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In case you haven’t seen it yet, big changes are coming to Battlerite and Battlerite Royale! Check out all the new updates right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPBood2Rhw&t=
Battlerite Royale is becoming free-to-play on February 19, check out the trailer now!

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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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Blossom, in her newest Royalty of Silverdeep outfit, spreading the love! Thank you
Krim_Ch!



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Lucie, also in a brand new outfit, is taking after her big brother Zander! This was made by FUZZY.



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Speaking of Zander, here he is, magnificent as always. Thank you again FUZZY.



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It’s Poloma’s time to shine, thank you MetalHarpey for sharing!



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In celebration of Valentine's Day yesterday, vivienegg shared some cool Battlerite e-cards!



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Also in the spirit of Valentine's Day, Lucie has some chocolate for you all. Thank you
ペコロボ!



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

If Oldur has been giving you some trouble, Jenius20 is here to make sure you come out of those fights on top!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzmNKAKpsGs
Battlecrank shares his first impressions of the big changes coming to Battlerite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqDDNMkLs0
Also make sure to tune in and listen to Xiomaro's thoughts on the big update!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcfzAgLBPKo
Proxolol is back with more intense moments in Battlerite Royale!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzmjYD5HvEs

There's a Big Patch™ coming to Battlerite!

If you haven't heard what's coming February 19th, make sure to check out our nifty website!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPBood2Rhw

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Big changes are coming to the Battlerite world in The Big Patch™; Arena is getting an overhaul to address staleness and repetition, Royale will see some map changes, read more in the lastest dev update here.



Along with the The Big Patch™ and the free-to-play launch of Battlerite Royale, there is the Battle Pass! Find out what goodies you can unlock here!



There is also another chapter in the Book of Lore, this week you can learn more about Lucie - and her brother Zander - in The Alchemy of Dreams, you can find it 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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Lucie and Croak in adorable pixel art, made by drenskywalker!




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The cost of keeping your head above the clouds - this thoughtful piece was made by Defiant Gatsbunny.



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These chemicals are cooked and ready for battle! Thank you Winter59 for sharing!



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Rook has never been this cute before! Yummy yummy yummy I want food in my tummy!
Thank you cylice!



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

BattleManly with part 92 (!) of Best of Battlerite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGOYofGBeZQ
Jenius20 has compiled the ultimate and fully up-to-date guide with builds for every Champion in Battlerite. If you’re looking to improve or learn a new Champion, this is the place!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTg6R8bIpw
Proxolol is back this week with some seriously intense gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmq6Gt8bvGw

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Lunar New Year has begun, enter the Arena or travel to Talon Island to claim your rewards! Lunar Chests and Dragon Chests are now available, with a bunch of unique Lunar cosmetics. Read more in our patch notes for Arena and Royale.

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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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Pearl is drinking her afternoon tea, salty enemy tears. Seems about right. Thank you Impossum!



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Shen Rao, doing all the heavy lifting. Thank you Humbug!



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The Spearmaster in all his glory, made by Jar-Rod.



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I have soooo many questions! Made by LordKazuto



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

There is more to winning a Battlerite tournament than mechanically playing well, find out more in the video below where Jenius20 talks about Penta's Pro League tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUZ54m2K-o
BattleManly is back this week with another part of Best of Battlerite Royale, tune in for some epic moments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIvVjPogVp4
More Fails and Funny Moments from Proxolol, make sure to check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApLKciDbag
If you'd like an overview of the Lunar Patch, Proxolol has you covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poWuTS2Y2pU

Battlerite Royale Patch 0.5 brings Legends of Quna to Talon Island. As stated in our earlier Dev Update, this is a smaller event as we prepare for the coming Big Patch™.

Lunar New Year has begun! It's time to celebrate the changing of the moons and this year's zodiac animal - the Pig!

Lunar cosmetics are once again displayed in game and are available for direct purchase with either Tokens or Diamonds. During this event Silver Chests can no longer be purchased with Battle Coins and have been replayed with Lunar Chest. Likewise, leveling up your Account Level will reward a Lunar Chest instead of a Silver Chest during the event. Lunar Chests contain three random drops and guarantee at least one rare drop and one random Lunar Item.

Dragon Chests are also available for purchase with Diamonds. These contain three drops and guarantee a non-duplicate Epic or Legendary Lunar cosmetic.

Lunar Cosmetics

One new Legendary Lunar Outfit has been added to the game, along with a brand-new Legendary Mount. These are obtainable either through direct purchase or through Event chests. Champions that previously did not have a Lunar Weapon or Pose have now received one as well.

