6.1 PBE Cycle

[NOTE: 6.1 should be out to live around morning of Wednesday the 13th assuming the normal schedule of things! Be on the look out for the live server maintenance announcement soon.]


This mega post was last Updated on 1/7 with the 1/7 PBE Update

( With the release of patch 5.24 to live on December 9th, we started the new 6.1 PBE cycle. )

Previous PBE Cycles in 2016
[6.1 is the first cycle of 2016! ]

Below you will find a comprehensive list of new content, balance changes, and whatever else  is included in the current PBE cycle! Be aware that these changes are extremely tentative, there is a possibility that things you see below will be changed or even reverted prior to the live patch.

( Note: As the cycle continues, some images may be outdated! )

(Warning: PBE Content is tentative and iterative - what you see may not reflect what eventually gets pushed to live servers! Manage your expectations accordingly. )

Table of Contents


New Skins

This cycle includes the new legacy Challenger Nidalee skin, the second installment a skin line to celebrate the start of a new season!

Challenger Nidalee

975 / Legacy
  

Here's a bugs & feedback thread from RiotKateyKhaos on Challenger Nidalee:
"A new Challenger approaches! 
We're kicking off the 2016 season with Challenger Nidalee! 
Nidalee was selected to receive the 2016 Challenger skin due to her impact in the most recent competitive season. Her kit update as well as jungle buffs made her a solid contender for any team. She dominated the jungle and led several teams to victory! 
Challenger Nidalee will be 975 RP* and is legacy. This skin includes: 
  • A new model and texture - she's ready for battle!
  • New pink particle effects for both Human and Cougar forms!
  • New recall animations for both Human and Cougar forms!
Challenger Nidalee is now available to play on PBE! Please note that PBE content is still a work in progress! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, as well as constructive feedback, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you’ve got any questions, post ‘em here, and we’ll do our best to answer them. 
*Prices on PBE subject to change."

New skins for Wukong, Caitlyn, and Morgana were also added this cycle! These three skins are for the upcoming 2016 Lunar Revel, they were not released in 6.1. There are no release details as of yet.

Radiant Wukong

1350 RP - NOT LEGACY.
  
[High movement speed - Homestart / Homeguard]

Here's Galetta with a bugs & feedback thread for Radiant Wukong: 
"Bathed in light, Radiant Wukong arrives to defeat those who are shrouded in darkness. 
This skin includes: 
  • New model and textures!
  • New recall and homeguards animations! He rides out on a cloud!
  • All new particles!
  • New recall SFX and VO processing! 
    This skin will be 1350RP (PBE pricing subject to change) 
    Your feedback and bug reports are extremely helpful to us, so please check out Radiant Wukong and let us know what you think! Feel free to drop any bugs you find in this thread as well! 
    See you on the Rift! 
    NOTE: Most Rioters will be traveling for the holidays (including me!) so responses may be slow!"

    Lunar Wraith Caitlyn

    1350 RP / LEGACY
      
    [Passive Ready]
    [Headshot]


    Here's RiotKateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread on Lunar Wraith Caitlyn: 
    "From the darkness comes Lunar Wraith Caitlyn! 
    Lunar Wraith Caitlyn will be 1350 RP* and is legacy. This skin includes: 
    • New model and texture for both Caitlyn, her gun and her Yordle Snap Traps (W)!
    • New recall animation!
    • New particles for all of her skills, passive, auto attacks and recall!
    • New sound effects on her recall, auto attack, passive Piltover Peacemaker (Q), and Ace in the Hole (R)!
    Lunar Wraith Caitlyn is now available to play on PBE! Please note that PBE content is still a work in progress! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, as well as constructive feedback, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you’ve got any questions, post ‘em here, and we’ll do our best to answer them. 
    *Prices on PBE subject to change. 
    NOTE: I'll be checking this thread in between holiday travels, so responses may be slow! ^-^"

    Lunar Wraith Morgana

    975 RP / LEGACY
      



    Here's RiotKateyKhaos with a bugs & feedback thread on Lunar Wraith Morgana:
    "Shrouded in darkness comes Lunar Wraith Morgana! 
    Lunar Wraith Morgana will be 1350 RP* and is legacy. This skin includes: 
    • New model and texture!
    • New recall animation!
    • New particles for all of her skills, passive, auto attacks and recall!
    • New sound effects on her recall and Dark Binding (Q)!
    Lunar Wraith Morgana is now available to play on PBE! Please note that PBE content is still a work in progress! We always find bug reports and feedback super helpful, as well as constructive feedback, so feel free to comment in the thread below! Likewise, if you’ve got any questions, post ‘em here, and we’ll do our best to answer them. 
    *Prices on PBE subject to change. 
    NOTE: I'll be checking this thread in between holiday travels, so responses may be slow! ^-^"

    Skin Updates

    Few skin updated included in this patch, including texture changes for Dragon Trainer Lulu and updates to Draven's skins axe catch emblem.

