Hey everyone, Liz here! I’ve finally settled into the office so I’ll be taking over the Dev Blogs from here on out. Chris may return as a guest, but from now on, I’m running the show! And I’ll begin the show with a blog written by Kohake on the backstab mechanic originally included in Patch 0.13.2.0 – the thought process behind it, the differences from Bloodline Champions, it’s strengths and weaknesses.

On a side note, remember today is the start of our Free Week, and that our Halloween Event is coming up soon as well!

Without further ado – Kohake on backstab:

You can read the rest of the blog here.

Hey everyone, Liz here! I’ve finally settled into the office so I’ll be taking over the Dev Blogs from here on out. Chris may return as a guest, but from now on, I’m running the show! And I’ll begin the show with a blog written by Kohake on the backstab mechanic originally included in Patch 0.13.2.0 – the thought process behind it, the differences from Bloodline Champions, it’s strengths and weaknesses.

On a side note, remember today is the start of our Free Week, and that our Halloween Event is coming up soon as well!

Without further ado – Kohake on backstab:

You can read the rest of the blog here.

We've deployed some Hotfixes to Patch 0.13.2.0.

This Hotfix contains the following fixes:

• Fixed an issue that caused some teams to be placed too highly after their placement games. Affected teams will need to play their placement games again. We apologize for any inconvenience.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some abilities to have inconsistent attack speed.
  
• Fixed a reconnect exploit bug
  
• Localization fixes

We've deployed some Hotfixes to Patch 0.13.2.0.

This Hotfix contains the following fixes:

• Fixed an issue that caused some teams to be placed too highly after their placement games. Affected teams will need to play their placement games again. We apologize for any inconvenience.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some abilities to have inconsistent attack speed.
  
• Fixed a reconnect exploit bug
  
• Localization fixes

Welcome to the community news, we’ve got a lot of things on the table today, so let’s just dive on in!

Battlerite - A New Era

Battlerite is entering a new era, and we’ve got it all laid out for you! Find out the Free to Play release date, the new game modes, and the new Champions to come! Read all about it at battlerite.com/newera


Devblog

The Dev Blog this past week by Shelt was on the changes coming to Season 5.

You can read all about it here: blog.battlerite.com/dev-blog-029/


Video Roundup
We have some awesome video content being created by the Battlerite community each week. Here's a few of them!

Meet the Voice Actors of Battlerite!
Meeting the actors behind your favorite characters as they wish us a Happy One-Year Anniversary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-RB-E9rXg

Battlemanly
Published weekly, BattleManly puts up videos highlighting different cool or humorous plays that have happened in Battlerite each week. This one is another “Best of Battlerite” - he’s on week forty-four now! Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjCNi-AeE1w

Topplerite
We’ve got a new addition to Topplerite as they show off # 6 of their Outplay Series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIwva1Jmf5s&t=

Fanart
Just one fanart today - we have so much else going on but I wanted to show off this adorable female Croak done by fkmi



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140212791
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can keep an eye on http://battleritewiki.com/ for a schedule of some of the upcoming tournaments.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region: North America

Pro Rivalry League has their weekly 3v3 tournaments up and running still, with the next tournament on Sunday, September 24th at 2:00 PM EDT.

Fight or your share of $300; sign up and find more information here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region: Europe

ESL Play will be hosting the ESL 2v2 Open is held on Saturday, September 23rd at 18:00 CEST. The first placing team will win Emperor Scorpions. You can find more information here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region(s): Brazil

Next week the King of the Arena series held in Brazil will continue with a 2v2
tournament on Monday September 25th at 3:00 PM PDT, and 3v3 tournament on Tuesday, September 26th at 3:00 PM PDT.

The winner of the tournament will get to play against the reigning Kings, with the Kings earning in-game prizes based upon how long they remain undefeated. Naturally, the team that defeats the reigning team will take their place for the next occasion.

Go to http://www.ultimatearena.net/kingofthearena/en/ for more information and signups.

You can watch the games live at https://www.twitch.tv/metagamestv (stream in Portuguese (Brazil))

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you have a useful community related tool or website, or are hosting a tournament and would like to be featured in this section, please write an email to community[at]battlerite[dot]com with information about it!

Welcome to the community news, we’ve got a lot of things on the table today, so let’s just dive on in!

Battlerite - A New Era

Battlerite is entering a new era, and we’ve got it all laid out for you! Find out the Free to Play release date, the new game modes, and the new Champions to come! Read all about it at battlerite.com/newera


Devblog

The Dev Blog this past week by Shelt was on the changes coming to Season 5.

You can read all about it here: blog.battlerite.com/dev-blog-029/


Video Roundup
We have some awesome video content being created by the Battlerite community each week. Here's a few of them!

Meet the Voice Actors of Battlerite!
Meeting the actors behind your favorite characters as they wish us a Happy One-Year Anniversary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-RB-E9rXg

Battlemanly
Published weekly, BattleManly puts up videos highlighting different cool or humorous plays that have happened in Battlerite each week. This one is another “Best of Battlerite” - he’s on week forty-four now! Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjCNi-AeE1w

Topplerite
We’ve got a new addition to Topplerite as they show off # 6 of their Outplay Series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIwva1Jmf5s&t=

Fanart
Just one fanart today - we have so much else going on but I wanted to show off this adorable female Croak done by fkmi



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140212791
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can keep an eye on http://battleritewiki.com/ for a schedule of some of the upcoming tournaments.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region: North America

Pro Rivalry League has their weekly 3v3 tournaments up and running still, with the next tournament on Sunday, September 24th at 2:00 PM EDT.