Quests

• Hit an Enemy with a Rock 6 times
  
  • Available between January 30 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 6 at 8:00 AM UTC
    
  • Rewards 3 Lunar Chests
• Launch an Enemy with a Spring Trap in 3 Matches
  
  • Available between February 6 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 13 at 8:00 AM UTC
    
  • Rewards 3 Lunar Chests
• Make Explosive Barrels explode on 3 Enemies
  
  • Available between February 13 at 8:00 AM UTC to February 19 at 8:00 AM UTC
    
  • Rewards 1 Dragon Chest

Audio

• Voiceover balance has been adjusted for Poloma, Croak, Freya, Jumong, Shifu, Jamila, Ezmo, Raigon, Thorn, and Bakko
  
• Placement of some ambient sounds (such as birds) has been adjusted for a better audio experience
  
• Mount footstep volumes have been adjusted
  
• Fixed footstep sounds for local player, it should now be more accurate and not sound like someone else is near you
  
• Fixed a bug where Champion voice lines would get muted after being in the Werebear form

Yuletide has come to an end, and the Winter Goblins have gone back into hiding. While you can no longer gain winter consumables by defeating these treasure-carrying critters, we’ve decided to introduce some of the more interesting event consumables into the general consumable pool - three consumables from Yuletide and one from Curse of the Night have been added. Overall, a larger pool of consumables ensures a steady mix of new situations and more wacky combinations.

Gaining your full ability kit has never been easier! A short while back we added a system that ensured you would gain a non-duplicate ability after destroying enough chests - this worked out to be about 6 to 9 chests on average. We’ve made further adjustments to the inner workings of the system such that your chance to open a non-duplicate ability increases with each and every chest you destroy so that the average is closer to 5 to 6 chests. Between this change and the ability vendor that always sells all abilities, getting all your abilities is significantly more in your control.

• Winter Goblins no longer appear in matches
  
• The equation for finding a non-duplicate ability in a chest has changed and the chance to find a non-duplicate ability has now increased
  
• Reflected piercing projectiles can now hit targets they have previously hit. Generally this affects players caught in the middle of a fight in Royale.

Consumables

Traps and explosive barrels galore have made for a veritable treasure trove of clip-worthy moments. However, if these moments are too commonplace it dulls the excitement and takes away player agency. Explosive barrels become a bit less unfair by losing bonus damage from equipment and losing potency when stacked together. The two different traps now have a dramatically more noticeable visual, adding additional counterplay for the attentive player. Traps and barrel combinations retain their previous weakness towards Circlet of Resilience and Sheep Medallion.

• The following consumables can now be found at Merchants and in Chests:
  
  • Frost Flake (Rare)
    
  • Hungry Snowman (Legendary)
    
  • Raging Moose (Legendary)
    
  • Scarecrow (Legendary)
• Consumables no longer benefit from Equipment damage bonuses
  
• Trap Kit and Spring Trap have much more noticeable VFX

• Explosive Barrel
  
  • Area damage no longer ticks on impact
    
  • Barrel deals reduced damage when triggered within 0.2s of each other
    
    • This only matters for stacked barrels - each consecutive barrel will deal 20% less damage than previous
  • Explosion damage now consistently detonates other explosive barrels with a shorter fuse as intended

Equipment

• Breastplate of Vitality
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer has a chance to trigger against Damage-Over-Time effects
• Circlet or Resistance
  
  • HP increased from 8/12/16/20% to 10/15/20/25%
• Lucky Keyring
  
  • Gold gain increased from 16/24/32/40% to 40/60/80/100%

All three new Champions to Royale have made a big impact on the state of the game. As such, each receives some nerfs to bring them closer in line to the other Champions. At the same time, we don’t want to overdo any nerf too drastically, as Royale has a better pacing and plays better with a higher power-level across all Champions.

Ashka

• Fireball (M1)
  
  • Damage reduced from 15 to 14
    
  • Legendary Bonus damage bonus increased from 2 to 3
    
  • Fireballs passing through Firewall have their healing reduced from 15 to 14

Destiny

• Transform Weapon (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus Nova Bolts deal 50% normal damage and shield gain
    
  • Now displays correct Shield Duration in tooltip, and add the correct Shield Duration when hitting M1 projectiles when Transform Weapon is active

Ezmo

• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s
    
  • Movement speed slow-down during cast duration reduced

Iva

• Boomstick (M1)
  
  • Projectile speed increased from 18 to 20
    
  • Projectile radius increased from 0.15 to 0.2

Jade

• Revolver Shot (m1)
  
  • Projectile speed increased from 20 to 23

Lucie

Lucie’s strength in extended trading scenarios and ability to use two back-to-back dodges made her a formidable competitor with few weaknesses and a small window to punish her mistakes. Her consistent defensive tools see an increase in cooldown to increase this timing window, and Catalyst’s Snare is nerfed to reduce its crippling impact.

