Hey Warriors!


This week is all about the Testing Grounds. We’ll be testing changes that aim to improve offense and consistency until March 12th!

You can find a summary of the Fight System Improvements here.
And a technical explanation of the attack display changes here.

As you can see, these changes cover a lot of ground – so your feedback will be crucial for us. The Testing Grounds is a playlist that’s part of the main game (no separate download necessary) and is available on all platforms.



Everyone’s feedback is welcome! You have two weeks to try out these fundamental fight changes. Feel free to post your thoughts in the Reddit mega-thread or on the forums.



3000 Steel is on the line for the faction with the most matches completed in the Testing Grounds! While you’re helping us form the future of For Honor, secure the best rewards for yourself and your fellow faction members!



Some of For Honor’s most popular ornaments are on sale for 3,000 Steel – down from the usual 5,000! Take advantage of this discount until March 5th.




The winners of the #fhjam Music Emote Video Contest are:

3rd Place - Scream_Wattson (25k Steel):



2nd Place - OmegaAceGames (50k Steel):



1st Place - Bugge (100k Steel):



Thank you to everyone who participated! There were a lot of amazing entries, full of inspiring use of the music emotes. Our winners showed that peace can even exist on the battlefield...although not everyone respects the “DON’T ATTACK BARDS” code.



The NoHonor Games (4v4 Elim)

• First Place: Shotgun_Kun
  
• Second Place: Elder Knights Legion
  
• VOD: {LINK REMOVED}bit.ly/nohonorgames
  
• Full Bracket: battlefy.com/nohonor
  
• 4 Teams Participated

FHC: EU NO HUD Duel sponsored by ForHonorProps

• First Place: Dejan_Legendz / The SaltLord
  
• Second Place: SuicideChoppa
  
• VOD: twitch.tv/lightboogey
  
• Full Bracket: battlefy.com/for-honor-console
  
• Prize pool included an amazing Apollyon helmet

Slayscion Gaming 4v4 Dominion XBOX

• First Place: The Smoothbrains 2 Electric Boogaloo
  
• Second Place: Mavros Aetos
  
• VOD: twitch.tv/slaysciongaming
  
• Smoothbrains have gone undefeated in all three Slayscion Gaming XBOX 4v4 Tournaments
  
• 14 Teams Participated

Upcoming Tournaments:

Slayscion Gaming: PC 4v4 #1

• When: Sat, Feb 29 @ 11 AM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD
  
• More info: battlefy.com/slayscion-gaming

Running tournaments? Send all information to ForHonorTournaments@ubisoft.com



If you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

We’ll see you at the next Warrior’s Den!

Hey Warriors,

Let’s get right to the point: we added the Hamarr of Ragnarok to the Honor Games! Who can say what deadly consequences this will bring to the festivities? We can’t wait to see what happens.

We’re a couple of weeks into the new season now, and we want to thank you for participating in Y4S1: Hope. Here’s everything that’s coming up:




…this should be exciting. Seven days of Hamarr time starting today, February 20th!




With everyone focused on the Hamarr, perhaps you can get in a few sneaky heavy attacks. Get the most executions in Carousel of Ragnarok to win better rewards for your Faction!




A Loot Fest during the Honor Games! Starting tomorrow, February 21, you’ll have the whole weekend to get that gear.




New Battle Outfits are available for all heroes! Show that you represented your Faction well in the Honor Games with “Honoring the Past”, “Honored Athlete, and “Guest of Honor.”




You have one more night to create an entry for the #fhjam contest! All you need is a short video of you and your friends (or enemies) having fun with the music emotes and any other emotes, emote spam, or in-game shenanigans.

1st Place: 100,000 Steel

2nd Place: 50,000 Steel

3rd Place: 25,000 Steel

Additional details and rules here. Remember, the contest ends on February 21st at end of day!


As shown on the February 13th Warrior’s Den, we wanted to look back at the heroes we’ve come to know and love during the first three years of For Honor.

Here are their high school yearbook-style superlatives:



“Tenebris” is a lifestyle, not a phase.



“Not a lot of people realize how much wearing a shirt weighs you down in battle.”



Long-distance can be tough. Unless you’re Shinobi.



He’s got great war stories. And despite his age, he never has issues keeping up with the younger generations thanks to his Sifu’s Poise.

There’s a few more of these in this Twitter thread!



Slayscion Gaming PS4 4v4 #2

• First Place: KO: Publication
  
• Second Place: THE HORDE
  
• 17 Teams Participated to compete for $100 USD Prize
  
• Click here for VOD.
  
