PBE Round-up: Patch 6.3
Patch 6.3 will go live in the early hours of February 10th, assuming there are no delays. Here’s all the upcoming content:
Balance
Store Content
Miscellaneous
PBE content that’s still in testing and won’t come out with 6.3:
- Soraka‘s [ Q ] and [ W ] changes
- Hextech Crafting
Mark of the Assassin [ Q ]
- Triggering the mark now restores 40 energy at all ranks, increased from 20/25/30/35/40.
Shadow Dance [ R ]
- Dash speed increased from 1600 to 2000.
Headbutt [ W ]
- W + Q combo is now easier to chain.
Triumphant Roar [ E ]
- Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70/80 to 50/60/70/80/90;
- Cooldown increased from 12 seconds at all ranks to 16.
Phosphorus Bomb [ Q ]
- Base Damage decreased from 80/130/180/230/280 to 70/120/170/220/270.
Missile Barrage [ R ]
- Cooldown to gain a charge increased from 12/10/8 seconds to 12/11/10.
Timewinder [ Q ]
- Cooldown decreased from 11/10/9/8/7 seconds to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7.
Barrel Roll [ Q ]
- Slow duration is now always 2 seconds, regardless of how long the barrel was charged for (1.3 – 2 seconds on live);
Drunken Rage [ W ]
- Damage is now additionally dealt to enemies around the initial target;
- Channel time decreased from 1 second at all ranks to 0.75.
Here’s the new AoE change on [ W ]:
New Destiny [ Passive ]
- Shotgun pellets no longer knock back the Rift Scuttler.
End of the Line [ Q ]
- Damage on returning hit decreased from 85/145/205/265/325 [+0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2 Bonus AD] to 85/135/185/235/285 [+0.4/0.55/0.7/0.85/1 Bonus AD];
- If [ Q ] hits terrain, there’s now a 0.25 second delay before the returning hit triggers.
Quickdraw [ E ]
- Duration of True Grit passive [bonus Armor & MR] increased from 4 seconds to 5.
Test of Spirit [ E ]
- Mana Cost decreased from 35/45/55/65/75 to 35/40/45/50/55;
- Allies can now kill Tentacles to get rid of the Spirit debuff, provided they hit a tentacle within 5 seconds of your hit.
Relentless Assault [ Passive ]
- Maximum number of stacks increased from 6 to 8;
- Bonus Attack Speed per stack decreased from 4/6/8/10/12/14% to 3.5/5/6.5/8/9.5/11%;
- Total Attack Speed increased from 24/36/48/60/72/84% to 28/40/52/64/76/88%.
Renewal [ R + W ]
- Karma will now receive the second heal, even if the target dies during the duration of the leash.
Caustic Spittle [ Q ]
- Passive Attack Speed bonus moved from [ Q ] to [ W ].
Bio-Arcane Barrage [ W ]
- Now has Caustic Spittle’s passive [+15/20/25/30/35% bonus Attack Speed];
- Also has a minimum base magic damage of 15 on the 2% of Max HP on-hit buff.
Hammer Shock [ Q ]
- Damage changed from 40/70/100/130/160 [+0.7 Bonus AD] to 40/65/90/115/140 [+0.8 Bonus AD];
- Damage to minions increased from 80% to 100%.
Heroic Charge [ E ]
- Cooldown increased from 12/11/10/9/8 seconds to 14/13/12/11/10.
Keeper’s Verdict [ R ]
- Knock-up duration from instantly releasing the spell decreased from 2 seconds to 1.
Bola Strike [ E ]
- Cast delay while jumping decreased from 0.25 to 0.125.
Arcane Mastery [ Passive ]
- While Ryze is superchaged, only his next five spells have their cooldown reduced by Overload’s CD.
Desperate Power [ R ]
- Cooldown decreased from 80/60/40 seconds to 50/40/30.
[ Bonus ] Here’s the buffed Xin Zhao soloing Dragon at level 3 after a standard jungle clear.
Battle Cry [ W ]
- Passive heal on third hit now additionally scales with 0.2 of Bonus AD;
- Additionally, the third hit critically strikes for 25/37.5/50/62.5%/75% bonus physical damage.
