Surrender at 20: 7.24 PBE Cycle

This mega post was last Updated on 11/30 with the 11/30 PBE Update

( With the release of patch 7.23 to live on November 21st, we started the new 7.24 PBE cycle. )

Previous PBE Cycles in 2017

[7.1] [7.2] [7.3] [7.4] [7.5] [7.6] [7.7] [7.8] [7.9] [7.10] [7.11] [7.12] [7.13] [7.14] [7.15] [7.16] [7.17] [7.18] [7.19] [7.20] [7.21] [7.22] [7.23]

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( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated!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

New Skins

New Skins

Four new skins hit the rift in the 7.24 PBE cycle: Santa Draven, Ambitious Elf Jinx, Snow Fawn Poppy, and the loot-exclusive Hextech Kog'Maw!

Santa Draven

1350 RP

[Loading Screen]

Here's Riot LoveStrut with a bugs & feedback thread for Santa Draven:

"Naughty children deserve presents too! Santa Draven kicks down the chimney to deliver presents Draaaven-style!

Draven-licious Details

All-new model: Chucking icy axes in his Dravenified Santa outfit.

All-new animation(s): Santa Draven dons his festive beard and delivers presents...in style!

All-new VFX: Icy particles with golden accents.

All-new SFX: The frosty sounds of icicle axes.

We always love hearing your feedback and feelings! All bug reports and thoughts help us make these skins even more awesome, so please keep 'em coming!

Thanks, cuties! <3"

Ambitious Elf Jinx

1350 RP

[Loading Screen]

Here's Riot LoveStrut with a bugs & feedback thread for Ambitious Elf Jinx:

"What’s the point of toys if they don’t explode?! Move over, Santa! Ambitious Elf Jinx knows how to make this Snowdown much more exciting.

Explosive Enhancements

All-new model: This elf’s armed with a gift-zooka and a gatling gun toy train.

All-new animation(s): Choo choo! Ambitious Elf Jinx rides her toy train to deliver both presents and pain.

All-new VFX: Festive particles, from toy monkey traps to a reindeer rocket.

All-new SFX: Merry tunes straight from the toy shop.

We always love hearing your feedback and feelings! All bug reports and thoughts help us make these skins even more awesome, so please keep 'em coming!

Thanks, cuties! <3"

Snow Fawn Poppy

1350 RP

[Loading Screen]

Here's Riot LoveStrut with a bugs & feedback thread for Snow Fawn Poppy:

"Delivering presents is serious business, and Snow Fawn Poppy will stop at nothing to make sure Snowdown is perfect.

Snowy Specs

All-new model: A fawn-tastic Snowdown outfit with a striking (in more ways than one) bell hammer.

All-new animation(s): Snow Fawn Poppy pulls along a sleigh full of poros and presents.

All-new VFX: Snowy particles and a flurry of presents on her ult.

All-new SFX: Festive sound effects!

We always love hearing your feedback and feelings! All bug reports and thoughts help us make these skins even more awesome, so please keep 'em coming!

Thanks, cuties! <3"

Hextech Kog'Maw

[Loot Exclusive]

[Loading Screen]

[Multiple recall animations, claw will sometimes catch Kog'Maw and sometimes not]

Here's Riot Time Wizard with a bugs & feedback thread for Hextech Kog'Maw:

Step right up and see the latest craze in Piltover: a toy canine built of magic and metals!

This mechanically magical puppy has:

All-new model: Royal blue and purple alloy with a spinning sky blue gem.

All-new recall animation(s): THE CLAW tries to nab its prize, but it doesn't succeed every time!

All-new VFX: Brilliant glowing mana-infused effects.

All-new SFX: Wispy magic and hextech power.

Hextech Kog'Maw will be available for Mythic Crafting in Loot. We always love hearing your feedback and feelings! Everything helps us make these skins even more awesome.

We may not be able to respond to everyone individually, but we're always listening."

New Ward Skin

A new ward skin is now on the PBE, the Dearest Deer Ward!

Dearest Deer Ward

New Summoner Icons

A handful of new Snowdown themed summoner icons are now on the PBE!

New Emotes

A set of seasonal new emotes are now on the PBE! Some of these were available in the past, but are back in the new Emotes system.

Snowdown 2017 Login Theme

A new Snowdown themed login is now on the PBE!

[Still Image / Music]

All Star Login Theme

A new login is now on the PBE, themed around the 2017 All-Star Event!

[Music / Still Image]

Snow Battle ARURF

A new game mode is now available for testing on the PBE! Snow Battle ARURF's description:

"A frigid fate awaits your foes! Fling spells and snowballs in this icy twist on ARURF, featuring League's coolest champions."

First up, here's Riot Popc0rner with a thread explaining the mode:

"Summoners! We've got some exciting stuff slated for Snowdown this year, and we'd love for you to check it out on PBE.

Snow Battle ARURF

ARURF is back, baby! And it brought some winter goodness along for the ride.

