Brawlhalla News

Mega Man is ready to brawl in Valhalla! He's got his Mega Buster, some new Rush Battle Boots, and Signature Attacks that feature abilities like the Metal Blade. With him comes an iconic KO Effect, a Beat Sidekick, the Rush Rocket Lance, 2 new Avatars, and some Emoji Skins featuring characters like Dr. Wily, Proto Man, and Roll. Follow Met in Mallhalla to find all the Mega Man themed items!

Patch 8.14 also includes more Crossover goodness! All Brawlhalla-vania items are available at a discount from today, September 25th, through October 15th before they fade back into the night.

We’ve also made Balance changes including key updates for Ada and Vivi, Ranked Season 34 begins next week, and even more in-game items are on discount sales now!To catch the latest Brawlhalla news and content, be sure to follow us on Twitch, TikTok, Discord, YouTube, Reddit, X, Instagram, and Facebook!


[h2]Mega Man Mythic Crossover[/h2]

“I fight for everlasting peace!”

Mega Man is ready to fight for robots, humans, and all other beings in the Grand Tournament! Not only is he armed with his iconic Mega Buster, Rush has even transformed into a new set of Battle Boots. Also featuring custom Signature FX with his iconic Metal Blade, Flame Sword, and his Neutral Blaster Signature features an appearance from Rush in his dog form!

• Crossover for Vivi (Blasters/Battle Boots)
  
• Custom Signature FX
  
• Dedicated roster spot

New Mythic Tier features

• For the first time ever: Light Attack swaps to wield just one Blaster!
  
• Custom Blaster sound FX swaps.
  
• Custom movement animations to match how he moves in the original games!

[h2]Mega Man KO Effect[/h2]

“- Continue
- Stage Select”

Inspired by the sounds and colors of the animation that plays when Mega Man loses a life in the Mega Man games!



[h2]Rush Rocket Lance Weapon Skin[/h2]

“Mega Man's loyal transforming dog, created by Dr. Light.”

• Changes expression during certain attacks!

[h2]Beat Sidekick[/h2]

“A trusty companion and ally in battle built by Dr. Cossack.”



[h2]Emojis[/h2]

• Dr. Wily 1 More
• Roll Wave
• Rush Heart
• Mega Man Thumbs Up
• Proto Man WP
• Mega Man & Rush BRB

[h2]Avatars[/h2]

• Mega Man
• Energy Tank

[h2]Also Featuring:[/h2]

• Free “Robot Master” Title Reward & +250 Bonus Gold for logging in during the Crossover Event.
• New Mega Man inspired music suites for the Main Menu, Character Select, and Post-Match screens.
• Main Menu UI Takeover featuring Mega Man, Beat, & Rush Splash Art.

Last chance! From September 25th through October 15th, we will be celebrating Simon & Alucard with a discount sale on all Brawlhalla-vania Items!

After that, on October 16 at 5am ET, all Brawlhalla-vania Items will no longer be available for purchase, and Dracula’s Castle & Inverted Dracula’s Castle maps will be phased out of the game.

Do not worry though! Any Items you purchased will stay in your inventory and remain available for you to use as normal.

All Brawlhalla-vania Items are marked with a yellow hourglass in Mallhalla. Don’t miss your last chance to get these amazing Items before they fade into the walls of Dracula’s Castle!

For more information about Crossover Last Chance Sales, check out our FAQ post here.

The full list of sale items is:
[h3]Epic Crossovers[/h3]Alucard

• “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
• Animated Orb Skin: Ghost Familiar!

Simon Belmont

• The first Belmont players discovered, and the most famous vampire hunter of all.
• Unique Sword Skin: Morning Star!

[h3]Sidekick:[/h3]Vampire Bat

• “Servants of evil that lurk in the castle.”

[h3]Avatars:[/h3]Castlevania

• “Welcome to Dracula’s Castle”

Morning Star

• “A sacred weapon among the vampire hunters.”

Dracula

• “What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.”

Wolf Form

• “The Soul of Wolf aids the Vampire Prince.”

ⓒKonami Digital Entertainment



This balance pass contains further adjustments for our newest Legends, and some improvements for key Signatures on older Legends, as it brings us into the balance lock for the World Championship.
[h3]Ada[/h3]
Ada's Neutral Blasters now has significantly greater threat coverage along the blasts, as well as significantly improved setup consistency leading into the final blast. We have also significantly increased the maximum Force of Ada's Down Blasters to better match its overall risk and total commitment time.

