12.8 PBE Cycle

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Empowered by the Buhru during his fight against Viego of Camavor, Yasuo made an unlikely champion for the children of Nagakabouros-- his obsession with past events flew in the face of everything they believed in. Yet even the mangiest sea dog has his day, and Yasuo stood against the forces of darkness, emerging triumphant.

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The hated sun-eater, Kayle wished to be one with the divine she loved, devouring the primordial sun and steeping the land in an eternal eclipse. Driven mad with light and unable to contain her power, she passed fragments down to an army of witch-knights, who slew the other gods in an act of unforgivable blasphemy.

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Here's 6armedrobot with a bugs & feedback thread for Solar Eclipse Sejuani:

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A mercenary Eclipse Knight known for her skill in battle and lack of chivalry, Sivir sells her services eliminating witches and monsters who menace the countryside, ignoring threats that do not prove lucrative. Though many knights find nobility in their stated purpose, Sivir cares naught but for coin, pledging to aid her order only in their final, dire hour.

As a legendary skin, Solar Eclipse Sivir has a new voiceover:

Here's Riot LavenderKira with a bugs & feedback thread for Solar Eclipse Sivir:

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One of the few who took up the mantle of the Eclipse Knights in the days of old, Aatrox hopelessly pined for Kayle's affections... but she could only ever love the blazing sun. When she devoured it, the entity's lunar corona consumed him. He exists now as Kayle's monstrous, once-noble shadow, ever at her side.

Here's Riot LavenderKira with a bugs & feedback thread for Lunar Eclipse Aatrox:

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An ancient knight long thought dead, freed from the Eclipse Cathedral's catacombs as Kayle began to stir from her ancient slumber. Senna now aids her knighthood against the new threat of the Coven, saving whoever she can from the resurrected Old Gods... though she remains ever vigilant, as the sun-eater's return is now inevitable.

Here's Riot Eneopa with a bugs & feedback thread for Lunar Eclipse Senna:

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Burning up the runway in a look inspired by an ancient order of magical knights, Senna brings a cold, but determined energy to the Gala proceedings. Evil beware-- these looks can kill... and kill again.

New sets of chromas are now on the PBE:

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Swain Mid-Scope Update

Olaf Mid-Scope Update

"The Olaf mid scope update is coming to PBE today with an intended ship date of patch 12.9 (not 12.8). Putting him up early for feedback, so he should be on PBE for about a week, and then he’ll disappear as we prep patch 12.8. He’ll return to PBE when we kick off the 12.9 cycle. 

Before getting into the actual changes, let’s talk goals. One common response to the initial announcement was confusion as to why he’d be next up on the list for an update.

Olaf has a number of urgent issues we’re looking to address. First, he is (and has consistently been) the least deeply played champion in League—on average, that is (Olaf one tricks don’t @ me.) If Olaf is a champion you play, he probably makes up the lowest percent of your games played, and has consistently been among the lowest for many years now. Second, he’s a deeply pro-bound champion: his win rate is kept lower than would otherwise be ideal because he tends to take over pro play when his kit is tuned to win games in Solo Queue. And third, he’s been deeply impacted by systems changes this season, even more so than other fighters, putting him in particularly bad shape with the current item system. 

With these problems in mind, the goals for this update are to add significant excitement to his kit, remove a bit of pro-oriented power (reduce how easily he escapes dangerous situations with his R as well as curb how fast his jungle clear can get when perfectly optimized.) Lastly, this update should help him use Juggernaut items effectively to scale better than before, which should also make him more resilient to future systems changes. For lanes, we’re aiming to preserve his ability to Jungle (while making it more accessible) while significantly increasing his viability in Top Lane. 

The changes as of now are:

Base Stats

• Attack Damage :: 68 (+3.5/level), 127.5 at level 18 >>> 68 (+4.7/level), 148 at level 18
• Health :: 575 (+100/level), 2275 at level 18 >>> 575 (+105/level), 2360 at level 18
• Mana :: 316 (+42/level), 1030 at level 18 >>> 316 (+60/level), 1336 at level 18

Passive - Berserker Rage

• Calculation reworked to grant max effectiveness at or below 30% health
• Maximum Attack Speed granted :: 99% >>> 40-100% (levels 1-18)
• [NEW] Now gives up to 12-35% life steal (levels 1-18), based on Olaf's missing health

Q - Undertow

• [NEW] - Shreds 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% armor for 4 seconds on champion hit
• Damage :: 80/125/170/215/260 >>> 60/110/160/210/260
• Minimum Range :: Approximately 300 >>> 425
• Mana Cost :: 60 at all ranks >>> 40/45/50/55/60
• Cooldown :: 7 seconds >>> 8 seconds
• Cooldown refund on axe pickup :: 4.5 seconds >>> 5 seconds

W - Vicious Strikes [REWORKED]
(ability may be renamed)

• [NEW] Resets Olaf’s basic attack
• [NEW] Olaf gains 70/115/160/205/250 (+25% of Olaf’s missing health) as a shield for 2.5 seconds
• [REMOVED] No longer grants Life Steal
• [REMOVED] No longer amplifies Olaf’s healing based on missing health
• Attack Speed :: 50/60/70/80/90% for 6 seconds >>> 40/50/60/70/80% for 4 seconds
• Cooldown :: 16 seconds at all ranks>>> 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds

R - Ragnarok

• [NEW] Hitting a champion with a basic attack or E - Reckless Swing extends the duration of Ragnarok to 2.5 seconds. Olaf can refresh Ragnarok indefinitely.
• Duration :: 6 seconds >>> 3 seconds
• [REMOVED] R - Ragnarok's passive's bonus resistances are no longer lost for the duration of the cast

(Heads up that a couple of bugs with passive attack speed and R passive resists slipped in on moving him to PBE, those should be fixed on next deploy)"

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