10.8 PBE Cycle

This mega post was last Updated on 4/8 with the 4/8 PBE Update
(With the release of patch 10.7 to live on April 1st, we started the new 10.8 PBE cycle.)

Previous PBE Cycles in 2020
[9.24] [10.1] [10.2] [10.3] [10.4] [10.5] [10.6] [10.7]

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 ( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated!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


Champion Skins

Four new Coven skins are now on the PBE:

Coven LeBlanc

1350 RP
"They came to LeBlanc as if in some forgotten melody -- songs of the Black Crane, and its titanic heart long-imprisoned within the deepest reaches of the Elderwood. Her sisters fell before the forest's defenders, but LeBlanc did find her prize... and now her patron has begun to wake, stirring itself from a dreamless slumber of unhallowed centuries."


Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Coven LeBlanc:
"The Black Rose shall bloom once more." 
Coven LeBlanc is hitting the Rift with:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation!
Coven LeBlanc is set to be 1350 RP. 
Coven LeBlanc will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

Coven Morgana

1820 RP / Legendary
"Queen of the coven, and patron of that called Ashen Owl. Morgana worshipped the Old Gods, and wept when they were slain -- betrayed when her sister murdered the primordial sun and delivered its power to an army of witch-knights. Now Morgana has returned to end the reign of mankind, returning the world's true lords to their rightful, mouldering thrones."

Coven Morgana has a new voiceover:

Here's her skin spotlight:


Here's Riot GrumboJr with a bugs & feedback thread for Coven Morgana:
"Morgana communes with the Old Gods, seeking their return. With her Coven, she ushers in the reckoning of men. 
Coven Morgana is strutting her way onto the Rift, featuring:
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New animations and recall!
  • New VO!
Coven Morgana is set to be 1820 RP. 
Coven Morgana will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below"



Coven Zyra

1350 RP
"They came to Zyra from the roots and rocks -- stirrings of the Night Dove, its beating wings twisting the very land that is its grave. Tied now to the whispers beneath the loam, she rips away humanity's works of stone and glass, each broken vestige another step towards a world returned to nature."


Here's Riot KateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread for Coven Zyra:
"Feel the thorns' embrace... 
Coven Zyra is hitting the Rift with: 
  • New models and textures!
  • New VFX!
  • New SFX!
  • New recall animation! 
Coven Zyra is set to be 1350 RP. 
Coven Zyra will be available to play soon on PBE! As players who get a first hand look at this upcoming content, we want to hear your thoughts! Drop your feedback in the thread below!"

Coven Zyra Prestige Edition

"The old gods stir, and rise once more to greet their sun -- but she is slain, devoured by the daughters of the eclipse. On this lightless day they will rage, and quake, and howl, so all men shall know their first and final doom."


Chromas

Two new sets of chroma are now on the PBE!

Coven Morgana
[4 Chromas]
   

Coven LeBlanc 
[8 Chromas]
       

Summoner Icons

Five new summoner icons are now on the PBE:

Coven Morgana Icon, Coven Zyra Icon, Coven LeBlanc Icon
  

 Coven Zyra Prestige Edition Icon, Coven 2020 Icon
 

10.8 Player Damage and Streak Adjustments coming to PBE!

Here's Riot Statikk with TFT changes heading to the PBE for testing soon:
"Hi friends, 
Wanted to get ahead of the ball here since y'all will be seeing the changes on PBE tomorrow. After monitoring and playing 10.6, we definitely agreed that there were some tunings that were off with these 2 systems changes that we introduced with Galaxies. So let me list out the problems and approach we're taking to hopefully resolve it. 
Problems 
1) Late / end-game compositions are too consistently attainable without enough risk 
Although several of the 5 cost units were indeed too strong in 10.6, both the amount of gold we injected into the game economy combined with the player damage adjustments were strong contributors to the "Rebel" meta we saw in 10.6. Specifically, greedily loss-streaking is paying out too well while not being nearly as risky as it ought to be. 
2) The game flow of TFT has become a bit too predictable 
Because the player damage contribution had been shifted largely into the Base Damage per Stage, it has made it very predictable when the first player will be eliminated and when the final Top 2 fight will generally end. This isn't all bad - we think the general flow and overall game time are in a good spot, but it's definitely not perfect. We want more room for games to sometimes end faster than usual due to a strong hyperroll player taking over the game, and also on the other end of the spectrum 2 late-game titans duking it out for a good amount of rounds before one comes out the victor. 
Changes 
1) We are moving more of the Player Damage back into the Surviving Units of a combat
Player Damage
  • Base Damage per Stage: 0/3/4/5/10/15/20 >>> 0/1/1/2/5/10/15
  • Damage from Surviving Units: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10... >>> 2/4/6/8/10/11/12/13/14/15... 
This should ideally make it more punishing for players who are purposely loss-streaking / open-forting as they risk being eliminated before 4-7. Loss-streaking should still be a strategy and especially a fallback for players who get unlucky early shop rolls or are struggling to settle on a composition, but players in this scenario should be actively trying to lose by small margins rather than happily full-on open-forting. 
2) Streaks gold values are being reduced 
Streaks
  • Old
    • 2 wins = +1g
    • 3 wins = +2g
    • 4+ wins = +3g
  • New
    • 2-3 wins = +1g
    • 4 wins = +2g
    • 5+ wins = +3g 
Though we do like that players are now strategizing around streaks much more closely (especially relative to Interest), it has injected a lot into the economy and also leaves players who are ping-ponging between wins and losses a bit too far behind the curve. We're being cautious here because we still want everyone to care about streaks, because they should matter. If there continues to be too much gold in the system, we will likely look to drain either more from here or even other sources of income. 
All of the above numbers are obviously subject to change, especially as we head into the PBE testing phase. Let me know your thoughts on this, and hopefully will see some of you on PBE to play some games on 10.8!"