• Click here for full bracket/more info.

Studio Tournaments: NA Dominion #2

• First Place: Loodeelow Fan Club
  
• Second Place: Raven Flasks
  
• 5 Teams competed with Loodeelow Fan Club becoming Studio Tournament NA Champions for the second time in a row.
  
• Click here for VOD.
  
• Click here for full bracket/more info.

Studio Tournaments: EU Dominion #1

• First Place: Hotspot Gaming
  
• Second Place: Req gang
  
• 9 Teams competed with Hotspot Gaming becoming Studio Tournament EU Champions, who also previously won the most recent PC Dominion Tournament held by The Arena.
  
• Click here for VO.
  
• Click here for full bracket/more info.

For Honor Console: EU NO HUD DUEL sponsored by ForHonorProps (PS4)

• FHC is partnering with one of the community’s best cosplayers, ForHonorProps, to give EU PS4 players a unique tournament. This NO HUD Duel tournament has a 1st place prize of a handcrafted wearable Apollyon mask! 2nd place receives a Black Stone Legion amulet.
  
• When: Saturday Feb 22 @ 12 PM UTC
  
• Click here for more info.

Slayscion Gaming: 4v4 Dominion Tournament (XBOX)

• When: Saturday, Feb 22 @ 12:30 PM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD + Donations
  
• Click here for more info.

The No Honor Games (1v1, PS4)

• This tournament is only open for players in these regions: Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Republic of, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Latvia, Estonia
  
• When: Sunday, Feb 23 @ 6 PM MSK
  
• Click here for more info.

Slayscion Gaming: PC 4v4 #1

• When: Saturday, Feb 29 @ 11 AM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD + Donations
  
• Click here for more info.

If you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

Tune in next week for another edition of Warrior’s Den!

Hey Warriors,

Tomorrow, February 14th, is always a special day for us. We’re heading into our fourth year as a live game! Let’s celebrate in true For Honor style by fighting each other in the Honor Games!

The Truce of Wyverndale doesn’t mean we can’t let loose once in a while…right? In any case, this truce is a good opportunity to look back at all that’s happened in the game’s life: shifting to dedicated servers, the release of Marching Fire and Breach mode, all the new heroes, the crazy in-game events, and even the Reddit memes (especially the ones that ended up in the game).

Warriors, we want to thank you all for playing the game, talking about it, creating fan-art, sharing memes, and just being part of the For Honor community. We’re looking forward to starting the Year of Reckoning with you, and we hope that you’ll enjoy everything that’s on the way! May fortune look down kindly upon you as you compete in the Honor Games.

And if it does not, may the bards lament your passing with a suitably tragic tune on their lutes.






Inspired by The Olympic Truce (which happened for the ancient Olympic Games) when the warring Leaders (“Kings”) around Olympia, as well as Sparta, had an agreement to end conflict in order to hold the games. While it didn't necessarily mean a total end to war, it was a moment when no one would interfere with people traveling to and from the Games.

Unlocked by participating in the Community Order During the Honor Games Event

• 1st Place: 1000 Steel + Event Symbol
  
• 2nd Place: 500 Steel + Event Symbol
  
• 3rd Place: 250 Steel + Event Symbol

Make sure you don't miss out on our exclusive For Honor bundle available until March 2nd!




From February 13th to the 20th strike the iron while it's hot with Damage boosts!




Show your romantic side with the limited-time Warm in your Love effect, available until February 20th!




Time to jam out with the new musical emotes available now for all heroes!!!



The BoisCorp King of the Ring #1

• 27 Players participated
  
• First Place: rippy311 (SCG rippy)
  
• Second Place: sachhh13
  
• Third Place: DutchVanDerLaw

Watch tournament VOD.

Full bracket available here.

The Arena PC 4v4 Dominion Tournament Series

• First Place: Hotspot Gaming (Barakett, Ghostoverdose, S1lenc3r, Danko-)
  
• Second Place: +1 (Clutchmesiter, Setmyx, Ravelord, OttoDGS)

Full bracket available here.

Ducky’s Tourney

• 7 Teams Participated
  
• First Place: Team Name Pending (Kyupou, Jazzyboyjj, HavokFH, RAAzor_)
  
• Second Place: Dead Streamers plus Moderator (Hammer_Up, Enmu_, BookTheWook, Wheres_Daubeny)

Studio Tournaments

NA DOMINION #2

• When: Sat, Feb 15 @ 8 PM UTC
  
• Prize: Donation Funded

EU DOMINION #1

• When: Sun, Feb 16 @ 6 PM UTC
  
• Prize: Donation Funded

More info available here.

