January Update + Sneak Peeks: New Brawlers + New Skins + New Event + More!
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Today Brawl Stars released a HUGE update and announced some new cool features coming soon. New Brawler, new skins, new event and much more is coming soon.
Sneak Peek: New Brawler - Gene!
img src="updategene.jpg" width="375" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Brawler Gene"
• Gene is a versatile supporter who can engage enemies at any range!
• Gene’s Super launches a magical hand from his lamp, dragging an enemy to his location!
New Character Models (also VFX, existing skins)
• Spike (Pink Spike skin replaced with Sakura Spike)
• Darryl
• Poco
• Rico
• Colt
Sneak Peek: New Skins
img src="updateskinbarley.jpg" width="430" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Darryl Dumpling"
• Dumpling Darryl
img src="updateskinbrock.jpg" width="430" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Lion Dance Brock"
• Lion Dance Brock
img src="updateskincolt.jpg" width="430" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Royal Agent Colt"
• Royal Agent Colt
img src="updateskinbull.jpg" width="341" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Football Bull"
• Football Bull
img src="updateskinpoco.jpg" width="341" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Serenade Poco"
• Serenade Poco
img src="updateskinrico.jpg" width="353" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars New Skin Popcorn Rico"
• Popcorn Rico
Sneak Peek: Lunar New Year Brawl Event
Brawl Ball
img src="updatebrawlball.jpg" width="476" quality="50" alt="Brawl Stars Brawl Ball Changes" caption="You can no longer go behind the goal"
• Brawlers now spawn inside the Goal
• Kicking the ball without Super now consumes ammo
Showdown
• Player names are now empty instead of "???" at over 300 Trophies
• Poison doesn't deal damage instantly when it spawns or grows
Bounty
• Game mode length reduced from 2m 30s to 2m
Raid Boss
• Now shows when the next Boss rage stage is triggered
• Added one more rage stage
• Show in-game which difficulty you are playing
• Respawn time increased by 2 seconds
Duo Showdown
• Respawn time increased by 2 seconds
Heist
• Safe health increased from 30000 to 36000
All Modes
• Green bushes no longer grow back after 35 seconds
• Explosion and other things that destroy the environment don't leave 1 tile gaps anymore (hard to move through them with the joystick)
Character Changes
• Many new visual effects for Brawlers and skins
• Mortis VO added
• Bo VO added
• Brock VO added
Miscellaneous:
• Performance improvements
• Chat - Game room chat is still visible when other people have left the room
• Clubs - Search clubs while in a club "button" added
• Shop improvements
• Change your leaderboard location in Settings
• Ability for Club Presidents and Vice Presidents to change Club location
• When playing solo in a friendly game room you can now quit from the friendly game (faster to practice and try out things)
Economy
• Star Power gem price lowered from 266 to 233
• Player's token limit increased from 100 to 200
Maps & event rotation
Bounty and Heist now share event slot 3
• Added four new Bounty maps, kept three old Bounty maps
• Added four new Heist maps, kept three old Heist maps
• Tweaked the remaining old Heist maps to increase Brawler variety
Brawl Ball and "Showdown with event mods" now share event slot 4
• Added one new and one previously removed Showdown map
• Added one new Brawl Ball map
• Showdown is now the only game mode with event modifiers
• Removed Life Leech event modifier
• Removed Gem Grab, Bounty and Heist maps that were rarely in rotation
Character Balance
Nita:
• Increased Star Power Healing from 300 to 500
Brock:
• Increased Star Power Damage per second from from 240 to 300
Bo:
• Decreased Star Power visibility range from 6 tiles to 4 tiles
• Increased Main attack damage from 420 to 480
El Primo:
• Increased Star Power Damage from 600 to 800
Barley:
• Increased Star Power Healing from 200 to 300
• Increased Main attack damage per second from 600 to 640
• Increased Super damage per second from 480 to 640
• When throwing the Super close to Barley the spread of the bottles is now much larger. Also the damage from the Super's different bottles do not stack anymore.
Poco:
• Increased Star Power Healing from 400 to 500
Darryl:
• Increased Star Power shield protection from 30% to 40%
• Increased Main attack damage per shell from 260 to 280
Tara:
• Increased Star Power Pet damage from 200 to 400, Increased Pet health from 2000 to 2400
Leon:
• Decreased Super invisibility time from 10 seconds to 8 seconds
• Decreased main attack damage from 500 to 460 (at close range)
Mortis:
• Increased Main attack and Super damage from 800 to 900
• Star power no longer leaves a green skull, instead when Mortis defeats a Brawler he instantly gains 1800 health.
Frank:
• Star power no longer leaves a purple skull, instead when Frank defeats a Brawler he instantly gains a buff that increases his damage by 40% for 10 seconds.
Rico:
• Increased Main attack damage from 280 to 300
