Update 70 landed on June 29, 2026, and it's one of the bigger drops of the year: a two-season storyline, new Hypercharges, a wide balance pass touching dozens of Brawlers, and a forced visual redesign for Sprout. Here's everything that shipped.
Overview
The headline feature is a connected, nine-week, two-season arc. Season 1, NanoNoodles, introduces NanoDrops that hand out NanoPowers — small seasonal power-ups you keep permanently once unlocked. Season 2, Windstock, follows with Smoothie Drops and Fusions, which combine two NanoPowers into a single stronger effect.
Two future Brawlers were also revealed during the Brawl Talk: Nori, a Legendary fisher armed with a rod that slashes, hooks, and pulls, and Wendy, a Support Brawler whose attacks either damage enemies or shield teammates. Neither is playable yet — Nori arrives in July, Wendy in August — so don't expect them in your Brawler list until then.
New game modes also joined the rotation: Food Fight and Culinary Wars (PvP and PvE cooking-themed modes) and Mecha Guard, a co-op payload-style mode.
Balance Changes
As usual, the full interactive grid — filterable by buffs and nerfs, with a one-click share image — lives on the Balance Changes page. A sample of what changed this patch:
Shelly got sturdier across the board, with both health and max-range damage moving up. Colt followed a similar path — a straight damage buff plus a stronger shield on his Star Power. Rico's base damage jumped noticeably. On the other side, Shade took a real hit this patch: a slower gadget, a weaker shield Star Power, and looser attack spread that makes him easier to punish at range.
This patch's balance numbers are still being cross-checked against community sources — treat the exact figures above as directional until the live grid is marked verified.
New Hypercharges
Two Brawlers picked up Hypercharges this update: Starr Nova, who becomes briefly invulnerable while dashing with near-unlimited ammo, and Bolt, whose Hyper Super now tears down every wall it touches. Both are worth prioritizing if you already run those Brawlers heavily.
Buffies — the smaller per-Brawler power-up track — also expanded to the Arcade Trio (Rico, Brock, 8-Bit) and the Super City Trio (Max, Surge, Meg).
Sprout's New Look
Sprout got a visual overhaul this patch: a new seed-carrying backpack and an updated portrait, following a real-world trademark dispute with a French air-purifier manufacturer over his old design. The Corrupted, True Gold, and True Silver Sprout skins were updated to match, with matching Pin updates expected in a follow-up patch.
Events
Both new modes — Food Fight and Culinary Wars — are running as limited-time events through the NanoNoodles season, alongside the usual Power League and Ranked rotations. Expect the Windstock season to bring its own event lineup when it opens later in the two-season arc.