The best Battlerite teams of North America, South America, Europe, and Korea are headed to Jönköping, Sweden for the Battlerite Pro League Grand Finals at DreamHack Summer 2018!
Make sure to tune in on Saturday, June 16th to twitch.tv/battlerite at 12:15 CEST when the stream begins so you don’t miss any of the action of the Group Stage.
Playoffs will begin on Sunday, June 17th at 13:00 CEST and also will be streamed on twitch.tv/battlerite.
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Battlerite Sage takes a bit of a step back this week with a look at something more meta - the meta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ5nCZdYYzI
Battlemanly is on week 79, with some pretty clutch plays in their latest video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQBLX6yDSH0
Finally, if you’re looking to learn some Freya combos, you might want to check out Khada’s latest video, showcasing a combo that can dead between 91 and 120 damage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2YkXpYz-sA
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Community Weekly: New Patch and BPL Interviews!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
Patch 1.6.1 went live this Tuesday, June 5th. We tackled some small bug fixes and quality of life fixes, as well as balanced out the Champions in preparation for the BPL Season 1 Finals at DreamHack Summer 2018.
You can read up on all of the changes that came with this patch here/
We occasionally like to put the spotlight on some of our awesome content creators, and this week we’ve decided it’s been long overdue for 2Lainz, the resident Battlerite rapper and your source of all things both Battlerite and silly.
We have some amazing artists in the Battlerite community!
If you ever want to featured on the official Battlerite Twitter, tweet @Battlerite and use #BattleriteArt!
First up is this work by artist [url=https://www.artstation.com/majkMichael Lindell, a part in a series of portraits of the Battlerite Champions. There’s something about Sirius that is so… serious here.
You may have seen the Clay Ashka that we shared not long ago on Twitter, but now it’s time for a clay Ezmo! This one was made by SHEENWHEREHE and isn’t painted yet, but we’re super excited to see the finished product!
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
Battlerite Sage is back and covers an interesting topic that people of lower levels may find helpful: Where should you space to and when should you use it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqs6AGT0oIA
Battlerite Pro Filer is back again, this time with an episode featuring Spacestation Gaming’s Bloom, who’s headed off to DreamHack Summer 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjnjlQ_KVQ
Battlemanly is on week 78 and this one’s a bit of a goofy doozey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6qk4vJpow8
And last but not least, Topplerite is back with #19 of their Outplay Series: Angry Thorns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcjwHhNATgE
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Patch 1.6.1
Patch 1.6.1 is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, June 5th at 9:00 CEST. Estimate downtime is scheduled to last 3 hours.
General Updates
Fixed an issue where certain travel abilities, such as Ruh Kaan's Sinister Strike and Jumong's Black Arrow, would stop too easily when moving along walls
Customization items that are currently not available are no longer visible
UI
Fixed a bug causing friend invites not to get a proper notification
Art
Ulric visual effects optimized for gameplay and performance
Fixed a visual bug affecting Varesh's weapon "Ancient Forge Conductors"
Fixed a visual bug affecting the mount "Goblin Throne" that would cause a white box to appear
Fixed an issue where some trails stayed alive longer than intended.
Champion Updates
With this patch we aim to smooth out current outliers in terms of Champion strength, without changing how rites or Champions work in substantial ways. We want to open up for additional choices at both the BPL Dreamhack finals and in general play, without stirring up the current state of the game dramatically.
Fixed another issue with certain M2 heals not finding targets correctly when throwing at a target next to a wall
Alysia For Alysia we address her strong damage output slightly by adjusting some of her most popular rites. In addition it will no longer be as easy for her to apply a high duration Chill to enemies in close quarters.
