For instance, in the first round of the match, the melee spearman Shifu can choose between increasing the duration and reducing the cooldown of his escape ability Fleetfoot, or giving his Impale skill the ability to heal back a small portion of his health, or adding a root effect to his ranged Javelin skill in order to catch up to foes.
#SHIFU BATTLERITE BUILD UPGRADE#
This is due to the Battlerite system, which is a multi-tiered upgrade system that changes the effects of a champion’s base abilities. In the game’s current state, there is no meta team composition. As characters attack or heal, they build up ‘Energy’ which is basically a meter that can be used to unleash more powerful EX versions of abilities or a character’s Ultimate ability. Each champion has up to seven abilities to use in battle, with two abilities having a powered up ‘EX’ form. Each match is played in a best of three rounds. Every player has access to the current lineup of champions whose purposes depend on the three major archetypes melee, ranged and support. Teams of two, or three, will fight against each other in small arenas.
With that said, Battlerite took to Early Access in October and garnered respect for its fresh cast of champions and its fast-paced gameplay.īattlerite has two different team sizes. This currency can either be bought or earned through the playing the game, and can be used to purchase chests, which unlocks new skins and poses, taking the Overwatch approach to funding game development. Despite the game costing $19.99 USD, Battlerite also features in-game currency. While the game is currently in Early Access, the team, Stunlock Studios, is focusing on introducing new content while continually balancing the game. A small game called Battlerite has started to create ripples among the community and it may very well be one of the few titles that is able to actually encapsulate the true definition of a MOBA. With games such as DotA 2, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, Smite and a whole plethora of popular Multiplayer Online Battle Arena(MOBA) games, it’s hard not to see why games which take the same approach end up falling out of grace. For the last few years, the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre of games have been saturated, especially in the eSports scene.