We’ve got a few bug fixes, a few gameplay changes, and a couple balance changes in this first patch to Battlerite Royale. For more on our plan for Battlerite Royale Early Access, check out the Dev Update we posted yesterday. There will be a very short downtime to receive this patch, requiring you to quit the game and download the changes. Follow us on Twitter or Discord to hear when the patch will be live.

General Updates

Bug Fixes

AFK players no longer receive a kill when marked by AFK Detection

Fixed a camera shake that could occur when changing observed player

Minimap should no longer lag when players are jumping off the Storm Wyvern, and player icons on minimap should no longer lag either

Audio

Volume and panning of enemy death sound now depends on location, being quieter if the death is further away

Werebear now has voiceover

Matchmaking and Rating Changes

Lower placement now yields a lower placement score This will make it much harder to reach higher leagues Players currently in higher leagues will have a harder time maintaining their rating

Rating loss protection for top placements added Placing first now prevents you from losing rating, even if your match rating is lower than your league rating Placing second reducing the rating loss by 50%

Matchmaking has been tweaked to create more balanced matches, this may result in increased matchmaking queues

Leaderboards

In Patch 1.8 we added more data to a Team composition and that has resulted in a bug for Team Champion compositions. Unfortunately this means to fix it we have to reset the Team Champion composition data, which means that it will not be accurate data for the rest of the Season in Arena or Royale until we may reset the leaderboards in the next Season. For now, we are hiding the percentages on champion composition as it may be very low percentages.

Gameplay Updates

We will be testing out some changes that will affect primarily early game as we’re seeing a lot of players jumping into the same area. We’ve done some changes that should allow players to spread out a bit more across the map while also making the initial combat situations a bit more interesting and complete by allowing players to get hold of an additional early game ability.

Vendors and Consumables

Starting Gold increased from 100 to 160 Players can now afford to purchase two starting abilities

Added one additional recommended ability per champion

Enemies now always drops a health potion on death

Vendors now sells common (green) abilities instead of rare (blue) to keep vendor consistency and allow players to fill empty slots for a bit cheaper

Skydive

Players now spawn on two different Storm Wyverns flying across the map, with players split evenly between the two

Map Objects

Jumppad cooldown increased from 30s to 60s

Items

We’re making some adjustments to the power of Common Items relative to Legendary Items, along with some balancing changes.

Circlet of Resilience Crowd Control Reduction changed from 8/16/24/32% to 12/18/24/30% Max Health bonus increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20% Legendary perk damage reduction increased from 25% to 30%

The Ravager Damage and Healing bonus increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/9/12/15% Max Health Bonus increased from 2/4/6/8% to 4/6/8/10% Legendary Bonus now gives a 15% bonus versus targets below 30% health (down from a 20% bonus versus targets below 20% health)

Amulet of Energy Energy Gain bonus increased from 8/16/24/32% to 14/21/28/35% Max Health bonus adjusted from 4/8/12/16% to 6/9/12/15%

Breastplate of Vitality Max Health bonus increased from 10/20/30/40% to 16/24/32/40%

Sheep Medallion Max Health bonus adjusted from 4/8/12/16% to 6/9/12/15%

Key Ring Damage versus Chest bonus increased from 25/50/75/100% to 40/60/80/100% Max Health bonus adjusted from 4/8/12/16% to 6/9/12/15%

Reaper’s Edge Life Leech increased from 10/12/14/16% to 14/16/18/20%

Riding Saddle Mount Speed bonus increased from 6/10/14/18% to 9/12/15/18% Max Health bonus increased from 5/10/15/20% to 8/12/16/20%

Boots of Speed Movement Speed bonus increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/8/10/12% Max Health bonus increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/8/10/12%



Champion Updates

Alysia

Beginner friendly tag added

Snow Cone (R) Removed

Ice Crown (Q) Keybind changed from Q to R

New Ability – Ice Block (Q) Encase target ally within ice for 2s, making them immune to disables and blocking up to 26 damage. They can’t move or use abilities while encased and heal for 16 health over the duration. Legendary Bonus: Grants a 50% Fading Haste that lasts for 2s



Bakko

Blood Axe (Right Mouse) Damage reduced from 16 to 13 Bonus damage increased from 4 to 5 Range reduced from 9.5 to 8.5

Valiant Leap (Space) Damage reduced from 20 to 17

War Shout (R) Legendary Bonus duration reduced from 4s to 3s Legendary Bonus Haste reduced from 20% to 15%



Croak

Frog Leap (Space) Damage reduced from 20 to 18 Cooldown increased from 12s to 14s

Camouflage (Q) Duration reduced from 3s to 2s Haste increased from 35% to 40%

Sludge Spit (R) Legendary Bonus projectile damage reduced from 8 to 6



Jade

Beginner Friendly tag removed

Snipe (Right Mouse) Snipe can now be charged, with a minimum charge time of 1s and a maximum of 1.5s Damage reduced from a flat 44 to 18-40, damage increasing based on cast time Stun duration changed from 0.5 to 0.2s-0.5s, duration increasing based on cast time Legendary Bonus now reduces Snipe cooldown to 2s



Jamila

Deadly Blow (R) Healing reduced from 20 to 16.



Raigon

Sword Slash (Left Mouse) Hits now reduce the cooldown of Retribution by 1s

Retribution (Right Mouse) Cooldown increased from 2s to 5s Legendary Bonus dash range reduced from 40% to 30% Aim preview now shows the correct range with Legendary Bonus

Parry (Q) Legendary Bonus damage reduced from 10 to 6



Shifu

Impale (Right Mouse) Base Damage increased 10 to 12 Bonus Damage per charge increased from 4 to 5

Fleetfoot (Space) Damage dealt during Fleetfoot increased from 50% to 70% Duration increased from 1.2s to 1.4s

Javelin (E) Range increased from 9 to 9.5 Damage changed from 12-20 to 16 Cooldown increased from 7s to 8s Can now be recast if it hits a wall

Whirlwind (F) Haste changed from 20% to a 50%-20% Fading Haste



Sirius

Crescent Gale (Right Mouse) Damage increased from 20 to 24 Range increased from 9 to 9.5

Celestial Split (Space) Now heals allies for 10 health Legendary Bonus range increased from 20% to 25% Legendary Bonus no longer increases the minimum range

Sunlight (R) Movement speed while casting increased to 30%



Varesh