It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Don’t miss out on Battle Season 2! New pets, outfits, weapons and avatars. Head into the Arena or to Talon Island to unlock the rewards. Purchase the Battle Pass in-game for 950 Gems/Diamonds or head over to the Battle Pass website here.

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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!

Fire and Ice giving it a go. Made by JanGreen.



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Khioni is back with another wonderful art piece this week!



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Jade with Jade colored eyes! Made by WikiMia.



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Masters of fire! Made by BastaMarcin.



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SoClassic with an amazing portrait of Destiny!



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The Dark Apparition has entered the Arena. Made by YumiLouback98.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

More Egg Brawl highlights from The Good Company!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=558&v=nI2PuHVca1A
Teldo is back to play some Battlerite Royale, click the video below for Croak gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8HXq78WCg
Proxolol with more crazy fights and intense gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuflrZIW-fM

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHkeTfN9-Q
Battle Season 2 is available now! Complete a free Sponsor to rock the new Heavy Metal Shredder Weapon and Devotchka Outfit for Taya, or purchase the Premium Battle Pass this season to unlock the Thundertribe Trainer outfit for Freya and more! Purchase the Battle Pass in-game for 950 Gems/Diamonds or head over to the Battle Pass website here.



A new update hit the servers on Wednesday this week, read up on all the changes now. Click here for Arena and here for Royale.



We also answered some questions from the community this week in a Q&A stream. If you missed it, you can watch the VOD here.

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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!

The mighty Ocean Sage, Pearl! Made by BITAH.



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13th atom with three superb portraits; Jade, Jamila and Alysia!





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Destiny takes a moment to relax after another victory in the Arena. Made by Kip.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Ever imagined Ruh Kaan on a blind date? The lads from In Good Company discusses when it’s a good time to bring up the whole “hunting souls” part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGBzm0BkQ4
Rocket Booster to the rescue! Proxolol has an intense Werebear encounter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWFey6sCXac
Vispa with another chill mix, this time featuring Egg Brawl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIN-XHy-rI

Battlerite Royale Patch 1.1 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, May 1st at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour. This patch contains the end of Battle Season 1, the start of Battle Season 2, and various balance changes.


Battle Season 1

Battle Season 2 begins on May 1st, with brand new items for players to earn in the Season 2 Battle Pass. Upgrade to the Premium Pass and unlock more rewards by purchasing it here or in-game for 950 Diamonds.

Along with the new Pass, the five sponsors from last season return. The Stewards of the Arena are again available for all players to progress and will reward Taya and a unique Taya outfit and weapon. The Halls of Triumph sponsor is only available to purchasers of the Premium Pass and rewards a unique Ulric pose, outfit, and weapon.

View all new items in the Season 2 Battle Pass over on the Battle Pass Website.

End of Battle Season 1

Battle Season 1 concludes on May 1st. After this point rewards in the Season 1 Battle Pass will no longer be available to earn. If you are still signed with a sponsor from Battle Season 1 you will still be able to complete it. All sponsors from previous seasons will be marked with a star.

The avatar your receive this Season will reflect the highest league you've reached in Battlerite or Battlerite Royale.

Players Season Levels will be reset. Season Level history will be viewable in the player profile.

Matchmaking Adjustments

Over the course of the past few weeks, we've rolled out various small updates to matchmaking. Now that we've had time to assess their effects on matchmaking data, we've found the following results:

• Average time to find a match has been improved in most regions by about ~15 seconds
  
• Matchmaking times have been slightly crunched, so super long and super short queue times occur less frequently
  
• Average match quality has been slightly improved, as the player pool has been expanded due to algorithm changes

However, players may still get longer queue times than we'd like due to these changes being counteracted by the decreasing player population. We'll continue to work on improving matchmaking as much as possible, but our upper cap is currently limited by concurrent users.

• Landing on destructible chests from the Sky Dive now destroys them
  
• Legendary-rarity items and abilities cost increased from 360 gold to 450 gold
  
• Increased drop rate of Legendary Items and Abilities at the start of the game

Consumables

• Fresh Fish now correctly stack to 4
  
• Players affected by the Raging Moose Mask can now be affected by Crowd Control

Blossom

• Rampant Growth (E)
  
  • Knockback duration reduced from 0.3s to 0.2s
    
  • Knockback reduced from 3 to 0.8
    
  • Now has a 0.7s Fading Snare
    
  • Max range reduced from 11 to 10
    
  • Legendary Bonus now increases Fading Snare duration by 1s

Croak

• Blade Flurry (M1)
  
  • Cast time reduced from 0.3s to 0.25s
    
  • Post cast time reduced from 0.15s to 0.125s
• Noxious Lunge (E)
  
