Update log
Full Brawlhalla update
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Balance at a glance
Affected roster
Hero changes
Starting May 20th, Brawlhalla Fest returns! That means a bunch of free stuff to earn like the Blood Moon Colors & the Lycan Trinity Podium, and a brand new Ascended Skin. This year it’s Ascended Mordex! Sporting 2 extra ethereal wolf heads than usual, Mordex has finally achieved his goal of having ultimate power. He’s even taken over the Fortress of Lions and renamed this newly frosty Map the Fortress of Wolves. Will the OEL ever recover from this? We’ll see.
Also, there is a new special event every week like all Legends on Free rotation and a special 2v1 PVE Game Mode, and new Twitch rewards for watching your favorite streamers play Brawlhalla.
The moon has risen to witness Mordex’s ultimate transformation. For all the Mordex fans out there: this is for you. For all the Diana fans out there: sorry about this.
Ascended Legends are their final forms; the ultimate embodiment of their archetypes as history’s greatest warriors, with everything you need to embody this ascended form.
This is what Ascended Mordex gets you:
Ascended Mordex Mythic Skin
Has 2 ethereal wolf heads that attack with him in Light Attacks and Sigs!
Custom dash & jump clouds
Animated Skins for Gauntlets and Scythe
Trail Effect: Fenrir's Eminence
KO Effect: Bite the Dusk
Sidekick: Fenreus
Emoji Skin: Ascended Lookin’ Good
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Event Center
Complete rotating daily mission in matchmade online games to earn Tickets. Then, use these tickets to earn these free rewards during Ascended Mordex’s reign:
GRAND PRIZE: Lycan Trinity Podium
Features 3 wolves crawling out from the underworld
Earn the 6 other Items to get this one
4 Emoji Skins
Caspian Cry
Lady Vera Facepalm
Diana Thumbs Down
Mordex Wait
Werewolf Transformation Emote
“2v1 Me, I’ll Win” Title
Check out your missions and all these rewards in the Event Center through the Brawlhalla Fest ‘26 button at the top of the main menu.
The final day to earn Event Center Tickets is June 16, and the final day to get the Event Center Items is June 23rd. Unspent Tickets will be turned into Gold on June 24th.
Free Blood Moon Colors
Mordex is keeping it classy with the free to earn Blood Moon Color Scheme! The rules are the same as previous Events: win online matchmade games with a Legend to unlock the Blood Moon Colors for them. Win with 45 Legends to unlock the Blood Moon Colors for all current and future Legends! Track your progress toward the All Legends Colors in the top right of the Brawlhalla Fest ‘26 Event Center.
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Double XP & Gold Weekends All Brawlhalla Fest!
Friday, May 22 – Sunday, May 24
Friday, May 29 – Sunday, May 31
Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 7
Friday, June 12 – Sunday, June 14
The Double XP & Gold bonus begins each Friday at 5am Eastern/9am Universal and runs until the following Monday at 4:59am Eastern/8:59am Universal.
May 20-26: All Legends on Free Rotation
You read that right, ALL 68 Legends are available to play FOR FREE the first week of Brawlhalla Fest. Can you earn the Blood Moon Colors for all current and future Legends in just one week? Hop in a queue and find out!
May 27-June 2: Mordex Boss Battle PvE Brawl of the Week
Stand with the Order of the Exalted Lion against the wiles of the turncoat Mordex. Bring a friend or queue solo and work together to defeat Ascended Mordex in a 2v1. Will Mordex continue his reign, or will the Exalted Hunters prevail?
June 3-9: Daily Themed Sales
June 3: Absolute Cinema
Ship Sinker Imugi
Kill Thrill Hattori
Space Dogfighter Vraxx
Nightwatch Sentinel
Rocket Raptor
Gridrunner Thea
June 4: Mythology
Ocēlōtl Tezca
Gorgon Thea
Zhulong Lin Fei
Shinigami Jiro
Kraken Sidra
Ammit (Sidekick)
June 5: Helfire
Vampire Huntress Cassidy Epic Skin
Devil Cross
Molten Kor
Ashen Ragnir
Surt’s Wrath Trail Effect
Loki’s Grasp KO Effect
June 6: Robots
Mecha Ragnir
Mecha Asuri
Project-0NYX
Wanderer Seven
Robot Dance
Hardlight Chakram
June 7: Blood Moon
Apocalypse Mirage Epic Skin
Comes with exclusive Soul Crush Emote
Werebeast Rupture
Blood Moon Volkov
Briar Rose Arcadia
Nap Time Emote
Bark at the Moon Avatar
June 8: Sourcecode
Incognito Ransom
Fatal Error Ada
Cyber Bödvar
Cryptomage Diana
Monitor Smash (Emote)
June 9: Astral
Chakora Priya
Archangel Zariel
Aurora Kaya
Cosmic Fait
Lucky Magi ☆ Sparkling Sword
Sweet Magi ☆ Dream Spear
June 10-16: Brawl of the Day
For the last week of Brawlhalla Fest, there will be a new Brawl of the Week queue every single day! That means every day of this week there’s a new 300 Gold reward and a fun queue to hop into.
