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Patch 25.17 PBE Preview

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Read up on all the new PBE changes to get up to date on the upcoming Patch 25.17. Highlights include new Battle Pass skins, a new Elderwood skin, Xin Zhao's visual update, the return of Doom Bots, and more!

These changes appeared on PBE on the 14th of August, but have been slowly shifting over the past week, and may continue to do so. As such, keep in mind that not all of these changes may make it to the live patch. If you’d like to check any of the following changes out before Wednesday, hop on PBE and queue up!

New Cosmetics

Six new skins will go live when Patch 25.17 drops next Wednesday. Of these, three skins will be available only through the Battle Pass—Arcana Jhin, Arcana Lulu, and Prestige Visions of the Fallen Jarvan IV. Jhin and Lulu are roughly Epic-tier equivalent, with new visual and sound effects, a new recall, and new animations. Lulu will be unlocked once you reach level 8 in the Battle Pass, and Jhin once you reach level 24. Prestige Visions of the Fallen Jarvan IV will be earned at the very end of the pass—level 48.

Act 3 Battle Pass skins

In the store, you'll find two more Visions of the Fallen Skins, a brand new skinline, suggesting a not-so-nice future for Jarvan IV, Garen, and Tryndamere. Visions of the Fallen Garen and Tryndamere are both Epic skins, priced at 1350 RP, which come with eight Chromas at 290 RP a pop.

Finally, one standalone skin stands alone to guard the forests of Runeterra. You can acquire Elderwood Alistar, another Epic skin, for 1350 RP starting next Wednesday. Like Garen and Tryndamere, Elderwood Alistar comes with eight Chroma options as well.

Xin Zhao Champion Update

Act 3, Trials of Twilight, begins next Wednesday, and will focus on concluding the stories of Xin Zhao and LeBlanc which started in Act 2 and Act 1 respectively, rather than focusing on a specific region like the previous two Acts have. Instead of a new champion release, such as with Mel and Yunara, Act 3 will shine a spotlight on the Seneschal of Demacia instead. Xin Zhao’s update is on PBE right now, and is expected to land on the live servers with Patch 25.18, rather than next week.

Xin Zhao New Splash Art

Updated splash arts for Commando Xin Zhao, Winged Hussar Xin Zhao, and Imperial Xin Zhao

Game Changes

Monster Camp Timers

Going forward, all monster camps will now feature respawn timers, instead of only the Blue Sentinel (Blue Buff), Red Brambleback (Red Buff) and epic monsters. All the new timers use the same hourglass icon as the previous camp timers. For smaller camps, the view on the map will show an empty hourglass 30 seconds before respawn, and a full hourglass at 10 seconds before respawn.

If you open the scoreboard, you'll see a list of all timers on the minimap, as can be seen below:

Death Recap Changes

The death recap pop-up has been completely revamped on the PBE server. Your death recap will now appear in the top right corner of your screen after you’ve died, giving you a more simple overview of what happened shortly before the death.

The default view is simplified and shows a list of spells and abilities used, as well as the amount and typo of damage dealt by all combatants in the skirmish. In the extended view, players can see a more detailed account of just what abilities were used, and exactly how much damage each ability or attack had done.

▲ Champion Buffs

Irelia	Defiant Dance (W) - Minimum AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 40% AP. - Maximum AP ratio increased to 150% AP from 120% AP. Flawless Duet (E) - AP ratio increased to 100% AP from 80% AP. - Cooldown reduced to 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10 seconds from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.

Kassadin	Null Sphere (Q) AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 60% AP. Force Pulse (E) AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 65% AP.

Kayn	Reaping Slash (Q) Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50. Blade’s Reach (W) Mana cost reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.

Kog’Maw	Caustic Spittle (Q) AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 80% AP. Bio-Arcane Barrage (W) AP ratio increased to 1.5% per 100 AP from 1% per 100 AP. Living Artillery (R) Minimum AP ratio increased to 35 / 40 / 45% AP from 35% AP at all ranks.

Miss Fortune	STAT CHANGE Base attack damage increased to 55 from 53.

Morgana	Tormented Shadow (W) - Minimum base damage per tick increased to 9 / 15.5 / 22 / 28.5 / 35 from 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 35. - Maximum base damage per tick increased to 18 / 31 / 44 / 57 / 70 from 14 / 28 / 42 / 56 / 70. - Mana cost reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130.

Nilah	Formless Blade (Q) Cone monster damage increased to 100% from 10%.

Senna	STAT CHANGE Attack speed growth increased to 3% from 2%. Piercing Darkness (Q) Base heal increased to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100.

Sett	Facebreaker (E) Bonus monster damage increased to 125 – 250 (based on level) from 100 at all levels.

▼ Champion Nerfs

Master Yi

STAT CHANGE Base health reduced to 655 from 669.

Alpha Strike (Q)

- Primary on-hit damage modifier reduced to 65% from 75%.

- Lesser on-hit damage modifier reduced to 16.25% from 18.75%.

Rumble

Junkyard Titan (Passive)

Overheat on-hit damage target health ratio reduced to 4% of target's maximum health from 5%.

Flamespitter (Q)

Base damage per tick reduced to 5 / 7.08 / 9.17 / 11.25 / 13.33 from 5 / 7.5 / 10 / 12.5 / 15.

Singed

Poison Trail (Q)

Debuff duration reduced to 2 seconds from 2.2.

- Maximum ticks reduced to 7 from 8.

- Maximum damage reduced to 35 / 52.5 / 70 / 87.5 / 105 (+ 74.375% AP) from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+ 85% AP).

▶ Champion Adjustments

Mixes of buffs and nerfs, or general changes and bug fixes.

Gwen

STAT CHANGE Base armor reduced to 33 from 36.

STAT CHANGE Attack speed growth increased to 2.5% from 2.2%.

Needlework (R)

- Initial slow reduced to 30 / 45 / 60% from 60% at all ranks.

- Subsequent slow reduced to 15 / 20 / 25% from 25% at all ranks.

Vayne

Silver Bolts (W)

NEW EFFECT Damage is now modified to 140 / 155 / 170 / 185 / 200 against monsters.

Xin Zhao

Wind Becomes Lightning (W)

NEW EFFECT Xin Zhao now slashes four times over the cast time instead of once, at a 0.05-second delay each. Total damage is unchanged.

NEW EFFECT Targets acquired by a slash will always receive the remaining slashes regardless of location.

NEW EFFECT Slashes may now only grant a maximum of 1 Determination stack.

Item Changes

▲ BUFF | ▼ NERF | ▶ ADJUSTMENT | ✶ NEW

	▲ Axiom Arc Total cost reduced to 2750 gold from 3000 gold. Combine cost reduced to 363 gold from 613 gold.

	▲ Horizon Focus - Total cost reduced to 2750 gold from 2800 gold. Combine cost reduced to 200 gold from 250 gold. - Ability power increased to 125 from 115.

	▲ Profane Hydra - Total cost reduced to 2850 gold from 3200 gold. Combine cost reduced to 313 gold from 663 gold. - Attack damage increased to 60 from 55.