Preseason 2023 changes will begin hitting PBE tomorrow! Before they’re out, we wanted to walk you through all of the changes you can expect to see roll out to PBE over the next few weeks. We’re shipping them a bit early this year to give us time to test changes and gather your feedback, so make sure you get those games in because there’s plenty to try out!
Housekeeping note: Things will be in a pretty early state when you first see them, so expect changes to things like icons, item and effect names, visual and sound effects, stat values, and more as we continue to test features during PBE. Barring massive table-flips, this preview page won’t be updated after publishing. When the patch notes come out, they’ll have all the final details as usual.
The Return of Chemtech
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Chemtech Drake will be returning this preseason with a brand new buff and soul!
Chemtech Drake will now grant a small amount of Tenacity and Heal/Shield strength when slain
Chemtech Soul will grant bonus damage when below a certain amount of health
Alongside the Chemtech Drake, the Rift will take on a new Chemtech-inspired appearance featuring Zaunite chemicals and mutated jungle plants with upgraded effects.
Blast Cones will now blast those in range twice as far as before
Honey Fruits will upgrade into Stim Fruits, no longer slowing champions that consume them and granting a small bonus shield in addition to the usual heal
Scryer’s Bloom will upgrade into Stalker’s Bloom. When hit these plants will now reveal a small circular area around the plant and a cone opposite of the direction it was hit, granting movement speed towards revealed enemy champions and reducing wards revealed to 1 health.
Jungle Improvements
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Avatar Smites and Jungle Pets
The jungle is a dangerous place and it’s dangerous to go alone, so take one of these jungle pets by purchasing them in the in-game shop as an egg! These pets will acquire “treats” through monster kills and slowly over time as the game progresses which will help them evolve. Once evolved, pets will give their owners Avatar buffs which empower them with different abilities.
Noxian Embercat*: This will be the pet of choice for junglers looking to play more aggressively. It will provide slows and bonus damage.
Ixtali Ixamander*: This jungle pet is perfect for junglers looking to frontline and tank for their teams. It will provide a shield based on your health that provides bonus slow resist and Tenacity when broken.
Ionian Cloudleaper*: This jungle pet will be great for junglers looking to rotate and move around the map more quickly. It will provide bonus movement speed.
Leashing Range Indicators
In an effort to make the jungle more welcoming to players unfamiliar with the role, we’ll be adding visual leashing indicators that will show how far camps can be pulled before their patience starts diminishing. We’re also decreasing the distance camps can be pulled, so no more having to stand on the perfect pixel in order to hyper-optimize your jungle clears.
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Recommended Jungle Paths
Another addition we have to help make the jungle more accessible are recommended jungle paths for every champion. These first clear paths were determined by gathering data from high skilled junglers on their high mastery champs across the globe. Pathing recommendations are based on which routes most often led these players to a victory and will be updated each patch.
Communication Tools
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Updated Ping Wheel
League is a team game at its core. In order to better facilitate communication between teammates we’re doubling the number of pings available to players. The 8 pings on the wheel will now be as follows:
Returning Pings (clockwise): Retreat, On My Way, Assist Me, Enemy Missing
New Pings (clockwise): Push, All-In, Hold, Bait
New Vision Pings
We’re also adding an entirely new ping wheel that focuses primarily on vision.
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