Riot Games is updating the icons of Caitlyn’s abilities, as well as some new and returning items, ahead of the 2023 League of Legends preseason.
Caitlyn is a well-known and popular AD carry, especially after the success of the Arcane animated series. The champion received an Art and Sustainability Update (ASU) in 2021 that changed her character model and visual effects, and brought more overall visual clarity, making the champion compatible with the graphics of newer champions. But her abilities have kept the same icons since she was added to League in 2011, with the exception of her passive.
Caitlyn’s new ability icons
The latest PBE (Public Beta Environment) update, which also included additions for the 2023 preseason, shows new icons for all of the sheriff’s skills, including the passive. The biggest change is in her ultimate, which will no longer show the shot but rather the champion’s eye behind her rifle scope. Her other abilities generally remain recognizable but with a higher standard of detail and better visual clarity.
Even though these changes came just a year after Caitlyn’s ASU, her champion icon remains the same as before its visual update.
New item icons
As for the items that are being added or reworked in the 2023 preseason, some of them are receiving slight visual updates while others will get major changes compared to their previous versions. Here is a list of the items with changes and the new icons of those that have received the biggest changes.
- Night Harvester
- Riftmaker
- Last Whisper
- Iceborn Gauntlet
- Prowler’s Claw
- Recurve Bow
- Lord Dominik’s Regards
- Void Staff
- Death’s Dance
- Spear of Shojin
- Essence Reaver
- The Collector
- Ravenous Hydra
- Tiamat
- Umbral Glaive
- Guardian’s Orb
- Guardian’s Hammer
The following items will receive more impactful changes in their designs or color changes, so they may appear strange to players who already knew them before.
Rod of Ages is the item with the biggest design change. Its previous version was removed in Patch 10.23 and will now return in the 2023 preseason. Blade of the Ruined King’s color scheme and some details will be more like a Shadow Isles design worthy of being wielded by Viego. The Catalyst of Aeons also underwent major changes, now resembling an item originating in Demacia.
Abyssal Mask
Blade of the Ruined King
Catalyst of Aeons
Guardian’s Blade
Manamune
Muramana
Rod of Ages
All of these changes are currently on the PBE servers for testing and are not final releases. They should arrive on League’s live servers along with the 12.21 update on Nov. 2, 2022.
