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Battlegrounds Season 31

Overview Greetings summoners! Battlegrounds Season 31 is the third season within the Fantastic Force saga and the second and final season of Qualifiers for the Battlerealm Brawl 2025 tournament.

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changedOverviewGreetings summoners! Battlegrounds Season 31 is the third season within the Fantastic Force saga and the second and final season of Qualifiers for the Battlerealm Brawl 2025 tournament. If you’re one of the lucky qualifiers, we will see you in Vancouver, Canada, in person, later this year! Woo-hoo!
addedOverviewAs per usual for the season, we have a new Buff Meta and Emote up for grabs if you can rain down victory and make it to the Gladiator Circuit!
changedPre-SeasonStart Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025
changedRegular SeasonStart Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
changedBattlerealm Brawl Tournament InformationQualifiers for the tournament were held over Season 30 and will conclude at the end of Season 31.
changedBattlerealm Brawl Tournament InformationIf you finish the Season in the Top 100 of the Gladiators Circuit, you will obtain a unique emote “The Champion holding up the Battlerealm Brawl logo!” and then will be assigned Battlerealm Brawl Qualifier points.

Marvel Contest of Champions changes

changedGreetings summoners! Battlegrounds Season 31 is the third season within the Fantastic Force saga and the second and final season of Qualifiers for the Battlerealm Brawl 2025 tournament. If you’re one of the lucky qualifiers, we will see you in Vancouver, Canada, in person, later this year! Woo-hoo!
addedAs per usual for the season, we have a new Buff Meta and Emote up for grabs if you can rain down victory and make it to the Gladiator Circuit!
changedStart Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025
changedStart Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025
changedQualifiers for the tournament were held over Season 30 and will conclude at the end of Season 31.

Overview

Greetings summoners! Battlegrounds Season 31 is the third season within the Fantastic Force saga and the second and final season of Qualifiers for the Battlerealm Brawl 2025 tournament. If you’re one of the lucky qualifiers, we will see you in Vancouver, Canada, in person, later this year! Woo-hoo!

As per usual for the season, we have a new Buff Meta and Emote up for grabs if you can rain down victory and make it to the Gladiator Circuit!

Dates

Pre-Season

  • Start

    • Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025

Regular Season

  • Start

    • Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025

Gladiator Circuit Buff Meta Change

  • Weeks 3-4:

    • Start:

      • Wednesday, Aug 27, 2025

Battlerealm Brawl Qualifier Leaderboard

  • Live

    • Friday, Aug 8, 2025

  • End

    • Saturday, Sep 13, 2025

Battlerealm Brawl Tournament Information

  • Qualifiers for the tournament were held over Season 30 and will conclude at the end of Season 31.

  • If you finish the Season in the Top 100 of the Gladiators Circuit, you will obtain a unique emote “The Champion holding up the Battlerealm Brawl logo!” and then will be assigned Battlerealm Brawl Qualifier points.

  • A special Battlerealm Brawl Qualifier (BRB) leaderboard will track the placements of each Summoner through each season.

  • After the conclusion of both qualifying Seasons, the Top 8 Summoners in the BRB leaderboard will be offered a place in the Battlerealm Brawl 2025 tournament during Summoners Fest.

  • A first-place finish in either of the qualifying seasons guarantees an invite to Summoners Fest.

    • From the Home page, tap on the Trophy Icon.

    • If it’s not already selected, tap on Category and select Battlerealm Brawl Qualifier.

    • You will then see the leaderboard and Summoner placements.

Upcoming Buff Meta

Season 31

Pre-Season & Victory Track (Entire Season)

Defender Buffs

  • Invisible Woman’s Finesse

    • #Saga Attackers Gain

      • Dodging grants a 0.5s Untouchable Passive.

      • When the opponent Misses a hit:

        • Gain a 15s Cruelty Passive increasing Critical Damage Rating by 500. Max: 5.

        • Cruelties are paused until the Attacker is struck or blocks a hit.

        • At 5 Cruelties, gain +2000 Critical Rating.

  • Steady As She Goes – 1

    • Each time the Attacker blocks an attack:

      • Defender gains a 25% Inexorable Passive for 4 seconds.

  • Power Snack – 1

    • Every 7 seconds:

      • Next Buff triggered by Attacker is immediately Nullified.

      • Each time this triggers, Defender gains 25% of a Bar of Power.

  • Aggressive

    • Defender is more aggressive and excels at Heavy and Dash Attacks.

  • Health

    • +300% Health

  • Attack

    • +100% Attack

  • Daunt-Less

    • Attacker starts with Spirit Gauge at 50%.

Gladiator’s Circuit (Weeks 1–2)

Defender Buffs

  • Invisible Woman’s Finesse (same as above)

  • Steady As She Goes – 2

    • Each time the Attacker blocks an attack:

      • Defender gains a 50% Inexorable Passive for 4 seconds.

  • Power Snack – 2

    • Every 7 seconds:

      • Next Buff triggered by Attacker is immediately Nullified.

      • Each time this triggers, Defender gains 50% of a Bar of Power.

  • Placebo

    • 40% chance to gain a Placebo Buff when striking the Defender.

    • Placebo Buffs have no effect.

  • Aggressive

    • Defender is more aggressive and excels at Heavy and Dash Attacks.

  • Health

    • +300% Health

  • Attack

    • +100% Attack

  • Daunt-Less

    • Attacker starts with Spirit Gauge at 50%.

Pre-Season & Weeks 3–4

Defender Buffs

  • Foresight

    • When the Attacker performs an Intercept:

      • Gain +200% Attack Rating for 5 seconds.

  • Fight or Flight

    • Every 12 seconds

      • Defender gains Unstoppable Buff for 4 seconds.

      • If the Attacker is far away when this triggers, they gain Unstoppable instead.

  • Astral-Sense

    • If Defender would be struck by a Basic Attack while Stunned:

      • 100% chance to Purify the Stun and Evade the attack.

  • Health

    • +300% Health

  • Attack

    • +100% Attack

  • Daunt-Less

    • Attacker starts with Spirit Gauge at 50%.

Saga Rewards

Where Shatter Essence & Research Grants can be found

  • Victory Track (VT)

    • 1 Shatter Essence when completing the VT.

    • 5 Research Grants when completing the VT.

  • Gladiator Circuit

    • 1x Shatter Essence when you reach Celestial 5.

    • 3x Shatter Essence when you reach Celestial 4.

    • 6x Shatter Essence when you reach Celestial 3.

    • 6x Shatter Essence when you reach Celestial 2.

    • 12x Shatter Essence when you reach Celestial 1.

Summoners Fest Realm Points

Reaching the top rank of any tier within the Victory Track will grant Realm Event Points

  • You will receive the following points for each tier:

    • Bronze 1 = 750

    • Silver 1 = 1250

    • Gold 1 = 1750

    • Platinum 1 = 2250

    • Diamond 1 = 2750

    • Vibranium 1 = 3750

    • All tiers combined points = 12,500

Upon completing Vibranium 1 and reaching the Gladiators Circuit, you will receive:

Good luck in this season of Battlegrounds, Summoners!

Source

Steam News / 6 August 2025

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