• Rapid Fire (M2)
  
  • Total energy gain decreased from 27% to 21% (9% to 7% per bolt)
• Roll (Space)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 13s to 14s
    
  • Legendary Bonus Haste duration reduced from 2.5s to 1.5s
• Catalyst (Q)
  
  • Snare factor reduced from 33% to 25%
    
  • Snare duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
    
  • Snare now scales with rarity
    
  • Scaling now indicated in tooltip
• Alchemist's Brew (R)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 10s to 12s
    
  • Energy gain bonus of Ultimate Potion increased from 75% to 100%
• Crippling Goo (F)
  
  • Total area damage reduced from 55 to 50

Poloma

Poloma is one of the strongest contenders when playing with a partner. While she is weak until she gets her full kit, playing duos allows her to gear up safely where she reaches her full potential. Her abilities give her a wide range of utility and disruption, all from a safe range. The psychopomp receives adjustments across the board to scale back her power.

• Soul Bolt (M1)
  
  • Healing on ally hit reduced from 8 to 7
    
  • Legendary Bonus Pixie damage reduced from 7 to 6
    
  • Legendary Bonus healing reduced from 4 to 3
• Ghost Wolf (M2)
  
  • Damage decreased from 26/20/14 to 24/18/12
    
  • Energy gain decreased from 10% to 9%
    
  • Legendary Bonus healing decreased from 12 to 8
• Other Side (R)
  
  • Movement speed bonus decreased from 40% to 33%
• Ancestral Spirit (F)
  
  • Fading Snare duration decreased from 2.5s to 2s (to line up with when it sends out the wolf)

Raigon

• Retribution (M2)
  
  • Damage bonus per weapon charge increased from 2 to 3
    
  • Healing bonus per weapon charge increased from 2 to 3
• Parry (Q)
  
  • Movement speed while channeling increased from 75% to 85%
• Seismic Shock (E)
  
  • Damage increased from 10 to 16
    
  • Energy gain increased from 10% to 12%
    
  • Projectile radius increased from 0.35 to 0.45
    
  • Aerial Strike damage now scales with Seismic Shock rarity

Shen Rao

Shen Rao’s powerful ultimate is fueled by his high energy gain on Shock Blast and made crippling by the speed of his Ascension. Both are tweaked to scale back Dragon Storm from both fronts. Additionally, his area attacks are adjusted to be slightly more difficult to use.

• Shock Blast (M1)
  
  • Energy gain decreased from 12% to 10%
    
  • Empowered Shock Blast AoE reduced from 0.8 to 0.65
    
    • Area of Effect is more consistently place at the center of the explosion
      
    • No longer deals bonus damage
• Storm Bolt (M2)
  
  • Energy gain increased from 12% to 14%
    
  • Legendary Bonus recast goes away if the projectile misses or hits a wall
• Ascension (Space)
  
  • Movement speed bonus decreased from 30% to 20%
• Dragon Roar (E)
  
  • Silence and Root duration each reduced from 1s to 0.7s
    
  • Root now scales more with rarity
    
  • Scaling is now indicated in the tooltip

Shifu

• Impale (M2)
  
  • Dash duration increased from 0.175s to 0.2s
    
  • Legendary Bonus Snare duration reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
• Kunju (Q)
  
  • Healing reduced from 16 to 12
    
  • Healing now scales with rarity
• Javelin (E)
  
  • Legendary Bonus Root duration reduced from 1.2s to 1s
• Tendon Swing (R)
  
  • Tooltip now accurately reflects that the damage does not scale

Thorn

• Leeching Thorns (M2)
  
  • Legendary Bonus Snare reduced from 30% to 20%

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



This week we take a look back on 2018 and what’s coming next in 2019. Read our latest dev update 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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Gracious Alysia bringing light to the darkness, in this piece made by Lystra_oleg.



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These chemicals are cooked and ready for battle! If you want heals from Lucie, some bruises are to be expected. Thanks Verrcia!



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Ulric in all his might, ready to strike down his foes in the Arena. Screenshot by Ek0ran.



