It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPBood2Rhw
Battlerite Royale is now free-to-play, watch the launch trailer and get in on the fun!



Got an awesome idea for a new outfit in Battlerite? Don't miss your chance to share it with us in the Concept Art Contest, the winning outfit will be added to the game! All details here.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024610/Battlerite_Royale__Legendary_Adventure_Pack_Vol2/
Looking to get your hands on more cool outfits? Check out the Legendary Adventure Pack Vol.2.



Hotfixes were added this week, read the hotfix notes here.

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

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

KrimChers has shared two beautiful pieces this week; Blossom playing the guitar, and gorgeous Poloma.




View the originals here and here.

SplashBrush is back this week, and it looks like Lucie has learned how to pull a rabbit out of a hat, and not just any rabbit! It's Zander!



View the original here.

Applestream drew one of their favorite Champions, Ashka. Ashka like fire.



View the original here.

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

Xiomaro goes through the changes in Battlerite 2.0, check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmwJBa5i0cY
BattleManly is here for another week, with Best of Battlerite #93 and Best of Battlerte Royale #10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RceVDn915Vw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaE6okB6BE8
Joltzie tried a Raigon build with the new changes in Battlerite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPhp_fjr-es
Jenius20 is here as well to try out Battlerite 2.0!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7CFiY_Rf8

Battlerite Royale is Free to Play NOW!

Grab a friend and get in on the action now - everyone's invited!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/879160/Battlerite_Royale/

The Big Patch™ hits servers one day before the free to play launch of Battlerite Royale, on February 18th at 9:00 AM CET. Downtime is scheduled to last up to 2 hours. Both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale will be offline during this time.

There are lots of large changes coming to Battlerite with this patch. You can read up on the thought process behind these changes in our Dev Update.


Unlock unique rewards every Battle Season with the new Battle Pass feature! Battle Pass progress is shared between Battlerite and Battlerite Royale, giving players the freedom to progress their Pass however they choose.

With the introduction of the Battle Pass come the Battle Seasons, starting with Battle Season 1. We're restarting the season counter to make it clear when the Battle Pass and its related changes was introduced and that the Season is shared between both games.

The Battle Pass

Progress your Battle Pass by leveling your Tier level, with each Tier level having new rewards to potentially unlock. Advancing to the next Tier level requires 10 Battle Stars, which can be earned by leveling up your Season Level, completing Daily Quests, or completing Season Quests.

The Free Pass

Everyone has access to the Free Battle Pass, which gives rewards at Tier levels 2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 23, 27, 31, and 36. These rewards include:

• 6x Silver Chests
  
• 2x Avatars
  
• 2x Rare Weapons
  
• 1x Rare Pose

The Premium Pass

Upgrade your Battle Pass to the Premium Pass to unlock rewards at every Tier level. Pre-purchase the Premium Pass here or purchase it in-game for 950 Diamonds.

Players also have the option to upgrade to the Premium Pass and purchase an additional 15 Tiers for 2500 Diamonds in game (unless already pre-purchased).

Premium Pass owners can unlock all the Free Pass rewards, as well as potentially:

• 1x Legendary Mount
  
• 2x Legendary Outfits
  
• 2x Legendary Weapons
  
• 1x Epic Mount
  
• 9x Epic Pets, including variations (27 total)
  
• 2x Epic Poses
  
• 2x Epic Emotes, including variations (4 total)
  
• 3x Epic Weapons
  
• 1x Rare Mount
  
• 6x 100 Gems or Diamonds (players can choose which currency)
  
• 5x 10% Season XP Boosts (Season XP Boosts stack additively)
  
• 8x Avatars
  
• 1x Legendary Chest
  
• 2x Dragon Chests
  
• 1x Arctic Chests
  
• 1x Creepy Chest
  
• 1x Ancient Chest
  
• 1x Gold Chest

Players who upgrade to the Premium Pass can purchase Tiers directly for

• 1 Tier for 150 Diamonds
  
• 5 Tiers + 1 Extra for 750 Diamonds
  
• 10 Tiers + 4 Extra for 1,500 Diamonds

Tiers purchased after the max Tier of 50 will be converted into Season XP. All Battle Star progress is kept and applied to your new Tier level.


