Announcing Battlegrounds Season 9
In his travels across The Great Dark Beyond, Bob’s decked out the Tavern with cyberpunk style, new technologies, and all kinds of minion updates. Come see what the universe has to offer in Battlegrounds Season 9, Enter the Technotavern, blasting off on December 3!
With Season 9, Battlegrounds Ratings will reset and Trinkets will rotate out of the Tavern. Season 9 will also bring with it an update to the Battlegrounds Track and all new Battlegrounds Tokens, which can be used to Reroll a Hero option at the start of your game—find out more, below.
Three out-of-this world new Heroes will enter the Hero Pool in Season 9, including: Farseer Nobundo. Peer through the Galaxy’s Lens and channel powerful cosmic flares as your Tavern Spells lead you to victory!
Over 90 minions and Tavern spells will be removed from their respective pools, replaced by nearly 90 new and returning minions and 11 all-new spells across Battlegrounds and Duos!
Over the next week, we’ll be sharing more information about these card removals, new and returning cards, and card updates. You can see all the card updates as they’re revealed in the official Card Library. Once the patch goes live, minion types will also roll out in-game over time to give you a chance to learn the new type compositions as they go. You can see the full reveal and rollout schedule at the bottom of this post.
Starting with Season 9, the damage cap will be adjusted in solo Battlegrounds games (note: this change will only apply to solo Battlegrounds, not Duos). The damage cap will start at 5 damage, then go up to 10 damage on turn 4, and 15 damage on turn 8. The cap will still be removed once you’re in the Top 4. This change will allow games to progress more evenly, without big bursts of damage in the early game.
One of the most common requests we hear about Battlegrounds is for more control over play direction. You have different favorite playstyles, preferred minion Types, and even Hero skins you want to see more of—not to mention
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