
Here's Nurse Flan with the PBE bugs & feedback thread for Gentleman Gnar:
"The world's most interesting Yordle enters the Rift - announcing Gentleman Gnar! Don't be fooled by his new high-class look though, he doesn't carry around his cane for show! 
Check out all his new stuff!
  • Fancy, fluffy white cat with a monocle!
  • Brand new, hand-tailored suit! (pls don't touch, it's designer)
  • Some sophisticated new particles (cane, pocketwatch, and a clocktower!)
  • New recall animation, for Little and Big Gnar!
  • Some new audio! (*audio may not be complete at this time)
  • 975 RP* (price subject to change)
As players who get the first look at this in-progress skin, it would be wonderful to hear your thoughts and feelings on the new Gnar skin! The constructive feedback and bugs you leave here will help us get a better idea of things we may still have to take a look at. :] 
See you on the Rift!"


New Chroma Packs

Today's update also includes a total of four new chroma packs for BardDreadknight Nasus, Grim Reaper Karthus, and Shockblade Zed!

Here's Riot LoveStrut with a bugs & feedback thread for these new Chroma packs:
"Dreadknight Nasus and Grim Reaper Karthus are leading the hauntingly colorful charge with their new Plague chroma packs! 
This wave of chroma packs includes Dreadknight Nasus Plague, Grim Reaper Karthus Plague, Shockblade Zed Charge and Bard Bloom for 590 RP each. 
Let us know what you think of this champ and skin selection and who you think we should deck out in colors next! Got questions? Check out the Chroma Pack FAQ here.
EDIT: Unfortunately, the Shockblade Zed Charge chroma pack has been delayed due to VFX issues, but you can expect to see these colorful ninjas in the future!"

Bard Bloom Chroma Pack



Dreadknight Nasus Plague Chroma Pack 



Grim Reaper Karthus Plague  Chroma Pack


Shockblade Zed Charge Chroma Pack

[NOTE : Unfortunately this Chroma pack will NOT Be going out in 5.13 due to vfx issues.]


VFX Updates

NunuRumble, and Shyvana have all received visual effect updates on the PBE!

Nunu

Nunu Bot has also had his lightning vfx during his R touched up

Video previews:

Rumble


Rumble in the Jungle and Bilgerat Rumble also have updated version of their unique R vfx:
Video previews

Shyvana

Championship and  Darkflame Shyvana also have their VFX updated in a similar manner


New Summoner Icons

New summoner icons for teams particpating in LCKLMS, and GPL Summer have been added in today's update. As with any regional esports icons, no release details yet.

LCK

CJ Entus , SKT T1, Sbenu Sonic Boom, Samsung Galaxy, NaJin E-mFire, KT Rolster, KOO Tigers, Jin Air Green Wings, Longzhu Incredible Miracle, Rebels Anarchy


LMS

AHQ eSports Club, Assassin Sniper, Flash Wolves, Logitech Snipers, Machi eSports, Midnight Sun eSports, Taipei Assassins, Hong Kong eSports

GPL Summer

Imperium Pro Team, Boba Marines, ZOTAC United, Team Proioxis, Impunity Legends, Thirsty Chinchillas, Go To Sleep, Wargods
[These are 8 of the 16 teams participating in GPL Summer.]


Miscellaneous 

  • Riot Exgeniar has posted up a PBE thread regarding a fix candidate for Syndra's E(Q) bug.
  • The end of tutorial background has been updated to use the "Pantheon Smite" art 
  • Following their update on the 5.12 patch, Brand's VFX have been tweaked in this cycle to include a more powerful looking explosion.

Balance Changes

* Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.


Champions
Kalista
  • Base attack damage increased to 57.5 from 53.46
  • Attack damage growth increased to 3.5 from 3.25
  • Martial Poise (Passive) New Effect - Kalista's auto attacks "Deal only 90% of her total attack damage."
  • Pierce (Q) can no longer be cast mid dash
  • Sentinel (W) tooltip no longer mentions the passive having minimum damage to minions.
  • Rend (E) each extra spear now increases the damage by 50% (which 50% of the base damage would be 10/15/20/25/30 + 30% AD) rather than [10/14/19/25/32 (+20/22.5/25/27.5/30% AD)]
  • [Note: While numbers are slightly different, this may just be a tooltip change.]

