Battlerite Royale Patch 0.5 brings Legends of Quna to Talon Island. As stated in our earlier Dev Update, this is a smaller event as we prepare for the coming Big Patch™.
Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year has begun! It's time to celebrate the changing of the moons and this year's zodiac animal - the Pig!
Lunar cosmetics are once again displayed in game and are available for direct purchase with either Tokens or Diamonds. During this event Silver Chests can no longer be purchased with Battle Coins and have been replayed with Lunar Chest. Likewise, leveling up your Account Level will reward a Lunar Chest instead of a Silver Chest during the event. Lunar Chests contain three random drops and guarantee at least one rare drop and one random Lunar Item.
Dragon Chests are also available for purchase with Diamonds. These contain three drops and guarantee a non-duplicate Epic or Legendary Lunar cosmetic.
Lunar Cosmetics
One new Legendary Lunar Outfit has been added to the game, along with a brand-new Legendary Mount. These are obtainable either through direct purchase or through Event chests. Champions that previously did not have a Lunar Weapon or Pose have now received one as well.
Quests
Hit an Enemy with a Rock 6 times
Available between January 30 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 6 at 8:00 AM UTC
Rewards 3 Lunar Chests
Launch an Enemy with a Spring Trap in 3 Matches
Available between February 6 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 13 at 8:00 AM UTC
Rewards 3 Lunar Chests
Make Explosive Barrels explode on 3 Enemies
Available between February 13 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 19 at 8:00 AM UTC
Rewards 1 Dragon Chest
General Updates
Audio
Voiceover balance has been adjusted for Poloma, Croak, Freya, Jumong, Shifu, Jamila, Ezmo, Raigon, Thorn, and Bakko
Placement of some ambient sounds (such as birds) has been adjusted for a better audio experience
Mount footstep volumes have been adjusted
Fixed footstep sounds for local player, it should now be more accurate and not sound like someone else is near you
Fixed a bug where Champion voice lines would get muted after being in the Werebear form
Gameplay Updates
Yuletide has come to an end, and the Winter Goblins have gone back into hiding. While you can no longer gain winter consumables by defeating these treasure-carrying critters, we’ve decided to introduce some of the more interesting event consumables into the general consumable pool - three consumables from Yuletide and one from Curse of the Night have been added. Overall, a larger pool of consumables ensures a steady mix of new situations and more wacky combinations.
Gaining your full ability kit has never been easier! A short while back we added a system that ensured you would gain a non-duplicate ability after destroying enough chests - this worked out to be about 6 to 9 chests on average. We’ve made further adjustments to the inner workings of the system such that your chance to open a non-duplicate ability increases with each and every chest you destroy so that the average is closer to 5 to 6 chests. Between this change and the ability vendor that always sells all abilities, getting all your abilities is significantly more in your control.
Winter Goblins no longer appear in matches
The equation for finding a non-duplicate ability in a chest has changed and the chance to find a non-duplicate ability has now increased
Reflected piercing projectiles can now hit targets they have previously hit. Generally this affects players caught in the middle of a fight in Royale.
Consumables
Traps and explosive barrels galore have made for a veritable treasure trove of clip-worthy moments. However, if these moments are too commonplace it dulls the excitement and takes away player agency. Explosive barrels become a bit less unfair by losing bonus damage from equipment and losing potency when stacked together. The two different traps now have a dramatically more noticeable visual, adding additional counterplay for the attentive player. Traps and barrel combinations retain their previous weakness towards Circlet of Resilience and Sheep Medallion.
The following consumables can now be found at Merchants and in Chests:
Frost Flake (Rare)
Hungry Snowman (Legendary)
Raging Moose (Legendary)
Scarecrow (Legendary)
Consumables no longer benefit from Equipment damage bonuses
Trap Kit and Spring Trap have much more noticeable VFX
Explosive Barrel
Area damage no longer ticks on impact
Barrel deals reduced damage when triggered within 0.2s of each other
This only matters for stacked barrels - each consecutive barrel will deal 20% less damage than previous
Explosion damage now consistently detonates other explosive barrels with a shorter fuse as intended
Equipment
Breastplate of Vitality
Legendary Bonus no longer has a chance to trigger against Damage-Over-Time effects
Circlet or Resistance
HP increased from 8/12/16/20% to 10/15/20/25%
Lucky Keyring
Gold gain increased from 16/24/32/40% to 40/60/80/100%
Champion Updates
All three new Champions to Royale have made a big impact on the state of the game. As such, each receives some nerfs to bring them closer in line to the other Champions. At the same time, we don’t want to overdo any nerf too drastically, as Royale has a better pacing and plays better with a higher power-level across all Champions.
