NEW THIS PATCH
New Fighter: Azrael
Born in Beirut Lebanon, Azrael has made his way to New York and joined Bleeding Edge as their newest Melee Support fighter. Having risen through the ranks of the most extreme thrill-seeker sports on offer, Azrael is looking for a new way to get his adrenaline pumping. His base jumping wings allow him to glide safely across the battlefield, but become brutal weapons in melee combat. His unique Soul Eater passive requires him to build damage stacks on enemies to feed his healing abilities. The re-locator portals he designed to reach cliff ledges provide Azrael and his team exciting new engage and traversal opportunities.
Visit Azrael’s Fighter Page to learn more about his unique kit, or check out the Azrael Guide Video courtesy of our friends at Arekkz Gaming.
Customisations
Azrael comes fully equipped for a battle, complete with mods, emotes and 9 skins.
New Map: Facility 665
Having sabotaged a nefarious H.A. research facility, the Bleeding Edge crew have repurposed it to their own ends. Set in a dark, remote, undisclosed location, the brand-new arena “Facility 665” is battle ready. Be careful though, there’s a good reason this facility has been abandoned…
Leaderboards
Competitive ranking as been one of our most hotly requested features, so we’re happy to finally release Leaderboards where you’ll be able to fight for worldwide rank and weekly top spots across 3 categories. Overall Rank Leaderboards Contains Leaderboards for all-time worldwide ranks. • Your Rank – Shows your current world-wide rank. • Worldwide Leaderboard - Shows the top ranked 100 players worldwide. • Friend Leaderboard - Shows a ranked board of you and your friends. Weekly Top Leaderboards Displays Leaderboards for best performance in different areas. You can toggle between current week and last week views. • Win Rate – Shows top 5 players by win-rate this week. • Killing Blows – Shows top 5 KBs in a single match this week. • Top Damage – Shows top 5 damage dealt in a single match this week. • Top Healing – Shows top 5 healing done in a single match this week. • Best in Class – Shows the top performance for each Fighter in a single match this week. This score is calculated based on… Your Stats (damage, healing, damage taken) where more weighting is given to the stat matching your class type (e.g. damage for Daemon, healing for Miko). • Objective Score. • Kill Blows and Assists • Deaths • Match Achievements (e.g. best damage, best healing, etc) Weekly Totals Leaderboards Totals Leaderboards calculate the sum total for different stats and scores across all games played that week. You can toggle between current week and last week views. • Total Wins – Shows the 5 players who won the most matches this week. • Total Killing Blows – Shows the 5 players who accumulated the most killing blows all week, across all games and fighters. • Total Damage – Shows the 5 players who accumulated the most damage this week, across all games and fighters. • Total Healing – Shows the 5 players who accumulated the most healing this week, across all games and fighters. • Total Class Score – Shows player who accumulated the most points for each Fighter over the whole week. Calculated using the same stats as “best in class” table above, except that Fighter win-rate is also taken into account. Dev Notes - We know that having a competitive mode is something many players have been thirsting for, so thanks for your patience while we’ve been working through this new feature! Can’t wait to see who rises to the top!Custom Queue
• Custom Queue allows any number of players to join a private matchmaking queue with others who’ve entered matching passwords. • Custom Queue ignores Matchmaking Skill but will respect pre-made parties, so you can group up before searching Custom Queue if you want to arrange specific teams. • Since Custom Queue also ignores ping, please be aware that network performance may be affected, but the system will do its best to choose the most appropriate server based on all players’ locations. • While playing in Custom Queue, you cannot earn rewards or complete quests, and stats do not contribute toward Leaderboards or player profile stats. Dev Notes - We were so inspired watching players setting up and running their own tournaments, and we wanted to do more to support organising events and playing prearranged games with friends or rivals! This is where the idea for Custom Queue came from. We wanted to get something into your hands as quickly as possible, but also give you the flexibility to create anything from a 4v4 prearranged match to a 48-player solo-Q fight night! We’re looking forward to seeing more great games and tournaments being played and streamedMap Mods
At the start of each match, there is a chance for a Map Modifier to be applied at random. Map Modifiers do not change the fundamental win conditions of the match, but augment some of the rules or introduce new mechanics. Full list of Map Mods active in the new patch: • Glass Cannon: Damage powerups grant 50% extra damage and the duration is doubled, but damage taken is also increased by 30%. • Super Charged: Super abilities charge twice as fast. • Kill Streaks: Gain 4% damage bonus on killing blows. This effect can stack up to 10 times. All bonuses are lost on death. • Dying Gift: Fighters drop a bomb when killed. • Hot Potato: Each Power Cell held increases damage done by 1.5%, but also increases damage taken by 3%. • Open Season: All Objectives are always active. • Cell Mates: Cages spawn periodically around Objectives, trapping Fighters inside for a short time. • Zones of Power: Power Zones appear intermittently, granting Fighters standing inside a 25% damage bonus. • King of the Hill: Only one Objective is activated each round. • Slime-O-Rama: The water is now toxic slime that damages anyone standing in it (only appears on Aqueducts and Hydrocore) • Speed Phreak: Pads appear around the map that grant a temporary speed boost. • VIP: Fighters take turns to be randomly selected as VIP. The VIP does 25% extra damage, but also takes 25 % extra damage. The VIP is worth {points} points when killed. Dev Notes - We received a lot of requests for more variety in game modes, and the team got really excited about the potential of Map Mods for addressing this. Not only do the map mods mix up existing strategies in terms of game mode and team comps… they also introduce some new and novel tactical opportunities. In testing, we saw teams that had previously dominated matches being thrown by scrappy new tactical choices, such as stacking cells or killstreaks along with specific mod builds and team comps to facilitate a hard carry. We hope you enjoy the fresh twist that Map Mods brings to matches!New Customisations
Boards: New boards include the Zeta, Enforcer & Swamp Runner, each with a variety of paint jobs!
Emotes
• Buttercup - Bye Bye Sugar
• Daemon - Say Hi To My Blade
• El Bastardo - My Pleasure
• Kulev - Healing Over Here
• Maeve – Pensioner’s Wrath
• Makutu - Show Me The Love
• Mekko - Majestic Bow
• Miko - Glory
• Níðhöggr - Strum
• ZeroCool - Laterz
Skins
New skin for every Fighter!
Full list includes:
• Buttercup – Retro
• Cass - Caique
• Daemon - Nightwalker
• El Bastardo - El Magico
• Gizmo - Construction
• Kulev - Pinstripes
• Maeve – Tangerine
• Makutu - Golden Boy
• Mekko - Gizzo
• Miko - Sleek
• Níðhöggr - Casual
• Zero Cool - Hot Stuff
New Lighting Scenarios
Most locations now feature different times of day.