Summoner Spells:

Flash: The same old Flash you know and love, now with a 60s cooldown

Ultra (Rapidly Flung) Mark // Ultra (Really Fast) Dash: All that exercise has paid off -- champions can now throw snowballs really, really, really far. Who needs teleport when you can do this every 16 seconds:

Oh, and do you love Poros? Well, you'll be glad to know that you can now throw them at your foes in both Snow Battle ARURF and regular ol' ARAM. Just slap on a poro icon, and you'll be on your way. All the old poros are back:

And they'll be joined by two new poros, Reindeer Poro and Baron Poro!

New Champion Pool:

It's cold out on the Rift! Most everybody's inside by the fire, but all the champions who can bear the chill are still around to do battle.

All champions with a Snow Day, ice, frost, cold, or winter skin are available to play -- and their icy skins are locked in for you, whether you already own them or not!

Poro King

It's the same Poro King you know and love. And the same poros, too!

Snow Battle ARURF isn't going to replace classic ARURF -- it'll only be around for the winter, so jump in while you can.

Stay warm, have a fantastic Snowdown, and check out the modes on PBE! We're turning on Poro King today, and Snow Battle ARURF should follow soon™.

-- Popc0rner"

The thread mentions the two new Poro friends who showed up on the PBE, the Reindeer Poro and the Baron Poro! These will be available in the Poro King gamemode:

Snow Battle ARURF also has new champion select music on the PBE:

In-Client Bio Updates

More champions have had their in-client bios updated in today's update, check them all out here:

[Updated In-Client Bios - Patch 7.24]

Here's L J Goulding with more on the already released bio updated in patch 7.23:

"IT HAS BEGUN...

As of patch 7.23 (released today) the #LeagueOfLegends game client is rolling out new Narrative short bios for every champion, with the rest of their story still on the Universe website https://universe.leagueoflegends.com

Has your favourite champ been updated yet?"

Updated Ability Icons

Four champions received updates to their ability icons in this cycle, including Amumu, Dr. Mundo, Nunu, and Renekton:

Amumu

Dr. Mundo

Nunu

Renekton

Preseason Healthbar Update v3

Here's Rayven, back with more info on the still in progress Healthbar update:

"How do you do, fellow kids? We’re back with another iteration on the healthbar update based on feedback. Let’s review what we’re trying to achieve here:

Feels
- Familiar, but better (no relearning, no change to things like last hitting)
- Game to game differences, not moment to moment
- Interacting with objectives is more satisfying
- Interacting with defensive windows is more satisfying (heals, shreds, etc)
- Bodying fools feels better than ever.

Gameplay
- Easier to track the flow of a fight.
- More intuitive play/counterplay around defensive windows.
- More intuitive play/counterplay around unique mechanics (extra life, unstoppable, etc).
- Huge clarity gains when spectating and watching streams.

V3 Changelist
- Ammo resources like Jhin, Corki, Annie have the same treatment as Live.
- Lots of color tweaks and some sizing tweaks.
- Lots of animation tweaks.
- Tower burst, shake, and death animations are in.
- Option to turn off shake animation coming this week.
- Baron’s healthbar now stays in place rather than bouncing all over.
- Resurrecting state improvements.

Future Stuff
- Healing over time
- Damage over time
- Color code objective takes
- Kill streaking
- Stealth state

Lookee Lookee
Here’s a spiffy video which shows the changes in a real game setting. Note, there’s a few spectator bugs here such as dragon health is grey, etc. Try to ignore those <.<

As always, we're still looking for feedback as you guys dive into the changes. Thanks!"

Miscellaneous

An option to hide the preset runes pages is now in the client:

Morgana's in-client bio was reverted back to her old bio - document on updated bios in Patch 7.23

As noted by Riot Orphyre on twitter, the Mecha Aatrox and Mecha Kha'zix chroma have been updated to keep some of their chroma color when transformed.

Zoe's in-client bio was tweaked slightly:

OLD: "As the aspect of youth, imagination, and change, Zoe acts as the divine messenger of Targon, heralding the major events that reshape worlds, before disappearing for hundreds or even thousands of years. Zoe's very presence alters the arcane mathematics which perhaps explains the breezy nonchalance with that she approaches the task and her tendency to focus instead on playing games, tricking mortals, or otherwise amusing herself. An encounter with The Everchild can be joyous and life affirming but it is always more than it appears... and always extremely dangerous."

NEW: "As the embodiment of mischief, imagination, and change, Zoe acts as the cosmic messenger of Targon, heralding major events that reshape worlds. Her mere presence warps the arcane mathematics governing realities, sometimes causing cataclysms without conscious effort or malice. This perhaps explains the breezy nonchalance with which Zoe approaches her duties, giving her plenty of time to focus on playing games, tricking mortals, or otherwise amusing herself. An encounter with Zoe can be joyous and life affirming, but it is always more than it appears and often extremely dangerous."

