Riot Games is in the midst of the League of Legends preseason changes on PBE that will ensure that Season 11 will be both exciting and balanced. More than 20 champions are getting some balance changes to their kit such as lower mana and mana regen, attack speed changes and more. The coolest thing in those preseason changes is the revamp in Viktor’s passive.
PBE Preseason Champion Changes
Akali
- Five Point Strike (Q) energy cost lowered from 120/115/110/105/100 to 120/110/100/90/80
Amumu
- Mana lowered from 287.2 to 285
- Mana per level increased from 40 to 60
- Base health increased from 613.12 to 615
Cho’Gath
- Mana lowered from 272.2 to 270
- Mana per level increased from 40 to 60
- MP5 lowered from 7.206 to 7.2
Corki
- Base mana lowered from 350.16 to 350
- Mana per level increased from 34 to 54
Evelynn
- Base mana lowered from 315.6 to 315
- MP5 increased from 8.108 to 8.11
Gangplank
- Base mana lowered from 282 to 280
- Mana per level increased from 40 to 60
Kassadin
- Mana increased from 397.6 to 400
- Mana per level increased from 67 to 87
Malphite
- Base HP increased from 574.2 to 575
- Mana lowered from 282.2 to 280
- Mana per level increased from 40 to 60
Nidalee
- Base mana lowered from 295.6 to 295
Olaf
- MP5 lowered from 7.466 to 7.465
Skarner
- Mana per level increased from 40 to 60
- MP5 lowered from 7.206 to 7.2
Sylas
- Base mana increased from 280 to 350
Warwick
- MP5 lowered from 7.466 to 7.465
Caitlyn
- Headshot (Passive) Headshots gain 25% less bonus damage from Crit Chance
Jhin
- Whisper (Passive)
- Crit damage reduction changed from [25% (150% damage crits)] to [14% (150% damage crits)]
- Bonus AD from crit chance lowered from [4% AD per 10% crit] to [3% AD per 10% crit]
Katarina
- Voracity (Passive) Now applies on hit effects to all units struck
- Shunpo (E) Now applies on hit effects
- Death Lotus (R)
- Split damage into (base + AP ratio) Magic damage, and (AD + Attack speed ratio) physical damage.
- Now applied on hit effects at 33% efficiency to all units struck
- (Each unit is hit for a total of 3x Kat’s on hits over the full 2.5s channel duration.)
Kayle
- Divine Ascent (Passive) attack speed per zeal stack changed from [6% (30% at 5 stacks)] to [30% + 10% per 100 AP at 5 stacks]
Ornn
- Living Forge (Passive)
- “every time he upgrades any mythic to a masterwork his passive Armor/MR amp increases by 4% (10% without upgrades, same as live)”
- [New] increases health by 10% from all sources
- [New] increased health by 4% when upgrading mythic item
Senna
- Attack speed ratio increased from .2 to .32
- Attack speed per level lowered from 4% to 2.5%
- Absolution (Passive)
- Crit damage reduction lowered from [35% (130% damage crits)] to [14% (150% damage crits)]
- Crit chance per 20 souls lowered from 15% to 10%
- Excess crit to lifesteal conversion increased from 35% to 50%
- Curse of the Black Mist (E) Move speed increased from 20% to 20% (+3% per 100 AP)
- Dawning Shadow (R) damage AP ratio increased from 50% to 80%
Tryndamere
- Battle Fury (Passive) crit chance per point of fury changed from 0.35 – 0.5 to 0.3 to 0.6
Viktor
- Mana per level increased from 25 to 45
- Glorious Evolution (Passive)
- [Removed] No longer starts with Hexcore in his inventory and cannot purchase upgrades
- [New] “Viktor can upgrade his Basic Abilities after gaining 100 Hex Fragments. He Gains 1 from kills on minions and 5 from large minions. He also gains 25 on champion takedowns. Once all three Basic Abilities have been upgraded, Chaos Storm is upgraded automatically.”
- Gravity Field (W) slow changed fromfrom 30/34/38/42/45% to 30/33/37/40/45%
- Death Ray (E)
- Laser AP ratio increased from 60% to 70%
- Aftershock AP ratio increased from 70% to 80%
- Chaos Storm (R)
- Minimum storm speed lowered from 200 to 20
Volibear
- Mana per level increased from 50 to 70
- The Relentless Storm (Passive) attack speed now has a 4% per 100 AP ratio per stack
- Sky Splitter (E)
- damage cap vs minions and monsters changed from [150/250/350/450/550] to [150/300/450/600/750]
Yasuo
- Way of the Wanderer (Passive) Critical Strike chance above 100% is now converted into bonus AD.
- [Ratio is currently .5 bonus AD for every 1% crit over 100% crit chance.]
Yone
- Way of the Hunter (Passive) Critical Strike chance above 100% is now converted into bonus AD.
- [Ratio is currently .5 bonus AD for every 1% crit over 100% crit chance.]
Note that the aforementioned PBE preseason champion changes are subject to change and might not make it to live servers.
Stay tuned to The Rift Crown for more League of Legends news before Season 11.
Source: Surrender@20