2.53 Patch Notes - Imperial Chest, UI Improvements and More!

Welcome to Patch 2.53! We have a number of new items, user interface improvements, controller support, multikeyboard improvements, and bug fixes in this patch. While you enjoy this week we’re working hard on preparing Mordex and a number of other huge updates to next week’s patch! Don’t forget to swing by our Dev Streams on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 1PM ET on twitch.tv/brawlhalla to get a preview on what’s coming up with Brawlhalla.

Mallhalla

• Imperial Chest is now available to open in Mallhalla with three exclusive skins.

  • Death Adder Hattori

  • Warrior Spirit Kor

  • Yakuza Koji

• Space Dogfighter Vraxx - “The lore is strong with this one.”

• Dark Heart Scythe - “ The harvest has begun.”

• Bragnarok East Avatar - “Brawlhalla

  1514.

  PAX East

  295. Stock count enshrined!”

Gameplay Improvements

We've heard feedback from several players asking us to reconsider the loss of mobility when a dodge is canceled into a wall. Movement from the dodge has been added back.

• When a dodge is canceled on wall collision, it now keeps the movement of the dodge and only loses invulnerability.

Animation Improvements

• Adjusted Teros Down Axe charge up pose to improve individuality and identification when compared to his other Axe signatures.

• Animation adjustments to Teros Down Axe Sig.

• Smoothing adjustments to Vraxx Select Screen animations.

User Interface

• Main menu now retains cursor memory instead of always resetting back to the "Online" option.

• Casual online options view has been updated to a new visual motif.

• Updated the Report Bug screen to include a link to the Brawlhalla support website (brawlhalla.com/support/).

• Main menu button options and tiles scaled up to better fit the empty space in the initial main menu view.

• The scoreboard screen at the end of online games now shows your room number.

• Updated UI menu background art to closer match the original aesthetic.

Controller Support

• Dual analog controllers with sticks that click (e.g., Xbox and Playstation controllers) can now frame step in Training Mode and Replays.

  • Clicking both sticks at the same time will pause/play.

  • Clicking the left stick while paused will step back.

  • Clicking the right stick while paused will step forward.

• The old way of frame stepping with a controller in replays will also still work (right stick up or down to pause, right stick left to play backwards, right stick right to play forwards).

Multikeyboard Support

• Chatting now works properly with Multikeyboard enabled.

• Added frame-stepping support for Multikeyboard (same as normal: F5 step back, F6 step forward, F7 play).

New Legend Rotation

This week’s Legend Rotation features Ada, Asuri, Azoth, Cassidy, Scarlet, and Wu Shang.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing color swaps on Darkheart weapon set.

• Fixed bug where screen shake was too intense on a thrown Proximity Mine hit.

• Fixed a bug where resetting your keyboard controls while in Training mode would leave you unable to use the frame stepping commands.

• Fixed a bug where colors were not always what you'd expect when either switching from teams to FFA or when switching to or from Strikeout/Switchcraft to another mode where you select only one Legend.

• Fixed a bug where the