Patch 8.14 – Brawlhalla x Mega Man, Balance Changes, Ranked Season 34, and much more!
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!
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Mega Man Mythic Crossover
“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!
Mega Man KO Effect
“- 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!
Rush Rocket Lance Weapon Skin
“Mega Man’s loyal transforming dog, created by Dr. Light.”
- Changes expression during certain attacks!
Beat Sidekick
“A trusty companion and ally in battle built by Dr. Cossack.”
Emojis
- Dr. Wily 1 More
- Roll Wave
- Rush Heart
- Mega Man Thumbs Up
- Proto Man WP
- Mega Man & Rush BRB
Avatars
- Mega Man
- Energy Tank
Also Featuring:
- 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:
Epic Crossovers
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!
Sidekick:
Vampire Bat
- “Servants of evil that lurk in the castle.”
Avatars:
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.
Ada
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.
Diana
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.
Ember
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.
Imugi
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.
Sir Roland
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.
Vivi
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.
Wu Shang
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
UI
- 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.
UX
- 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.
Art & Animation
- 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.
Gameplay
- 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.
UI
- Updated the design for the Points Numbers in-game!
- Adjusted Blasters positioning in the weapon picker window to better display asymmetrical Blasters skins.
UX
- 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 where the “Rocket Lance Walk Off” pre-challenge demonstration was not playing correctly.
Art & Animation
- Added hit effects to all of Thea’s Signature attacks and Tezca’s Down Boots Signature attack.
Gameplay
- 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.
Localization
- 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.
- Barraza – A feared man in the wastelands with his Blasters and Axe, Barraza is the ultimate survivor and will do what it takes to be at the top in Valhalla.
- Kaya – Using her bow, spear and spirit animals, she is ready to try her luck in the Grand Tournament!
- Thatch – The tournament is a paradise of chaos and fire for this Madman of Barbados as he brandishes Sword and Blasters.
- Xull – With legendary physical strength, this Axe and Cannon wielding Orc Warlord is ready to challenge everyone and everything in Valhalla!
- Tezca – The greatest luchador in the world who also became an ancient god. Tezca makes his own rules in the ring with his Gauntlets & Battle Boots!
- Mako – The ultimate apex predator from The Sea, Mako, with her Greatsword and Katars, aims to make fish meat out of her opponents in the Grand Tournament.
- Koji – Armed with his ancestral katana, Koji slices his way through the battlefield with Sword and Bow!
- Scarlet – A former women’s boxing champion from England and head of the Royal Airship Navy, Scarlet used her ingenuity and knowledge of steam powered machines to build her own Rocket Lance and Hammer to take into battle.
- Fait – Speaking to the stars and using glimpses of the future, Fait battles for good with her Scythe and Orb!