    Dragon Trainer Lulu has received changes this cycle, her colors have been brightened and her textures have been updated.

    Dragon Trainer Lulu


    Draven

    Soul Reaver Draven and Gladiator Draven now have unique axe catch emblems rather than just re-using the base emblem!

    Soul Reaver Draven
    Gladiator Draven


    New Ward Skin

    In addition to the new skins for Lunar Revel, we also have a new ward skin!

    Rising Dawn Ward

    640 RP


    New Summoner Icons

    Several summoner icons have been added this cycle, all of which seem to be for the upcoming Lunar Revel event! No release details yet.

    New 2016 ESPORTS Summoner icons

    Over 90 esports summoner icons from teams across the globe have been added at as the 2016 competitive season is right around the corner! No details on availability or pricing yet! 

    !NOTE!: As you may have noticed, a few icons are missing or outdated! Riot Katana noted on reddit that:
    "We had a lot of last minute changes (last minute relative to patching content into the game) to teams, particularly in LCK - any outdated icons will not be going live and will be replaced in 6.2!"
    and:
    "Hey there! Since we wanted to give teams as much time as possible to lock branding, names, etc, those that are recently changed like in LCK will be getting updated icons in 6.2. These older ones won't be hitting the store :)"
    She also mentioned each region should also have access to each icon:
    "This time around, you'll have access to all the icons!"
    NA LCS: Cloud 9, Dignitas, Echo Fox, Immortals, NRG, Renegades, Team Impulse, Team Liquid, TSM 
     

    EU LCS: Elements, Fnatic, Giants, G2 eSports, H2K eSports, Origen, Roccat, Splyce, Unicorns of Love, Team Vitality
     

    LCK: CJ Entus, Jin Air Green Wings, Incredible Miracle, KOO Tigers, KT Rolster, Rebels Anarchy, NaJin e-mFire, Samsung, SBENU Sonic Boom, SK Telecom T1
       

    LPL: Edward Gaming, Energy Pacemaker, HY Gaming, Invictus Gaming, LGD Gaming, Master3, Royal Never Give Up,  Snake eSports, Vici Gaming, OMG, Qiao Gu, Team WE

    LMS: ahq eSports Club, Flash Wolves, Hong Kong eSports, Machi eSports, Midnight Sun eSports, Taipei Assassins


    LAN: Tesla eSports, Lyon Gaming, Revenge eSports, HvK, Galactic Gamers, Dash9
     

    LAS: Furious Gaming, Hafnet eSports, Isurus Gaming, Kaos Latin Gamers, Last Kings, Rebirth eSports
     

    Brazil: CNB e-Sports Club, g3enerationX, INTZ e-Sports, JAYOB e-Sports, KaBuM! e-Sports, Keyd Stars, paiN Gaming, RED Canids
     

    Turkey: ÇİLEKLER, Dark Passage, HWA Gaming, NumberOne, Oyun Hizmetleri, SuperMassive eSports, Team AURORA, Team Turquality, Beşiktaş e-Sports Club
        

    Russia: Team Empire, Hard Random, Team Just, Natus Vincere, Tornado Rox, Vega Squadron, VaeVictis eSports
     

    Oceania: Avant Garde, Chiefs,  Dire Wolves. Hellions eSports Club, Infernum Gaming, Legacy, Sin Gaming, Trident eSports
     

    New Login

    With the new season starting up soon we also have a new Season 2016 login theme!

    [Click here for the music and click here for the still image.]


    Japanese Content on PBE

    With the Japanese server being opened in the near future, looks like the Japanese localization of the game hit the PBE during the 6.1 cycle, including client & text translations, champion select quotes, and more! No release date for the Japanese server yet! 