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

Aurelion Sol

Voice of Light (R) cooldown lowered from 120/100/80 to 110/90/70

Bard

HP regen increased from 1.08 to 1.5

Camille

Adaptive Defenses (Passive) shield duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds

Precision Protocol (Q) recast for no cost time increased from 3 seconds to 3.5 seconds

Darius

Hemorrhage (Passive)

Bleed damage increased from [10 - 27] to [13 - 30]
Noxian Might bonus AD increased from [30 - 200] to [30 - 230]

Ezreal

Mystic Shot (Q) AD ratio lowered from 125% to 110%

Galio

Colossal Smash (Passive) AP ratio lowered from 70% to 50%

Justice Punch (E) cooldown lowered from 14/13/12/11/10 to 12/11/10/9/8

Shield of Durand (W)

First Cast

AP ratio increased from 4% to 5%

Second Cast

[New Effect] now deals [20/30/40/50/60 (+20% AP)] to 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)]

(like damage reduction & taunt duration, this increases with charge time)

Ivern

Friend of the Forest (Passive)

Grove HP cost lowered from 192/205/218/230/241/251/260/267/273/278/281/283/282/280/275/269/260/248 to 147/156/167/177/185/193/199/205/209/212/213/213/212/209/203/197/188/176

Jarvan IV

Martial Cadence (Passive) bonus damage lowered from 10% to 8%

Dragon Strike (Q) damage lowered from 80/125/170/215/260 to 80/120/160/200/240

Karthus

Requiem (R) AP ratio increased from 60% to 75%

Leona

Eclipse (W) damage lowered from 60/100/140/180/220 to 40/80/120/160/200

Malzahar

Nether Grasp (R)

AP ratio lowered from 110% to 80%
damage lowered from 125/225/325 to 125/200/275

Maokai

Bramble Smash (Q) damage lowered from 70/115/160/205/250 to 65/105/145/185/225

Morgana
[Changelist from Riot Repertoir]

Mana regen per 5 seconds increased from 8.5 to 11.5
Mana regen growth lowered from 0.8 to 0.4
Soul Siphon (Passive)

[Removed] No longer gives 10/15/20% spell vamp
[New Effect] When Morgana's spells damage champions, large minions, or large monsters, she heals for 15/20/25/30/35/40% (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16) of the damage dealt.

Tormented Soil (W)

[New Effect] When Soul Siphon is triggered, Tormented Soil's cooldown is reduced by 5%.

Ornn

Bellows Breath (W)

Magic damage lowered from 12/14/16/18/20% to 10/12/14/16/18%
cooldown increased from 12/11/10/9/8 to 13/12/11/10/9

Riven

Broken Wings (Q) damage increased from 10/30/50/70/90 to 15/35/55/75/95

Sona

Hymn of Valor (Q)

Mana cost increased from 45/50/55/60/65 to 60/65/70/75/80
Bonus magic damage lowered from [20/30/40/50/60 (+20% AP)] to [10/15/20/25/30 (+30% AP)]

Taric

Base armor lowered from 45 to 40

Xin Zhao

Base HP lowered from 600 to 570
Wind Becomes Lightning (W)

Thrust damage AD lowered from 85% to 75%

Yorick

Base AD lowered from 65 to 62

Zyra
[Changelist from Riot Repertoir]

Mana regen per 5 seconds increased from 8.5 to 11.5
Mana regen growth lowered from 0.8 to 0.4
Garden of Thorns (Passive)

Plant spawn range lowered from 1300 to 900
Plant duration increased from [5-7.5 based on level] to 8
Passive seed duration lowered from 45 to 30

[Note: this does not change W seed duration]

Plant durability changes

Plant health increased from 4 to 8
Ranged champion basic attack damage to plants increased from 2 to 4
Melee champion basic attack damage to plants increased from 2 to 8
Single target spell damage to plants increased from 4 to 8
Spell AOE damage to plants increased from 2 to 4
Periodic damage to plants lowered from 2 to 1
Large minion/monster damage to plants increased from 1 to 2

[Note: minions/monster damage to plants unchanged]

Plant gold granted on kill lowered from 5 to 3

Rampant Growth (W)

[Removed] Zyra's plants no longer gain 10/20/30/40/50% extra max Health
[New Effect] Each time Zyra kills an enemy, Rampant Growth's recharge time is reduced by 20% (100% for champion takedowns, large minion kills, and large monster kills).

Grasping Roots (E) damage increased from 60/95/130/165/200 to 60/105/150/195/240

Stranglethorns (R)

[New Effect] Garden of Thorns now resets plant duration and they gain 50% health.

Zoe

Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E)

[Changed Effect] cooldown reduction now happens on enemy champion falling asleep.
[Changes in testing on Zoe's E hitbox] [Context]

Items

Bramble Vest

Unique Passive - Thorns

Damage reflect changed from [15 damage] to [damage equal to 3 plus 10% of your bonus Armor]

Sunfire Cape

Unique Passive - Immolate

damage increased from 11 to 25
bonus damage to minions and monsters lowered from 200% to 50%

Forgefire Cape (Ornn Masterwork Upgrade)

Unique Passive - Immolate

damage increased from 11 to 25
bonus damage to minions and monsters lowered from 200% to 50%

Runes

Press the Attack (P1)
[Context]

"3rd attack no longer gets amp on itself before dmg+proc"

Fleet Footwork (P1)
[Context]

[New Effect] "Healing is increased by 40% of your critical damage modifier when triggered by a critical hit."
Heal changed from [5-50] to [3-60]
AD increased from .1 to .3
AP increased from .2 to .4