Arctic Wind (Space)
Tooltip now shows Chill duration that is inflicted when using Arctic Wind
Battlerites
Ice Breaker (M2)
No longer deals bonus damage
Twirl (Space)
The second jump no longer inflicts Chill
Snowstorm (E)
Damage reduced from 6 x 2 (total 12) to 5 x 2 (total 10)
Bakko Bakko sees a change to his newest rite in order to make it a bit more reliable and controllable. Battlerites
Hold the Line (Q)
The first attack blocked with Bulwark now grants a shield absorbing 14 damage for 3s to the closest nearby ally and yourself, as opposed to a shield absorbing 18 to the closest ally with the least health.
Rampage (R)
Haste factor increased from 15% to 20%
Destiny Battlerites
Plasma Booster (E)
Fixed an issue where the shield gained through entering Plasma Wall would overwrite any shield gained through Transform Weapon
Iva Iva has a very strong and versatile utility role in the current meta, something we want to preserve overall. However, with these changes she should be a little easier to pin down. Battlerites
Rocket Boosters (Space)
Haste factor reduced from 40% to 35%
Haste duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
Blast Shield (Q)
Fading Haste factor reduced from 25% to 20%
Jumong
Hunting Arrow (M1)
Energy gain reduced from 9% to 8%
Rain of Arrows (Q)
Total energy gain reduced from 10% (4% from initial hit, 3 x 2% percent per subsequent damage dealt) to 7% (4% from initial hit, 3 x 1% per subsequent damage dealt)
Oldur
Sands of Time (M1)
Fixed an issue where Sands of Time would pass through Ice Crown
Battlerites
Time Walker (Q)
Now reduces cooldown of Shifting Sands by 3/1.5/0.75s per attack negated instead of for 3s per attack negated
Recreate (Space)
Damage absorbed by the shields granted reduced from 16 to 14
Pearl This change to Pearl will remove some of her strength in 2v2 and as a singular surviving champion, without affecting her performance in 3v3 in any significant way.
Healing Wave (M2)
Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s
Cooldown reduction per ally increased from 1.5s to 2s
Rook There's no denying that Rook became a powerhouse with his latest changes. We feel like he is approaching a role of play that could be interesting, but the value he currently offers is indeed a bit over the top. For this patch we're toning down what he currently gains from most of his popular rites. Battlerites
Weapon Break (M2)
Damage reduction reduced from 33% to 25%
No longer grants bonus damage
Rook Smash (M2)
Bonus damage reduced from 6 to 4
Endurance (Space)
Cooldown reduction on hit reduced from 2s to 1s
Giant (Q)
Damage reduction reduced from 30% to 25%
Crumble (E)
No longer deals bonus damage
Zander
Mind Game (EX Space)
Damage increased from 8 to 10
Portal (Q)
Max cast range increased from 8 to 9
Community Weekly: Relegation time and Art Extravaganza!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
If you haven’t read up on our Dev Update last week, make sure to check it out! It’s filled with screenshots of Royale and information on how it will work!
This Sunday June 3rd the best of Rising Stars will be competing for their chance to take part in the next Season of Battlerite Pro League! Make sure you tune in as teams battle for survival for EU and NA teams on twitch.tv/rivalesports at 19:00 CEST for EU and 17:00 PST for NA, or tune in at twitch.tv/rholltv at 19:00 BRT to watch SA!
We’re never able to showcase all of the amazing art that our community produces, and so we want to take a moment flood you with all of the amazing art that we’ve missed and wanted to share!
First up is by amazing artist SplashBrush of adorable ‘lil Blossom being silly:
You can keep an eye on http://battleritewiki.com/ for a schedule of some of the upcoming tournaments.
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Region(s): French-speaking Introducing BattleFrance Brawl, a weekly 2v2 tournament held every Friday at 9PM CEST! Participate and you can win in-game prizes and a fancy black color for your name in the BattleFrance Discord channel.
Find out more information and register here: http://www.battlefrancebrawl.fr/
Tune in to the BattleFrance Twitch Channel to watch the action!
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Community Weekly: More Battlerite Royale and Double Account XP!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
The Arena is calling for some action!