Slayscion Gaming

PS4 4v4 #2

• When: Sun, Feb 16 @ 11 AM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD + Donations

XBOX 4v4

• When: Sun, Feb 22 @ 12:30 PM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD + Donations

PS4 4v4

• When: Sat, Feb 29@ 11 AM CST
  
• Prize: $100 USD + Donations

More info available here.

For Honor Console: EU NO HUD DUEL sponsored by ForHonorProps

FHC is partnering with one of the community’s best cosplayers to give EU PS4 players a unique tournament. This NO HUD Duel tournament has a 1st place prize of a handcrafted wearable Apollyon mask! 2nd place receives a Black Stone Legion amulet.

• When: Saturday Feb 22 @ 7 AM ET

More info available here.

Follow forhonorprops on Instagram.

If you have any questions, upcoming tournaments, or highlights you want us to shout out, please send all information to forhonortournaments@ubisoft.com

Thanks a lot for hanging out with us on stream today! Now make sure you go check out the HONOR GAMES event in-game!

See you in two weeks where we'll talk about the NEXT Testing Grounds, which won’t be about character balancing. ;)

And if you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

See you soon for another edition of Warrior’s Den!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Y'ALL!

For Honor’s great war between Vikings, Samurai, Knights, and Wu Lin has reached a truce just in time for the game’s third anniversary. The greatest warriors from every faction have been invited to take part in the Honor Games to celebrate the Truce of Wyverndale. This in-game event brings back a limited-time game mode, Carousel of Fire, a spin on the 4v4 Elimination Carousel of Death mode.



In Carousel of Fire, the first time a player dies, they can respawn in five seconds, but each subsequent death adds five seconds to the timer. A team wins when all opponents are dead at the same time. Additionally, Carousel of Fire features a different variation on the game mode for each week of the event. Week 1 will add damage boosts and flaming geysers to the arena, while Week 2 will add another yet-to-be-revealed game twist.

The in-game map is also getting dressed up for the occasion with fireworks, a live crowd, musicians, and, for the first time ever, original fan art banners from the For Honor community. It is a celebration after all.



Lastly, the Peace Festival will add event-specific Battle Outfits, Ornaments, and Effects, as well as brand-new Instrument Emotes for all characters. All event loot is available in the Honor Games Bundle until March 2 for 30,000 Steel.

For Honor is available now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and UPLAY+.

Hey Warriors,

Coming off the dark times of Season 3, the team wanted to celebrate the upcoming game anniversary as well as the community that continues to support and inspire the entire development team by bringing about a lighter mood. This season, the team is excited to take players on a journey of exciting competitive play and surprising new content. It's a year characterized by one word...



After so many signs, all believed the end of times was nigh. Yet the earth quieten down without warning, the skies cleared and a new dawn came.

At long last, warriors felt hope and remembered those who once fought for peace.

For the first time in history, the leaders of all factions gathered and agreed to cease their quarrel for a brief moment.

They signed what was called the Truce of Wyverndale.




Introducing For Honor's Battle Pass, which will come with a free tier along with a premium version.


The Battle Pass will be in addition to the Content of the Week we normally have. It's available for all heroes, and the gear you unlock will depend on your level. You can apply your cosmetics later on as you progress with your designated hero.

Everything in the Battle Pass is purely cosmetic, and will not affect gameplay or the competitive scene (but you will look extra cool during event streams). You'll also have a roadmap of all the content that will be available from within the Battle Pass since you'll be able to see all the content available from Tier 1 to 100, even without the tiers unlocked. So hop in and check it out!

Did you start with the free Battle Pass and can't help but go for premium? Purchasing a premium pass will unlock all past tiers you already got with the free version!


At long last, Year 4 Season 1 introduces new armor sets! This is a time of peace in the world of For Honor, and Knights, Vikings and Samurai finally have access to the resources and time needed to create beautiful ceremonial armor variations. Meanwhile, the Wu Lin have crafted entirely new sets to enjoy!

To commemorate, the team is introducing themed colored weapons and brighter armor sets inspired by Hope to bring For Honor's fashion to the next level! More armor will be coming out throughout the year, so keep an eye out for some epic new sets!

Click the image below to check out the latest weapons and armor:



What do you think about the new themed weapons? Let us know on Reddit!


We are excited to announce For Honor Dominion Series, a competitive program comprising of NA and EU teams with events spanning Year 4.

