Massive 12.13 PBE changes

In this post, you will find out what’s changing with the new content coming in 12.13 and balance changes that have been added to the Public Beta Environment. These changes could be modified at any time, however. Not everything will be added to the final patch that comes out.

New Champion: Nilah

Nilah, the Joy Unbound, is the newest champion that will enter the Rift. Riot Koyuncu comments the following on a bugs & feedback thread for Nilah and the Star Guardian skin:

Hello everyone! I’m Riot Koyuncu, one of the QA Engineers on League’s Champions team.

Nilah, the Joy Unbound, should be hitting PBE really soon! I’ll be using this thread to post announcements and collect your player feedback. We’ve got about a week before we have to lock any proposed changes for her release, so I’ll be monitoring common suggestions in the comments to share back with the team for possible adjustments.

If you encounter any in-game bugs while playing Nilah or her Star Guardian skin, please let us know by heading over to our Bug Reporting Tool and providing any information on the issue. Providing repro steps or a video clip are incredibly helpful at debugging.

Cheers,

Mikky

PBE Update 6/24:

Adjustments to the Star Guardian splash art are incoming – expect a finalized version posted soon!

Lots of lots of bug fixing. Notable mentions include:

  • Casting Jubilant Veil (W) no longer allows Nilah to dodge turret shots

  • Nilah’s passive now has a max duration (e.g. no more infinite Yuumi shields)

  • Tooltip and buff icon issues have been corrected

  • Non-primary targets hit by Nilah Q’s empowered auto attacks are now treated the same as the primary target (so they’re able to be crit)

PBE Update 6/27: I present to you Star Guardian Nilah’s updated splash art (https://imgur.com/a/ggIVtIY)! Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Nilah, the Joy Unbound

Stats & Abilities

Stats
  • Base HP: 590
  • HP5: 4
  • HP Per Level: 101
  • HP Regen Per Level: 0.18
  • Base Mana: 350
  • Mana Per Level: 35
  • Base MR: 32
  • MR Per Level: 2.05
  • Base AD: 58
  • AD Per Level: 2
  • Base Armor: 30
  • Armor Per Level: 4.2
  • Base Move Speed: 340
  • Attack Speed Per Level: 3
  • Attack Range: 225
Abilities
Joy Unending (Passive)

Formless Blade (Q)

Jubilant Veil (W)

Slipstream (E)

Apotheosis (R)

Lore

Here is how Nilah is described:

“Nilah is an ascetic warrior from a distant land, seeking the world’s deadliest, most titanic opponents so that she might challenge and destroy them. Having won her power through an encounter with the long-imprisoned demon of joy, she has no emotions other than unceasing jubilation—a small price to pay for the vast strength she now possesses. Channeling the demon’s liquid form into a blade of unparalleled might, she stands defiant against ancient threats long forgotten.”

Nilah has a very colorful history and lore indeed! Here is her biography on the official League of Legends Universe page.

Voiceover

Here’s Nilah’s full voiceover:

Release Skin

Nilah will release with an amazing skin, that costs 1350RP. It is called Star Guardian Nilah.

Star Guardian Nilah

1350 RP
“A powerful Outer Guardian who patrols the wider universe, Nilah has faced multiple reality-ending threats and returned alive… making her a living legend among her peers. Asked to act as teacher to the new generation, she has reluctantly accepted her new responsibilities… though if a particularly big monster appears in VC, she always calls dibs.”

Other Champion Skins

In addition to Star Guardian Nilah, five new skins are available for testing on the Public Beta Environment:

Star Guardian Ekko

1350 RP
“Given time-shifting powers by the First Star, Ekko approaches life with a relaxed and casual demeanor. Why care if you get infinite do-overs? But when it comes to facing monsters alongside the Star Guardians, he’s deadly serious, using his command over time and space to keep Valoran City safe from the darkness.”

Riot DW Platypus writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for Star Guardian Ekko:

Post PBE cycle update:

After internal discussions we decided to make following changes based on your suggestions:

– Similarly to previous Star Guardian skins, this year’s Star Guardian theme will also play upon loading into the game.