June 10: Morph
June 11: Mordex Boss Battle
June 12: 2v2 Bombsketball
June 13: Mordex Boss Battle
June 14: Mayhem!
June 15: Mordex Boss Battle
June 16: Absolute Mayhem!
New Bundles
Festival ‘26 Mega Bundle
3 Epic Skins: Shin Sekai Koji, Inari Yumiko, and Void Zenith Artemis
Party Time KO Effect
Lil’ Reaper Companion
Fireworks Emote
Darkheart Spire Podium
4 Emoji Skins: Brynn Facepalm, Caspian Sweat, Caster Thor Wow, and Caster Kor Thumb Up
Order’s Chosen Bundle
2 Legend Skins: Divine Adjuticator Lady Vera, and Spellbreaker Diana
Malefic Grasp Sidekick
Brawlcade Cabinet Emote
Mordex Smart Emoji Skin
Returning Items
These items from Brawlhalla Fest 2025’s Event Center are now available for individual purchase in Mallhalla
Lil’ Reaper Companion
Brawlcade Cabinet Emote
Emoji Skins
Brynn Facepalm
Caspian Sweat
Caster Thor Wow
Caster Kor Thumbs Up
New Guild Reward
We hope you’ve been enjoying the new Guild Duels and Guild Rewards! Here’s ANOTHER Guild Reward to earn, and expect more to come in future updates.
Bow to Your Sensei Buddy Emote
Show some respect.
Anyone can bow back even if they don’t own the Emote!
From May 20 to June 9, earn Community Colors V2, a Bow Weapon Skin, and more by watching Brawlhalla on Twitch! Plus get a Twitch chat icon by subbing to your favorite Brawlhalla creator.
Cross Inventory | Cross Progression
The 30 day login requirement for Cross Inventory and Cross Progression is being lifted for eligible accounts. Players will still need to log in once on each linked platform after Brawlhalla Fest 2026 begins, but going forward eligible account links for those platforms won't expire. If the account is not considered eligible, the 30 day login requirement will be in effect. This eligibility is set on a platform by platform basis.
UX
New “View in Battle Pass” button. When previewing an unowned Battle Pass Skin in the Meet the Legends page, you can now select it to be sent to the Battle Pass screen.
Art & Animation
Adjusted the animation on the following Emotes for Patrick Star: Shrug, Next Level, Fireworks, Hero Cape, & Guitar Solo.
Localization
The Cockatiel Munin Heatwave Skin was renamed to Cockatoo Munin to more accurately reflect its inspiration of the sulphur-crested cockatoo.
UI
Fixed a visual bug where stat bars sometimes wouldn’t reset after deselecting Legends.
Fixed a bug in the Guild Duels page where opposing Guilds were not showing the proper top 3 contributors.
UX
Fixed a bug where birthday and account level Titles weren't being shown in player inventories.
Fixed an issue where Legends using the Super Strength Stance to go up to 11 Strength weren’t usable in some Game Modes.
Dexterity Weapon Durability Modifier
We've found that the weapon durability modifier needs to be a bit more aggressive on the low end of Dexterity to provide the desired variety. With Super Stances allowing for a wider spread of stat options for each Legend, we can now use this sharper durability curve.
Increased the damage multiplier for Weapon durability at low Dexterity.
Super Stance Adjustments
We've adjusted some Super Stances for Legends with highly concentrated points in one stat to offer a better balance of options across their available stances.
Arcadia
Super Speed now takes 1 point from the Strength stat and 1 point from the Dexterity stat.
Super Defense now takes 2 points from the Dexterity stat.
Super Strength now takes 1 point from the Defense stat and 1 point from the Speed stat.
Super Dexterity now takes 2 points from the Strength stat.
Koji
Super Defense now takes 2 points from the Dexterity stat.
Super Strength now takes 1 point from the Dexterity stat and 1 point from the Speed stat.
Lady Vera
Super Speed now takes 2 points from the Defense stat.
Loki
Super Strength now takes 2 points from the Dexterity stat.
Lord Vraxx
Super Speed stance now takes 2 points from the Dexterity stat.
Lucien
Super Dexterity stance now takes 2 points from the Speed stat.
Petra
Super Dexterity now takes 2 points from the Strength stat.
Thatch
Super Speed stance now takes 2 points from the Strength stat.
Thea
Super Defense now takes 2 points from the Speed stat.
Volkov
Super Speed now takes 2 points from the Dexterity stat.
Attack Balance
Now that the Spring Championship has finished and Super Stances are legal for tournament use, we have a few adjustments to key attacks and Signatures leading up to the Midseason Championship.
Blasters
We have changed the Recover time of the Blasters Neutral Light to create slightly different breakpoints for the frame advantage on hit based on Dexterity. This opens a dodge window between the Neutral Light and other followup attacks.
