Batomon Showdown Patch Notes

This page is a player-facing digest of Batomon Showdown demo and pre-launch patches that still affect how you shop. It is not a complete changelog. Steam news and the in-game notes are the complete changelog. When we disagree, they win. Current catalog snapshot: Balance 14 / Steam build 24914580. After September 15, 2026, expect a launch set of notes; we will not invent it.

Read this next to the comp list and the Batomon tier list. A YouTube title from June is a history video until you check these bullets.

Combat and Shield (spring through August)

• Late-game multiplicative scaling was nerfed in the durability patch so HP bars last long enough to read. If your 2026-04 brain says “everything dies at 2 seconds,” replay a current fight.
• Poison no longer ignores Shield. Status damage into Shield was reduced (30 percent in an earlier note, then Shield status damage reduction 25% → 15% in the August balance pass). Shield teams want time; status teams no longer delete them for free.
• Shock still does not retrigger off status ticks. That rule was documented, not removed. See combat.
• Pyronade, Electranade, and Stingarde finish multicast before knockout, so dying casters complete extra hits.
• Post-battle stats gained Shock contribution so you can see who actually did the work.

Units that moved

• Formiqueen cooldown buff 33/67/100% → 25/50/75%. Still the Common-haste core. Less free.
• Craghorn cost $25 → $30. Item-scaling is still real; the gold tax is realer.
• Boomagon cooldown 6s → 7s. Guardiant 3.5s → 4s. Mosslug 5s → 6s. Stingarde 5s → 6s. Thorntail 6.5s → 6s (a buff).
• Pebbler was cheapened and sped up in an earlier durability pass; Tortress shield values went up. Shield is a plan, not a meme.
• Aegistruct cooldown 7s → 8s as a pre-nerf around Draconarch pairs.
• Geminiss lost multiplicative consecutive-spell scaling.
• Berroon was reworked more than once. Live catalog text: On Battle Start, the next 1/2/3 shop items are berries. An intermediate patch tried “increase next day’s item limit.” Believe the card you hover today.
• Wishwash gained $20 sell value and extra combat because it was a clunky trinket farm.
• Voltalith was removed from the shop pool. Stop hunting it. Ironcore remains as the Electric charger.
• Black Feather (easy multicast) was removed. Do not follow a guide that still buys it.

Trainers, items, trinkets

• Shopkeeper item discount 25% → 15%.
• Membership Card reworked to you can use 1 additional item today.
• Market License became a trinket that increases shop rank. Rank-down tools exist if you want Commons.
• Mini / Mega / Ultra Duplicator only copy non-unique trinkets.
• Upgrade Disc activates once per buy even with multiple discs.
• Echo Bell only works on 0-cost items.
• Shiny Berry cost $0 → $1. Recruiting Flyer $70 → $90. Basic Candy $20 → $30. Magic Mirror $120 and copies a plain unit without permanent buffs.
• Sell value is reduced by purchase discounts. Infinite Bug Net gold is closed.
• Youngster free rerolls per day 2 → 3 in an early patch. That buff is why the beginner trainers page starts there.
• Monster Ranger gained the extra copy every 2 days because the lone Uncommon was falling off.
• Rich Lady was reworked away from forcing level-3 Commons with rerolls. Ignore old VODs.
• Chemist poison stacking through millions of value was targeted when rank-down tools made it too easy. The live card still grows on level-up; it is not a license to AFK.

Matchmaking and UX

• New-player pairing was adjusted more than once so early wins meet slightly harder boards, and so Dirgefin / Celestia / Reapra are less common outside the ranks that can handle them.
• Batopedia, hover-highlight for related abilities, and battle stat screens were added during the demo. Use them. Controls maps the buttons.
• A UI layering bug with Batopedia during trinket select was fixed. If you are on a very old itch build, update.
• Mobile links were added to the title screen ahead of the Android plan. That is not the same as the Play Store client shipping.

How to apply a note without throwing a run

If Formiqueen is weaker, you still park Commons on her; you just cannot ignore Onsetra or haste trinkets. If Craghorn is $30, Shopkeeper and cheap berries matter more. If duplicators ignore unique trinkets, stop building a unique-crown clone fantasy. Then play one Casual shop before a ranked file. Ranks will bill an overwrite at the current win count.

Official posts: Steam news hub for app 4557380, Discord, @berrymintdev. This digest exists so you do not have to reread every May 15 wall of text to know why your multicast feather is gone. For the loop itself, stay on how to play.