    Here's omgscuttlecrab with context on the Japanese Content on the PBE:
    "Hey everyone, 
    In the most recent PBE update, you probably have spotted some of the content that we’re working on for the upcoming launch of our Japan server. While we don’t have a specific date for the launch of the server just yet, we're still on track and we’re all working really hard to get everything in order to provide the best experience for Japanese players. 
    A couple of notes to mention:
    • Champion VO Files for Kindred and Illaoi are not loaded yet so there are no voices for these champions.
    • New VO lines for Demon Vi have also not been loaded.
    • Various tooltips for abilities, masteries, runes and items are still being worked on and are not in their final state.
    • Text input on Mac is not supported
    • Search functionality on Mac is still being worked on so players should expect to see errors 
    We’ll be adding and editing content throughout the next couple of weeks here on PBE as well so stay tuned for more information. 
    Furthermore, you can check out the League of Legends Japan Facebook page HERE. 
    Please note that PBE content is still a work in progress! 
    おはよう！
    最新のアップデートでPBEに日本語版が追加されました。これは今後の日本語版サービス開始に向けてのテストの一環です。我々は日本のプレイヤーに最高の体験を提供するために日々努力を続けています。
    PBEに実装された日本語版の内容について、みなさんに知って頂きたいことがあります。
    -未反映
    -チャンピオンの音声: キンドレッド、イラオイ
    -スキンの音声: デーモンヴァイ
    -修正中
    -スキル、マスタリー、ルーン、アイテムの効果についての説明文
    -その他
    -Macでの日本語入力はサポートされていません。
    -Macでの検索機能は改善作業中ですので、一部エラーが生じる可能性があります。
    未反映の項目については今後逐次追加します。PBEは最終版ではないので、上記以外の項目についても様々な項目の修正を行っています。
    今後の情報についてはリーグ･オブ･レジェンドの公式Facebookをチェックしてください。"

    Here's a few screenshots of the translated client and in-game:






      This includes champion select quotes! Here's a few examples:
      • NOTE: Take THIS URL and replace the champion name at end to find whatever champion select quote you are looking for! Most are there!

      Here's a few of the full Japanese voiceovers:

      • Announcer
      Interested in more of the full Japanese champion voiceovers? We'll be putting up the rest of 'em up on Uli's League Voices channel - check it out! 

      New Champion Select Back on PBE

      [SEE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION! New Champion Select is going to live for testing on NA and TR on January 13th!]

      The new champion select is back on the PBE for more testing!
      A feedback thread with instructions on how to report crashes by Riot SlumberJack can be found here.

      2016 Ranked Season Start PBE Testing

      With the start of the 2016 season right around the corner, 2016 ranked season start is up for testing on the PBE! This includes enabling the upcoming DYNAMIC Queues!
      "Hey all, 
      Over the next few hours we'll be bringing down ranked on PBE to start testing the 2016 season transition. When ranked comes back up, 2015 ranked data will be archived and new champion select with dynamic queues (meaning you can enter queue with 1-5 players in ranked) will be enabled. Remember, tier restrictions remain in place, so even five players can only span two tiers in rank. 
      We'll be disabling all other queues over the weekend to collect enough data to be confident in the changes. 
      Placement on PBE only requires 1 game to allow for faster testing. This causes some known visual errors with the seeding text on the profile page. If you spot any other issues let us know and thanks for the help!"
      For more information on dynamic queues and other changes coming to ranked in the 2016 ranked season, check out this post.

      Minion Pushing Indicator

      The Minion Pushing changes from 5.23, including bonus damage to minions and reduced damage from minions based on team levels, are now displayed on the target info panel.

      Miscellaneous

      • Strings referencing upcoming Beast Hunter Draven, Beast Hunter Sejuani, and Beast Hunter Tryndamere skins were added then removed during the 6.1 cycle.
      • The splash art for Braum Lionheart and Gragas Caskbreaker has been flipped to better accommodate it's positioning on the champion page.]
      • Summoner's Rift base banners for the 2016 Spring Split EU and NA LCS and a few other regional teams have been re-added or updated. These will display during competitive games. For example, here are FNC and TSM.


      Balance Changes

      * Remember *: The PBE is a testing grounds for new, tentative, and sometimes radical changes. The changes you see below may be lacking context or other accompanying changes that didn't make it in - don't freak out! These are not official notes.