Season Level

The Season Level is a new type of Account Level that resets every Season. Gain 2 Battle Stars every time you level up, and 5 Battle Stars every 5th level. Once a player has reached a max Tier level of 50, any Battle Stars earned will be converted into Season XP, which increases a player's Season Level. Season Level history will be shown in the profile from Battle Season 2 onward.



Account Level

Account Levels are still around! Account Levels now represent your total accumulated level from previous and current Seasons in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale. No legacy Account Levels have been lost. Account Level is displayed in the profile, above your current Season Level, and in the Friends List.

New Season Quests

Every Battle Season now brings new quests that unlock each week for ten weeks! Season Quests are not shared between Battlerite and Battlerite Royale and can only be progressed in their respective game client. However, both will contribute to the same Battle Pass progress. Season quests can only be progressed in Casual and League. There are Free and Premium Quests - Free Quests can be progressed by all players, but Premium Quests require upgrading the Battle Pass to progress. In Battlerite Royale there are:

• 2 Free Quests per week
  
• 1 Premium Quest per week
  
• Total of 30 Quests per Season
  
• 4 Battle Stars rewarded per completed Free Quest
  
• 8 Battle Stars rewarded per completed Premium Quest

Daily Quests have been reworked and are now shared between Battlerite and Battlerite Royale. Each completed Daily Quest rewards 150 Battle Coins and 3 Battle Stars. Daily Quests can be progressed in Vs AI, Casual, and League. Don't forget that Daily Quests still progress signed Sponsors!

Additionally, some old Daily Quests have been removed and new ones added. The new Daily Quest pool consists of the following quests:

• Play 6 Matches
  
• Play 4 Matches as a Ranged Champion
  
• Play 4 Matches as a Melee Champion
  
• Strike a Killing Blow in 2 different games
  
• Deal 5000 Damage
  
• Heal or Absorb 2000 Damage
  
• Deal 300 Damage with Ultimate Abilities
  
• Play a match in a Party
  
• Collect 1000 Season XP
  
• Gather 2000 Energy
  
• Hit 5 projectiles in a row in 4 matches
  
• Hit 5 melee attacks in a row in 4 matches

Sponsors

Sponsors are still around with the introduction of the Battle Pass, and can still be progressed by completing Daily Quests. They are now shared between Battlerite and Battlerite Royale.

Champions that are rewarded through sponsors are now unlocked in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale, though Champions no longer provide token compensation when the Champion is already owned.

There are five sponsors for Battle Season 1. Three Sponsors return from previous seasons and two new Sponsors join them. The Stewards of the Arena are available for all players to progress and will unlock Raigon and a unique Raigon weapon and outfit. The Halls of Triumph sponsor is only available for players who have upgraded to the Premium Battle Pass and contains a unique pose, outfit, and weapon for Jumong.

If you are still signed with a sponsor from Season 5 you will still be able to complete it. All sponsors from previous seasons will be marked with a star.

Boosts

Due to the change to Season Levels and introduction of the Battle Pass, Boosts have much more value than previously. For this reason, Boosts now grant a 50% Season XP bonus instead of 100% Account Level XP bonus. Boosts will still grant 100% Champion XP and double the Battle Coins earned from matches as previously. You can purchase XP Boosts in your profile.10% Season XP Boosts can be earned by progressing through the Premium Battle Pass and stack additively.

• Fixed an issue where party members did not complete achievements like "Get a Penta Kill" when a teammate completed the achievement.

Leaderboards

• To be considered for leaderboard placement, you or your team must have at least 20 games played

UI

• Improved NEW Tag - you can now more clearly see which items were newly unlocked and clear all tags with the click of a button
  
• See your Season XP progress and any related Battle Stars gained right after the match in the new in-game reward screen
  
• Season End Dates changed to a timer format
  
• Top Bar adjusted to display Season Level
  
• Main menu navigation bar now has a blur behind it to improve legibility
  
• Fixed a bug where the Daily Quest timer would sometimes display a highly inaccurate time until refresh

In-Game Lobby

The lobby now shows your team members, including their equipped Outfit, Weapon, Pose, and Pet!

