Microsoft’s Xbox Wire announced the Avatar State Patch for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, an update that is available now on Xbox Series X|S. The post, written by Soraya Turner of Microsoft’s Gameplay Group, called it the biggest update the game has seen.
The game launched earlier this year with 12 characters from “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “The Legend of Korra.” The patch redesigns the menus, character select, stage select and in-match interface. It also adds Ranked Mode 2.0, quality-of-life changes to story, versus and online play, and balance changes for every character on the roster.
Two fighters, Avatar Aang and Nightmare Korra, return with new art, new attacks and new super moves. Combat Director Young said Aang’s design draws on his final fight with Fire Lord Ozai and other Avatar State scenes in the series. Aang’s new Level 4 super, his most powerful attack, is called Roku’s Inferno. In it, Aang turns into Avatar Roku, who engulfs the battlefield in flame.
Nightmare Korra is based on the dark reflection that haunted Korra in the episode “Korra Alone,” according to Young. Her moveset has been rebuilt, and she now wears chains on both wrists instead of one. Young said early prototypes drained her health constantly to represent mercury poisoning, but that did not make for interesting play, so she now starts with less health instead.
The post highlighted two of the balance changes. Azula’s move Ambition’s Spark now tracks closer to the opponent’s position, has a larger detonation hitbox and is flow cancelable. Sokka’s sword special techniques can now cancel directly into a boomerang toss in certain situations when he uses his Master Piandao support character. After at least 10 stacks of successful sword hits, Sokka keeps that ability for the rest of the match.
The patch also adds Story Mode+, story difficulty settings, new tutorials, Combo Trials and story stages in Versus mode. The post said the full patch notes will be on the Paramount Games site when the patch goes live.
The post also opened a character vote. Players who pre-ordered the game or who have upgraded to the Deluxe Edition can help choose the fifth character in the Year 1 Pass. That pass is a set of five extra characters included with the Deluxe Edition. Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong and Bolin are already confirmed.
The candidates for the fifth spot are Tenzin, Kuvira, Amon, King Bumi and Asami Sato. Standard Edition pre-orders get one vote, and the Deluxe Edition adds an extra vote. Upgrading to Deluxe, even without a pre-order, also earns a vote. Voting runs for one month, and the voting option is on the main menu.
The Standard Edition costs $29.99. The Deluxe Edition costs $49.99 and includes the Year 1 Pass, the original digital soundtrack and a digital artbook. The store listings name PM-Studios, Inc.