– Hair size tuned down

– Face expression changed to make him look more friendly

– Auto attack SFX adjusted to better fit weapon he’s using

– Saturation and hue adjusted on his chest to make the gem standout more

– Waist belt tightened and should now stick out less

I also want to share a little bit of context for other frequently commented aspects that were not changed:

While we were able to tune in-game face expression for Ekko, unfortunately adding additional elements like props or painting in his face was over the scope we could plan for this time.

The same is true for adjusting shape and size of the pants.

The team also felt that the VFX are already quite noisy and pushing it further might cause clarity problems.

Thanks everyone who submitted their constructive feedback!

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https://imgur.com/a/IazZCiN

Let me be honest, I have no idea what I’m doing

Star Guardian Ekko comes with:

  • New models and textures!

  • New VFX!

  • New SFX!

  • New Recall!

Star Guardian Ekko should be already available on PBE! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below!

Riot DW Platypus

Star Guardian Ekko Prestige Edition

2000 Event Tokens
“Ekko doesn’t need magical powers to look like a star. He rocks an effortless streetwear style wherever he goes, turning heads and paparazzi lenses alike. Appreciating the look? Take it all in. He’s got time.”
Riot DW Platypus writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for Star Guardian Ekko Prestige Edition:

Post PBE cycle update:

After internal discussions we decided to make following changes based on your suggestions:

– Similarly to previous Star Guardian skins, this year’s Star Guardian theme will also play upon loading into the game.

– Face expression changed to make him look more friendly

– Hairline moved a little bit down to make his forehead a smaller

– Shoes made a little brighter

– Auto attack SFX adjusted to better fit weapon he’s using (same as on SG Ekko)

Also, the same case as for Star Guardian Ekko, adding additional elements like props or face painting was over the scope we could plan for this time.

Thanks everyone who submitted their constructive feedback!

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https://imgur.com/a/5TND52r

Won this fight already, doing it again for fun.

Prestige Star Guardian Ekko comes with:

  • New models and textures!

  • New VFX!

Prestige Star Guardian Ekko should be already available on PBE! Feel free to leave any feedback or questions you have so far down below!

Riot DW Platypus

Star Guardian Kai’Sa

1820 RP (Legendary)
“A born leader with a head for tactics, Kai’Sa takes her job as captain extremely seriously… perhaps too much for her own good. Still, her squad respects her command and will follow her into even the most dangerous missions, where she’ll snipe priority targets and spray the rest with payloads of starlight-powered missiles.”
Star Guardian Kai’Sa boasts new sounds and voices. Everything can be seen and heard in the following video:
Riot 6armedrobot writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for Star Guardian Kai’Sa:

Hello All!

“When memories fade and darkness surrounds you, find the strength inside.”

https://imgur.com/a/Q0BKiH3

Legendary skin, Star Guardian Kai’Sa, is heading onto the Rift, featuring:

  • New models and textures!

  • New VFX!

  • New SFX!

  • New animations and recall!

  • New VO!

Star Guardian Kai’Sa is set to be 1820 RP and 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!

-6armedrobot

UPDATE

After evaluating the feedback, we’ve made the following updates to Star Guardian Kai’Sa per your feedback:

Rigging/Animation

  • Adjusted her hair to reduce the stiffness.

  • Adjusted her run to be more bouncy, rotation in the hips, and more left and right movement.

  • Added a spin animation to her homeguard to really give that Star Guardian feel!

  • Improvements on her animation transitions.

  • Updated her dance to improve her gestures a bit.

  • Joke/Recall animations are more polished.

Visual Effects

  • SG Kai’Sa now has a small transformation sequence in her Recall. She now also changes into her slightly brighter form and stays in that form for a few seconds after; successfully recalling to base, casting her (R), and respawning

  • We adjusted her ribbons to make them more unique.

  • Added additional VFX to her evolves to make them feel more empowering.