These will include a series of online PC tournaments which will culminate in a LAN/offline event – one mid-year and one at the end of the year. The year-end event will crown the overall For Honor Champions.

The program will kick off at the end of Season 1, so stay tuned soon for more details on how to participate and qualify for the finals!

Of course, even if you don’t want to participate, there will be broadcasts of the tournament to give everyone a chance to participate in the competitive scene. We will be taking a close look at everyone's feedback on the program to further improve and grow it, so make sure you stay connected.

Oh and of course…The year will include a prize pool!

Now’s the time to step up and tell your war stories. Is your team the best For Honor Dominion team? Will you be crowned the For Honor Champions? Start recruiting, start grinding, join the For Honor Trials Discord and ramp up your Dominion skills. We’re looking forward to seeing who will come out on top.


As the quality of play gets higher and higher, the team is constantly looking to finely tune the competitive balance and ensure every character has a fair shot at winning. If you have feedback on the performance of certain characters, be sure to fill out the Testing Grounds feedback form.

In this patch, we're looking to help some characters with their roll/catch moves.

Also, be sure to click the image below for a great explanation of Fuzzy Guard, a key competitive technique which lets you take advantage of a small window of opportunity where it's possible to guard against two moves at the same time. If you want to have a chance at winning the For Honor Dominion events, then this may be the technique you're looking for!



Pro-Tip: Having trouble with fuzzy guards or learning finishers? Join the For Honor Discord to learn all the finishers!

Patch notes are scheduled for launch next week, February 6th, where we'll have all details for you. Stay tuned!


Our E3 Emote contest winner has been added to the game!


You can also pick up the Toss a Coin Emote for 3999 steel instead of the usual 7000 steel. Available until February 6th!


Ever wonder how a minion is borne into this world? From the sculpture to the in-game mesh and final textures, this is how they're made:



On the left is the sculpture that designers create as a framework for the final character. Once the final mesh (pictured right) is created, the designers are ready to apply textures to the model. Andrew Im, our Associate Art Director, walked us through the process and explained a bit about how this texture map helps with the final look:




From here, your minions are ready for battle!

And if you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

We're excited to see all the wonderful matches to come in the official Dominion Tournaments!

We’ll see you soon for another edition of Warrior’s Den!

Hey Warriors,

We hope you had a fantastic time during the holidays, escaping with the emperor in Zhanhu’s Event, and most recently, the return of Frost Wind Festival, which ends today!!

In this recap, we cover the latest news on For Honor and delve into Testing Grounds and For Honor trials.

The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot (or Might Quest for short) just launched their cross-brand event with For Honor! Mighty Quest is a F2P mobile action RPG. They just announced their Season 3 – Frozen Hearts:

A cold wind is blowing over Opulencia as the wild Vikings of FOR HONOR are about to storm our lovely Castles! Can you stop the Raider before he loots everything before you? What's the real reason behind his presence? Tackle a brand-new EPIC PASS to find out... and get a chance to earn the time-limited HONOR OF THE RAIDER set!







From January 16th to 30th, be the Faction with the most matches completed in Testing Grounds.

As the earth stirred, the Messengers of Doom rose and struck fear in everyone's hearts.

Yet a bold combatant stood against these evil forces.



Each encounter is a fight against the Harbingers (Year 3 Heroes).



New Signatures for all heroes are available now!

• Testing Grounds is a tool that was implemented last year in Season 11 where players can test early changes the FH development team would like to introduce and provide feedback on them.
  
• Testing Ground Phase can be accessed from the world map.
  
• The content of the Testing Grounds won’t necessarily reflect what ends up in the live game as a result. The goal is to gather player feedback first in order to determine what will go live, and what will need further development.
  
• Testing Grounds aren’t subject to only fighter changes. This Phase, we will introduce changes to Breach.
  
• You can still group with teammates to go into MM.

For Honors Trials is a community-ran discord server dedicated to improving players’ gameplay with coaching from top competitive players, organized scrimmages (practice matches), and more. It is open to all skill levels. Click here to join now.