Ashka
Fireball (M1)
Damage reduced from 15 to 14
Legendary Bonus damage bonus increased from 2 to 3
Fireballs passing through Firewall have their healing reduced from 15 to 14
Destiny
Transform Weapon (R)
Legendary Bonus Nova Bolts deal 50% normal damage and shield gain
Now displays correct Shield Duration in tooltip, and add the correct Shield Duration when hitting M1 projectiles when Transform Weapon is active
Ezmo
Chaos Grip (M2)
Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s
Movement speed slow-down during cast duration reduced
Iva
Boomstick (M1)
Projectile speed increased from 18 to 20
Projectile radius increased from 0.15 to 0.2
Jade
Revolver Shot (m1)
Projectile speed increased from 20 to 23
Lucie Lucie’s strength in extended trading scenarios and ability to use two back-to-back dodges made her a formidable competitor with few weaknesses and a small window to punish her mistakes. Her consistent defensive tools see an increase in cooldown to increase this timing window, and Catalyst’s Snare is nerfed to reduce its crippling impact.
Rapid Fire (M2)
Total energy gain decreased from 27% to 21% (9% to 7% per bolt)
Roll (Space)
Cooldown increased from 13s to 14s
Legendary Bonus Haste duration reduced from 2.5s to 1.5s
Catalyst (Q)
Snare factor reduced from 33% to 25%
Snare duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
Snare now scales with rarity
Scaling now indicated in tooltip
Alchemist's Brew (R)
Cooldown increased from 10s to 12s
Energy gain bonus of Ultimate Potion increased from 75% to 100%
Crippling Goo (F)
Total area damage reduced from 55 to 50
Poloma Poloma is one of the strongest contenders when playing with a partner. While she is weak until she gets her full kit, playing duos allows her to gear up safely where she reaches her full potential. Her abilities give her a wide range of utility and disruption, all from a safe range. The psychopomp receives adjustments across the board to scale back her power.
Soul Bolt (M1)
Healing on ally hit reduced from 8 to 7
Legendary Bonus Pixie damage reduced from 7 to 6
Legendary Bonus healing reduced from 4 to 3
Ghost Wolf (M2)
Damage decreased from 26/20/14 to 24/18/12
Energy gain decreased from 10% to 9%
Legendary Bonus healing decreased from 12 to 8
Other Side (R)
Movement speed bonus decreased from 40% to 33%
Ancestral Spirit (F)
Fading Snare duration decreased from 2.5s to 2s (to line up with when it sends out the wolf)
Raigon
Retribution (M2)
Damage bonus per weapon charge increased from 2 to 3
Healing bonus per weapon charge increased from 2 to 3
Parry (Q)
Movement speed while channeling increased from 75% to 85%
Seismic Shock (E)
Damage increased from 10 to 16
Energy gain increased from 10% to 12%
Projectile radius increased from 0.35 to 0.45
Aerial Strike damage now scales with Seismic Shock rarity
Shen Rao Shen Rao’s powerful ultimate is fueled by his high energy gain on Shock Blast and made crippling by the speed of his Ascension. Both are tweaked to scale back Dragon Storm from both fronts. Additionally, his area attacks are adjusted to be slightly more difficult to use.
Shock Blast (M1)
Energy gain decreased from 12% to 10%
Empowered Shock Blast AoE reduced from 0.8 to 0.65
Area of Effect is more consistently place at the center of the explosion
No longer deals bonus damage
Storm Bolt (M2)
Energy gain increased from 12% to 14%
Legendary Bonus recast goes away if the projectile misses or hits a wall
Ascension (Space)
Movement speed bonus decreased from 30% to 20%
Dragon Roar (E)
Silence and Root duration each reduced from 1s to 0.7s
Root now scales more with rarity
Scaling is now indicated in the tooltip
Shifu
Impale (M2)
Dash duration increased from 0.175s to 0.2s
Legendary Bonus Snare duration reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
Kunju (Q)
Healing reduced from 16 to 12
Healing now scales with rarity
Javelin (E)
Legendary Bonus Root duration reduced from 1.2s to 1s
Tendon Swing (R)
Tooltip now accurately reflects that the damage does not scale
Thorn
Leeching Thorns (M2)
Legendary Bonus Snare reduced from 30% to 20%
Community Weekly: New Dev Update is here!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
This week we take a look back on 2018 and what’s coming next in 2019. Read our latest dev update here.
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Proxolol is back this week, trying to reach Diamond rank in Arena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUieDcdoMd8
BattleManly is back with Best of Battlerite Royale, get ready for some action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9E-XupNIE
Jenius20 goes back to analyze his games and shares some helpful tips on how to adapt to your enemies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzv8ddSkSO0
Another week, another chapter in the Book of Lore. If you want to learn more about Iva and ole Bessy, then click here! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fan Art
We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!
If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!
Blossom in the bestest of outfits, the Winter Kitty <3 Thank you Fuzzy!
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Best of Battlerite Royale, oh yes! Tune in for some awesome trap kills, raging mooses and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5U2J1Bp-o
Proxolol shares his best (and worst?) moments in Battlerite Royale. Be sure to click the video below for a good laugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8R_EaE2y0w
Community Weekly: The Hunter and the Beast Prince!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
Did you miss the latest chapters in the Book of Lore? This week you can learn more about Jumong, click here to read the stories and learn more about the Battlerite world!