  • Her ankle asset will now show during her (E) evolve.

Sound Effects

  • Adjusted the On Hits for her basic attack with a bit more high end sparkles.

  • Similarly to previous Star Guardian skins this year’s Star Guardian theme will also play upon loading into the game.

Splash

  • Her Splash Art has received some adjustments to align facial likeness to other depictions.

Icon

  • Her icon has been updated to reflect a closer face shape.

Firstly, we want to thank you all for taking the time to write up feedback for us! We always appreciate hearing from you all so thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughts, especially when they are so clear and actionable! As we’ve worked to make adjustments based on your feedback, we wanted to share some context on our end around the changes we’ve made, as well as some of the requests we couldn’t accommodate.

While we were happy to make many changes based on awesome suggestions here, some suggestions we received either conflicted with other player feedback or with internal craft expertise, and others conflicted with our internal standards around gameplay clarity.

Thank you for taking the time to test Star Guardian Kai’Sa and sharing your feedback with us!

Star Guardian Sona

1350 RP
“Quiet and reflective, Sona spends her time away from the Guardians as a composer of music… and her time with them as a figther of incredible power, blasting enemies away with sonically charged starlight. Though she cannot speak, she always makes her voice heard through deeds… or her chatterbox familiar-slash-interpreter, Chiizu.”
Riot 6armedrobot writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for Star Guardian Sona:

Hello All!

“I never could refuse an empty stage. Not even this one.”

https://imgur.com/a/PuZp3hr

Star Guardian Sona is heading onto the Rift with:

  • New models and textures!

  • New VFX!

  • New SFX!

  • New recall Animation!

Star Guardian Sona is set to be 1350 RP and is available 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. Thanks!

-6armedrobot

UPDATE

After evaluating the feedback, we’ve made the following updates to Star Guardian Sona per your feedback:

  • Similarly to previous Star Guardian skins, this year’s Star Guardian theme will also play upon loading into the game.

  • Added Chiizu VO to Sona’s empowered attack.

  • Increased volume for passive SFX slightly.

  • Her Splash Art has received some adjustments to align facial and body likeness to other depictions.

  • Adjusted Sona’s glasses in her icons and emotes to be consistent with the splash art and in-game model.

We have received a lot of great feedback and appreciate everyone that presented their thoughts in a way that’s most helpful for us. Some suggestions conflicted with other player sentiments or with internal craft expertise, others, such as, adding vfx to her abilities/aura where we were already pushing her memory budget and adding additional changes to her model, are out of scope for a PBE change. Thank you for taking the time to test Star Guardian Sona and sharing your feedback with us!

Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks

1350 RP
“The creature known as Fiddlesticks has fed on Star Guardians across every era, hunting those on the verge of falling before finally consuming their light. Its connection to the Guardians, and the reason it is drawn to them, is not well understood… but the familiar seemingly trapped within it suggests a truly disturbing origin.”
Riot Eneopa writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks:

Hello All!

“Fear…”https://imgur.com/egw14iI

Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks is heading onto the Rift with:

  • New models and textures!

  • New VFX!

  • New SFX!

  • New recall Animation!

  • New homeguard Animation!

Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks is set to be 1350 RP.

Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks is coming soon to 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!

Update:

Thanks everyone for providing your feedback. We’ve discussed it with the team and will be applying the following changes:

Model:

  • We’ve added more saturation in the mouth area and glow to the eyes.

  • We’ve delineated the fingers more so the hands read more clearly.

  • We’ve increased the size of the scythe (both the blade and the handle.)

  • We’ve fix the issue with the double familiar on Fiddlestick’s death.

VFX:

  • We’ve adjusted the R to be more chaotic and lowered the hierarchy of the inner stars for gameplay readability.

  • We’ve slightly adjusted the W to get a stronger inward draining motion.

  • We’ve fix the missing VFX on potential fear targets for the R when ulting out of enemy vision.

SFX:

  • We’ve added a new sound for the final tick of the W.

