5/7 PBE Update: More Skin Tweaks & Balance Changes

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

The PBE has been updated! As we continue the 9.10 PBE cycle, today's patch includes more skin VFX tweaks and 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.)

Table of Contents

• Skin Tweaks
• Balance Changes
• Context & Notes

Skin Tweaks

As noted by Riot Sirhaian, Battle Academia Katarina's R has action lines on the edges of the screen:

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

Brand

• Conflagration (E) 
• • damage increased from 70/90/110/130/150 to 70/95/120/145/170
  • AP ratio increased from 35% to 45%

Caitlyn

• Yordle Snap Trap (W) headshot damage increased from 40/90/140/190/240 to 60/105/150/195/240

Graves

• End of the Line (Q) detonation damage increased from 85/115/145/175/205 to 85/120/155/190/225

Shaco

• Hallucinate (R)
• • [Tweet from Riot Repertoir] "Now Shaco will go toward your cursor when you cast it, and the clone will go to the opposite direction for a little more control of the cast."

Soraka

• Starcall (Q) bonus movement speed increased from 14/18/22/26/30% to 15/20/25/30/25%

Tryndamere

• Spinning Slash (E) 
• • AP ratio lowered from 100% to 80%
  • Cooldown lowered from 13/12/11/10/9 to 12/11/10/9/8

Xin Zhao
[Xin Zhao has other changes in testing on the PBE!]

• Three Talon Strike (Q) AD ratio reverted from 50% to 40%

Context & Notes

WIP!

1) Riot Sirhaian on Battle Academia Katarina's R VFX:

So, this was supposed to hit PBE earlier: Battle Academia Katarina's ult displays action lines on the screen corners, for that extra anime vibe! This screen effect is only visible to the Katarina player, and should be on PBE soon!

from
http://www.surrenderat20.net/2019/05/57-pbe-update-more-skin-tweaks-balance.html