Revelation VR: 4/19 PBE Update: More Tentative Balance Changes

[WIP!] [STATUS: PBE is up! Working!]

The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 8.9 PBE cycle, today's patch includes tentative balance changes for Ryze, Zac, and more!

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.)

Miscellaneous

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

Ryze
[Ryze has extensive changes in testing on the PBE!]

Warwick

[Warwick has other changes in testing on the PBE!]

Jaws of the Beast (Q)
- target's max health % changed from 4/6/8/10/12% to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%
- - Vs Live: from 6/7/8/9/10% to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%
- heal reverted from 15/30/45/60/75% to 30/40/50/60/70%
Blood Hunt (W)
- cooldown reverted from 120/100/80/60/40 to 120/105/90/75/60
- bonus movement speed reverted from 25/35/45/55/65% to 35/40/45/50/55%

Zac

Stretching Strikes (Q) AP ratio increased from 30% to 50%
Let's Bounce (R) AP ratio increased from 70% to 100%

Items

Abyssal Mask

Total cost increased from 2900 to 3000

Catalyst of Aeons

Total cost increased from 1000 to 1100
- Combine cost increased from 250 to 350

Runes

Context & Notes

WIP

1) Riot Axes noted the Frostfang and Spellthief's changes would be reverted:

"To update on this - we're reverting Spellthief's and Frostfang changes."

1) Riot Endstep provided context on the Poppy changes this cycle:

"I can give some context about Poppy. Over time as she's been nerfed/buffed since release, she's generally had her utility stripped in favor of straight numbers buffs in terms of durability, speed, and damage. This has led to her being a stat-checking tank that doesn't really have the tools to support the play pattern of a stat-checking toplaner - the best tank example of that is Ornn, who (like Poppy) has some windowed damage but has enough consistent threat/uptime to back up that pattern, whereas Poppy's damage is more contextual/unreliable and she's much more limited in her ability to win battles of attrition.

In an ideal world, Poppy would be more about chip trading/utility rather than raw durability/speed/stats in general, and this changelist is intended to shift her back more towards those strengths rather than the ones she has on live.

Specifically on the R change, that's a straight utility buff that's also intended to help make up for her lower overall numbers since it allows her to guarantee another Q hit while the target is airborne, plus potentially an extra autoattack (just from Poppy, and more from her teammates in many cases). It is often quite a lot of extra damage as compared to Live Poppy.

EDIT: I've also just realized that there's a line missing from the PBE data pull websites (it's on PBE, just doesn't seem to be listed correctly): Poppy's passive has +50 range on this changelist. "

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 !