        Champions
        Brand

        Fiddlesticks
        • Dark Wind (E) mana cost reduced to 50/60/70/80/90 from 50/70/90/110/130
        • [Reverted] Crowstorm (R) cooldown reduced to 130/120/110 from 150/140/130

        Gangplank
        • Trial by Fire (Passive) 
          • bonus true damage now over 2.5 seconds from 1.5 seconds
          • Bonus AD Ratio lowered to 1.0 from 1.2


        Kalista
        • Rend (E) 
          • Mana cost lowered to 30 from 40.
          • No longer refunds mana for killing a single target. Two or more targets still refunds the mana cost (30)



        Kha'Zix
        • Unseen Threat (Passive) - "Faster attack frame on passive empowered auto attacks (they're currently slower than his normal auto attacks)"
        • Void Spike (W) - explosion radius increased to 275 from 225.
        • Leap (E) range increased to 700 from 600.

        LeBlanc
        • Ethereal Chains (E) missile speed increased to 1750 from 1600

         Miss Fortune
        • Love Tap (Passive) damage lowered to [50 - 100%] total AD from [60-100%]
        • Make it Rain (E) damage lowered to 80/115/150/185/220 from 90/145/200/255/310

        Mordekaiser
        • Iron Man (Passive) Shield decay per second reduced to 1.5% from 2%
        • Harvesters of Sorrow (W) can now be cast on allied minions.
          • [NOTE: This will trigger the "when they touch" damage!]
          • The ring radius of W now varies based on target. Caster and Melee Minions have smaller rings and champions + cannon minions have larger (current sized) rings.
            • [CONTEXT: Here's ManWolfAxeBoss with context: 1, 2.]

            • Children of the Grave (R) -
              • While total damage over duration remains the same, now [steals 25% of  total damage instantly  and 75% over 10 seconds] from [steals 50% of total damage instantly and 50% over 10 seconds]
              • Ghost's bonus attack damage now  [100% of Mordekaiser's bonus AD]
              • [NOTE: For reference, live value is flat 10/25/50 damage]



            Riven
            • Runic Blade (Passive) ratio increased to [25 - 50% total AD) from [20-50%]



            Rumble
            • [ Meddler has pointed out a few Rumble changes for 6.1 - " (smaller collision radius so he gets stuck on other units less, slight increase to Q range, Q ticking more rapidly for less damage giving it the same damage over time but making it a little easier to last hit with)."]

            Teemo
            • Base damage increased to 49.54 from 47.54
            • Camouflage (Passive) 
              • Can now stealth while moving in brush as long as he is not taking damage.
              • No longer stealths twice as fast in brush.
            • Noxious Trap (R) range increased to 400/650/900 from 300/600/900.

            Trundle
            • Pillar of Ice (E) mana cost increased to 75 at all ranks from 60 at all ranks
            • Chomp (Q) no longer works on turrets
            • Subjugate (R) 
              • Cooldown increased to 110/90/70 from 80/70/60 
              • Mana cost increased to 100 from 75

            Items
            Death's Dance
            • Total cost increased 100g  to 3500g from 3400g
            • AD increased to 75 from 65
            • Unique Passive now heals for 15% of damage dealt up from 12%
            • Unique Passive damage  taken dealt as bleed effect increased to 15% from 12%

            Enchantment: Runeglaive
            • [Replaced by Enchantment: Runic Echoes]

            [New] Enchantment: Runic Echoes
            • New item introduced that replaces Enchantment: Runeglaive.
              • Total Cost 2625
              • Recipe: [Aether Wisp + Amp. Tome + [Jungle Item] + 340g] 
            • +60 Ability Power
            • +10% Movement speed
            • UNIQUE Passive - Echo: Gain charges upon moving or casting. At 100 charges, the next spell hit expends all charges to deal 80 (+10% of Ability Power) bonus magic damage to up to 4 targets on hit.
              This effect deals 250% damage to Large Monsters. Hitting a Large Monster with this effect will restore 18% of your missing Mana.

            Eye of the Oasis
            • Mana regen lowered to 100% from 150%
            • Now gives 10% Cooldown reduction

            Eye of the Watchers
            • Mana regen lowered to 100% from 150%
            • Now gives 10% Cooldown reduction
            Farsight Alteration
            • [Reduced cooldown of Warding Totem lowered to 33% from 60%]
              • [NOTE: Not as drastic of a nerf as it seems due to the above warding totem change.]

            Frost Queen's Claim

            Jungle Items - Stalker's Blade, Tracker's Knife, Skirmisher's Sabre
            • Mana regen in jungle increased to 180% from 150%
            • Total cost reduced to 1000 from 1050
              • [Total cost for next tier adjusted appropriately, total costs unchanged.]


