1/23 PBE Update: Tentative Balance Changes

[Recent News: Season Start 2019]

The PBE has been updated! As we start the 9.3 PBE cycle, today's patch includes tentative balance changes for Camille, Vi, 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

Camille

• Hookshot (E) 
• • [Removed] No longer stuns minions.

Irelia

• HP per level increased from 85 to 95
• Defiant Dance (W)
• • Damage reduction increased from 40% to 50%
  • [Changed Effect] damage reduction now specifies Physical damage

Vi

[Changelist]

• Blast Shield (Passive)
• • Cooldown changed from [12 - 8] to [12]
  • Shield size changed from [10% max health] to [15% max health]
  • [New] "Shield CD is reduced by 3 seconds whenever you proc Denting Blows."

• Vault Breaker (Q)
• • Damage changed from [110/160/210/260/310 (+160% Bonus AD)] to [20/60/100/140/180 (+140% Total AD)]
  • [Removed] No longer deals reduced damage to minions and monsters

• Denting Blows (W) attack speed changed from 30/35/40/45/50% to 20/30/40/50/60%

• Excessive Force (E)
• • "Buffed the follow up attack after hitting with E to better scale with attack speed."
  • AD ratio lowered from [115% Total AD] to [110% Total AD]
  • AP ratio increased from 70% to 90%
  • [New] AOE can now crit

• Assault and Battery (R)
• • Damage increased from [150/300/450 (+140% Bonus AD)] to [150/325/500 (+110% bonus AD)]
  • [Removed] No longer deals reduced damage to additional targets
  • CC duration on secondary targets increased from .25s to .75s
  • Knockback distance on secondary targets increased from 250 to 400

Context & Notes

1) Riot August provided some tentative Vi changes for this PBE cycle:

"Putting some Vi changes on the next PBE cycle for feedback. Please try them and tell me what you think. Do you want these? 

THESE ARE EXPERIMENTAL AND MAY NOT SHIP!
- Burst damage down (Q, R)
+ In fight tankiness WAY up (P)
+ AoE CC up (R)
+ Sustained DPS up (E change does a lot)"

[2] "Some notes: 

-The E follow up attack change will likely be a noticeable increase in DPS power (the spell was bugged with higher AS and was DPS down to use at times)
-Passive CDR change works vs. jungle.
-R AoE cc'ing the team you run through prolly increases surVIvability."

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