For Honor PS4 4v4 Dominion Europe

• First Place: Imagine DQ but we still here (Simply-_-Alex, OttoDogs, LunarDiversion, behzad0__0, Zombiekiller3351)
  
• Second Place: KO Gaming: Espadas (Glasorus, Ibyakua, RyuKen_SENSEI, Taekewjoe, Shaad746)
  
• 15 Teams Participated
  
• Prize: 200€ for the winner team
  
• More info here
  
• Check it out here

Elek’s NA Dominion Tournament (PC)

• First Place: Loodeelow Fan Club (Skorbrand, RavelordServant, Shiggstas, Karma__.__, Kwuilt)
  
• Second Place: NA Hydra (MystaKyle, Ledge_Meister, justdodge.tv, Soresu3)
  
• 5 Teams Participated
  
• Prize: Matcherino funded - $110
  
• Check it out here

Slayscion Gaming XBOX New Year 4v4

• First Place: Smoothbrains (Himnar, Auvus, Mors ipsum, Flotnar, LoF Raptor)
  
• Second Place: EOA & MDM (NoxchiBorz204, Little Man MDM, Osai Jusai MDM, TokinNCigSmokin, Gravebloom MDM)
  
• 19 Teams
  
• Prize: $200
  
• Check it out here

Elek’s EU Dominion Tournament (PC)

• When: Saturday, January 18th @ 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST / 4 PM UTC
  
• Prize: Donation Funded
  
• More info here

Slayscion Gaming PC 2v2 (PC)

• When: Saturday, Jan 18th @ 1 PM CST
  
• Prize: $200 USD to the winning team
  
• More info here

Slayscion Gaming PS4 4v4 #1 (PS4)

• When: Sunday, Jan 26 @ 1:30 PM CST
  
• Prize: $200 USD + donations
  
• More info here

Oni Vision: All Time Greatest Duelist (PS4, NA)

• When: Friday, Jan 24th @ 7 PM CST
  
• Prize: $30 Cashapp
  
• More info here

No Honor: It’s time to D-D-Duel! (PC, Russian)

• When: Sunday, Jan 26th @ 6 PM MSK
  
• Prize: Prize for top 3 players (250 / 150 / 100 )
  
• More info here

There are a lot of tournaments happening in the next few weeks, so make sure you search For Honor in the battlefy search bar to participate in all of them!

If you have any tournaments or montages, send all information to ForHonorTournaments@ubisoft.com

And if you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

Testing Grounds is now live so hop into the game and try out the new Breach changes!

We’ll see you on January 30th for another edition of Warrior’s Den!

Happy New Year, Warriors!

The next live Warrior’s Den stream will occur on January 16th! We can’t wait to see you on Twitch at 12 PM ET / 17:00 UTC.

In this week’s Warrior’s Den Recap, we’ll be covering a wintry mix of topics:



We can now reveal the January roadmap!

The Frost Wind Festival begins today, with the next Testing Grounds phase just around the corner on January 16th. Next week’s Warrior’s Den will cover what’s happening during this Testing Grounds phase.

There will also be a Hero Trial for the Wu Lin heroes on the 23rd, who you’ll conveniently be able to rep up quickly due to the XP Fest taking place that weekend!



It’s very ice to welcome back the Frost Wind Festival! From today until January 16th, show you can remain frosty in the Ice Brawlers game mode.



Two versus two – brawls on ice. You won’t want to get cold feet in this game mode! Be wary of cracks in the ice, but don’t lose focus on your opponent.



Only the most cold-blooded Warriors will come out on top of the Special Vanquisher Challenge! Which Faction has what it takes?

• 1st Place: 1500 Steel + 3 crates
  
• 2nd Place: 1000 Steel + 2 crates
  
• 3rd Place: 500 Steel + 1 crate

Winter is a good time to bundle up! The Frost Wind Festival Bundle is on sale until January 20th.



The Fukuro Festival Arcade Quest is in-game from today until January 16th! Best of luck against your modifier-bearing AI opponents.


UltraShiko’s For Honor Dominion Tournament (PS4)

When: Friday, January 10th 2020 @ 7 PM CST

FHE’s For Honor 4v4 Dominion (PS4, EUROPE ONLY)

When: Saturday, January 11th 2020 @ 8 PM CETPrize: 200€ First Place

Elek’s NA Dominion Tournament (PC)

When: Saturday, January 11th 2020 @ 12 PM PSTPrize: Matcherino funded, donate here!

Slayscion Gaming’s New Year 4v4 (XBOX)

When: Sunday, January 12th 2020 @ 1:30 PM CSTPrize: $200+ USD

There are many tournaments coming up this month, so be sure to join the community-run Competitive For Honor discord for all tournament-related news, as well as check out battlefy for more information and to sign up!

Additionally, if you are running tournaments and would like Ubisoft promotion, please send all information to ForHonorTournaments@ubisoft.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the next Warrior’s Den on January 16th at 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC!

And if you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit.

See you next week, Warriors!

