Apr 15, 2019

Battlerite - sls_Liz

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.0.3 will contain the traditional Spring event, the return of the Egg Brawl, 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.

Spring in Battlerite

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

The Egg Brawl Returns!

Magical Eggs have been hidden within the Arena, find them with your teammates and throw them at your enemies - the infamous Egg Brawl is back! This year Bakko has a challenger in Raigon - try out both and jump into the egg-slinging fun, discovering what all of the colored eggs do. The old Battlerite system (choosing one per round) has returned for this mode. For those who were here last year, a couple of changes have been made to update the brawl:

All maps and their Day/Night variants are included in the map pool
Armory and Overload are both disabled for Egg Brawl
Purple Egg always panics enemies directly away from you, rather than picking a random direction
Egg behavior when bouncing off walls has been made more consistent

Egg Brawl Champion Updates

Bakko

Bulwark (Q)
- Cooldown has been reduced from 5s to 4.5s
Battlerites
- Egg Deflector
  - Cooldown reduction has been reduced from 1.5s to 1s
- Shield Rush
  - Haste has been increased from 40% to 50%
- New Tier 2 Battlerites:
  - Egg Tosser
  - Egg Specialist
  - Egg Marauder
- New Tier 3 Battlerites:
  - Egg Punch
  - Egg Thief
  - Manly Punch

Raigon

Palm Slap (M1)
- Raigon takes a quick step forward, slapping enemies with his palm. This move has a weighty follow-through!
Parry (Q)
- Raigon blocks a single melee or ranged attack, stunning melee attackers and reflecting eggs in the aimed direction
Battlerites
- Raigon's Battlerites Mirror Bakko's

Spring Outfits Return

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

Deflect 100 Eggs
- Reward: Free-Range Egg Epic Mount
- Available from April 17th at 8:00 UTC until May 1st at 8:00 UTC
Hit Enemies with Colored Eggs 75 Times
- Reward: Eggniter 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 Gems 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!

General Updates

Bakko's Egg Brawl is now available to play in the Private Lobby again
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.

Gameplay Bugfixes

Holy Flame no longer dispels buffs on self
Alysia's Ice Lance (M2) now correctly applies bonus damage when Chilled if both Cryogenic Lance and Piercing Cold rites are taken
Visual indicator for Bakko's Valiant Leap (Space) is now correct

Apr 5, 2019

Community Weekly: Concept Art Contest Winners and new Lore!

Battlerite - sls_beth

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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Community Tournament

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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Fan Art

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

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

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

View the original here.

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

View the original here.

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.

View the original here.

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

View the original here.
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Video Highlights

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

Mar 25, 2019

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.0.2

Battlerite - sls_Liz

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.0.2 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, March 27th at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour.

General Updates

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.
Season quests tab will now jump directly to current week when entered

Audio

Black Steed mount has received the proper sprint sound
"Yo" phrase removed from Jamila's wave emote
Fixed a bug that played the voice-over off-screen in MVP screen on certain maps
Fixed a bug the stopped music playing during match

Gameplay Updates

Bugfixes

Cooldowns now all reset correctly at the start of the round.

Dynamic Map Objects

So many Explosive Barrels were detonated in the Arena that we ran out of barrels for the foreseeable future. If new dynamic map objects return, we intend to release them on maps they are designed for.

Explosive Barrels removed from Blackstone Arena (Day & Night) and Meriko Summit (Day & Night).

Armory

We've continued to refine the Armory and shape it in the direction that fits Arena best. Elements that contributed to a chaotic feel have been removed, and many items have been changed. Explosive Barrels have run out for Armory as well.