Emotes

The number of emote slots has increased from 4 to 6. The UI will also now show which slot an Emote is equipped to with an icon indicator, and now shows the HUD Emote icon for easier recognition.

• 4th Consumable slot is now properly locked during Lobby phase
  
• Inventory now locked when skydiving - items can no longer be dropped while diving
  
• Portal should no longer teleport players into the Death Vortex
  
• Abilities that upgrade when gaining a Legendary version of themselves no longer resets the cooldown on the ability (ex: Sirius Crescent Gale, Raigon Retribution, Freya Thunderclap, and more)
  
• Mount-Up bar priority increased above haste, snares and roots
  
• Champion-specific abilities that check for whether the target has a certain buff or not only check for your own buff now. The list of affected champions is as follows: Alysia, Ashka, Oldur, Varesh, Iva, Croak, Ruh Kaan, Freya, Jumong, Lucie.

Anti-Teaming Countermeasure

An anti-teaming countermeasure has been added into the game.

Allied Inventory

We've added a quick way to allow you to see the content of your ally's inventory using the same key to bring up your map (Default binds Tab / M). This new feature allows you to see the Abilities, Consumables, Equipment, and Gold that your ally has and the respective rarity levels of all those items.

Equipment and Consumables

• New Rare Consumable - Butcher's Hook
  
  • Have no fear when an enemy runs away, you can just ask them kindly to "get over here!"
• Sheep Medallion
  
  • Now has VFX when equipped

Map Updates

Several locations on Talon Island have received reworks or updates.

Anvilfall

Since Anvilfall is such a big, central part of the map, it's important that the area is appealing and fun to be in. We've moved around some things, and it's now a bit more asymmetrical than before. The mansion has been moved onto the western hill and now only has a single escape route, but also contains much more loot. Most of the houses have been expanded so that there's more room to fight within them, and they've been rearranged so that, in the outdoors, there are some aspects similar to Arenas in Battlerite.

Oakenheim

Oakenheim has mostly followed suit from the Anvilfall reworks while also addressing issues with the awkward movement through the village. The village now has a more defined center and a slightly different architectural style that further differentiates it from Anvilfall.

Abandoned Mines and Greyheart Pass

These areas had such a similar feel to each other that we decided to remove Grayheart Pass and expand the Abandoned Mines, making one larger mining town. It's now much more narrow with winding corridors, giving it a different feel than either Grayheart Pass or old Abandoned Mines had.

The Crumbling Keep

The Crumbling Keep has been too imbalanced when it comes to the value of jumping over walls. A couple of long walls have been broken up to allow for faster movement by running. The loot distribution has been updated, with loot now more evenly spread out. Players now have a higher chance to find higher quality loot in the main chamber.

Temple Ruins

The central chamber of temple ruins has been exanded a bit and now yields slightly better loot.

New Area - the Frozen Plateau

Located between Smuggler's Rock and the Abandoned mines in the cold northwest lies the icy Frozen Plateau. It's an area covered in ice and snow, where plenty of loot lies waiting for adventurers brave enough to defy the harsh climate. Its frozen lake, icicles, and snow mounds where some winter items may be found makes battle and looting a fun, unique experience! Do not forget your mittens!

New Area - Trader's Isle

Traders Isle is the main hub for commerce and trading on Talon Island. Located southeast of Oakenheim, it was known for its flourishing marketplace and giant warehouse containing tons of valuable trade goods from all over the world. Local merchants would travel here to sell their goods and hopefully not get in trouble with the many guards, trade moguls, and ruffians that kept a close eye on the dynamics of the trade. Champions dropping here will most likely get rich or die trying!

New Map Objects

New interactable map objects have been scattered across Talon Island. Among them are:

• Dynamite Crates - Keep your Ashkas far away
  
• Target Dummies - For all your training montage needs
  
• Fresh Fish - They're probably good for you
  
• Mushrooms - They're probably good for you too
  
• Cursed Urns - They're probably not that good for you

And more! You'll have to explore Talon Island to find them all!