Hey Warriors,

Today our Warrior’s Den was heavily packed! It featured a Recap of Year 4: Year of The Reckoning, the S12 Event, and a very special announcement 😊

As you may have already known, last week we announced Year 4: The Year of Reckoning.

Here’s the recap:

• Each season will have its own theme, rewards, activities, and art from a renowned artist each season.
  
• There will be two new heroes – one at Y4S2 and the other Y4S4!
  
• We’re introducing a new reward system –with the For Honor Battle Pass.
  
• Improved Fight Core Experience: Emphasis on Testing Ground
  
• An All-Access Competitive Program will be launched.
  
• There will be new armor! (In Year 4, not this year, Y3)

More info will come out in January, but you can read more details here!

We’re super excited for Year 4 and we hope you are too!

We have partnered up with one of our games for a cross-over collaboration: FOR HONOR is in TRIALS RISING! The Raider skin is available in Trials—now you can also be legendary 😊 The Raider is part of the Season 4 content which is plenty interesting and worth checking out this season!



From December 19th to January 2nd, earn exclusive rewards by playing this Season’s Event Game Mode!



Zhanzu’s Fire will be available to all heroes until January 2nd!



“The emperor's order were clear; go back to Qiang Pass and retrieve the artifact. The explosion has left the palace in a terrible state and surviving Blackstone still roam it, slowly dying. Careful where you step.”

From December 19th to December 26th, retrieve the experimental weapon which altered the Blackstones in dark, unexpected ways…

From December 19th to January 2nd, be the faction with the most executions performed:

• 1st Place: 2,000 Steel + Event Symbol
  
• 2nd Place: 1,000 Steel + Event Symbol
  
• 3rd Place: 500 Steel + Event Symbol

From December 19th to January 2nd, help the Emperor escape Qiang Pass in a 4 player co-op against A.I! You can think of it as a hoard mode with progression, and with the more progress, the higher the difficulty.

Rules and How to Play:

• Get out of Qiang Pass with the Emperor, and at least one player, alive.
  
• If all players die, you lose.
  
• If the Emperor dies, you lose.
  
• Clear and capture zones to move forward (the Emperor stays behind in the last captured zone.)
  
• Enemies come from everywhere and continuously respawn.
  
• Capturing a zone respawns dead players.
  
• Cursed enemies, identifiable by their purple flames (from the chemical weapon), are stronger than normal enemies.

GL Warriors!

• Gao Lei’s Ultimate
  
• Gao Lei’s Keepsake
  
• Gao Lei’s Warrior Outfit
  
• Illustrious outfits: Qiang Emissary & Sun Da’s Gambit

There is a mass of gorgeous, on-theme weapons available for loot in The Zhanhu’s Gambit seasonal event! Play it and loot now!

The Arena 4v4 Dominion Tournament Series

• When: Saturday Dec 21 (PS4), Sunday Dec 22 (PC) @ 1 PM EST
  
• Prize: Donation funded
  
• Sign up here

The Warriors Guild Seasons Beatings

• Seasonal duelfest! Duration will take place over the course of the month of December, with matches taking place within 3 days after registration closes.
  
• You can register as a spectator or a participant – sign-ups have already begun and will continue until Friday, Dec 20th.
  
• PSN 1v1

There are a lot of tournaments happening in the next few weeks, so make sure you search For Honor in the battlefy search bar to participate in all of them!

If you have any tournaments or montages, send all information to forhonortournaments@ubisoft.com.

Thanks a lot for those who hung out with us on stream today, now make sure you go check out the ZHANHU’S GAMBIT event in-game! See you next year for another edition of the Warrior’s Den!

And if you haven’t already, join the For Honor Community on Twitter, Twitch, and Reddit!

🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!❄️

Hey Warriors,

We know that you have been waiting patiently to know what’s going on for next year in For Honor. We are excited to announce, today, what we have planned for Year 4: The Year of Reckoning.

From launch three years ago to For Honor today, we are incredibilisly proud in the progress the game has made, none of which would have been possible without the unique relationship that we’ve built together with you, our players.

Year 4 is about learning and building upon what we have experienced together in these past 3 years. Let’s keep the party going!

We’ll be able to share more details in January 2020 but here is an overview of what’s in store.

The Year of Reckoning is a turning point in For Honor’s history. The great war that has been raging over the past years takes an unexpected turn. The earth has quietened down, but new leaders arise and warriors across all factions need to decide what they are really fighting for.

Like Year 3, Year 4 will have four new Seasons, each with its own theme, rewards, and activities.