  • Decreased cast time from 0.4s to 0.2s
    
  • Increased duration from 0.3s to 0.4s

Ezmo

• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Minimum damage decreased from 12 to 6
    
  • Knockback duration decreased from 0.5s to 0.4s
    
  • Changed slowdown on and after cast to feel less sluggish when releasing M2 immediately
    
  • Damage scaling on charge-up duration is no longer linear

Iva

• Machine Gun (F)
  
  • Movement speed while casting increased from 40% to 70%

Jade

• Revolver Shot (M1)
  
  • Slowdown while casting changed
• Junk Shot (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus stun duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s

Jamila

• Shuriken (M2)
  
  • Damage changed from 16/12/8 to 18/12/6
    
  • Projectile speed increased from 22 to 26

Pestilus

• Bloodsucker (M2)
  
  • Damage scaling decreased with rarity
• Queen (Q)
  
  • Post cast time reduced from 0.3s to 0.1s
    
  • Cooldown scaling increased with rarity

Shen Rao

• Dominion (R)
  
  • Haste reduced from 40% to 25%

Shifu

• Javelin (E)
  
  • Recast range reduced from 9.5 to 7

Sirius

• Celestial Split (Space)
  
  • No longer gains energy on healing an ally

Thorn

• Leeching Thorns (M2)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s
• Entangling Roots (E)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 11s to 13s
• Evil Clutch (Q)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 7s to 8s

Ulric

• Sanctuary (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus now refunds half of Intervene's cooldown instead of all of it

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHkeTfN9-Q
Battle Season 2 is right around the corner, check out the teaser now!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Don’t miss out on the Easter event in Battlerite, head into the Arena or onto Talon Island now!

Earn double experience in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale for the remainder of the Easter event!

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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!

Pearl is ready to head into the Arena for another battle! Made by Rezlie The Scout.



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Defiant Drills with an impressive Zander cosplay! And it looks like someone has had a few bites off Raigon’s carrot...




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Khionih has used their MS Paint skills to make this wonderful portrait of Destiny.



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Raigon in his brand new bunny outfit! Made by MooseLord.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!


In Good Company is back this week with more highlights from the Arena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PO6vTZftA
Proxolol dominates the Arena with Poloma and brings more chaos to Talon Island with Jumong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMbqkjD8y8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UbPgzuyacQ

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Celebrate Easter in Battlerite! Watch the trailer and read the patch notes for all the information you need on the Easter Event.

Patch notes for Arena here and for Royale here.

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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!

The young faun is always full of life and kindness, thank you KittyHerz!



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Never has Battlerite been so bright and colorful! Made by icaropio.



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Zander in marvelous pixel art, with a tip of the hat and a friendly smile. Made by witchunic.



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Last up is BastaMarcin, with an amazing piece!



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!


A great escape and a great comeback, Proxolol is wreaking havoc on Talon Island with Freya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRRWKsA4WA&t=1s
Khioni is back with another in-depth guide, learn the ways of the Psychopomp now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKV6Za3L9Ts

Battlerite Royale Patch 1.0.3 will contain a themed Spring event and new cosmetics. This patch is scheduled it go live on Wednesday, April 17th at 8:00 AM UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last one hour.


The seasons are turning and the snow is melting - it's Spring in Battlerite!

New Spring Consumable

Eggs have appeared all over Talon Island and are just waiting for you to find them - so grab your basket! The Egg Basket is purchasable in the pre-game shop, replacing the Rock temporarily. These eggciting Spring treats can also be found scattered around the Island in over 200 different, secret locations. Make sure you keep an eye out and search through suspicious corners for them!

• Egg Basket (Common)
  
  • Use to spawn Eggs that you can throw at other players

There are nine eggcellent different kinds of Eggs that can be found in the Egg Basket - can you find them all?



Spring Outfits Return

Chicken Suit Bakko and the Roosters from last year are back, and this time can be purchased individually with Tokens or Diamonds. The Chicken Suit Outfit and it's color variations can be purchased for 500 Diamonds or 12,000 Tokens each, and the Golden Rooster and it's color variations can be purchased for 650 Diamonds or 20,000 Tokens.

Chicken Emote

If you're eggcited to get clucking during Spring, the Chicken Emote is here for you! For a limited time the Chicken Emote is purchasable for 1400 Diamonds, unlocked on all Champions and complete with sound effects and music, so that you can out-dance and out-swag all your opponents. This bundle is available only until May 1st.

Spring Quests

Quest for new Egg Mounts in both Battlerite Arena and Battlerite Royale! Collect all of the limited-time mounts by completing Event Quests in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale. Check out the Battlerite Royale Patch Notes to see what eggs you can unlock there!