Abilities

• Sands of Time (M1)
  
  • Projectile attack that deals 12 damage and inflicts Time Bomb
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Time Bomb can be stacked up to 4 times
• Chrono Bolt (M2)
  
  • Launch a projectile that deals 20 damage. Consumes Time Bomb to deal its damage instantly and toss the enemy up into the air for 1.6s
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Chrono Bolt heals you for 4 health for each stack of Time Bomb consumed
• Shifting Sands (Space)
  
  • Turn into sand and travel to target location
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Shifting Sands leaves behind a Chronoflux that reflects enemy projectiles and slows enemy movement through it for 2s
• Time Bender (Q)
  
  • Negate projectile and melee attacks in front of you. Knock enemy melee attackers back and capture the first negated projectile within your hourglass. Recast this to launch the captured projectile.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: When you capture a projectile with Time Bender, your movement speed is increased by 30% while the projectile is stored
• Quicksand (E)
  
  • Throw an hourglass to target location, exploding to deal 18 damage and create an aura of quicksand that slows enemies over 3.5s
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Quicksand can be recast to throw Lesser Quicksand
• Temporal Strike (R)
  
  • Warp forward and strike enemies in front, dealing 16 damage and inflicting a Fading Snare and Time Bomb
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Temporal Strike spawns a shockwave that hits all enemies in a line in front of you
• Borrowed Time (F)
  
  • Increases movement speed by 65% and attack rate of Sands of Time by 30% for 3.5s. When the effect ends, teleport all nearby players back to the location where Borrowed Time was activated, inflicting Stun for 1s to nearby enemies. Recast to end the effect early.
• Time Bomb (Debuff):
  
  • Detonates after 5s, dealing 3 damage. Can be applied up to 3 times on the same target.

Abilities

• Razor Boomerang (M1)
  
  • Throw a piercing boomerang that deals 14 damage and returns upon reaching maximum distance
    
  • Legendary Bonus: During Haste, Razor Boomerang inflicts Fading Snare for 0.4s
• X-Strike (M2)
  
  • Thrown two boomerangs in an arc. Each boomerang deals 10 damage and inflicts stun for 0.5s on the way out. Deals 12 bonus damage if both boomerangs hit at the intersection
    
  • Legendary Bonus: During Haste, X-Stirke can be used while moving at 60% movement speed.
• Haste (Space)
  
  • Gain Haste and remove movement impairing effects. During Haste, Razor Boomerang deals 3 bonus damage and can be used while moving.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Haste can be recast to perform an immaterial Wind Dash.
• Zephyr (Q)
  
  • Dash forward and perform a spinning melee attack that deals 14 damage to nearby enemies and knocks them away.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Zephyr inflicts Stun for 1s to enemies knocked into walls
• Wind Bomb (E)
  
  • Throw a wind bomb to target location. The impact pulls nearby enemies to the center and inflicts a Fading Snare for 1.4s
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Wind Bomb spawns a vortex that pulls enemies towards its center for 2s
• Tornado Trap (R)
  
  • Summon a trap that flings the first enemy that steps on it high into the air for 2s. Deals 12 damage upon landing.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Reduces cast time of Tornado Trap by 50%
• Companion Call (F)
  
  • Your companion rushes to you from target location, dealing 24 damage to enemies in its path. When it reaches you, you mount and gain a 32 health shield for up to 4s. While shielded, you can't be dismounted and you can cast Razor Boomerangs that deal 3 bonus damage.

Abilities

• Volatile Water (M1)
  
  • Launch a projectile that deals 14 damage
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Firing Volatile Water through a Bubble Barrier increases damage by 3 and range by 25%
• Aqua Pulse (M2)
  
  • Launch a projectile that deals 26 damage and inflicts Fading Snare for 1s. Firing through a Bubble Barrier increases damage by 5 and range by 25%
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Aqua Pulse inflicts silence for 0.8s
• Dive (Space)
  
  • Dive into a pool of water and travel to target location. Diving into a Bubble Barrier destroys the bubble and resets the cooldown of Dive.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Dive resets the cooldown of Aqua Pulse.
• Tidal Wave (Q)
  
