The Launch Patch (Patch 1.0)

The following changes and items have been added to the game on Monday, November 6th:

General

All previous Seasons have been renamed “EA – Season X”
AFK Detection will no longer tag players waiting for someone to reconnect to the match
Minimap has been disabled in Arena
- We are looking into improving the minimap. For now it will be disabled in Arena. It will stay active in Battlegrounds.
General optimizations

Chests and Pricing

Tokens have been added to Chests as common or rare drops, granting 75 to 500 tokens respectively
Creepy Chests can no longer be purchased
Slight changes to gem pricing for certain currencies
Champions costing 600 gems now cost 500
Champions costing 750 gems now cost 700
Token price of victory poses increased from 1000 to 2000

Boosters

Boosters have now been added to the game
- Boosters double your Champion XP, Account XP, and Battle Coins for a set amount of days. They activate immediately upon purchase and buying a Booster while having one active extends Booster duration
- Reaching Account Level 10 will unlock a 7 Day Booster that can be claimed in the Achievements tab
Prices:
- 1 Day Booster for 300 gems
- 7 Day Booster for 500 gems
- 30 Day Booster for 1000 gems

UI

Removed Owned Items when viewing other players’ profiles
When receiving duplicates from chests, token count will now increase when item is revealed instead of when chest is opened

Improvements

Loading screen art now varies
Added game mode description for Battleground loading screen
Mounts can now be rotated in Chests view
Collections window now displays a New tag for categories with new items
Rite cards now display keybind of relevant ability
When reporting a player in game, reason for reporting can now be chosen
Champions can now be filtered by archetype in the Champion selection window in playground
Champions now correctly sorted in Champion selection window in playground
New players are now redirected to Tutorial with introductory text
Improved Tutorial information and reward flow
Added a drop-down to show player profile in the Friend Request screen
Added text and stepping for HUD scale slider
Added chat user status to show if a user is editing/watching a replay
Added a Remove Replay button to own replays in Odeum
Added loading spinner while replays are publishing
Active friend request notifications are no longer triggered when logging in
Minor visual changes to make UI appear more consistent

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where user states would sometimes mismatch when playing League and Casual
Fixed a bug where equipped customization items were not applied in Tutorial
Fixed a bug where 2v2 and 3v3 would not save properly
Correct level rewards are now displayed in the Character Select and Champion Information screens
Fixed a bug where it would be impossible to enter any lobby due to faulty matchmaking state
Fixed a bug where fullscreen effects would not correctly display in game
Fixed a number of text overflow issues for various languages
Escape now no longer opens Escape Menu when in match. Now closes in-game chat.
Fixed an issue where opening the game through an Odeum link made the game become unresponsive
Fixed wrong team text shown on the Teams Screen in the Social section
Fixed Pause/Unpause in private game
Fixed a bug where tooltips would not update to EX abilities when hovering over ability in HUD and pressing Shift
Fixed a bug that made you navigate to “Play” instead of “Practice when going back from VS AI
Fixed a bug that caused the wrong rank to be displayed in game

Battlegrounds

Changes have been made to speed up Battlegrounds and make AI events more challenging

Dragon Garden is now available as a new Battlegrounds map
Base experience for killing players increased from 80 to 100
Assault preparation time reduced from 35s to 32s
Objective interlude time reduced from 20s to 18s

Minions and Bosses

All minions and bosses now gain a small bonus to health depending on the average level of all players in game
Brawlers
- Spawn radius increased from 1 to 1.5
- Attack damage increased from 10 to 15
- Attack angle reduced from 100 to 85
Minions
- Base XP increased from 40 to 50
- Gunner damage increased from 26 to 30
- Gunner knockback range increased from 1 to 2, duration increased from 0.2 to 0.3
- Axe damage increased from 20 to 25
- Axe cast time reduced from 1.2 to 1.1
Beasts
- Base XP increased from 30 to 40
- Base health increased from 125 to 135
Challengers
- Base XP increased from 120 to 140
- New Challenger – Shadow Pestilus
  - Scarab Attack
    - Cast time: 0.8s, Cooldown: 2s
    - Deals 20 damage on hit and applies Scarab debuff
    - Scarab debuff deals 16 damage over 4s
  - Infest Attack
    - Cast time: 0.4s, Cooldown 6s
    - Lasts 2s, while Infested target has 33% reduced movement speed and takes 25% more damage
  - Queen Attack
    - Cast time: 0.7s, Cooldown: 7s
    - Releases three Queens which fly out to the left, right, and center of Shadow Pestilus. Lasts 5s.
    - Queens send out Moths up to 4 times while active.
    - Deals 30 damage to nearby targets and inflicts Panic when timer runs out
    - Moths deal 14 damage on hit and inflict Moth debuff, dealing 8 additional damage over 6s and increased damage taken by 10%
- Tourok
  - Dash Attack stun duration increased from 1s to 1.5s, cooldown reduced from 10s to 7s
  - Jump Attack damage increased from 20 to 35, cooldown reduced from 12s to 9s
  - Melee Attack angle increased from 90 to 100 (last swing 110), damage increased from 8 to 14
  - Melee Attack swings can now hit multiple targets
- Jumong
  - Shadow Trap Root duration increased from 2s to 3s
  - Shadow Trap now applies Shadow mark for 5 seconds
  - Shadow Slayer cast time reduced from 3s to 2.5s, cooldown reduced from 20 to 12
  - Shadow Steady Shot cast time reduced from 2s to 1s, cooldown reduced from 2s to 1s
  - Shadow Steady Shot now pierces target, knockback scales per target hit
  - Shadow Steady Shot now consumes Shadow Mark to Incapacitate for 1s, heals Jumong for 20
  - Shadow Black Arrow cooldown reduced from 9s to 7s

Objectives

Capture Point
- Base XP for capture increased from 120 to 160
- Base XP per increment increased from 30 to 40
- Time to capture reduced from 15 to 12
Rocket Balloon
- Base XP for capture increased from 80 to 100
- Base XP per checkpoint increased from 20 to 40
- Balloon normal speed increased from 1.8 to 2.2
- Balloon fast speed increased from 2.0 to 2.6
Zone Control
- Base XP per increment increased from 3 to 6

Cosmetics

Updated quality of Goblin Throne
- Added two new color variations
Updated quality of Battle Wolf
- Added two new color variations
Added two new Rare poses for all Champions
Added two new Rare outfits for all Champions
Added three new Rare Weapons for all Champions
New Legendary Weapons, “Ancient Forge Conductors,” added to Varesh
New Legendary Weapons, “Blood Banner Arms,” added to Bakko
Jade Classic Outfit now classified as Legendary

Mounts

The following mounts have been added to the game:

Sweet Candycorn
- This item is awarded for following Battlerite on Youtube.
Elemental Steed
- This item is handed out during limited-time Community Events
Thunder Serpent
- This item is handed out during giveaways
Razer Serpent
- This item is handed out during limited-time Razer events.

Legendary Color Variations

New Legendary Prestige Items have been added. These are color variations of some existing Legendary outfits and weapons
To unlock a Legendary Prestige Item you must:
- Own the “core” Legendary item
- Reach level 10 with the relevant Champion
- Purchase the Legendary Prestige item with tokens
  - Outfit variations cost 3000 Battle Coins
  - Weapon variations cost 1500 Battle Coins

Champions

Ashka

Firestorm (M2) can be oppressive when combined with Heat and Wildfire, often leading to an inescapable combo for full damage. Heat has been changed to allow for quick movement adjustments when casting but only limited ability to chase opponents. Wildfire now has a cooldown increase to compensate for its increased channel duration.