Balance Changes

NOTE*: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, & potentially experimental changes. Be aware that what you see below may be relative to other changes from earlier this cycle! These are not official notes and may be incomplete.

Champions
Aphelios
[Changelist]
  • Stat level up changed from [3-18% bonus armor penetration] to [2-12 Lethality
  • Q abilities champ level scale up changed from [level 1-9] to [level 1-13]
    • "Level 13 is same power as old level 9"

Ashe
[Changelist]
  • Ranger's Focus (Q) bonus attack speed increased from 20/25/30/35/40% to 20/30/40/50/60%

Evelynn
[Changelist]
  • Hate Spike (Q) lasher and spike damage increased from 25/30/35/40/45 to 30/35/40/45/50

Kalista
[Changelist]
  • Base armor lowered from 23 to 21
  • Rend (E) slow lowered from 25/30/35/40/45% to 10/18/26/34/42%

Master Yi
[Changelist - Differs from changelist!]
  • Highlander (R) attack speed lowered from 30/55/80% to 25/45/65%

Orianna
[Changelist]
  • Command: Dissonance (W) movement speed & slow increased from 20/25/30/35/40% to 30/35/40/45/50%
  • Command: Protect (E) shield AP ratio increased from 40% to 50%

Ryze
[Changelist]
  • Base HP increased from 570.48 to 575
  • Base Damage increased from 55.04 to 56
  • Base armor increased from 21.552 to 22
  • Overload (Q) movement speed when consuming 2 runes increased from 20/25/30/35/40% to 28/32/36/40/44%

Senna 
[Changelist]
  • Absolution (Passive) soul spawn rate on minions Senna doesn't kill lowered from 25% to 22%

Sett
[Changelist]
  • Haymaker (W) damage lowered from 90/120/150/180/210 to 80/105/130/155/180

Soraka
[Changelist]
  • Base mana increased from 375 to 425
  • Starcall (Q) mana cost lowered from 60/65/70/75/80 to 45/50/55/60/65

Tristana
[Changelist]
  • Explosive Charge (E) bonus AD ratio increased from 50/70/90/110/130% to 50/75/100/125/150%

Urgot
[Changelist - Differs from changelist!]
  • Disdain (E) 
    • stun duration increased from 1 to 1.5
    • Bugfix: now properly gets movement speed on dash
  • Fear Beyond Death (R) cooldown lowered from 120/95/70 to 100/85/70

Varus
[Changelist]
  • Chain of Corruption (R) cooldown increased from 110/90/70 to 130/100/70

Xayah
[Changelist]
  • Bladecaller (E) damage falloff per feather hit lowered from 10% to 5%

Jungle
Jungle Personal Power
  • Jungle camp XP increased by 10% at lvl 9+
  • Early game Homeguard on death: 50% movement speed decaying over 5 seconds
  • Shared kill XP reduced by 20% (lvl 1-6), reduced by 10% (lvl 7-8)
  • Solo kill XP increased by 20% (lvl 1-6), increased by 10% (lvl 7-8)

Items
Jungle Items 
  • [New effect] "This item's healing will be amplified by 50% when under 30% Health." 
    • Includes:
      • Hunter's Talisman
      • Hunter's Machete
      • Stalker's Blade
      • Skirmisher's Sabre

TFT Changes

Celestial
  • 4 champ healing increased from 30% to 40%
  • 6 champ healing increased from 60% to 75%


Infiltrator
  • [New] 6 champ bonus: 125% bonus Attack Speed, refreshed on takedown.


Protector
  • [New] 6 Champ bonus: 45% Maximum Health Shield

Rebel
  • [New] 9 champ bonus: 350 Shield & 15% Damage

Blademaster
  • [New] 9 champ bonus: 100% chance to trigger


Dark Star
  • [New] 9 champ bonus: +45 Attack Damage and Spell Power

Sorcerer
  • 4 Champ Spell power increased from 40% to 45%
  • [New] 8 champ bonus: +125% Spell power

Space Pirate
  • 4 champ chance for component item drop increased from 15% to 20%

Cybernetic
  • 6 champ bonus:
    • health lowered from 800 to 750
    • AD lowered from 80 to 75

New Unit: Xerath
  • Tier 5
  • Dark Star, Sorcerer
  • Ability: Abyssal Bombardment
    • "Xerath transforms, summoning meteors to strike random foes in place of his normal attacks for 6/8/45 seconds. Meteors deal 350/450/2500 magic damage upon impact and if they kill their target, all adjacent enemies take [50% base] magic damage and are stunned for 1.5 seconds."

Wukong
  • Ability damage increased from 250/450/2000 to 300/500/4000

Shen
  • Ability duration increased from 2.5/3/4 to 2.5/3/5

Soraka
  • Ability heal increased from 350/500/2000 to 375/550/20000

Zoe
  • Ability damage increased from 150/225/400 to 200/275/400
  • Stun duration increased from 2/2.5/3 to 2/2.5/4

Master Yi
  • Heal per second increased from 8/10/15% to 10/12/15%
  • True damage increased from 75/100/200 to 100/150/250

Lux
  • Stun duration lowered from 1.5/2/2.5 to 1/1.5/2

Shaco
  • Ability damage increased from 250/325/400% to 300/325/350%

Caitlyn
  • Ability damage increased from 700/1000/1800 to 750/1500/3000

Syndra
  • Ability damage increased from 80/120/200 to 80/120/250

Xayah
  • Attack speed changed from 75/100/150 to 100/125/150

Patch History for this cycle:

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