• Find 4 Hidden Egg Baskets in 10 Different Games
  
  • Reward: Groovy Egg Epic Mount
    
  • Available from April 17th at 8:00 UTC until May 1st at 8:00 UTC
• Open 40 Egg Baskets
  
  • Reward: Royal Egg Epic Mount
    
  • Available from April 24th at 8:00 UTC until May 1st at 8:00 UTC

Bringer of Spring Bundle

Who makes the flowers bloom after winter? It's the Bringer of Spring, of course! For a limited time, the Bringer of Spring Bundle is available to purchase for 400 Diamonds in game. This bundle contains the Bringer of Spring Legendary Outfit and Staff of Spring Epic Weapon for Blossom, and is purchasable until May 1st.

And More on the Horizon...

A mysterious new bunny appears, available for a limited time at the low price of 750 Gems. This bundle will be revealed (and available) April 24th, and be purchasable until May 1st - but you might have a clue at who's hopping in next!


UI

• Fixed an alignment error where the name of an item dropped in a chest was overflowing the background.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "You have unsigned sponsors" prompt would be triggered when no sponsor were available.
  
• Fixed a bug where some cosmetic items that are currently unavailable was included in the Owned Items / Total Items count in various areas in the UI.

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Spring and Easter are coming to Battlerite! New outfits and the return of Egg Brawl, see the trailer now!



Head over to our Book of Lore website to explore the world of Battlerite, find out where the Champions are from and read their stories.

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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!

Ruh Kaan watching from above, an ever-present evil lurking in the shadows. Thank you hudinsantos for this amazing piece.



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Let's wreak chaos, as Ezmo would say. Thank you icaropio!



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ByteSizeArt has found inspiration in Battlerite and made several character concepts!



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The deadly assassin has a warm side to her as well, thank you Sigma!



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Prepare for another episode of Proxolol’s Fails and Funny Moments! Pearl vs Pearl, Explosive Barrels and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV2Fx4cbpGg
Card tricks, portals and sheep, a truly magnificent Zander montage by Fuzzy Fabulous coming right up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHIZ9jQV2zs

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



The winners of the Concept Art Contest has been announced! The community determined the top 8 placements by voting on their favorites, and Grand Champion of the contest is Milva with Corrupted Treant Ruh Kaan. Read more here.

Congratulations Milva! This winning concept will be added to the game, progress images will be posted in the Battlerite Official Discord #artwork channel while it's being worked on.



The Covenant and the Heir has been added to the Book of Lore. Learn more about the Spearmaster, Shifu, in this chapter. Read it here.

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Eeeekkk is hosting a tournament this weekend in Battlerite Royale, for both NA and EU regions! Click here to find all the information you need.

You can watch the tournament on Eeeekkk’s Twitch channel at these times:

The NA tournament will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, starting at 5:00 PM EST
The EU tournament will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2019, starting at 19:00 CET

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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!

Gatsbunny is back with another wonderful piece, good lad Raigon shows off his graceful and deadly moves.



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The most nimble and poisonous Champion to set foot in the Arena! Thank you Artndy!



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The Concept Art Contest had many amazing entries. This piece was made by GaddTheThief, who loves toxic things and cute characters. A combination that created Lucie the Plague Spreader.



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MsiBekon has combined some of their works into one big, awesome piece.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Proxolol shares some tips on how to improve in Royale, and takes another victory on Talon island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnCerEoWmoY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm09JLfnXZE
Skywind555 fights his way to the top, all without the Space ability.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0eYC8M_XQ
Vispa is back this week with another combination of chill music and stunning cinematics from the Arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALlNjwVUwc&t

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



We released Arena Patch 2.0.2 and Royale Patch 1.0.2 this week, with report feedback notifications, new items and more. Read the patch notes for Arena here and for Royale here.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

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There's nothing like art that touches your heart. Ice sculptor Alysia painted with watercolors, thank you Artndy!



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Khionih is showing off their MS Paint skills!



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Sigma has created a Battlerite emote for Draktok, AshkaS!



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One of the really awesome entries in our Concept Art Contest; Pearl, Witch of the Sea.
Made by Ghostimu.


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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Epic plays coming right up, BattleManly with Best of Battlerite #95!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C8xByNMlLA
I’m shook, bros. I’m hella shook, says Proxolol after this match in Royale. Watch the video below for intense fights, narrow escapes and whirlwinds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9S0S9Bses
Awesome gameplay, good music and cool cinematics - it has it all, check out this video from
Vispa!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjCrvW8C1g
Alninio9 goes with into League with his main, Jade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1gvcmH5hg

Battlerite Royale Patch 1.0.2 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, March 27th at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour.


Report Feedback Notification

A notification will now be displayed on login when action has been taken against a player that you have recently reported for misconduct! This notification will appear once when you log in if applicable, so y'all good fellas reporting naughty gremlins will not be spammed with notifications.

UI

• Daily quest notifications should now properly trigger upon login.
  