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Another neat screenshot, Poloma and Toki falling from the sky onto Talon Island. Thank you again Ek0ran.



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Let’s finish this week’s fan art section with an adorable little Destiny! Thanks rohui.



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

Proxolol is back this week, trying to reach Diamond rank in Arena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUieDcdoMd8
BattleManly is back with Best of Battlerite Royale, get ready for some action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9E-XupNIE
Jenius20 goes back to analyze his games and shares some helpful tips on how to adapt to your enemies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzv8ddSkSO0

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It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Another week, another chapter in the Book of Lore. If you want to learn more about Iva and ole Bessy, then click 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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Blossom in the bestest of outfits, the Winter Kitty <3 Thank you Fuzzy!



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Thank you Kartosha for sharing this awesome art of Lucie!



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Wow, impressive fan art from qassamzed! We hope y'all like it as much as we do!



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This time Poloma gets an extra dose of cuteness, isn't she adorable? Thank you vivienegg.



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Jamila seems to be deep in thought here in this piece, drawn by Sigma.



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Gaasbis cosplaying as Poloma, in her Dark Apparition outfit, ready for another fight in the Arena or on Talon Island.



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

Best of Battlerite Royale, oh yes! Tune in for some awesome trap kills, raging mooses and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5U2J1Bp-o
Proxolol shares his best (and worst?) moments in Battlerite Royale. Be sure to click the video below for a good laugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8R_EaE2y0w

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It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Did you miss the latest chapters in the Book of Lore? This week you can learn more about Jumong, click here to read the stories and learn more about the Battlerite world!

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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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First up, we have another wonderful piece by Darinushka. Freya, a true warrior!



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Winter Kitty Blossom is best Blossom? We certainly think so! <3 Thank you
Lycisca.



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DarkForest571 is mixing the Battlerite world with Overwatch. Boop! Pearl does not seem amused, or what do you think?



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Another Blossom piece, and we love it! Thank you Kip for sharing!



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Zander is looking truly magnificent this week, as every magician should. Thank you Fuzzy.



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

Another Best of Battlerite from BattleManly, check it out now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhEfcz4k_g
Jenius20 is sharing some tips on how to improve in Battlerite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM3Q89YDYJA
Joltzie is giving Shen Rao is a try!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oAS-c0lLNM
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We've rolled out a hotfix today to address some of the bugs and numbers in the Yuletide patch, as well as adjust some numbers for our newest Battlerite Royale Champions, Shen Rao and Poloma.

• Fixed a bug that allowed for Interrupt on Move to be unchecked in options

• Snowball can no longer Chill Frozen targets
  
• Snowball cast time increased from 0.4 to 0.5
  
• Snowball cooldown increased from 0.4 to 0.5
  
• Snowball damage reduced from 6 to 1
  
• Snowball knockback distance decreased from 1 to 0.5
  
• Snowball's Frozen Shield health increased from 20 to 40

Lucie

• Catalyst (Q)
  
  • Fixed a bug so Catalyst will only consume the player's own Poison stacks, instead of any Lucie's Poison stacks. 

Poloma

• Ghost Wolf (M2)
  
  • Range reduced from 12 to 10.5
• Spirit Rift (Q)
  
  • Radius increased from 2.3 to 2.5 to better match vfx
• Soul Transfer (E)
  
  • Damage and healing decreased from 14 to 12
• Ancestral Spirit (F)
  
  • Ghost Wolf from Ancestral Spirit no longer yields energy per bounce
    
  • Ghost Wolf range reduced from 12 to 10.5. Does not affect targeting range.

Ruh Kaan

• Curse (Debuff)
  
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Curse to stack

Shen Rao

• Jet Stream (Q)
  
  • Boomerangs now reflect in the correct direction with less jerkiness
• Ascension (Space)
  
  • Legendary Bonus damage reduced from 24 to 14
    
  • Initial travel duration decreased from 0.35 to 0.3
    
  • Max range reduced from 5 to 4.5
• Dragon Storm (F)
  
  • Orbital damage reduced from 20 to 18
• Storm Struck (Debuff)
  
  • Enemies moved by Storm Struck now move at the same speed regardless of character movement speed. Works on immobilized targets.
    
  • Fixed an issue where player input could affect the direction or movement during Storm Struck

Yuletide is here!

Jump into a snowy Talon Island filled with hungry, hungry snowmen, raging moose, ice skating, and snow balls of course!

Make sure to take part in the winter fun before the snow melts!

Read the patch notes here.