Equipment

Timestone Pendant removed from Armory
Champion's Blade removed from Armory

Teldo's Quickblade
- No longer grants bonus damage or Fading Snare
- Now inflicts a 20% Snare on the target that lasts 2s
- Now grants a 20% haste to self that lasts 2s
- A new VFX has been added to indicate how much time is remaining until the effect may be triggered
Crown of Power
- No longer increases damage to self for Champions who deal self-damage
- Additional damage and healing from shield increased from 12% to 15%
- Damage and healing is no longer increased by 3%
Void Reaper
- Healing reduction debuff duration increased from 2s to 3s
Ahmrilas Ward (Reworked)
- No longer increases health and energy received from Health and Energy shards.
- No longer increases healing received by 10%.
- Allies receive 50% of the benefit you do when you pick up Health or Energy shards.
- Any excess healing you receive is transferred to your nearest ally.
New Equipment - Aegis of Symphony
- Your allies with 50% or less of your current health take 20% reduced damage

Consumables

Explosive Barrel removed from Armory

Runic Shield
- Rarity increased from Common to Rare
- Number of uses reduced from 3 to 2
Chronometer
- Haste increased from 40% to 60%
- Can now be cast without dismounting

Overload
Overload was released in a big, splashy experimental state to ensure that it made an impact on Arena rounds. Overload was designed to increase skillful play on both sides in situations where one team is down a player, rather than allowing the game to get into a stale state. In certain situations, Overload is perfect for remedying this problem. In other situations, Overload is overly effective and puts too much emphasis on the game state after a player has died. We want to scale this back to make sure that the portion of the game before a player dies is always vital in all matches.

While we're adjusting Overload now, we're simultaneously looking into other combinations of methods to address those stale game situations. If Overload can't be adjusted to a less polarizing state, then it's on the table to disable Overload in Arena until we can re-evaluate this kind of mechanic. We'll also be adding the option to toggle Overload in Private Lobbies in the near future.

Can now be cast without dismounting.
Healing reduced from 25 to 20
Cooldown Reduction Bonus reduced from 40% to 30%
Incoming Damage Multiplier reduced from 40% to 30%
Damage Bonus reduced from 40% to 30% (unless noted below)
Haste reduced from 40% to 30% (unless noted below)

Champion-Specific Changes

Overload for Lucie
- Damage bonus reduced from 55% to 45%
- Haste reduced from 40% to 30%
Overload for Poloma and Blossom
- Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 40%
- Haste reduced from 40% to 30%
Overload for Thorn, Iva, and Pestilus
- Damage Bonus reduced from 45% to 35%
- Haste reduced from 40% to 30%
Overload for Freya, Ashka, and Ruh Kaan
- Damage Bonus reduced from 35% to 25%
- Haste reduced from 40% to 30%
Overload for Rook, Shifu, Croak, and Jade:
- Damage Bonus reduced from 30% to 20%
- Haste reduced from 30% to 20%
Overload for Taya:
- Damage Bonus reduced from 40% to 30%
- Haste reduced from 20% to 10%

Champion Updates

Alysia

Ice Lance (M2)
- Chill duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
Arctic Wind (Space)
- Chill duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
Glacial Prism (Q)
- Chill duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s

Battlerites

Frozen Muse (M1)
- Empowered Frost Bolt duration increased from 3s to 3.5s
Piercing Cold (M2)
- Damage reduction per target increased from 30% to 50%
Froze Nova (Space)
- Root duration increased from 1s to 1.75s
Wintry Blast (Q)
- Damage increased from 10 to 14

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
War Shout (R)
- Reduced duration from 3s to 2.5s

Battlerites

Bravery (Space)
- Damage reduction reduced from 30% to 25%
Shield Bash (Q)
- Weaken duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
Mobile Defense (Q)
- Haste reduced from 50% to 45%

Blossom

Battlerites

Nature's Cycle (M1)
- Cooldown reduction reduced from 30% to 25%
Weakening Pitch (M1)
- Weaken factor reduced from 40% to 30%
Hop and Skip (Space)
- Duration of second jump increased from 0.35s to 0.45s
Nature's Presence (Space)
- Damage and healing factor increased from 20% to 30%
Cautious (Space)
- Bonus Invisibility duration increased from 1s to 1.5s
Refreshing Seed (Q)
- Haste duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
Healthful Bark (Q)
- Bonus health increased from 10 to 15
Puff (R)
- Recast duration increased from 2.2s to 2.5s
- Projectile speed increased from 16 to 20
- Enemy and self knockback increased from 2.5 to 3

Croak

Camouflage (Q)
- Duration reduced from 3s to 2s
- Haste increased from 30% to 40%
- Fading Haste duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s
Deceit (EX Q)
- Duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
- Haste increased from 30% to 40%
- Fading Haste duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s