- Blasters Neutral LightChanged total Recover time on hit from 0 Fixed/13 Variable to 1 Fixed/12 Variable.
Cannon
The Cannon has received threat coverage reductions to its Neutral Light, Down Light, and Side Air to allow for easier maneuvering around these attacks.
- Cannon Neutral LightSlightly decreased vertical threat coverage of the initial attack.
- Cannon Down LightDecreased threat coverage at the top of the attack, and at the extreme front of the attack.
- Cannon Side AirDecreased threat coverage at the leading edges of the attack.
Orb
While the other recent nerfs to the Orb kit have proven healthy, the Side Light's Time to Hit change was found to be too detrimental. We have restored the Side Light's Time to Hit to its previous value for better use in the neutral game and dodge punish strings.
- Orb Side LightDecreased Time to Hit from 12 to 10.
Spear
Similar to the Orb, we have decreased the Spear's Time to Hit to allow for more responsive use during the neutral game and dodge punish strings.
- Spear Side LightDecreased Time to Hit from 13 to 11.
Ada
Ada's Down Spear had a very low Stun value that made this attack risky to use on low-to-mildly damaged opponents. We have increased the Stun to bring this attack in line with other similar options and to be less risky to use during the early-middle ranges of an opponent's stock.
- Ada Down SpearIncreased Stun from 18 to 30.
Munin
Munin's Neutral Bow now has less Minimum Charge time for more responsive use as an anti-air attack. Munin's Down Bow now has greater Force and a more horizontal knockback angle at most ranges to bring its knockout potential closer in line with other similar options.
- Munin Neutral BowDecreased Minimum Charge time from 16 to 12.
- Munin Down BowIncreased Force from 58 Fixed/51 Variable to 58 Fixed/53 Variable; Knockback angle becomes horizontal at a closer range than before.
Tezca
Given Tezca's popularity and winrate in Doubles tournaments, we have increased Minimum Charge times, Recover times, and decreased the Force of Tezca's Neutral Gauntlets, Side Gauntlets, and Down Gauntlets to bring these options closer in line with those of other Legends.
- Tezca Neutral GauntletsIncreased total Recover time on miss from 26 to 30; Decreased Force of the aerial version from 50 Fixed/20 Variable to 50 Fixed/15 Variable; Decreased Force of the grounded version from 65 Fixed/52 Variable to 60 Fixed/49 Variable.
- Tezca Side GauntletsIncreased Minimum Charge time from 15 to 17; Increased total Recover time on miss from 20 to 24; Decreased Force from 58 Fixed/48 Variable to 58 Fixed/46 Variable.
- Tezca Down GauntletsIncreased Minimum Charge time from 12 to 15; Increased total Recover time of the grounded version from 14 to 17; Decreased Force of the grounded version from 62 Fixed/50 Variable to 60 Fixed/48 Variable; Decreased Force of the aerial version from 45 Fixed/38 Variable to 45 Fixed/34 Variable.
Thea
Thea's Neutral Rocket Lance now has greater Damage and Force for increased reward as an anti-air attack. We have also decreased the Recover time of Thea's Side Rocket Lance to bring its risk in line with other similar attacks.
- Thea Neutral Rocket LanceIncreased damage from 24 to 26; Increased Force from 62 Fixed/54 Variable to 62 Fixed/56 Variable.
- Thea Side Rocket LanceDecreased total Recover time on miss from 22 to 20.
Thor
Thor's Side Orb and Down Orb now have greater Damage to be on par with most other Signatures, and we have increased their knockout potential to better fit the Orb's overall kit.
- Thor Side OrbThe knockback angle is now more horizontal; Increased total damage from 24 to 26; Focused more of the damage into the final hit.
- Thor Down OrbIncreased total damage from 23 to 25; Increased Force from 61 Fixed/50 Variable to 63 Fixed/52 Variable.
Volkov
We have increased the Damage of Volkov's Down Axe, Neutral Scythe, Side Scythe, and Down Scythe to better fit their overall duration and risk. We have also shuffled most of the Damage for the Down Axe and Side Scythe into the final hit to give better average reward even when striking with only the later part of the attack.
- Volkov Down AxeIncreased total damage from 24 to 27; Focused most of the damage into the final hit.
- Volkov Neutral ScytheIncreased total damage from 24 to 26.
- Volkov Side ScytheIncreased total damage from 24 to 27; Focused most of the damage into the final hit.
- Volkov Down ScytheIncreased total damage from 23 to 25.
Zariel
Zariel's Neutral Bow now has greater Recover time on miss for easier punishes against this anti-air attack. We have also decreased the Force to bring its reward in line with its overall utility. Zariel's Side Gauntlets now have greater Minimum Charge time for easier reaction, maneuvering, and punishes against this attack.
- Zariel Neutral BowIncreased total Recover time on miss from 16 to 19; Decreased Force of the ground and aerial versions from 50 Fixed/50 Variable to 50 Fixed/47 Variable.
- Zariel Side GauntletsIncreased Minimum Charge time from 13 to 16.
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