Revelation VR: 3/13 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes

[WIP!] [STATUS: PBE is currently offline.]

The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 8.6 PBE cycle, today's patch includes more tentative balance changes!

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.)

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.

Champions

Ahri

[Context - All changes reverted, back to live functionality. Expect changes to come back for more testing in a later cycle!]

Kha'Zix

Taste Their Fear (Q)
- bAD ratio increased from 120% to 130%
- damage lowered from 65/90/115/140/165 to 50/75/100/125/150

Rumble

Flamespitter (Q)
- Total Damage reverted from 150/200/250/300/350 (+110% AP) to 135/180/225/270/315 (+110% AP)
- Damage to minions reverted from 70% to 75%
The Equalizer (R)
- Total Damage (over 5s) reverted from700/1000/1300 (+175%AP) to 650/925/1200 (+150%AP)

Shaco
[Context]

Deceive (Q)
- Damage lowered from 20/30/40/50/60 to 10/20/30/40/50
- bAD ratio lowered from 80% to 60%

Items

Guinsoo's Rageblade

Cost lowered from 3300 to 3000
- Combine cost lowered from 990 to 690

Hextech GLP-800

Cost lowered from 300 to 2800
- Combine cost lowered from 850 to 650

Runes

Conqueror (P1)

[Tooltip should now be corrected!]

Manaflow Band (S2)
[Context]

[Reverted to live functionality, tooltip should now be corrected!]

Context & Notes

WIP

1) ricklessabandon noted the Ahri changes would not be going to live in 8.6:

[1] final ahri update for the 8.6 cycle: team has decided that now is a good opportunity to put in the time for more meaningful W changes, so we've made the call to withhold the list from 8.6 and increase the scope of the changes

so, longer wait for hopefully longer lasting changes

[2] will be pulling the current changes out of the pbe for now (so they shouldn't be there in tomorrow's update)

everything will show up on the pbe again along with the new changes when we're far enough along with work on W — targeting 8.7 but actual release
could be further out

[3] the focus will be on getting W to a good place within her kit — other changes could happen as well to facilitate that, but unsure on which direction we'll focus on so can't commit to specifics quite yet

[4] correct — i pulled everything, including the under-the-hood script changes, so ahri should be identical between 8.5 and 8.6

2) Riot Repertoir noted changes coming for Shaco:

"Hey all,

You'll notice on the PBE tomorrow that the Q damage has been adjusted downward slightly yet again:

10/20/30/40/50 (+80% bonus AD) >>> 10/20/30/40/50 (+60% bonus AD)

I'm sure that will be disappointing to some, but I didn't want it to seem like a surprise ninja nerf with no explanation. Essentially, based on playtest, conversation, feedback, etc., I was still feeling that the Q buff alongside the Ignite buff coming in was a bit more than needed to account for the Duskblade damage change, especially because the Q and Ignite changes come online earlier in the game and give you more opportunity to earn your success in your games. Sorry that it seems like I keep chipping away at this; I'm sure that's annoying and frustrating to read. I hope y'all can succeed as well or better in 8.6, and if that's not the case, do feel free to let me know what your experience is like on the new patch.

Cheers"

He also provided context on the Seraph's Embrace changes testing on the PBE at the moment:

"Hello, here's the reasoning and some thoughts. Essentially, we think Seraph's is a little too good. Not way too good, but a little. Hitting the Mana ratio is unlikely to make it a poor choice, but given the amount of Mana the item provides now, as well as its increased ease of access, a small adjustment seemed appropriate.

With its 8.4 update, Seraph's isn't as low synergy with several champions as it used to be. Most Archangel's build paths used to entail sitting on Tear while building other items. Now that Archangel's is a much better pick up on its own, its pool of viable users opens up a bit, largely because Archangel's stacking requirements aren't so demanding.

As to the other ones, GLP could probably still use a little more help; had a discussion with Phroxz0n about that today. Luden's I'm on the fence about, but I could see it going either way (leave as is or slight buff)."

Check out [THIS PAGE] for 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 !