Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game gets its biggest patch with Ranked 2.0
The Avatar State Patch reworks Avatar Aang and Nightmare Korra, rebalances all 12 launch fighters and opens a vote on the final Year 1 Pass character.
The Avatar State Patch went live for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game on Xbox Series X|S on October 30, 2026, and the developers call it the largest update since the 2D fighter launched in July. It adds Ranked Mode 2.0, redesigned menus and in-match HUD, two reimagined fighters and balance changes for the whole roster.
Why competitive players should care
Every character on the 12-fighter launch roster has been retuned, from Aang to Zaheer. Two changes stand out in the notes shared on Xbox Wire. Azula's Ambition's Spark, her Focused Stance exclusive, now tracks much closer to the opponent and has a larger detonation hitbox that can be flow cancelled. Sokka gains a permanent option to cancel sword specials into a boomerang toss once he lands 10 stacks of sword hits, under certain conditions with his Master Piandao support. Paramount Games is posting the full patch notes on its site.
Ranked Mode 2.0 arrives alongside those changes. The game already ships with rollback netcode and full cross-play, according to its Steam page, so the ranked overhaul matters for anyone grinding online.
Avatar Aang and Nightmare Korra
The two reworked characters go in opposite directions. Avatar Aang is pure, overwhelming power with small, precise movements, and he is the only fighter lit from below. His new Level 4 super summons Avatar Roku, and his Roku's Inferno Super Technique engulfs the stage in flame. Nightmare Korra, drawn from The Legend of Korra's darkest arc, drifts slowly then bursts into chain swings and teleports. She starts matches with less health, a design choice that replaced an early prototype where her health drained constantly.
More modes and a fan vote
The patch also adds Story Mode+, story difficulty settings, new tutorials and Combo Trials, and Story stages in Versus. Owners of a pre-order or the Deluxe Edition can vote on the fifth Year 1 Pass character, joining confirmed fighters Iroh, Ty Lee, Lin Beifong and Bolin. Voting runs for one month from the main menu.
The Standard Edition costs $29.99 and the Deluxe Edition, which includes the Year 1 Pass, $49.99.
Source: Xbox Wire; Steam.