This weekend play for Double Account Experience from 7:00 UTC May 25 until 22:00 UTC May 28th. Climb the Season 2 Leagues and earn twice the XP at the same time!
There’s a new Dev Update out on Battlerite Royale! This past week several interviews on Battlerite Royale, its direction, art, and gameplay has been published. While the last Dev Update covers some of what was in those interviews, there’s also some new information for you to check out!
The BPL Playoffs take place this weekend! Watch this Seasons teams battle it out in the brackets, and see who’s going to the BPL Season 1 Finals at Dreamhack Summer!
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
If you haven’t checked out Battlerite ProFiler before, you should! In this video he interviews Mini, member of Game On:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbOobIhJhE
Continuing the BPL theme, Agresiv from the South American community published this video highlighting the best of BPL EU Week 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhkhzeAlfqs
Battlemanly has its own Best of Battlerite, this time on week 77 and filled with goofy antics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioKmctfTRo
And finally, Xiomaro the Battlerite Sage came out with a video detailed the differences between the maps, their day and night versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qBwwpTS8zQ
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Hotfix 1.6.0.2
Hotfix 1.6.0.2 has been rolled out to players on May 24, 2018. Please verify your game files to ensure you get the fixes.
General Updates
Fixed a bug where some impact effects was not being displayed correctly
Champion Updates
Blossom
Dance of the Dryads (F)
Blossom can now no longer cast abilities while in the air during the initial part of Dance of the Dryads
Lucie
Barrier (Space)
Now correctly ignores post cast like before
Oldur
Chrono Bolt (EX M1)
Fixed an issue where Chrono Bolt would go straight through an enemy Ice Crown
Pestilus
Moth (M1)
Fixed an issue where Moth would go straight through an enemy Ice Crown
Bloodsucker (M2)
Can now hit allies that are immaterial (as in Shifu in Fleetfoot, or someone affected by Otherside) in the same way that Moth can
Poloma
Soul Bolt (M1)
Fixed an issue where Soul Bolt would go straight through an enemy Ice Crown
Zander
Trick Shot (M1)
Fixed an issue where Trick Shot would go straight through an enemy Ice Crown
Dev Update - May 24th
There's a new Dev Update on the website! Check out all of the newly released screenshots and read up on more Battlerite Royale details here.
Hotfix 1.6.0.1
Hotfix 1.6.0.1 addresses bug that came with Season 2 and Patch 1.6. This hotfix was rolled out today, May 18th. Some fixes were deployed beforehand. Please verify the integrity of your game files to ensure that this update reaches you.
General Updates
Changes in the network model affects the game in multiple ways, but we have found and fixed bugs and will keep on looking. The end result will be better than it was before.
Fixed an issue where after having died the camera would switch to observing an ally too quickly
UI / HUD
Fixed an issue where you could sign the Gold League Guild sponsor only if you reached Gold League in Season 1. It will now only allow you to sign it if you reached Gold League in Season 2
Fixed an issue where various HUD elements would show incorrect usernames
Champion Updates
Fixed an issue where the M2 heals of Blossom, Lucie, Oldur, Pearl and Ulric would not find a target correctly when the target stood next to a wall and the heal was thrown at the wall.
Ashka
Firewall (R)
Fixed an issue where if one end of the wall was inside map walls, they would not stop projectiles correctly
Blossom
Fixed an issue where Blossom's Hop 'n Skip Battlerite caused the Hop recast to get a cooldown
Fixed an issue where Blossom's Cautious Battlerite caused cooldown to be reduced on Hop when exiting the Hop invisibility Buff early
Croak Battlerites
Frog Slice
Fixed an issue where Frog Slice dealt less damage than intended
Destiny
Plasma Wall (E)
Fixed an issue where if one end of the wall was inside map walls, they would not stop projectiles correctly
Lockdown (EX E)
Now correctly adds the shield from the Plasma Booster rite
Mega Sphere (R)
Now correctly adds damage from accelerated projectiles with Plasma Accelerator
Freya
Electric Shield (Q)
Fixed an issue where the Counter duration was longer than intended
Jamila
Stalking Phantom (F)
Fixed an issue where the Phantom hitting a counter or a shield would make Jamila the target of the resulting effect
Oldur Battlerites
Eternal Dunes
Fixed an issue where rite was not giving out the correct amount of healing charges if the healing charges would have been greater than the max
Pestilus
Infest (Space)
Fixed an issue where cooldown would count down even while infested
Rook
Crushing Blow (M2)
Partially fixed an issue where the animation would not play correctly. It should now work in low latency scenarios. A more complete fix will be coming within a few hours.