Music:

  • We’ll be fixing the Star Guardian Music for the initial spawn.

Thank you all for the feedback!

– Riot Eneopa

Upcoming Skins

There may be some new Star Guardian skins coming in the future! Be on the lookout for the following skins:
  • Star Guardian Quinn
  • Star Guardian Rell
  • Star Guardian Taliyah
  • Star Guardian Akali
  • Star Nemesis Morgana

Chromas

New chromas also on the Public Beta Environment. These amazing chromas are not available:
Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks
Star Guardian Sona
Star Guardian Kai’Sa
Star Guardian Ekko
Star Guardian Nilah
Riot Magnitude_lol writes a short post in the bugs & feedback thread for all of the chromas:

Hey everyone!

We’ve got new Chromas coming up for:

  • Star Guardian Ekko

  • Star Guardian Nilah

  • Star Guardian Kai’Sa

  • Star Guardian Sona

  • Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks

Star Guardian Ekko:

https://imgur.com/XN9r40r

  • New textures:

    • 9 Chromas

Star Guardian Nilah:

https://imgur.com/1L8wpOo

  • New textures:

    • 9 Chromas

Star Guardian Kai’Sa:

https://imgur.com/umJIlCX

  • New textures:

    • 6 Chromas

Star Guardian Sona:

https://imgur.com/mYXNy3n

  • New textures:

    • 9 Chromas

Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks:

https://imgur.com/VfHLjWq

  • New textures:

    • 9 Chromas

Aforementioned Chroma sets should be available on PBE soon! We hope you all will enjoy the new sets; and as usual, we’re looking forward to hearing your constructive feedback.

Thanks!

Riot Magnitude_lol

Update 30th June 2020:

Thank you to everybody for your feedback. The team had a discussion and decided not to make any changes.

We looked into giving the other Star Guardians the monochromatic theme but decided to keep it as it is as doing this would make all the chromas look too similar to each other.

The reason this could be done with Star Guardian Sona Chromas is that Star Guardian Sona herself has a big white weapon with a huge surface area, and white wings, which fits the ‘Star Guardian’ theme.

Once again, thank you to everybody for the feedback

Riot Magnitude_lol

Summoner Icons

In addition to everything else, new summoner icons have also arrived on the Public Beta Environment:
Star Guardian Pass Icon, Star Guardian Event Icon
An event pass bundle exclusive 2022 Star Guardian icon.
Star Guardian Kai’Sa Icon, Star Guardian Ekko Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Guardian Sona Icon, Star Guardian Nilah Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Nemesis X Border Icon
An icon that entitles the border for this champion.
Star Guardian X Chroma Icon
An icon that comes with the Event Shop-exclusive chroma.
Star Guardian Ekko Prestige Edition Icon
This icon was acquired by earning Prestige Star Guardian Ekko during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Guardian Akali Icon, Star Guardian Taliyah Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Guardian Rell Icon, Star Guardian Quinn Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Star Nemesis Morgana Icon
This icon was acquired during the 2022 Star Guardian event.
Season 2022 – Split 3 Icon
This icon was earned by winning ranked games in Season 2022 – Split 3

Emotes

Who does not love new emotes? Riot Games have added a plethora of new emotes for players to choose from. The following ones are now available on the Public Beta Environment:
Aww how cute!, Gotcha!
So Sweet!, What joy!
Come Closer
Umi Loves You!, You Kick Ina?, Rigel Disappoint
Who’s next?, Rock on!
One more thing…, Perfection
You’re Mine
2022 – Split 3 – [Rank]

Ward Skin

Even a new ward skin is coming to the test environment. Here is how it looks:
Star Guardian 2022 Ward
This ward was an exclusive reward for participating in the 2022 Star Guardian event.

