12/9 PBE Update: New Champion Select back for testing, tentative balance Changes & more

As we continue on the 6.1 cycle, a small update has been pushed the PBE! Today's update includes the return of the new champion select for more testing, several tentative balance changes, and more!

Continue reading for more information!

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

[NOTE: Based on previous patching schedules, this content should be for 6.1, which will not go to live until early January 2016!]

Table of Contents

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

New Champion Select Back on PBE - Dec 9 through Dec 11

The new champion select is back on the PBE for more testing now through Friday, December 11th. During this time all other queues will be disabled to focus testing on the new champion select.

A feedback thread with instructions on how to report crashes by Riot SlumberJack can be found here. There is still no release date but this is to suit it up for live testing!

From NAKyle:

"Dates are hard, but we're on PBE right now trying to squish bugs that're preventing a live launch."

Miscellaneous 

• Strings referencing upcoming Beast Hunter Draven, Beast Hunter Sejuani, and Beast Hunter Tryndamere have all been removed.

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

Gangplank

• Powder Keg (E) [following yesterday's changes, tooltip now denotes they only ignore a % of BONUS ARMOR rather than all armor.]

LeBlanc

• Ethereal Chains (E) missile speed increased to 1800 from 1600

Items

Death's Dance

• 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%

Lord Dominik's Regards

• Bonus armor penetration increased to 45% from 40%

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%

Runaan's Hurricane

• Movement speed increased to +7% from +5%

Check out THIS PAGE for a comprehensive list of the new content in this PBE cycle or catch up with the individual update links below !

• [Comprehensive 6.1 PBE Cycle Post]
• 12/8 PBE Update: Challenger Nidalee, DT Lulu update, and more!