• Neutral Blasters: Greatly increased threat coverage towards the user for the grounded and aerial blasts; Improved setup logic for the grounded blasts; Slightly decreased maximum horizontal travel during the blasts for greater consistency into the final blast.
• Down Blasters: Increased Force from a range of 55~30 Fixed/45~20 Variable to a range of 60~30 Fixed/52~20 Variable.

[h3]Diana[/h3]Diana's Down Blasters now has less Minimum Charge time for more reliable use in the neutral game and as a punish option. This Signature also has less Recover time on miss to help offset its lengthy total commitment.

• Down Blasters: Decreased Minimum Charge time from 11 to 9; Decreased total Recover time on miss from 21 to 19.

[h3]Ember[/h3]We have decreased the Minimum Charge time of Ember's Neutral Katars for more responsive use as an anti-air attack. We have also decreased this Signature's Recover time to help offset its lengthy total commitment.

• Neutral Katars: Decreased Minimum Charge time from 7 to 6; Decreased total Recover time from 20 to 18.

[h3]Imugi[/h3]Imugi's Side Greatsword now has greater Recover time to allow a wider opportunity to retaliate against this Signature. It also has less vertical threat coverage near the end of the Hit Window to allow for easier escapes and approaches. Imugi's Down Greatsword now has greater Minimum Charge time to allow a wider opportunity to evade or interrupt this versatile Signature. We have increased the Time to Hit of the initial strike of Imugi's Side Axe to better match its threat coverage and bring it in line with other similar attacks.

• Side Greatsword: Increased total Recover time from 24 to 26; Decreased maximum vertical threat coverage at the end of the Hit Window.
• Down Greatsword: Increased Minimum Charge time from 10 to 12.
• Side Axe: Increased Time to Hit of the first swing from 15 to 17.

[h3]Sir Roland[/h3]Sir Roland's Neutral Rocket Lance now has less Recover time to help offset its lengthy total commitment.

• Neutral Rocket Lance: Decreased total Recover time from 17 to 14.

[h3]Vivi[/h3]We have adjusted the Hurtbox of Vivi's Neutral Battle Boots to keep it from evading over low grounded attacks and gadgets. We have also increased the Recover time of Vivi's Down Battles Boots to grant an even wider opportunity to line up a punish after evading or maneuvering around this attack.

• Neutral Battle Boots: Lowered Hurtbox to not evade certain low grounded attacks.
• Down Boots: Increased total Recover time from 20 to 22.

[h3]Wu Shang [/h3]
Wu Shang's Neutral Spear now has less Force to better match its utility and relatively wide threat coverage.

• Neutral Spear: Decreased Force from 70 Fixed/52 Variable to 60 Fixed/50 Variable.

Prove your magical abilities in this 3 minute, 4 player Free-for-All match! Withstand the dangerous, random conditions determined by Hoshi's mischievous dice roll. KO your opponents to earn 2 points. Lose 1 point for being KO'd. Score the most points to win!

• Dice & Destruction Game Mode
• 4 Player FFA
• 3 Minutes
• Most points at the end wins!

Beyond Glory there is immortality… or at least there are Ranked Rewards that will last a lifetime! On October 2nd, a new Ranked climb begins! Two weeks later on October 16th the Valhallan ranks will open up! Full details will be revealed the day of the reset, but as a preview, this season’s Ranked Queue rotation will include the following modes:

• October 2, 2024 – Ranked 2v2 Oddbrawl
• November 6, 2024 – Ranked 2v2 Capture the Flag
• December 11, 2024 – Ranked 2v2 Bombsketball

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where players’ names in couch party are always grayed out after a couch party game.
• Fixed a bug where the Dice and Destruction Game Mode icon wasn’t displaying in the Public Games Browser.
• Fixed a bug where the Training Settings menu wasn’t properly refreshing when opening it in Training Mode.
• Fixed a visual bug where Lucien's and Azoth's splash art icons were not rendering properly on console.

[h3]UX[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where the gadget selection would not properly reset after exiting an old Custom Game Lobby and trying to create a new one.

[h3]Art & Animation[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where a Legends’ legs would disappear in some Katars throw animations.
• Fixed a bug where players with the “Pet the Sidekick” Emote equipped as a Victory/certain Sidekicks’ heads would disappear in the post-match victory/defeat screen.
• Fixed several visual bugs that were causing Fallen Prince Teros Tier 3 to not appear correctly on Consoles.