Kayle
  • Righteous Fury (E) active's AP ratio increased to .3 from .25
  • Righteous Fury (E) New Passive added - Kayle's Basic Attacks deal an additional 10/15/20/25/30 (+.15 AP) magic damage on hit
  • [Note: E's tooltip updated to read active as increasing the damage from the new passive. damage values for E's active are still the same as on live:
"Passive: Kayle's Basic Attacks deal an additional 10/15/20/25/30 (.15 AP) magic damage on hit.  
Active: Kayle increases her Attack Range by 400 for 10 seconds and the passive bonus is increased to 20/30/40/50/60 (+0.3) magic damage on hit.  
In addition, enemies near her target take 20/30/40/50/60 (+20/25/30/35/40% AD) (+0.3 AP) magic damage on attack."]

Kennen
  • [Tooltip Fix] Mark of the Storm (Passive) tooltip now lists stun duration as1.25 secs from 1
  • [NOTE: Turns out this is just a tooltip change according to Meddler:
"This is just a tooltip fix, turns out Mark of the Storm's duration was increased to 1.25s years ago but that wasn't documented (our bad)."]
Nautilus
  • Riptide (E) damage lowered to 60/95/130/165/200 from 60/100/140/180/220

Rek'Sai
  • Unburrow (W) knock up area reduced ~20% - 160 from 200.

Shyvana
  • Burnout (W) damage lowered to 20/33/45/58/70 from 20/35/50/65/80

Singed
  • Base magic resist increased to 32.1 from 30
  • Magic Resist per level increased to 1.25 from 0
  • Fling (E) root for landing in Mega Adhesive increased to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds from 1 second at all ranks

Xin Zhao
  • Battle Cry (W) AP ratio on heal lowered to .5 from .7

Items
Abyssal Scepter
  • [REVERTED][Rework is back. Last we heard this is shelved for the time being despite being on PBE]

Enchantment: Devourer
  • Now transforms into "Sated Devourer" and gains extra on hit effects once reaching 30 stacks.
  • Base magic damage on hit increased to 30 from 25
  • Passive Changed to "Devouring Spirit" - Takedowns on Large monsters and champions increase magic damage of this item by +1. Takedowns on Rift Scuttlers increase the magic damage of this item by +2. Takedowns on epic monsters increase the magic damage of this item by +5. At 30 stacks, your Devourer becomes Sated, granting extra on Hit effects"
  • Now has a visual of a small purple wolf that follows you while gaining stacks.

[New] Enchantment: Sated Devourer
  • Transforms from  Enchantment: Devourer after obtaining 30 stacks, gaining new effects and a new yellow gem jungler item icon. 
  • Stats:
  • 50% Attack Speed
  • 60 Magic Damage on hit
  • Unique Passive - Phantom Hit: Every other basic attack will trigger a phantom attack that triggers all on hit effects a second time.
  • [NoteMeddler explains Phantom Hit as "This is basically two auto attacks back to back, where the second one has no base damage and therefore only applies on Hit effects."] 



Enchantment: Runeglaive
  • Ability Power increased to 50 from 40.
  • Unique Passive Spellblade - damage increased to [100% base attack damage +30% AP] from [75% base attack damage + 30% AP]
  • [BUG FIXRuneglaive no longer procs spell effects such as Rylai's or Luden's Echo
  • [NoteSee this post by ricklessabandon for more information.]

Hunter's Machete
  • Tooltip now reads "gain 7 health and 3 mana per second while under attack from neutral monsters" from "gain 7 health and 3 mana per second while in combat with monsters (no regeneration is gained while in combat with cowardly monsters.)"
Righteous Glory 
  • Health reduced to 500 from 600
  • Active Cooldown increased to 90s from 60s

Spirit Visage
  • Unique passive now reads " Increases all healing received by 20%." from "Increases self-healing, Health Regen, Lifesteal, and Spell Vamp effects by 20%."
  • [Note: This is a functionality change. SV's passive now increases outside heals like Soraka or Sona rather than only self heals.]





Core AP itemization changes

[Lots and lots of AP item changes this patch. Check out this post by Xypherous for more info!]

Archangel's Staff (SR)
  • Total Cost increased to 3000g from 2700g
  • Recipe now NLR + Tear of the Goddess + 1030g
  • AP increased to 80 from 60
    • [Note: These changes are also on the Crystal Scar version.]