Fight or your share of $300; sign up and find more information here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region: Europe

ESL Play will be hosting the ESL 2v2 Open is held on Saturday, September 23rd at 18:00 CEST. The first placing team will win Emperor Scorpions. You can find more information here.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Region(s): Brazil

Next week the King of the Arena series held in Brazil will continue with a 2v2
tournament on Monday September 25th at 3:00 PM PDT, and 3v3 tournament on Tuesday, September 26th at 3:00 PM PDT.

The winner of the tournament will get to play against the reigning Kings, with the Kings earning in-game prizes based upon how long they remain undefeated. Naturally, the team that defeats the reigning team will take their place for the next occasion.

Go to http://www.ultimatearena.net/kingofthearena/en/ for more information and signups.

You can watch the games live at https://www.twitch.tv/metagamestv (stream in Portuguese (Brazil))

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you have a useful community related tool or website, or are hosting a tournament and would like to be featured in this section, please write an email to community[at]battlerite[dot]com with information about it!

Welcome to a new era of Battlerite!

We've got a roadmap and a lot to show you: new seasonal events, new Champions, and most importantly - the Free to Play release date.

Head over to https://battlerite.com/newera to see everything that's on the way!

Welcome to a new era of Battlerite!

We've got a roadmap and a lot to show you: new seasonal events, new Champions, and most importantly - the Free to Play release date.

Head over to https://battlerite.com/newera to see everything that's on the way!

You can view the patch notes more properly formatted here.

[UPDATED 09/20]

After additional testing and hearing responses to the Backstab mechanic, we have decided not to include it in this patch. It was initially intended as an experiment to gather data and feedback from the community. Backstab may return in some form in the future.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patch 0.13.2.0 will arrive on Wednesday, September 20th. The servers will be brought down for patching at 15:00 CEST (9:00 AM EDT / 6:00 AM PDT). The servers can be unavailable for up to 4 hours due to the season change.


With the end of Season 4, rewards will be handed out based on your highest attained league during it. The Grand Champion Mount will be handed out to all players who reached the Grand Champion League during Season 4. The Grand Champion titles will be handed out to the top 5 of every team type.
Season 5 will be the final Early Access Season.

• Major changes to the Ranking System
  
  • Higher leagues will be harder to obtain
    
    • Most players will end up in a lower League than before due to the changes
  • Contender League has been removed
  • Divisions per League have been reduced from 8 to 5
  • Placement games have been added to quicker place you close to your skill level.
  • Win Streak Bonus has been removed
  • Rating Decay System Added
    
    • Players and Teams in Diamond League or above will receive a rating penalty if they have been inactive for over 7 days. Playing at least one match per week will avoid this penalty
    • Note that there are no notifications or warnings for players/teams risking rating decay (this might be added later)
  • Rating Reset
    
    • Due to these changes we will reset everyone's rating, note that this will be the last reset before the official free-to-play launch.
  • Players will be less likely to encounter the same opponents two times in a row.
  • Players will less likely be matched two times in a row with other players that have yet not completed their placement games (when you have completed your own placement games)
• Third-Party Region Ladder Support
  
  • Match Data now include region, allowing third-party sites to filter players/teams into different region ladders if they like.
    
    • The following regions are tagged; EU, NA, South America, SEA, East Asia and OCE.
• Fixed a bug when selecting multiple matchmaking regions, where players were unable to find games in certain matchmaking regions even though they had them checked.

• Weekly Free Champion Rotation is now active for Battlerite Lite and Free Players
  
  • The rotation consists of 6 Champions that rotate every Friday at 10:00 UTC
  • To ensure a healthy distribution of champions, the rotation may differ between players
• Jade is now owned by all players

• Sprint (Z while mounted) cooldown reduced from 20s to 10s
• Melee and Projectile attacks now deal 20% bonus damage when hitting someone in the back
• Buff queuing reworked
  
  • Other Side, Tornado and Time Travel will generally no longer wait for a channel or a cast to finish before being applied
    
    • In exceptions where it is not applied a "Fail Cast" notification will appear, the cooldown of the ability will be set to 0 and any energy cost will be refunded
    • These types of abilities will still wait for travels or dashes to complete before the ability is applied, like before
  • Champions will in some states count as "untargetable", meaning shield abilities or abilities like Other Side can't be applied. The current abilities where the champion counts as untargetable are:
    
    • Pestilus's Infest
    • Raigon's Ultimate
    • Varesh's Ultimate

Some Champions have had their Ultimate voice clip moved to their cast time. Interrupting these champions during their cast time interrupts their voice lines. Champions Affected:

• Blossom
• Ezmo
• Iva
• Jade
• Lucie
• Pearl
• Pestilus
• Raigon
• Sirius
• Varesh

In addition, voice clips are cancelled when enemies are interrupted while channeling their ultimate. Champions Affected:

• Iva
• Jade
• Rook
• Sirius

Raging Ram (Updated)

• Now also reduces the cooldown of Shield Slam (EX E)

• Fixed an issue where the last animation in the attack string sometimes wouldn't play

• Fixed an issue where the last animation in the attack string sometimes wouldn't play

Hysteria (Updated)

• Now also reduces the cooldown of Petrify Dart (EX E)

Shock Wave (Updated)

• Now also reduces the cooldown of Tectonic Shock (EX E)

• Campaign
  
  • The energy step in Mission 1 now starts you out with 50 energy
  • The number of enemies in Mission 1 and Mission 5 has been tweaked
• Colllision on maps has been tweaked
  
  • Generally smaller hard to notice edges have been smoothed out
• Fixed a bug with model loading when a character appears from the Fog of War. This issue was most noticeable with Pestilus