Sirius Battlerites
Moonlight
Fixed an issue where rite was not giving out the correct amount of healing charges if the healing charges would have been greater than the max
Zander
Portal (Q)
Fixed an issue where the effect displaying where the target traveling through it was aiming would not be correctly displayed
Community Weekly: Talon Island Revealed and Season 2 Begins!
It’s time for the Community Weekly!
Welcome to Talon Island!
The Battlerite Royale map has been revealed, along with a bunch of concept art for the finer details. You can check it all out in our latest Dev Update.
Season 2 is live now - new sponsors await, the leaderboards have been reset, and Champions have been updated!
Catch up on everything that’s come with the new patch here.
The last week of the BPL Group Stage begins this weekend, as the teams battle it out for placements in the Playoffs. The top-seeded teams get a ticket straight to the Semifinals. Make sure you make your predictions at predict.bpl.gg and tune in to see if your teams win!
BPL North America air on Saturday, May 19th, starting at 12:00 PT / 21:00 CEST
BPL Europe will air on Sunday, May 20th, starting at 10:00 PT / 19:00 CEST
BPL South America will art on Sunday, May 20th, starting at 20 BRT / 16:00 PT / 1:00 CEST
Rising Stars
The last Rising Stars tournament of BPL Season 1 takes place this weekend, make sure you sign up for your chance to win Pro League Chests and a chance to compete in Battlerite Pro League next Season!
Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!
We have a two part video from Youtuber Electrocute. With their first video featuring how to claim small orbs with Rook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS_6uIWVOTM
And their second video featuring how (not) to claim the center orb with Rook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cHot2xZ9Y
Topplerite has released a new video with their trademark amazing editing. This time they show that even Poloma can make clutch plays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTvw_SGYxU
Chyill is here to walk you through the many, many changes that came with Season 2, focussing on the Champion Updates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16LT7dYdm-U
And finally, Joltz has uploaded a vod of scrims between his BPL team, Gatekeepers, and eUnited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hINjMx1lxk
Rival Esports has their weekly 3v3 tournaments up and running still. Fight for your share of $300; sign up and find more information here.
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Battlerite has partnered with Battlefy to bring you the Battlerite Community Series. Here you can take part in or create your own tournaments, and you can apply to have in-game items as rewards! Check it out at battlefy.com. You can find your specific regions here:
Europe: https://battlefy.com/discovery/battlerite?region=Europe
United States: https://battlefy.com/discovery/battlerite?region=US
South America: https://battlefy.com/discovery/battlerite?region=South%20America
Asia: https://battlefy.com/discovery/battlerite?region=Asia
Oceania: https://battlefy.com/discovery/battlerite?region=Oceania
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Region(s): French-speaking Introducing BattleFrance Brawl, a weekly 2v2 tournament held every Friday at 9PM CEST! Participate and you can win in-game prizes and a fancy black color for your name in the BattleFrance Discord channel.
Find out more information and register here: http://www.battlefrancebrawl.fr/
Tune in to the BattleFrance Twitch Channel to watch the action!
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Dev Update - May 17th
There's a new Dev Update on the website!
Revealing our Battlerite Royale map, Talon Island, some of the lore behind the location, and other concept art!