Two new faces will arise during the Year of Reckoning. One Hero will be released during Year 4, Season 2, and the other during Year 4, Season 4. Their arrival will coincide with the storyline, as well as the events of the Year and its seasons. We can’t wait to find out which side you choose!

You will be able to purchase them upon release or unlock the new Heroes with steel as usual.

Starting with Year 4, Season 1, we will be introducing a new reward system with the For Honor Battle Pass.

In the past, rewards relied solely upon random drops after matches and scavenger crates, which gave little visibility on the items you were able to unlock.

Now you will have clear objectives throughout the 100 tiers within the Battle Pass where you will be able to unlock items through gameplay. The battle pass will be limited to character customization items and consumables meaning that you do not need to purchase it to have access to the two new heroes coming during the year.

The For Honor Battle Pass will consist on a Free pass and a Premium pass, with a shared progression across the different tiers and resetting with each new Season.

Everyone will have access to the Free pass and its rewards. In the Free pass, you can unlock items such as ornaments, steel, color swatches, champion status, embossings, and more.
Owners of the Premium passes will have access to unique customization rewards such as new signatures, new weapons, new executions, new effects, and more.

Both free and premium passes will have rewards for all heroes.

It was also important for us to make the Premium pass an addition to, and not a substitute for, the existing means of getting content in the game. Thus, we will be keeping original options for players with new content of the week, sales, and scavenger crates /drops at the end of the matches to get customizations items.

We will have more details to share on the Y4S1 Battle Pass and the season itself in January 2020.

With 26 heroes in the current roster and two new faces joining the fight in Year 4, balancing remains a top priority for us. This includes hero balancing, of course, but also game mode balancing.

A major step toward strengthening our process of balancing has been the introduction of Testing Grounds.

For Year 4, you can expect this tool to have a big role in how the dev team continues to bring changes to the game. The focus of the year remains on increasing character viability, allowing for a wider range in team composition at a higher level of play, and continue to improve offense to enhance the core gameplay of For Honor on a more general level.

The competitive nature of For Honor has been part of the experience since the get-go. One of the main reasons why the competitive scene has continued to grow over the years is thanks to you guys who have supported it at a grass roots level. Year 3 was the first step in better supporting the tournament/competitive scene of For Honor, with more visibility on community tournaments, in-game prizing, but most importantly the introduction of the spectator mode.

The competitive scene is extremely important to us as it is to you. It helps us grow the community and is ultimately a compass in shaping the experience of the game. It is a pillar which we intend to expand on in Year 4 with a new all-access competitive program set to launch.

More details will be shared soon.

We will expand on all of these elements in January as we get closer to launch of the Year of Reckoning, we are really excited for what this year has to offer!

Lastly, we want to thank you for all the creativity that you guys have shown us over the past 3 years. Whether it be cosplays, fan-fiction, memes, videos, and fan art; we felt inspired for Year 4.

That is why we will be working with renowned artists for each season’s iconic image,
starting with the Year 4 image below, made by the American illustrator AJ Frena. Representing the Year of Reckoning, we are proud to be able to share her piece of art with you all today and cannot wait to share more details later in January for what’s to come in For Honor.



Oh! And one last thing… new armors are coming this year.

Happy Holidays Warriors,
For Honor Dev Team

Hello Warriors! Welcome to this installment in our ongoing series of State of Balance, where the Fight Team analyzes the results from the just-completed season and discusses where we are headed in the future.

In this blog, we will share data on the Win Rates and Pick Rates of our heroes with you, the community. We will also look at the data to discuss our perspective on certain balance issues, and where we see it heading over the coming seasons.

(To read more about the methodology of the data presented, click here.)

Now, let’s get to the data!









Note: In this State of Balance, we use the version of the “Viability vs Playstyle Tables” that was posted on 2019-October-30. These Viability Tables are the community-created tool to replace the Tier Lists, and you can find the latest version here.

Hitokiri and Raider perform highly in Duels across both Full Population and Platinum-or-Above. This Player Data is in-line with the Community’s Viability Table – both Hitokiri and Raider are listed as being Strong in Duels. Hitokiri is especially high, sitting at 68% win rate in Full Population and 61% in Platinum-or-Above. They both received nerfs in Year 3: Season 4 (Raider’s Stunning Tap change, Hitokiri’s Uninterruptible Stance timing nerf, damage nerfs to both), and as such we will be closely monitoring to see where they end up after their changes.