            Lord Dominik's Regards
            • Bonus armor penetration increased to 45% from 40%

            Luden's Echo
            • Unique passive now Unique Passive - Echo
              • [Note: So will not stack with new AP jungle enchantment]

            Mortal Reminder
            • Bonus armor penetration increased to 45% from 40%

            Phantom Dancer
            • Now grants 5% flat movement speed
            • Unique Passive - Spectral Waltz: movement speed bonus while within 500 units of an enemy champion you can see reduced to 7% from 12%
            Rapid Firecannon
            • Movement speed reduced to 7% from 8%

            Ravenous Hydra
            • Total cost decreased to 3500 from 3600. (due to combine cost change + Tiamat reduction)
            • Combine Cost decreased to 700 from 750.

            Runaan's Hurricane
            • Movement speed increased to +7% from +5%

            Statikk Shiv
            • Bonus damage to minions increased to 120% from 75%

            Sunfire Cape
            • Armor increased to 50 from 45.
            Tiamat
            • Total cost decreased to 1200 from 1250.
            • Combine Cost decreased to 175 from 225.

            Titanic Hydra
            • Total cost decreased to 3500 from 3600. (due to combine cost change + Tiamat reduction)
            • Combine Cost decreased to 700 from 750.


            Warding Totem
            • Recharge time lowered to 180 - 90 seconds based on level from 180-120 seconds.


            Masteries

            Deathfire Touch (Ferocity, Tier 6)
            • Bonus Attack damage ratio increased to 60% from 50%
            • Ability Power ratio increased to 25% from 20%


            Fervor of Battle (Ferocity, Tier 6)
            • Bonus Physical damage per stack based on level increased to [1-14] from [1-8].
            • Max stacks lowered to 8 from 10.


            Warlord's Bloodlust (Ferocity, Tier 6)
            • Now heals for 5%-25% of damage dealt based on level (from 15%) and grants 30% attack speed (up from 20%) for 4 seconds.

            Precision (Cunning, Tier 5)
            • Armor penetration per point lowered [.6 + 0.06 per level]  from [1 + 0.1 per level]
              • [NOTE: Full five point values is now .6/1.2/1.8/2.4/3.0 + .06/.12/.18/.24/.3 per level from 1/2/3/4/5 + 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 per level]
              • [CONTEXT: Reinboom with context on this change.]


            Stormraider's Surge (Cunning, Tier 6)
            • Movement speed bonus increased to 40% from 35%
            • Now also grants 75% slow resistance for 3 seconds
            • Time frame to deal damage increased to 2.5 seconds from 2


            Bond of Stone (Resolve, Tier 6)
            • Now [+4% Damage Reduction. 6% of the damage from enemy champions taken by the nearest allied champion is dealt to you instead.] from [+3% Damage Reduction, increased to 6% while near an allied champion. 6% of the damage from enemy champions taken by the nearest allied champion is dealt to you instead.]
              • Base damage reduction increased to 4% from 3%
              • Damage reduction no longer doubles while near an allied champion.


            Strength of Ages (Resolve, Tier 6)
            • Now "After reaching the max bonus, these kills instead restore 6% of your Maximum Health" from "After reaching the max bonus, siege minion kills restore 100 Health"
              • Effect now triggers on large monsters and siege minions rather than only siege minions.
              • Max bonus kill effect now restores 6% maximum health from 100 health.

            Monsters
            Rift Herald
            • Rift Herald now spawns at level 6.
              • [CONTEXT: Here's ManWolfAxeBoss with context: 1, 2, 3.]
            • Base damage lowered to 95 from 105.

            Patch History for this cycle:

            12/8 PBE Update
            • New Skins
            • Skin Update
            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes

            • New Champion Select Back on PBE - Dec 9 through Dec 11
            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes

            • Balance Changes

            • Balance Changes

            • Minion Pushing Indicator
            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes
            12/15 PBE Update
            • Balance Changes

            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes

            • Balance Changes

            • New Skins
            • New Ward Skin
            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes

            • New Splash Art
            • New Login
            • New Summoner Icons
            • Balance Changes

            • Japanese Content on PBE
            • Skin updates
            • New 2016 ESPORTS Summoner icons
            • Miscellaneous
            • Balance Changes

            1/7 PBE Update
            • 2016 eSports Icon Update
            • 2016 Ranked on the PBE

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