Athene's Unholy Grail
  • Recipe now Codex + Chalice + Amp Tome

Blasting Wand
  • Total cost lowered to 850g from 860g

Haunting Guise
  • Total cost increased to 1500g from 1480g

Liandry's Torment
  • Total cost increased to 3000g from 2900g
  • Recipe now Haunting Guise + Blasting Wand
  • AP increased to 80 from 50

Luden's Echo (Summoner's Rift)
  • Total Cost lowered to 3000g from 3100g
  • AP lowered to 100 from 120
  • Movement speed increased to 10% from 7%

Morellonomicon
  • Recipe now: Codex + Idol + Amp Tome

Nashor's Tooth
  • Total cost increased to 3000g from 2920g
  • Attack speed lowered to 40% from 50%
  • AP increased to 80 from 60

Needlessly Large Rod
  • Total cost lowered to 1250g from 1600g
  • AP lowered to 60 from 80.

Rabadon's Death Cap
  • Total cost increased to 3500g from 3300g
  • Recipe now NLR + Blasting Wand + Amp Tome
  • Unique Passive increased to 35% ability power amp from 30%

Rod of Ages (Summoner's Rift)
  • Total cost reduced to 2700g from 2800g
  • Health reduced to 300 from 450
  • Mana reduced to 400 from 450
  • Passive
  • Health growth unchanged
  • Mana growth increased to 40 growth / 400 maximum from 20 growth, 200 maximum
  • AP growth increased to 4 growth / 40 maximum from 2 growth, 20 maximum

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
  • Recipe now NLR + Amp Tome + Giant's Belt
  • Total cost increased to 3000g from 2900g.
  • Passive Updated
  • Single Target: 35% Slow for 1.5 seconds --> 40% Single Target Slow for 1.5 seconds
  • Instant AoE: 15% Slow for 1.5 seconds --> 40% Slow for 1 second
  • DoT or Multi-hit: 15% slow for 1.5 seconds --> 20% Slow for 1 second
  • Summoned Minions (NEW): 20% Slow for 1 second.
      • [Note: These changes are also on the Crystal Scar version.]

  • New self-only freeze particles on slowed enemies. 

Seraph's Embrace
  • AP increased to 80 from 60

Zhonya's Hourglass
  • Total cost lowered to 3000g from 3300g
  • AP lowered to 100 from 120

Void Staff
  • Total cost increased to 2500g from 2295g
  • AP increased to 80 from 70

Will of the Ancients
  • Spell Vamp reduced to 0% from 20%
  • New Unique Passive: Your spells and abilities heal you for 15% of damage dealt, calculated before your opponent's resistances. 33% effect for AoE spells

Wooglet's Witchcap (TT & Crystal Scar)
  • Now builds out of Seeker's Armguard + Needlessly Large Rod + 1050G
  • Total cost now 3500g from 3540g.


Epic Monsters
Dragon
  • [REVERTED] Non-killing team receives Dragon timer at the first moment they see an enemy with Dragon buff or when they see the empty pit. [source]. 

Baron
  • [REVERTED] Both teams now receive Baron timer when Baron dies. [source],

Reverted Content

The following content made an appearance during the 5.13 PBE cycle but was reverted as it will not be released in the live patch. Expect these things to return in the 5.14 cycle.

New ARAM Map - Butcher's Bridge

[Removed off the PBE in the 7/2 PBE Update. Not going out in 5.13]

The recently announced Butcher's Bridge ARAM map is now on the PBE for testing. This new map is one of the many things to go along with the upcoming Bilgewater event!
Before we dive in, here's Riot Bearricade with a bugs and feedback thread for Butcher's Bridge ARAM:
"Ahoy! ... [cough] Hellooo! 
We’re excited for everyone to get their first look at Butcher’s Bridge, our Bilgewater ARAM map, which is now live on PBE! It has all the same rules and chaos of our beloved Howling Abyss ARAM, but with a whole new visual twist. Please leave us any feedback you have and bugs you find down below! For bugs, it would be great if you could let us know what happened and how (if you can reproduce it). 
If you’d like a more in-depth look at Butcher’s Bridge and what’s coming then go check out the Dev Blog here
Thanks in advance for your help and we can’t wait to see you all in Bilgewater, but be warned we will show you no quarter! Lastly, don’t forget to expect some changes as we continue to update and polish Butcher’s Bridge. 
Current Known Issues:
  • Performance -- We are aware that there are some performance issues, but we will be actively optimizing so there should be improvements in future deploys. Please be very vocal if you notice anything and it would help if you could share with us your system information/configuration.
  • Missing Art Pieces -- We know that we’re missing art assets like the loading screen and client art and we will be implementing these later.
  • Missing/Incorrect Text -- There is incorrect and placeholder text scattered around and will be replacing these (for example in some locations like in custom games it is listed as Howling Abyss Test).
  • UPDATED Missing Audio – Some announcements are missing, but will be updated soon!"

