9/27 PBE Update: TFT Highlights & Tentative Balance Changes

Table of Contents

• TFT Corner
• Balance Changes
• Context & Notes

• Riot Mort highlighted 12.19 TFT changes:

• Chibi Dragonmancer Ashe asset added:

• Timewinder (Q)
• return damage AP ratio increased from 60% to 70%
• Chronobreak (R)
• damage increased from 150/300/450 + 150% AP to 150/325/500 + 175% AP

• Playful / Trickster (E) mana cost reverted from 75/80/85/90/95 to 90/95/100/105/110

• AD growth lowered from 2.5 to 2.2
• Wuju Style (E)
• bonus AD ratio lowered from 35% to 30%

• Siphoning Strike (Q)
• bonus attack range increased from 25 to 50
• Wither (W)
• cripple increased from 50% of slow to 75%
• Fury of the Sands
• damage tick rate lowered from [every 1 second] to [every .5 seconds]
• bonus size increased from 30% to 30% - 40%
• damage radius scales with size

• Base AD lowered from 64 to 61

• Iron Mantle (W)
• on-hit heal vs minions increased from 50% to 60%

Context & Notes

A few changes to Off-Meta builds as well as some changes to various languishing champions. Mostly not trying to overhaul the practice environment, but addressing a few clearly weak champions and some that are outliers. pic.twitter.com/hhopKA7DfY

— Matt Leung-Harrison (@RiotPhroxzon) September 27, 2022

It's me again with one last update for Janna's VFX changes! We're on track for patch 12.19!
- Bug fix: Q arrow wasn't visible in terrain or brush
- Bug fix: Forecast E's map of Runeterra was flipped
- Rebalancing values on Bewitching Janna's R pic.twitter.com/ZsDPziWYUM

— Pehrek (@RiotPehrek) September 27, 2022

"Updates: 

- Equinox (E) got quite a bit new particles in the center part

- Salvation (P) movements speed buff VFX got some butterflies added to the trail

- Golden elements on the model got a small polish to make it feel less green (this is intentionally not going too look like a clean gold thought)

- Starcall (Q) enemy hit SFX has been made more distinguishable

- Wish (R) SFX also has been polished 

WE are not going to change Astral Infusion Color to blue (or even closer to blue) as it was already changed to not be pure green. Further changes to this element may cause unnecessary confusion." 

"Update:

- SFX were polished to reduce their sharp/metallic feeling

- Blue color on Infernum was toned down a bit 

Scarf color dependency on main hand weapon wont be added to this skin as it is already quite colorful. 

No changes will be made to the hair as well - splash art shows quite different environment, atmosphere and pose to what you could see in game. 

Binding Moonshot (Calibrum Q) detonation mark color is not something that can be changed for the skin as Classic does not have that functionality."

Updates:

- Shepherd of souls (P) graves have been adjusted: flower at the base was enlarged and we added some petals rain over the grave.

- We will work on improvements for Dark Procession (W) by working on texture colors and adding some VFX. However due certain limitations we may be unable to finalize them before release." 

"Update: 

Thanks for your feedback, after discussing it with the team, we're able to make these changes:

• We've added tech to Syndra's hair and tassel so there's more flow. This is a unique case, where syndra's rig allowed us to adjust it, and even then, the changes to the tassel is minor, due to limitations. We will not always be able to add this tech during PBE cycle.
• We've added more detail to the texture for Syndra's bangs.

Thanks for all your kind words on this skin, and the feedback! <3"

Update:

- SFX have been adjusted to give them more general presence

• 9/20 PBE Update: Spirit Blossom 2022, Janna VFX Update, Syndra Mid-Scope Update & more
• 9/21 PBE Update: Tentative Balance Changes & More
• 9/22 PBE Update: Skin & Chroma Tweaks, Loot Assets & More