Sivir Update

 

Sivir has also received an update. It is now ready in the test environment. RiotRayYonggihas shared some details on the changelist on Twitter – including a video of change that allows Sivir’s W to double back onto targets it’s already hit.
Later on, he also added:

Ultimate Spellbook

Ultimate Spellbook makes a return on the PBE. The following champions have been tagged as potentially being influenced:
  • Corki R
  • Annie R
  • Gangplank R
  • Garen R
  • Gnar R
  • Kaisa R
  • Neeko R
  • Quinn R
  • Rakan R
  • Sylas R
  • Senna R
  • Renata R
  • Syndra R
  • Taliyah R
  • Tristana R
  • Varus R
  • VelKoz R
  • Xayah R
 Riot Reinboom’s tweets, explaining it more in-depth:

Miscellaneous

In addition to everything else, here are some smaller miscellaneous changes that have entered the Public Beta Environment:

  • Loot assets now on the PBE:
    • Star Guardian 2022 Orb
      • Open to reveal a guaranteed random Skin Shard with a chance to obtain an Star Guardian 2022 Grab Bag.
    • Star Guardian 2022 Token
      • Gained from purchasing event content or completing event missions. Craft into exclusive Star Guardian 2022 event content. Tokens are earnable until August 15, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Tokens are purchasable until August 22, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. PT. Tokens expire August 22, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. PT.
    • Star Guardian 2022 Grab Bag
      • Contains 2 skin shards worth 975 RP or higher and 1 random skin shards worth 1350 RP or lower. Bonus chance at 2 random skin shards.
    • Star Guardian 2022 Exclusive Pack
      • Contains 3 skin shards worth 1350 RP or lower OR 4 random skin shards worth 975 RP or higher OR 4 skin permanents of any value.
  

Balance Changes

It should be noted that Public Beta Environment changes are subject to change and can be altered at any time. The following changes should be taken with a grain of salt:
Champions
Master Yi
  • AA range increased from 125 to 175
  • Meditate (W)
    • cooldown lowered from 28 seconds to 9
    • mana cost changed from [50] to [40 + 6% max mana per second]
    • [Changed] “While channeling and for 0.5s afterwards, he takes 90% reduced damage, decreased to 60/62.5/65/67.5/70% after the first 0.5 seconds.”
Gwen
  • A Thousand Cuts (Passive)
    • AP ratio lowered from 8% per 100 Ap to 6% per 100 AP
  • Snip Snip (Q)
    • Base damage per snip increased from 9-21 to 10-26
    • Final snip damage increased from 45/60/75/90/105 (+25% AP) to 60/75/90/105/120 (+35% AP)
    • Center true damage lowered from 100% to 75%
    • Minion damage lowered from 100% to 75%
    • [New] Now executes minions below 20%
  • Hallowed Mist (W) 
    • duration lowered from 5 to 4
    • bonus resistances increased from 12/14/16/18/20 (+5%) to 17/19/21/23/25 (+7%)
  • Skip ‘n Slash (E)
    • Cooldown increased from 13/12/11/10/9 to 13/12.5/12/11.5/11
    • Bonus magic damage increased from 10 (+15% AP) to 15 (20% AP)
    • CDR changed from 50% to 25/35/45/55/65%
    • Bonus range increased from 50 to 75
  • Needlework (R)
    • Damage per needle increased from 30/55/80 (+8% AP) to 35/65/95 (+9% AP)
    • [New] Now has a 1.5s cooldown
      • No longer need to attack between casts
Katarina
  • Voracity (Passive)
    • AP ratio increased from 55/66/77/88% to 65/75/85/95%
  • Bouncing Blade (Q)
    • Damage increased from 75/105/135/165/195 (+30% AP) to 80/110/140/170/200 (+35% AP)
  • Death Lotus (R)
    • Physical damage increased.
    • On hit modifier increased from 28/33/38% to 30/35/40%
Bel’Veth
  • HP per level lowered from 105 to 99
  • AD per level lowered from 2 to 1.7
  • Royal Maelstrom (E)
    • Cooldown increased from 22/20/18/16/14 to 22/20.5/19/17.5/16
    • Lifesteal lowered from 20/22/24/26/28% to 20%
  • Endless Banquet (R)
    • True Form bonus health bonus AD ratio lowered from 165% to 120%