[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Fixed a visual bug where the proper animation for dropping through a soft platform wasn’t playing when players dropped through the angled soft platform on “The Fangwild” Map.
• Fixed a bug where players would automatically dash upon exiting a bubble.
• Fixed a bug where using the Sidekick Summoner Horn on Starlight Falls would sometimes spawn your Weapon inside a platform.
• Fixed several bugs that caused players who were trapped in a Bubble Bomb’s Bubble while being KO'd in Buddy or Street Brawl would keep them trapped in the bubble for the rest of the game.

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Updated the design for the Points Numbers in-game!
• Adjusted Blasters positioning in the weapon picker window to better display asymmetrical Blasters skins.

[h3]UX [/h3]

• Introducing an all new “Mayhem” Map set for those who like to go all-out! Including Maps such as Crumbling Chasm, Starlight Falls, Siege of Lions, and more.
• Steam now fully supports the use of PS5 controllers!
• “Climb” and “Showdown” are now listed as selectable Maps instead of individual Game Modes. This allows for all-new combinations between these and other Game Modes!
• Fixed an issue wh`ere the “Rocket Lance Walk Off” pre-challenge demonstration was not playing correctly.

[h3]Art & Animation[/h3]

• Added hit effects to all of Thea’s Signature attacks and Tezca’s Down Boots Signature attack.

[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• Greatly improved consistency of landing attacks on bubbled players using Signature attacks, either from the Bubble Bomb Gadget or in Game Modes such as Bubble Tag.
• We’ve improved Starlight Falls spawn points to limit players getting automatically KO-ed at spawn.

[h3]Localization[/h3]

• Updated the French translation for "Blasters".
• Fixed a Brazilian Portuguese mistranslation of the "Spear or Sword KOs" Daily Mission.
• Fixed mistranslations of the "Masked Bandit's Watch" Avatar in Brazilian Portuguese, Latin-American Spanish, and European Spanish.
• Fixed the Brazilian Portuguese translation of the "Headmaster Fait" Skin.

The free-to-play Legend rotation for this week features: Barraza, Kaya, Thatch, Xull, Tezca, Mako, Koji, Scarlet, and Fait.

Last chance! From September 25 to October 15, we will be celebrating Simon & Alucard with a sale on Brawlhalla-vania Items. After that, on October 16, all Brawlhalla-vania Items will no longer be available for purchase, and Dracula’s Castle & Inverted Dracula’s Castle maps will be phased out of the game. Do not worry though! Any Items you purchased will stay in your inventory and remain available for you to use as normal. All Brawlhalla-vania Items will be marked with a yellow hourglass in Mallhalla. Don’t miss your last chance to get these amazing Items!

Check out the FAQ on last chance sales here: https://brawlhalla.com/lastchancefaq

Earn free and exclusive in-game items by watching on Twitch! Join us on twitch.tv/brawlhalla as we watch the best players in the game battle for their chance to be called the Freya's Champion!

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[h2]Dates & Times[/h2]

Tournament: Friday, September 13th, 9 AM ET
Tournament: Saturday, September 14th, 11 AM ET
Tournament: Sunday, September 15th, 3 PM ET

Back to School 2024 continues! Last week, the Cheer Captain Brynn, Victor Sidekick, and new Emojis joined the ever-growing list of essential school supplies available in Mallhalla.All Back to School items are still available in Mallhalla including 15 Skins, a Seasonal Emote, and Avatars.

Yesterday we hosted a Developmental Update livestream where we showcased a ton of new features and additions coming to the world of Brawlhalla in the very near future! The preview included a first look at Skirmishes, our in-game UI refresh, and an optional damage numbers display.

This weekend, tune in to the Trial of Freya to earn exclusive viewership rewards! Catch every second of the 1v1 action starting Friday, September 13th at 9am Eastern on Twitch or YouTube.!

To catch the latest Brawlhalla news and content, be sure to follow us on Twitch, TikTok, Discord, YouTube, Reddit, X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook!



Class is in session and we are in full attendance! As it has become the case for our Seasonal Events, we’ve got a stacked returning roster of Legends Skins from years past. From Furst Day Asuri to Rocker Volkov to the brand new Cheer Captain Brynn, everyone is Back to School in style!

Brynn won’t be the only one cheering for the squad in Home Team Colors, because Victor our fiercely cuddly mascot has also come Back to School! For our Emoji connoisseurs, you’ll notice three new Emoji’s chock full of school spirit. Just like everyone has a favorite subject– everyone will have a favorite Back to School Event Item, use them with pride! From the graduated class of forever students, we hope you enjoy this long awaited Event!





For the full list of details and to see how you can participate in the Game Performance test, check out the full blog post!

[h2]Game Performance[/h2]

We’re testing out a fix for reported graphical stutters on Steam using the “tech-test” branch.

