Friendly Battles is a feature that lets the host who creates a Friendly lobby play any event with either friends or bots without winning Trophies or losing them, or gaining Mastery points. Any Brawler a player selects in a Friendly lobby will be completely maxed out. Friendly Battles are what let the creator of a map in Map Maker get qualified after enough people upvote it. The only maps available to play are the maps in the current rotation.
Event Selection[]
The only events the Host can select to play are the events that aren't either Special Events, or limited-time events. This includes:
- Map Maker maps the host has made
- Gem Grab
- Gem Grab 5v5
- Solo Showdown
- Duo Showdown
- Trio Showdown
- Heist
- Bounty
- Brawl Ball
- Brawl Ball 5v5
- Jellyfishing
- Hot Zone
- Knockout
- Knockout 5v5
- Duels
Modifiers[]
The host has a selection of Modifiers they can select to apply to their next battle. These include:
- Ranked (Make the next game go by Ranked rules)
- Number of Rounds (Select from either 1 to 3 rounds for the battle)
- Preparation Timers (Pick either normal, x1.5, or x2 additional duration for preparation)
- Energy Drink
- Angry Robo
- Meteor Shower
- Graveyard Shift
- Super Charge
- Fast Brawlers
- Top Dog
- Unlimited Power
- Super Bushy
- Timed Detonation
- Hyper Drop
- Healing Breeze
Teams[]
The host has many tools to help them configure the teams in a Friendly Battle. The host can invite a friend or clubmate by tapping on a bot icon, or by tapping on the tab on the top right corner of the screen. In order to turn off a bot, the host must tap on the green power button on the top right corner on a bot icon. If the power button is red, that means that the bot is disabled. The host can also switch what team a player is. To do this, they must tap on the player, then tap on "SWITCH TEAM", and then the host must tap on whatever player slot the selected player will be swapped to.
Usage[]
Friendly Battles are used for many purposes.
- Practicing and testing purposes, like trying out a Brawler casually, testing attacks, Supers, Gadgets, Star Powers, and or Gears, testing a player's map, or trying out Modifiers.
- Setting up friendly competitions against friends and or clubmates, possibly with the Power League ruleset.
- Can be used purely for fun and amusement, like looking around a map's environment, playing around with bots, etc.
History[]
- On 07/12/17, Friendly Battles were added to the game.
- On 29/01/19, when playing Solo Showdown in a Friendly Battle, the player can now quit to immediately go to the menu.
- On 27/02/19, fixed a bug where bot Brawlers in Friendly Battle room did not have max Power Level. Siege was added.
- On 29/08/19, when playing games with bots, bots can now choose any Brawler, with more rare Brawlers are less likely to be picked by the bots.
- On 23/10/19, fixed a bug in Friendly Game Room where after relaunching the game a player could hear the opposing team's Brawlers' voice lines if these Brawlers were in the ready state.
- On 23/01/20, Hot Zone was added.
- On 17/03/20, Friendly Game Rooms have a setting to disable Gadget use in the match.
- On 02/07/20, added the Friendly Battle-exclusive map, nruhC nrevaC.
- On 10/09/20, added an option to disable player slots in Friendly Game Rooms, and added the Friendly Battle-exclusive map, Purple Paradise.
- On 17/09/20, fixed crash issues caused by disabling slots in Friendly Game Rooms.
- On 22/10/20, Map Maker was added, as well as featuring a new event type in the event selection screen.
- On 11/11/20, players will now be prompted to upvote or downvote Map Maker maps after being sent to the Friendly Game Room screen after playing them.
- On 16/06/21, added the Friendly Battle-exclusive map, Trap Map. Knockout was added. nruhC nrevaC was removed from the game.
- On 17/06/21, fixed an issue that allowed bots to use Buzz before he was added in Friendly Battles.
- On 25/08/21, Trap Map was removed from the game.
- On 17/11/21, Gadgets could no longer be disabled in Friendly Game Rooms, and the button that was used to do this was replaced with an "i" button that reads: "Friendly battles don't reward trophies, but you can practice any regular event or set up a friendly competition! All Brawlers are fully upgraded in Friendly battles."
- On 16/12/21, players can now enable the Power League format in Friendly Battles.
- On 01/03/22, Purple Paradise was removed from the game.
- On 03/01/22, the game now will automatically ban and pick Brawlers for players if they don't react in time when using the Power League format in Friendly Battles.
- On 04/01/22, fixed a bug that made Friendly Battle Power League matches count for the profile's 3v3 wins.
- On 27/04/22, Ping Pong, a Friendly Battle-exclusive map was added to the game.
- On 31/08/22, Ping Pong was removed from the game. Siege was removed.
- On 25/10/22, players can now play duplicate Brawlers in 3v3 game modes. Purple Paradise was added back to the game.
- On 28/02/23, Basket Brawl and Duels were added. Purple Paradise was removed from the game.
- On 25/04/23, Volley Brawl was added. Basket Brawl was removed.
- On 27/06/23, Payload, Takedown, and Wipeout were added. Duels and Volley Brawl were removed.
- On 05/09/23, Siege was added back. Payload and Takedown were removed.
- On 24/10/23, Duels was added back. Siege was removed.
- On 12/12/23, Hunters, Gem Grab 5v5, Brawl Ball 5v5, and Wipeout 5v5 were added. Bounty and Duels were removed.
- On 27/02/24, Trophy Escape was added. Bounty and Basket Brawl were added back. Hunters was removed.
- On 25/03/24, fixed the issue causing Friendly Ranked matches to crash.
- On 23/04/24, Duels was added back. Godzilla City Smash and Knockout 5v5 were added. Basket Brawl was removed.
- On 22/05/24, fixed a bug in Friendly Duels Battles where inviting a friend would overlap with your second Brawler pick.
- On 25/06/24, Paint Brawl was added. Godzilla City Smash was removed.
- On 27/08/24, Trio Showdown and Jellyfishing were added. Trophy Escape, Wipeout, Wipeout 5v5, and Paint Brawl were removed.
