Season 3 1.3.3 Midseason Patch Notes Part 1
General
Another Amazonian joins the Multiverse! Nubia is now available and can be purchased with Gleamium or a Character Ticket. She can be purchased for 6,000 Fighter Currency starting October 18th.
NEW Queue: Introducing the Wacky Weekend queue, only available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but will be available for a limited time with the launch of this patch. The Wacky Weekend queue features a randomized assortment of specialty game modes, including:
NEW Queue: Introducing a new Casual queue with low-intensity game modes. The Casual queue will launch with a 2-player vs. 2-bots game mode.
Rifts
The "Hunter on the Trail" PvE Rift is NOW AVAILABLE!
The "Haunted Megamix" PvE Rift has been added and will unlock later in the season:
Rift Updates
Enemy combatants of varying toughness have been added to Season 2 and Season 3 Adventure bonus nodes:
Rift Combat Updates
Events
The D��a de Muertos-Verse Event is NOW AVAILABLE!
The Halloween Crossover Costume Bash Event will be released later in the season.
New Event Theming:
Maps
New Maps:
New Maps available in Custom Games, Local and Training:
Water Tower:
The Court:
Matchmaking Map Pool Changes:
Ranked:
Unranked:
Training Mode
New Options Added
Refill Dodge Meter
Instant Cooldowns
Character Specific Toggles:
These patch notes are continued in Part 2
Another Amazonian joins the Multiverse! Nubia is now available and can be purchased with Gleamium or a Character Ticket. She can be purchased for 6,000 Fighter Currency starting October 18th.
NEW Queue: Introducing the Wacky Weekend queue, only available on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, but will be available for a limited time with the launch of this patch. The Wacky Weekend queue features a randomized assortment of specialty game modes, including:
- Volleyball
- Spotlight
- Cart Race
- 3 vs. 1
- Counter
- Splat
- ... and MORE!
NEW Queue: Introducing a new Casual queue with low-intensity game modes. The Casual queue will launch with a 2-player vs. 2-bots game mode.
Rifts
The "Hunter on the Trail" PvE Rift is NOW AVAILABLE!
The "Haunted Megamix" PvE Rift has been added and will unlock later in the season:
Rift Updates
Enemy combatants of varying toughness have been added to Season 2 and Season 3 Adventure bonus nodes:
- Temple Raider (Season 2)
- Grid Escape (Season 2)
- Coffin Run (Season 2)
- Rainbow Three (Season 3)
- Target Break, Race, and Golf stages now display a preview image in Node detail windows and during Pre and Post match.
Rift Combat Updates
- Rift Ice Pipe hazards no longer apply knockback on contact.
- Fixes for the Batman Mega Mix Laughing Gas Chase node.
Events
The D��a de Muertos-Verse Event is NOW AVAILABLE!
The Halloween Crossover Costume Bash Event will be released later in the season.
New Event Theming:
- Now during major Events, the home screen will get a new look to pair with the Event theme, starting with the Halloween Crossover Costume Bash
Maps
New Maps:
- The City of Townsville (1v1)
- Trophy's E.D.G.E. 3 (horizontally moving middle platform)
- Dexter's Laboratory 3
- Space
- Beach
New Maps available in Custom Games, Local and Training:
- Batcave (Hammer Time)
- Bamboo's E.D.G.E.
- Trophy's E.D.G.E. (No Floor)
- Dexter's Laboratory Modules 1-5
- Space (Ice Pit)
- Beach (Sandworms)
Water Tower:
- Increased blast box height by 10% on all variants.
- Increased the size of Balloons' hurtbox to improve interactions with character projectiles.
The Court:
- Adjusted hitbox timing on basketball hoop explosion. Active hitbox duration reduced to 0.1 seconds from 0.5 seconds.
Matchmaking Map Pool Changes:
Ranked:
- The City of Townsville (1v1) has been added to the 1v1 queue.
- Dexter's Laboratory 3 has been added to the 2v2 queue.
- Beach has been added to the 2v2 queue.
- Trophy's E.D.G.E. 3 has been added to 1v1 and 2v2 queues.
- Space has been added to 1v1 and 2v2 queues.
Unranked:
- The City of Townsville (1v1) has been added to the 1v1 queue.
- Dexter's Laboratory 3 has been added to the 1v1, 2v2, and FFA queues.
- Beach has been added to the 1v1, 2v2, and FFA queues.
- Trophy's E.D.G.E. 3 has been added to the 1v1, 2v2, and FFA queues.
- Space has been added to the 1v1, 2v2, and FFA queues.
Training Mode
New Options Added
Refill Dodge Meter
Instant Cooldowns
Character Specific Toggles:
- Shaggy - Infinite Rage
- Finn - Coin Count
- Iron Giant - Instant Rage
- Samurai Jack - Infinite Focus
- Joker - Joker's Wild Card Behavior
- Velma - Instant Mystery Machine
These patch notes are continued in Part 2