Caitlyn

  • Headshot (Passive)
    • AD ratio increased from 50-100% to 60-110%
  • Yordle Snap Trap (W)
    • Damage lowered from 60/105/150/195/240 (+40/55/70/85/100% bAD) to 40/85/130/175/220 (+40/50/60/70/80% bAD)
Corki
  • Gatling Gun (E)
    • AD ratio per tick increased from 10% bAD to 15%
  • Missile Barrage (R)
    • Damage lowered from 90/125/160/195/230 to 80/115/150/185/220
    • AP ratio lowered from 20% to 12%
Fiddlesticks
  • Terrify (Q)
    • Fear duration increased from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 to 1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25
  • Crowstorm (R)
    • damage per second increased from 125-325 +45% AP to 150-350 +50% AP
Galio
  • Winds of War (Q)
    • Damage over time increased from 2% +.66% per 100 AP to 2.5% + 1% per 100 AP
Gwen
  • HP Regen growth increased from 0.11 to 0.18
  • A Thousand Cuts (Passive)
    • AP ratio reverted from 6% per 100 AP to 8% per 100 AP
  • Snip, Snip! (Q)
    • Final snip damage increased from 60/75/90/105/120 to 60/80/100/120/140
Karthus
  • HP per level increased from 101 to 110
  • Base armor increased from 18 to 21
Leona
  • Sunlight (Passive)
    • Damage increased from 25-44 to 35-188

Nilah

  • Apotheosis (R)
    • AD ratio per tick reverted from 35% to 50%
Olaf
  • HP5 lowered from 8.5 to 6.5
  • HP regen growth lowered from .08 to .12
  • Berserker Rage (Passive)
    • max attack speed attack speed increased from 40-100 to 60-100%
  • Undertow (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 40/45/50/55/60 to 50/55/60/65/70
Senna
  • Base HP lowered from 560 to 530
  • Piercing Darkness (Q)
    • Base damage changed from 40/70/100/130/160 to 30/65/100/135/170
  • Last Embrace (W)
    • root duration lowered from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25 to 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2
Seraphine
  • Stage Presence (Passive)
    • AP ratio per note lowered from 6-9% to 6%
  • Beat Drop (E)
    • Slow duration lowered from 1.5s to 1.25s
Shaco
  • Backstab (Passive)
    • AD ratio increased 15% to 20%
  • Deceive (Q)
    • AD ratio increased from 40% to 50%
  • Jack in the Box (W)
    • Cooldown lowered from 16 to 15
Tahm Kench
  • HP per level lowered from 109 to 103
  • An Acquired Taste
    • health ratio lowered from 4% to 3%
Taliyah
  • Threaded Volley (Q)
    • Mana cost lowered from 60/65/70/75/80 to 55/50/65/60/75
    • Damage per rock increased from 40/60/80/100/120 to 45/65/85/105/125
    • Monster bonus damage lowered from 30 to 25
    • [New] Boulder now stuns monsters for 3s
Vex
  • Mistral Bolt (Q)
    • Cooldown lowered from 9/8/7/6/5 to 8/7/6/5/4
    • AP ratio increased from 60% to 70%
Wukong
  • Nimbus Strike (E)
    • Monster damage lowered from 160% to 120%
  • Cyclone (R)
    • Cooldown increased from 120/105/90 to 130/110/90
Yuumi
  • Bop ‘n’ Block (Passive)
    • No longer grants 50 bonus attack range
Zeri
  • Lightning Crash (R)
    • Bonus move speed per stack lowered from 1% to .5%

Items

Divine Sunderer
  • Spellblade damage changed from [12% (9% for Ranged owners) target max Health physical damage] to [125% base Attack Damage + 6% (3% for Ranged owners) target max Health physical damage]
  • Heal changed from [6% (3% for Ranged owners) target max Health] to [65% of the damage dealt]
  • Mythic passive Armor & MR lowered from 5% to 3%
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