[ Note ] If you have a Sated Devourer, it will NOT reduce the attacks needed to proc the crit.
Audacious Charge [ E ]
- Cooldown changed from 14/13/12/11/10 seconds to 12 at all ranks.
Death Mark [ R ]
- Damage decreased from 30/40/50% to 25/35/45%.
Mega Inferno Bomb [ R ]
- Damage in the center increased from 250/375/500 [+0.9 AP] to 300/450/600 [+1.1 AP];
- Enemies away from the center take 66% of the damage, decreased from 80%.
Boots of Swiftness
- Recipe cost increased from 500 Gold to 600 (total cost up from 800 Gold to 900).
Boots of Mobility
- Movement Speed bonus when out of combat increased from 105 to 115.
Dead Man’s Plate
- Slow strength decreased from 75% to 50%;
- Recipe cost increased from 1000 Gold to 1100 [total cost up from 2800 Gold to 2900].
Duskblade of Draktharr
Grants 75 Attack Damage and 5% Movement Speed;
Recipe: Serrated Dirk [1100 Gold] +
 B.F. Sword [1300 Gold] + 850 Gold Recipe Cost = 3250 Gold Total;
UNIQUE Passive: Grants 10 Armor Penetration;
UNIQUE Passive: Hitting an enemy Champion with a basic attack applies Nightfall to them [120 second CD];
Nightfall: After 2 seconds, the target is dealt 90 [+25% of Missing HP] physical damage. If you score a kill or an assist before Nightfall triggers, the passive’s cooldown is reset.
Here’s a video of how the Nightfall detonation looks like:
Frozen Heart
- Recipe cost increased from 700 Gold to 800 [total cost unchanged due to 100 Gold cost decrease on Warden’s Mail].
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
- Recipe cost increased from 500 Gold to 600 (total cost up from 800 Gold to 900).
Kircheis Shard
- On-hit magic damage from Energized attack increased from 30 to 40.
Phantom Dancer
- Range on Spectral Waltz passive increased from 500 to 550;
- Recipe Cost decreased from 900 Gold to 650Â (total cost down from 2800 to 2550).
Randuin’s Omen
- Health increased from 450 to 500.
- Recipe cost increased from 900 Gold to 1000 [total cost unchanged].
Rapid Firecannon
- Magic damage on Firecannon passive proc decreased from 50-200 to 50-160 [scales with Champion level];
- Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 7% to 5%.
Ravenous Hydra
- Tooltip now states that damage dealt by the splash now only applies 50% of player’s total Life Steal, not 100%.
Seeker’s Armguard
- Recipe now requires one more
Cloth Armor;
- Recipe cost decreased from 465 Gold to 165 (total cost unchanged);
- Initial Armor increased from 25 to 30.
Statikk Shiv
- Magic damage on Shiv Lightning passive proc increased from 30-100 to 50-120Â [scales with Champion level].
Sunfire Cape
- Now deals 50% more damage to minions and neutral monsters.
Warden’s Mail
- Cost decreased from 1100 Gold to 1000.
Bond of Stone
If you’re below 5% of your Maximum HP, the 6% of damage taken by allies won’t be redirected to you.
Expose Weakness [ Tier 2 Ferocity ]
- Expose your most recently damaged enemy Champion to take 2% more damage from allies.
Dragon Buffs
- Dragon’s Wrath [2nd Stack] – Grants your attacks on turrets an additional firey burn for 30 damage over 2 seconds. / Old version: Grants 15% damage to towers/buildings.
- Dragon’s Dominance [4th Stack]– You take 20% less damage from turrets. / Old version: Grants 15% damage to minions/monsters.
Sweetheart Sona will be available in store for 975 RP.
Heartseeker Orianna will be available in store for 1350 RP.
The Harpseeker ward skin will be in store for 640 RP.
Three Valentine’s Day-themed icons are on the PBE. No news yet on how to get these:
Gragas has received updated icons for his spells. From left to right:Â Passive, Q, W, E and R.
Lux also has new spell icons. From left to right: Passive, Q, W, E and R.
Shaco‘s also received icons. From left to right: Passive, Q, W, E, R and R while clone is active.
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