Uninterruptible Stance / High Damage Heroes appear to have a large presence at the top of the Player Data. Most heroes who appear at the top of the Player Data Charts seem to have one or both of these traits. This seems to suggest that these properties (especially when combined on heroes such as Raider or Hitokiri) are very strong when used in the context of Full Population or Platinum-or-Above play in Duel. The main outlier is Berserker, who has an Uninterruptible Stance but appears quite low in Full Population play.

Raider, Hitokiri, Lawbringer, Black Prior and Conqueror all show up roughly at similar locations high up in the Player Data and the Viability Table. This suggests that these heroes are both strong in competitive gameplay as well as Full Population. We’ve already made changes to Raider and Hitokiri this season, and we’ll monitor how these changes affect their viability and see if we need to further act on other heroes as well.

Jormungandr appears rather high on both sets of Player Data, but low on the Viability Table. We’ve seen that, at a competitive level, Jormungandr’s gameplan is inconsistent as top level players are able to react to more threatening attacks. At the Full Population level, this becomes much more difficult, and frustration with the hero remains high as players struggle to deal with the melee attacks. In Year 3: Season 4, we have adjusted the recovery timing of the opening lights, in order to fix an issue where it would be impossible to dodge the melee finisher in certain cases; we’ll see what repercussions this will have in the future.

Warden, Berserker and Shaman show up much lower in both sets of the Player Data than in the Viability Table, where they are placed as Strong. One theory for Full Population players is that they might approach Duels much like they approach 1v1s in Dominion, which makes them throw out big attacks much more often and take more risks, whereas competitive players tend to play it safe and are much more patient.

Reflex Guard Heroes appear at the bottom of the lists. Orochi is leading the pack in both sets, despite being listed as Weak in the Viability Table. We’re keeping an eye on this situation.





The top half of the Player Data for Dominion for Full Population and Top 4% is essentially the same, with some minor position switches. This shows a high similarity at these different levels of play. Similarly to Duels, we see that heroes with Uninterruptible Stance and/or high damage perform at the top of these Player Data sets.

Raider and Hitokiri appear near the top of the Player Data for Dominion (just as they did in Duel), and we shall see how the nerfs applied at the start of Year 3: Season 4 affect them.

Reflex Guard Heroes appear to be having a difficult time in Dominion. All Reflex Guard heroes currently appear at the bottom of the Player Data. We’re keeping an eye on this as it is a trend that is problematic.

Mid Heroes (a role defined in the Community’s Viability Table as a hero that maintains control over the minion lane) fall into a rather similar rank in both the Player Data and Viability table, with the exception of Aramusha, who still ranks higher in the Player Data. This, similarly to Roaming heroes, shows that control over the minion lane is generally well-understood.

Side Point Heroes (a role defined in the Community’s Viability Table as a hero who is strongest at taking and holding side points) are generally defensive heroes that are able to stall at points and hold them for long periods of time. The overall ranking of these heroes is similar in both the Viability Table and the Player data with the exception of Jormungandr, who is higher in the Player Data. Typically this also indicates that Side Point gameplay is understood, but most Side Point heroes are in the middle to bottom of the Player Data. We’re keeping an eye on this as we want to ensure that we have heroes that are still viable on Side Points.

Roaming Heroes (a role defined in the Community’s Viability Table as a hero that rotates around the map and helps as needed) has a high similarity in heroes that perform at the top of the Player Data and the Viability Table. It appears as if Roaming is a role that is well understood at all levels of play.

Ganker Heroes (a role defined in the Community’s Viability Table as a hero that can quickly kill a single opponent with the help of a teammate) appear to be much stronger in organized competitive play than in solo queuing. The Community Viability Table defines Shaman and Gladiator as Strong in that role, but Player Data had both appearing very low. While this difference in behavior makes intuitive sense, owing to the difference in team cohesion and coordination between full population games and competitive play, there is quite a large discrepancy between the results of the Player Data and the Viability Table when it comes to Shaman and Gladiator.

BREACH

Generally, it appears that Breach Player Data appears quite similar to Dominion. The one major difference is that Nuxia appears to fall considerably more in Breach Top 4% Win Rate than in Dominion, presumably because her fight kit and Caltrops are much less effective in a context with Pikemen.

Note: There is no Community Viability Table for Breach – so it’s not included in this blog for that reason.

CLOSING NOTE

We would love to hear more from you on the results of the Player Data for Full Population, Platinum-or-Above, Top 4%, as well as the Community Viability Tables. Please remember that we look at all this data, information, feedback, and a whole lot more when we make our decisions.

Keep sending us your feedback, and we look forward to sharing the next installment of the State of Balance!

- The Fight Team