UPDATE: Here's Riot Stephiroth with a note on Butcher's Bridge being temporarily removed from the PBE:
"Hey guys! 
Thanks for all your wonderful feedback so far :D 
We're going to be taking the map down for a few days, which will give us time to iterate on the feedback and hopefully re-enable a better map in a few days. :D 
You'll have to traverse the Howling Abyss to fuel your ARAM needs. 
See you in a few days! :P"

Screenshots



Video

[This Video outdated as of the 7/1 PBE update]


Mark / Dash

The Mark/Dash summoner spell has also been updated on Butcher's Bridge.


Assets

Butcher's Bridge music


The unique Champion Select music for Butcher's Bridge has also been added.


Butcher's Bridge Shop Keeper VO - "Bubbs and Finn"


Bilgewater Announcer


This new VO currently only plays on Butcher's Bridge BUT does also contains lines for other maps including Crystal Scar, Twisted Treeline, Howling Abyss, and Summoner's Rift.

[Note: At the moment this new announcer VO is only playing on Butcher's Bridge matchmade games and will NOT PLAY if you do a custom game on Butcher's Bridge.]


[This video contains VO lines for all maps, Dominion, and spectator mode]

HUD Update

[Removed off the PBE in the 7/2 PBE Update. Not going out in 5.13]

The work in progress HUD Update is back on the PBE for more testing.



The HUD update has been testing for a few PBE cycles - here are somes additions added during the 5.13 cycle:
  • The green dot, that normally symbolize's your allies have their R abilities ready, now slowly fills up to show when an ally is going to have their R ready for use.

  • The HUD Update now also tracks ally summoner spell timers on the scoreboard!

[Notice in the picture above that Vi and Bard have both used their summoner spells recently and the square is ticking down to show they are on cooldown and when they will be back up.]
  • Option and Camera lock buttons have also been readded in the 5.13 cycle.


Item Changes

[Removed off the PBE in the 7/2 PBE Update. Not going out in 5.13]

[Reworked] Zeke's Herald
  • Reworked stats & effects
  • Recipe : Glacial Shroud + Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome
  • Total Cost: 2300 G
  • +250 Mana
  • +35 Armor
  • +50 Ability Power
  • +10% Cooldown Reduction
  • UNIQUE Active - Conduit: Bind to target ally. This will remove all other Conduits on your target (60 second cooldown). 
  • UNIQUE Passive: When within 1000 units of each other, you and your ally generate Charges. Attacking or casting spells generates extra Charges. At 100 Charges, causing damage consumes them, increasing you and your ally's Ability Power by 20% and Critical Strike Chance by 50% for 6 seconds. 
  • [Note: You currently gain ~1 stack per second & ~4 stacks per attack] 



Patch History for this cycle:

6/23 PBE Cycle
  • New Champion: Tahm Kench
  • New Skins
  • Miscellaneous
  • Balance Changes
  • New ARAM Map - Butcher's Bridge
  • VFX Updates
  • HUD Update Returns
  • Tahm Kench
  • Balance Changes

  • New Announcer VO added
  • HUD Update - Ally Summoner Spell timers
  • New Chroma packs
  • Tahm Kench Client Lore Entry
  • Miscellaneous 
  • Balance Changes

  • Brand W VFX Changes
  • [5.14] Zeke's Herald Update Coming to PBE
  • Miscellaneous
  • Balance Changes

  • Master Chef Tahm Kench Tweaks
  • HUD Updates
  • Miscellaneous 
  • Balance Changes

  • Gentleman Gnar Splash Art
  • Butcher's Bridge Updates
  • Tahm Kench Login & /Joke Update
  • Grim Reaper Karthus Plague Chroma Update
  • Chroma Pack Assets
  • New Summoner Icons
  • Balance Changes

  • Master Chef Tahm Kench Tweaks
  • Butcher's Bridge Removed
  • HUD Update Removed
  • Balance Changes

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