Destiny

Charged Bolt (M2)
- Movement speed while casting increased from 20% to 40%
- Destiny start regaining movement speed 0.2s earlier
Magnetic Orb (Space)
- Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s

Battlerites

Plasma Infusion (M1)
- Shield decreased from 10 to 8
Violent Revolution (Space)
- Bonus damage increased from 4 to 6
- Bonus knock back increased from 20% to 25%
Globetrotter (Space)
- Bonus duration increased from 0.5s to 1s
- Haste increased from 20% to 35%
I/O Throttling (Q)
- Damage and healing reduction increased from 40% to 50%
Sizzle (E)
- Damage increased from 6 to 10
- Snare increased from 40% to 50%
Plasma Booster (E)
- Shield duration reduced from 3.5s to 3s
- Shield reduced from 16 to 12

Jamila

Shuriken (M2)
- Damage increased from 18/12/6 to 20/14/8
Elusive Strike (Space)
- Minimum damage increased from 10 to 12
- Max damage increased from 16 to 20

Battlerites

Taste of Blood (M2)
- Healing reduced from 8/9/10 to 6/8/10
Deep Wounds (M2)
- Bonus Snare duration increased from 1.5s to 2s
Cripple (Space)
- Fading Snare duration increased from 1s to 2s
Push Off (Space)
- Bonus range increased from 15% to 25%
Quick Strike (Space)
- Elusive Strike Bonus damage reduced from 8 to 6
- Lesser Phantom Cut damage reduced from 14 to 12
Crimson Blur (Q)
- Fading Haste duration increased from 0.75s to 1s
Shroud of Shadows (Q)
- Damage reduction increased from 30% to 35%
Drawing Blood (Q)
- Healing increased from 10 to 13
Phantom Blade (Q)
- Damage increased from 8 to 9
Firing Mechanism (E)
- Range increased from 15% to 20%

Lucie

Barrier (Space)
- Cooldown reduced from 11s to 10s

Oldur

Shifting Sands (Space)
- Cooldown reduced from 10s to 9s
Time Bender (Q)
- Knockback increased from 5.5 to 7
Quicksand (E)
- Damage increased from 16 to 18

Shen Rao

Empowered Shock Blast (Empowered M1 from Dragon Force, Storm Drain, and Sphere of Influence Rites)
- No longer deals 2 additional damage
Storm Bolt (M2)
- Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s
Dismissal (Q)
- Knockback distance increased from 5.5 to 6.5
- Cooldown reduced from 7s to 6s

Battlerites

Eyewall (M2)
- Affect radius reduced from 1.8 to 1.5
Heavenly Grace (Space)
- Healing increased from 8 to 14
Subdue (Space)
- Snare increased from 25% to 35%
Regal Aura (F)
- Duration increased from 1.5s to 2s

Shifu

Impale (M2) and Tendon Swing (R) have received updated SFX and VFX

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 first cancel cast.

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)
- Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s
Hand of Punishment (EX M2)
- Damage reduced from 18 to 16

Battlerites

Fervor (M1)
- Haste per stack increased from 8% to 10%
Devastation (M2)
- Bonus damage reduced from 4 to 3
Zeal (Space)
- Healing increased from 12 to 16
Wonder (Space)
- Additional shield reduced from 12 to 10
Return (Q)
- Recast duration increased from 2.5s to 3s
Inhibitor (E)
- Movement speed while casting reduced from 60% to 50%
Law Bender (E)
- Cooldown reduction per buff consumed increased from 3s to 4s
Kinetic Corruption (R)
- Cooldown reduction increased from 3s to 4s
Synergy
- Bonus factors for Corruption and Judgement increased from 5% to 7%

Mar 22, 2019

Community Weekly: Watch our QA Stream now!

Battlerite - sls_beth

It’s time for the Community Weekly!

This week we held a QA Stream with questions from the community, watch it here. Due to a few minor technical difficulties, we couldn’t stream from our official Battlerite channel, but future streams will hopefully be held there!

Top 8 entries have been announced, head over here to vote on your favorite! Polling period ends on March 27 at 23:59 CET.

