Test Features

Test Features are our way to try potentially large gameplay and balance changes with the entire Brawlhalla community.

There are two ways to access test features.

1 – Enable test features in custom lobbies or Couch Party by going into the game settings and turning ‘Test Features’ on.

2 – Queue for the 1v1 Experimental Queue where all test features are on by default.

Current Test Features

New Gadget: Sticky Bomb

Patch 7.12

Read the Patch Notes here

Available to try with Test Features on, in the Experimental Queue, or can practice with it in Training mode!
When thrown, this Gadget attaches to a player and blinks in red for a short time until it detonates.
It can be passed to another player by running into them.

Backdash Buffs Update

Patch 7.09

Increased startup frames of forward dash and backdash during dash dancing from 2 frames to 3 frames (still down from the original 6 frames on live). This does not affect the initial backdash startup time of 1 frame in test features which allows players to immediately attack out of a backdash, and which matches the forward dash startup time on live.

Backdash Buffs

Patch 7.08

Read the Patch Notes here

The startup time for backdash has been decreased both in neutral and during dash dancing to be more symmetrical with forward dash.
Now, just like forward dash, you can attack out of a backdash freely.
Other than the slightly reduced impulse speed compared to forward dash, there is no penalty for performing a backdash anymore.

We also removed the extended timing window & required “down” directional input from the platform dash cancel feature (previously called Ledge Cancel) introduced in patch 7.07.