8/31 PBE Update: Tentative Balance Changes

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

The PBE has been updated! As we continue with the 8.18 PBE cycle, today's patch includes tentative balance changes for Braum, Lucian, Renekton, 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.)

Table of Contents

• Balance Changes
• Context & Notes

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

Aatrox

• [Looking into this!]

Braum

• Base HP lowered from 576.16 to 540

Gnar

• Base armor lowered from 32 to 28

Lucian

• Piercing Light (Q) AD increased from 60/70/80/90/100% to 70/85/100/115/130%

Renekton

• Slice and Dice (E) 
• • Dice Fury Bonus:
  • • armor reduction increased from 15/20/25/30/35 to 25/27.5/30/32.5/35
    • damage increased from 60/105/150/195/240 to 70/115/165/205/250

Sejuani

• Permafrost (E) damage lowered from 30/45/60/75/90 to 20/35/60/65/80

Trundle

• Pillar of Ice (E) range lowered from 1000 to 850

Vayne

• Tumble (Q) cooldown lowered from 6/5/4/3/2 to 4/3.5/3/2.5/2

Yasuo

• [Looking into this!]

Context & Notes

WIP!

1) Regarding the relatively quiet PBE cycle so far for 8.18, Meddler tweeted:

"Should see some balance updates for 8.18 start appearing on the PBE today. We've been focusing on preseason work more over the past week, 8.18's getting more focus now though until it locks."

2) Check out Meddler's lengthy Quick Gameplay Thoughts for August 29th for discussion on upcoming changes and a few buffs, nerfs, and talking points as we near Worlds 2018!

3) ICYMI: Riot Scruffy put up a new post on Preseason and what upcoming changes we can expect - Preseason Development Update 1!

4) Earlier this week, DontHassleDaHoff posted an update on the issues with RP grants on the PBE:

Hi all! 

I wanted to give a quick update about PBE and address some things. 

It’s recently been brought to our attention that many of you are running out of RP. As some of you may remember we used to do a daily reset on your RP balance. We’ve made some changes to our systems and the service that automatically reset your balance broke. :/ 

We’re looking into a fix for this, however, it’s going to take a while for this to take place. 

Over the next few weeks we’re going to be going in and adjusting the Blue Essence price of content to make some things more accessible. We’ve started by making champions 1 BE. 

As a reminder, PBE is meant for players to test out new content and share your feedback. Currently most skins, ward skins, emotes and summoner icons are listed with a low Blue Essence price so that they’re more easily attainable. 

With our adjustment to the Champion Blue Essence price, we will be discontinuing the granting of RP by player support."

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