Patch Notes: Beta v 1.0

New Weapon

• Katars have been added!

• Nai and Sentinel both use Katars.

• Snikt snikt!

New Legends

• Scarlet has been added to the roster!

• Sentinel has been added to the roster!

• Ada has been added to the roster!

• All three are playable by everyone during Closed Beta Round 1.

• Steampunk and Super Hero and Cyberpunk, oh my!

New Store

• Mallhalla is open for business.

• Currently on offer:

  • Character Skins

  • Weapon Skins

  • Taunts

Community Requests

• Game now runs at 60 fps.

• Added new music.

• Made keyboard activation much more intentional.

• Added a match preview screen before each brawl starts.

• Relaxed color restrictions across costumes.

• Taunts are now mapped to the right stick on controllers, or 1-4 on keyboard. One taunt in each direction.

• High, Med, and Low volume adjustments for sounds and music.

• New painterly backgrounds for Brawlhaven, Grumpy Temple, Twilight Grove.

• Announcer now calls out KO streaks.

Gameplay

• Völst has been renamed to Orion.

• Thrulk has been renamed to Gnash.

• Thatch now uses Sword and Blasters.

• Orion now uses Rocket Lance and Spear.

• Queen Nai now uses Spear and Katars.

• Improved stats balance:

  • Strength - Greatly decreased multiplier on Force.

  • Dexterity - Decreased Attack Speed multiplier.

  • Defense - Greatly increased Recovery multiplier.

  • Speed - Base movement bonuses slightly decreased. Speed now also affects powers that move the player like dashes, ground pounds, and recovery moves.

  • All stats taper off more quickly, with stat gain and loss decreasing the farther away you move from 5.

• Adjusted wait times for matchmaking queues.

• Bots now have special bot names, e.g. Botvar

• Team colors have been slightly adjusted.

• Level voting is no longer majority rules but now resembles drawing random entries from a hat.

• Can't kick off walls during powers anymore.

• Renabled the ability to move in the air on the air side pistols.

• Players who quit before the game starts are now immediately replaced with a bot.

• Fixed an issue where grab moves were releasing a frame late.

Powers

• All Powers: Pass across the board to make hit boxes better match the animations.

• AdjustedAll Ground PoundsDecreased hitbox size, base movement speed, Damage, and Force.

• Unarmed Air Neutral Light: Now has a shorter duration if you miss.

• Unarmed Air Side: Animation made more clear.

• Sword Neutral Heavy: Retimed to eliminate run sliding.

• Hammer Ground Pound: Now ends correctly; Slowed down initial cast hit.

• AdjustedHammer Side HeavyReduced Damage and Force.
• AddedHammer Down HeavyReplaced with new power.
• AdjustedLance Ground PoundNow ends correctly; Increased recovery time; Slowed down initial hit.
• AdjustedLance Side HeavyDecreased Damage and Force.

• Lance Air Neutral Light: Fix bug where SFX wasn't lining up with the animation.

• AdjustedLance Air Side LightReduced recover time.

• Blasters Ground Pound: Slowed down initial cast hit.

• AdjustedBlasters Neutral LightIncreased stun time to prevent cases where a target could dodge out mid-power.

• Hattori Deadly Distraction:Updated spear animation.

• AdjustedGadget HornReduced Damage and Force from the summoned VALKRI.

• Throw Air Hammer: Charge up animation fine tuned.

• AddedCharacter SpecialsNew beefed up fx for Bödvar Dragon's Doom, Cassidy High Noon, Thatch Clear the Decks, Gnash Sharp Stick Slam!

UI

• Brand new landing page.

• Account Items page has been added. Go here to equip any VALKRI skins, custom KO fx, or Taunts you might have.

• Character selection screen artwork has been improved.

• Teams are now displayed in their own rows on the scoreboard.

• The interface allowing users to change colors has been turned into a more robust controller for managing character attributes and vanity