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Another Best of Battlerite from BattleManly, check it out now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhEfcz4k_g
Jenius20 is sharing some tips on how to improve in Battlerite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM3Q89YDYJA
Joltzie is giving Shen Rao is a try!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oAS-c0lLNM
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Battlerite Royale Hotfix 0.4.0.1
We've rolled out a hotfix today to address some of the bugs and numbers in the Yuletide patch, as well as adjust some numbers for our newest Battlerite Royale Champions, Shen Rao and Poloma.
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug that allowed for Interrupt on Move to be unchecked in options
Gameplay Updates
Snowball can no longer Chill Frozen targets
Snowball cast time increased from 0.4 to 0.5
Snowball cooldown increased from 0.4 to 0.5
Snowball damage reduced from 6 to 1
Snowball knockback distance decreased from 1 to 0.5
Snowball's Frozen Shield health increased from 20 to 40
Champion Updates
Lucie
Catalyst (Q)
Fixed a bug so Catalyst will only consume the player's own Poison stacks, instead of any Lucie's Poison stacks.
Poloma
Ghost Wolf (M2)
Range reduced from 12 to 10.5
Spirit Rift (Q)
Radius increased from 2.3 to 2.5 to better match vfx
Soul Transfer (E)
Damage and healing decreased from 14 to 12
Ancestral Spirit (F)
Ghost Wolf from Ancestral Spirit no longer yields energy per bounce
Ghost Wolf range reduced from 12 to 10.5. Does not affect targeting range.
Ruh Kaan
Curse (Debuff)
Fixed a bug that allowed Curse to stack
Shen Rao
Jet Stream (Q)
Boomerangs now reflect in the correct direction with less jerkiness
Ascension (Space)
Legendary Bonus damage reduced from 24 to 14
Initial travel duration decreased from 0.35 to 0.3
Max range reduced from 5 to 4.5
Dragon Storm (F)
Orbital damage reduced from 20 to 18
Storm Struck (Debuff)
Enemies moved by Storm Struck now move at the same speed regardless of character movement speed. Works on immobilized targets.
Fixed an issue where player input could affect the direction or movement during Storm Struck
Winter is Here in Battlerite Royale!
Yuletide is here!
Jump into a snowy Talon Island filled with hungry, hungry snowmen, raging moose, ice skating, and snow balls of course!
Make sure to take part in the winter fun before the snow melts!
Last week of Battlerite Pro League Season 3 is upon us, watch it live this weekend! For more information on schedules, standings and teams, head over to BPL.gg
Don't miss your last chance this season to win Silver and Pro League Chests! Go to predict.bpl.gg and predict the outcome of matches, for your chance to earn some sweet loot!
BPL Season 3: NA this weekend starts on December 1st at 13:00 PT, and BPL Season 3: EU will start on December 1st at 18:00 CET. Watch them at twitch.tv/battlerite.
BPL Season 3: SA starts on December 1st at 20:00 BRT, and can be seen at twitch.tv/battleritesa.
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Xiomaro goes through the new Champion reveal, and if you head over to his channel you can also check out his stream where he participated in the latest Battlerite Royale tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJjzc-G17HU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POUjrbp1nE4
Halorin goes through his previous matches and shares some helpful tips on how to improve in Battlerite Royale!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSSE551IXHM
NPVG is getting better at Battlerite, check out some ranked Jade gameplay right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhoGzkv528
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Community Weekly: A New Dev Update and the Living Shroud!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
Our latest Dev Update is up on the blog, read up on development on the game and changes to the roadmap here.
A new chapter has been added to the Book of Lore! Read up on Ashka’s story - The Living Shroud.
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
It’s a Battlemanly double header! This week the Battlemanly Boys brought out both a Best of Battlerite and Best of Battlerite Royale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUcz-CHA1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_znDLIu45A
Teldo continues to impress with this duo of him and Hafu and their sick comeback:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkK36kkgNms
John Phoelix dives into some BPL analysis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qgWCISU9U
And last, but never not least, Electrocute delivers on Ruh Kaan.exe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHIdnAxKGI
It’s been one year since Battlerite became Free-to-Play, and we’re celebrating - don’t miss out on the fun! We’ve released the Anniversary Chest, which contains all items from previous events! Take part in the fun now before the event ends on the 14th!
Patch 0.3.0 is out for Battlerite Royale, and bring a new Champion from the Arena to the Island - Ezmo the Mischievous! Enjoy the balance and gameplay change, the new Champion, and implementation of Replays!
Check out everything that’s been updated and change in our patch notes, found here.
We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!
If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!
First up is one of the Battlerite Art communities usual suspects, Darinuska, who’s created two creepy drawings in celebration of the Curse of the Night event:
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
First up is Battlemanly, with their usual highlight videos: this one themed around the spooks that were going on in Battlerite Royale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg0VA02yPI
Teldo shows off his sick Jamila skills as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBb4Vua_pXw
Xiomaro dives into the Book of Lore, searching for hints about the next Champion coming to Battlerite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Uuex_GAUM
Finally, Electocute delivers not one, but two .exe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCX21r8Xj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGsrIw47B6Y