PentaStealz is hosting a crowdfunded Battlerite tournament, donate to get an exclusive title! Read more here and here.

Learn more about Alysia in the latest chapter in the Book of Lore, A Winter’s Wish. Read it here.

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Fan Art

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

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Lucie is still the Star of the Show, with brilliant magic tricks and maybe a potion or two.
Made by Winter59.

View the original here.

Time for mischief. Ezmo is up to no good. Made by shurkin.

View the original here.

Interrogator Pestilus, frightening his victims - teddy bears?! - with needles and claws. Made by feng-shui1301.

View the original here.

The meanest and toughest girl in Battlerite! Made by Zul Zul.

View the original here.

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Video Highlights

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

Check out this promo by Jenius20 for the upcoming Players Pro League tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXc0KwF0pXg
Fails and Funny Moments Episode 3! Proxolol is back this week with tons of awesome content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iagfqlnyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3fYpmXwMPE
Become the best Lucie you can be with this in depth guide from Khioni.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-y1K_1ugBI

Mar 15, 2019

Community Weekly: Vote in the Concept Art Contest!

Battlerite - sls_beth

It’s time for the Community Weekly!

Top 8 entries have been announced, head over here to vote on your favorite! Polling period ends on March 27 at 23:59 CET

Hex Doll Pestilus and the Rotten Reaper are available now! For a limited time you can purchase both at 75% off in the Pestilus Hex Doll Bundle at 400 Gems.

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Fan Art

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

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Over 250 unique concepts were submitted in the Concept Art Contest, check out some of the amazing entries below.

One of the very cool entries in the Concept Art Contest, Ashtiki! Made by SoulManatee.

View the original here.

Goddess Alysia, graceful and elegant as always. Made by AshdA.

View the original here.

Thorny branches have corrupted Ruh Kaan and he has become one with the forest. Made by Lucy.

View the original here.

The spirit of Varesh, possessing an ancient armor. Made by Yakov Yakovenko.

View the original here.

Poloma and Toki, with both grace and style. Made by Darinushka.

View the original here.

Freya is dressed and ready for a fight in the desert kingdom of Trolobe. Made by Ahkito Dess.

View the original here.

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Video Highlights

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

Mr.Fruit is back on Talon Island, check out more awesome Royale gameplay below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCzTaQgBpzo
If you interested in participating in a Battlerite tournament, check out Jenius20’s video below and get some tips on how to get out of Champion League at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-k4KFYIiQ
Why so Sirius? Proxolol is back this week with a sirius-ly intense fight in Royale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rve9RMsPa_I

Mar 8, 2019

Community Weekly: Armory Update and More!

Battlerite - sls_beth

It’s time for the Community Weekly!

We go through some of the positives and negatives of the new Armory system in this dev update, and where we’ll be taking it in the future. Read it here.

Read up on the latest patch notes now, several bug fixes and the first Premium outfit were added. Click here for Arena, and here for Royale.
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Fan Art

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

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

The Battlerite Concept Art Contest ends today, check out some of the impressive and really awesome entries below!

Taya is rockin’ the bandit queen outfit, by jericho_rus.

View the original here.

Throw a little steam and a little punk in Battlerite, and you’ll get Steam Crawler Iva, by feertyn.

View the original here.

Lucie has taken some inspiration from Ruh Kaan to make one pretty cool looking Crypt Fiend, by Sayned.

View the original here.

Zander, more marvelous than ever before, by Gatsbunny.

View the original here.

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Video Highlights

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

BattleManly with Best of Battlerite #94, check out the clutch plays with Overload and new combos with the Armory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-LhNTAWrU
Sp4zie with an awesome mix of epicness and humor, and freeesh feesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJiiUY-wEA
If you’re looking to learn more about the newly added Armory, Xiomaro gives you a few valuable tips!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHHfsDbcNv0
Jenius20 discusses dungeons in Battlerite, and how the gameplay could be adapted to a PvE setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZLnR1LfVvI
Proxolol is back this week with more intense gameplay in Battlerite Royale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhx1cxR4R0w
Yoehn returns to Battlerite Royale with an impressive victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi0TtPNvJk