11/11 PBE Update: New Summoner Icons & Continued Preseason 2020 Testing

Posted on at 1:30 PM by Aznbeat
The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 9.23 PBE cycle, today's patch includes new summoner icons, continued Preseason 2020 testing, 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


Summoner Icons

Two new summoner icons are now on the PBE:

Twisted Treeline Altar Icon, Shadow Isles Tree Icon
"Earned for high engagement on Twisted Treeline."

Miscellaneous 

  • The Pulsefire Thresh Prestige Edition skin bio was updated:
    • "As paradoxes multiply and more rogue agents rebel against the grasp of the chrono-enforcers, Thresh, as commander of the Rembrancers, takes matters into his own hands. He must not yield control of time to these interlopers... nor to the growing Praetorian threat."

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.

Items
Kircheis Shard
  • Total cost lowered from 800 to 700
  • Combine cost lowered from 500 to 400

Rapid Firecannon
  • Combine cost increased from 400 to 500
    • [Due to Kircheis cost decrease]

Statikk Shiv
  • Combine cost increased from 400 to 500
    • [Due to Kircheis cost decrease]
  • Unique Passive Electroshock: energized chain effect targets increased from 5 to 7

Stormrazor
  • Combine cost increased from 400 to 500
    • [Due to Kircheis cost decrease]

Support Items
  • Spellthief's Edge
    • Quest changed from [Grants Sightstone] to [Grants Unique Active - Warding]
      • [Matching upgraded item tooltips]
  • Spectral Sickle
    • Quest changed from [Grants Sightstone] to [Grants Unique Active - Warding]
      • [Matching upgraded item tooltips]
  • Steel Shoulderguard Line
    • Unique Passive - Spoils of War updated to note "Killing a minion grants kill gold to the nearest allied champion."
  • Relic Shield Line
    • Unique Passive - Spoils of War updated to note "Killing a minion grants kill gold to the nearest allied champion."

Umbral Glaive
  • Unique Passive Blackout wording changed: "Basic attacks instantly kill disabled revealed traps and do triple damage to wards."

Returned Items
(UPDATE: Turns these aren't actually back, Meddler tweeted they are just showing up due moving files around on PBE. Spear of Shojin, Ohmwrecker, Zz'Rot Portal, and Raptor clock are still being removed.)
  • Raptor Cloak
  • Ohmwrecker
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Zz'Rot Portal

Runes
Eyeball Collection (D3)
  • Adaptive bonus lowered from 1.2 AD/2 AP to 0.6 AD/1 AP
  • Complete collection amount increased from 10 eyeballs to 20 eyeballs
  • Eyeballs per takedown increased from 1 to 2

TFT Changes
These changes are tentative and may not be complete! Always refer to official notes for the full picture!
Yorick
  • Minion health lowered from 750/1250/1750 to 600/1000/1400

Zyra
  • Flamespitter duration increased from 3s to 4s

Context & Notes

1) Meddler tweeted on why a few recently removed items have popped back on the PBE in today's update:
"For anyone wondering we're still removing Spear of Shojin, Zz'Rot Portal, Ohmwrecker and Raptor Cloak in preseason. They're just cropping up temporarily on PBE as some files get moved around at present."

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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