• Fixed an issue where achievements related to Champion Levels did not progress correctly

Audio

• Black Steed mount has received the proper sprint sound
  
• "Yo" phrase removed from Jamila's wave emote

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where it was possible to drop items when dead.
  
• Anti-Teaming Countermeasure disabled in private games.

Match Start Timer

Royale matches now start as soon as a clear majority of players are connected. You'll no longer have to wait for the final few stragglers. Overall wait time has also been reduced. Less waiting, more gaming!

• Match goes to reduced timer as soon as 80% of players connect (rather than 100% of players)
  
• Maximum wait time reduced from 90s to 80s
  
• Timer after players connect reduced from 30s to 20s

Death Vortex Timings

Further adjustments have been made to the death vortex to improve the pacing in the late game. The vortex now closes considerably faster for the final two circles, reducing the maximum game length from 13 minutes 20 seconds to 12 minutes flat. Overall, this change reduces the percentage of time the vortex is closing from 42.5% to ~35%. Players who are able to keep ahead of the circle are rewarded for their decision-making.

• Circle 5
  
  • Delay increased from 35 to 45
    
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 90 to 30
• Circle 6
  
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 60 to 30

Consumables

• Butcher's Hook
  
  • Rarity increased from Rare to Epic
    
  • Max stacks reduced from 3 to 2

Equipment

• New Equipment - Arcane Eye
  
  • Max Health +8/12/16/20%
    
  • Standing still reveals Champions and hidden objects within 6/8/10/12 radius
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Dealing damage to an enemy reveals their location for 5s

Bakko

Bulwark (Q) has been made consistent with other directional shield abilities in the game. You can use escape or mobility skills while Bulwark is active, but you will not be able to use regular abilities unless you cancel cast first.

• Bulwark (Q)
  
  • Using War Axe, Blood Axe, or War Shout no longer cancels your Bulwark automatically
    
  • All other abilities can still be used while Bulwark is active to cancel Bulwark early

Destiny

• Charged Bolt (M2)
  
  • Movement Speed while casting increased from 20% to 40%
    
  • Legendary Bonus Movement Speed increased from 65% to 75%
• Sky Strike (Q)
  
  • Jump distance after firing the projectile increased from 4 to 6

Ezmo

• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Minimum cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s
• Siphon Life (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer slow enemy movement speed by 30%
    
  • Legendary Bonus now increases movement speed by 15%
    
  • Legendary Bonus now removes the movement speed penalty on the ability channel

Jade

• Stealth (Q)
  
  • Legendary Bonus now inflicts a 1s Root instead of a 1.5s Fading Snare
• Explosive Shells (F)
  
  • Max Range increased by 666%
    
  • No, seriously. It was 12, now it's 80
    
  • She's a sniper
    
  • Get over it

Pestilus

• Moth (M1)
  
  • Renamed Moth Command
    
  • Moth buff and Moth debuff both remain named Moth
• Queen (Q)
  
  • Movement Speed increased from 6.4 to 7

Poloma

• Soul Transfer (E)
  
  • Cooldown reduction now scales more with rarity

Rook

• Rush (Space)
  
  • Cooldown reduction now scales more with rarity

Shen Rao

• Jet Stream (Q)
  
  • Self Knockback increased from 2 to 3
    
  • Knockback increased from 2.5 to 3.5
• Dragon's Roar (E)
  
  • Movement speed while casting increased from 10% to 80%

Shifu

• Impale and Tendon Swing have received updated SFX
  
• Fleet Foot (Space)
  
  • Damage reduction increased from 30% to 50%
• Kunju (Q)
  
  • Tooltip text for Readiness (buff) has been improved for accuracy, since the Readiness Spear Slash damage scales solely with Kunju's rarity and not with Spear Slash's
    
    • Old: "Your next Spear Slash has increased range and deals 8 bonus damage"
      
    • New: "Your next Spear Slash has increased range and deals 18 damage"
  • Legendary Bonus text now refers to countering an attack with Kunju specifically

Taya

• X-Strike (M2)
  
  • Fixed a bug where X-Strike would trigger hits multiple times after being thrown through a wall

Ulric

Like Bakko's Bulwark, Ulric's Radiant Shield has been made consistent with other directional shield abilities in the game. You can use escape or mobility skills while Radiant Shield is active, but you will not be able to use regular abilities unless you cancel cast first.

• Radiant Shield (Q)
  
  • Using Hammer of Justice, Smite, and Sanctuary no longer cancels your Radiant Shield automatically
    
  • All other abilities can still be used while Radiant Shield is active to cancel Radiant Shield early

Varesh

• Shatter (E)
  
  • Damage increased from 10 to 12
    
  • Legendary Bonus Movement Speed while casting increased from 60% to 75%