  • Counter the next melee or projectile attack. When you counter an attack, knock nearby enemies back and send out piercing waves that block projectiles, deal 8 damage, and inflict Root for 0.7s
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Countering an attack with Tidal Wave grants a 50% Fading Snare for 2s
• Bubble Barrier (E)
  
  • Spawn a Bubble Barrier at target location that knocks players back and lasts up to 3s. The bubble slows enemy projectiles and enemies inside it.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Bubble Barrier spawns a tasty fish that allies can pick up. When picked up, it heals for 12 health and increases damage output by 20% for 4s
• Ocean Sphere (R)
  
  • Launch a slow-moving sphere towards target location that heals nearby allies for 28 health over the duration. Hitting the Ocean Sphere with Volatile Water or Aqua Pulse will cause an explosion, dealing the fired projectile's effect to all nearby enemies along with 10 bonus damage
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Ocean Sphere increases movement speed for allies healed by 33% for 1s
• Jaws (F)
  
  • Summon Jaws from the depths to devour enemies at target location. Devoured enemies are removed from battle until Jaws spews them out after a 3.3s delay, dealing 20 damage. Can be recast to choose a landing site.

Alysia

• Ice Block (Q)
  
  • Shield increased from 26 to 30
    
  • Healing increased from 16 to 20
    
  • Healing now scales more with rarity
• Flash Freeze (E)
  
  • Impact delayreduced from 0.9s to 0.8s

Ashka

• Flamestrike (Q)
  
  • Impact delay reduced from 1.1s to 1s

Croak

• Sludge Spit (R)
  
  • Now has improved VFX

Freya

• Storm Mace (M2)
  
  • Incapacitate scaling now displayed
• Spring (Space)
  
  • Legendary Bonus has received updated VFX

Jamila

• Shadow Dance (Q)
  
  • Phantom Cut no longer improperly shows stacking count
    
  • Damage now scales more with rarity
    
  • Tooltip now indicates damage scaling amount
• Hook Shot (E)
  
  • Tooltip no longer mistakenly indicates damage scaling
• Deadly Blow (R)
  
  • Damage now scales more with rarity
    
  • Healing now scales more with rarity

Jumong

Jumong trades some direct combat strength for a greater ability to ambush his prey. The role of Rain of Arrows and Bear Trap in his kit are more strongly defined. He can setup Bear Traps around where he suspects his enemies will wander. With a revamped Seeker's Mark, Jumong is able to temporarily track his quarry even when they escape his sight. This new design takes advantage of Royale's vast open world and turns it into a new hunting ground for this trophy collector.

• Black Arrow (Space)
  
  • Dash range reduced from 5 to 4.5
• Rain of Arrows (Q)
  
  • No longer applies Seeker's Mark on the first tick
    
  • Now applies Seeker's Mark on each tick to enemies in the area that don't already have Seeker's Mark
    
  • Seeker's Mark duration increased from 3s to 6s
• Bear Trap (E) - Reworked
  
  • Now sets down an invisible trap at target location. When trap is triggered, it deals 8 damage and inflicts Root and Seeker's Mark on nearby enemies.
    
  • Trap becomes invisible and ready to activate after a 0.5s activation delay
    
  • When Trap is triggered, it has a 0.5s impact delay
    
  • Seeker's Mark duration increased from 3s to 9s for Bear Trap
    
  • Cast time increased from 0.25s to 0.5s
    
  • Trap duration increased from 8s to 30s
    
  • Cooldown increaed from 8s to 18s
• Prowl (R)
  
  • Seeker's Mark duration increased from 3s to 6s
• Seeker's Mark (Debuff)
  
  • Now allows you to track the target even when they're out of line-of-sight
    
  • Healing reduced from 8 to 4 when consumed
    
  • Now grants 4 bonus damage when consumed

Rook

• Boulder Toss (E)
  
  • Impact delay reduced from 0.9s to 0.8s

Ulric

• Sanctuary (R)
  
  • Tooltip fixed to include "s" after duration

Zander

• Grand Conjuration (M2)
  
  • Fixed a typo in the Legendary Bonus text

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



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!

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

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!

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 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!

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

Pearl is 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!

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

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!

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

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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