To help us test this update:

Right click on Brawlhalla in your Steam library, select “Properties”, navigate to “Betas”, and select “tech-test – Testing new engine tech”. Then, navigate to “General” of Brawlhalla Properties, and in the launch options text field enter “-framefix -setfps 240”. (Change 240 to whatever the maximum hz your monitor is capable of, generally 144, 240, or 360.)



[h2]Skirmishes[/h2]

Skirmishes will be a type of in-game event that splits players into several personal preference themed teams called “Factions” to compete against each other for points called “Influence.” Players earn Influence for their Faction when playing Brawlhalla, and players get bonus Influence for their Factions by playing Ranked against the opposing Factions! The Faction with the most Influence when the Skirmish ends is the winner.

Skirmishes will not be a new Game Mode. It’s a whole new thing. When you log in, you will choose a Faction and get Items based on that faction, like a Title and an Avatar. The winning Faction will get special versions of those Items. Skirmishes are limited time Events that will last around 1-2 weeks, and each Skirmish is a unique theme with unique rewards. We are looking to launch the first Skirmish in October and we’ll have more information on it as we get closer to the date.



[h2]UI Refresh First Look[/h2]

Viewers of the stream got a first look at the first ever major Brawlhalla UI overhaul!

After last year’s refresh of our logo and branding we were inspired to link the in-game UI with this new aesthetic. You’ll notice Legend splash arts in Legend select, a brand new look for the top right player menu, new fonts, all new buttons, and many many other things.



[h2]Damage Numbers[/h2]

This highly-requested new opt-in feature will give an option for players to toggle on a view that displays how much Damage their Legend has taken. On-release this option will be available to select in the top right Player Menu.



[h2]BCX 2024[/h2]

We’ve only begun to preview some features coming to Brawlhalla in the near future. There are many more reveals in store to be shown at BCX 2024! Sign up as a spectator or competitor at BCX.LIVE to be among the first to witness these announcements.





Earn free and exclusive in-game items by watching on Twitch! Join us on twitch.tv/brawlhalla this weekend to watch the best players in the game battle for their chance to be called the Freya's Champion!

Click here for stream start times automatically converted to your time zone

Dates & Times

• Tournament: Friday, September 13th, 9 AM ET
• Tournament: Saturday, September 14th, 11 AM ET
• Tournament: Sunday, September 15th, 3 PM ET

It's hero time in this 2v2, 3 stock transforming battle! Choose one weapon each from 3 of your favorite Legends in character select. Activate your powers like the Omnitrix with the throw button to change forms. Weapons are always equipped and cannot be picked up or thrown. Last team standing wins!

• Morph Game Mode
• 2v2, 3 Stocks each
• Choose one weapon each from 3 Legends.
• Morph into the different Legends with the throw button.
• First to 6 KOs wins!

The free-to-play Legend rotation for this week features: Rayman, Ada, Xull, Thor, Mirage, Azoth, Lin Fei, Thea, Jaeyun

• Rayman – The Champion of the Glade of Dreams, wielding his Gauntlets and Axe, has found his way into Valhalla on a mission to save his home.
• Ada – Armed with Blasters and Spear, this nano-tech, elite combat hacker aims to win in the Grand Tournament.
• Xull – With legendary physical strength, this Axe and Cannon wielding Orc Warlord is ready to challenge everyone and everything in Valhalla!
• Thor – Finally entering the ring, Thor, God of Thunder, makes his appearance in the Grand Tournament with his trusty Hammer, Mjölnir, and his powerful Orb.
• Mirage – An occultist, martial artist, and spy, this agent uses the powers of magic and time-travel along with her Scythe and Spear to take down her foes.
• Azoth – Devoted acolytes bring this brilliant and ruthless lich lord to life again (and again) in Valhalla to do battle with Bow and Axe.
• Lin Fei – A defender of the innocent and teacher of the lost ways. She is a great teacher who has developed her own fighting style, the ‘Way of the Iron Dragon,’ which utilizes her Cannon, Katars and an ancestral dragon-spirit.
• Thea – You’ll usually find Thea kicking Asgard with her Battle Boots & Rocket Lance in Thundergard Stadium. She’s second to none in Brawlball, Dodgebomb, and all of Valhalla’s Eternal Sports tournaments.
• Jaeyun – The legendary mercenary who has traveled across the Old Kingdom on the back of his dragon turtle companion Imugi, Jaeyun has discovered new riches and sights in Valhalla! He brings the Greatsword and Sword to battle in the Grand Tournament.