Blade Ballet

Blade Ballet is a multiplayer fighting game where you control a robot in spinning, blade-based battles. You duel in arenas, using your bot’s special abilities and controlling its rotation to slip past opponents’ defenses and land attacks. The controls are accessible to newcomers, while mastering each bot’s timing and abilities offers a higher skill ceiling.

Combat and arenas

The blade spin mechanic lets you control your rotation as you maneuver around opponents and attack. Each of the nine arenas has hazards to overcome or use against your enemies, as well as mechanics to factor into your strategy. You can keep using one bot to refine your skills or switch bots between matches.

Game modes

The game has three modes: Robomination, Overclocked and Blade Ball. Matches are duels to the death for two, three or four players, and the modes can be customized for replayability.

The robots

There are ten robots, each with distinct abilities and mechanics:

• Catbot: Cuts through other bots’ shields.
• Torque: Has no shields and can spin rapidly in Blender Mode, slicing bots that come within range.
• Syphon: Steals other bots’ shields and turns them into a ring of blades.
• Riot: Uses quickly regenerating spiked shields in place of swords.
• Nix: Teleports through enemies to line up attacks, but cannot turn back if he teleports off a ledge.
• Trigger: Throws powerful bombs across the stage and can be destroyed by her own explosives.
• Ruckus: Uses a mace to knock other bots into new positions.
• Vanguard: An armored, heavy bot with a long reach and a powerful charge, but slow turning.
• DropJaw: Disrupts opponents with a shockwave and can combine a jump and Ground Pound with a sword stab.
• STEVe: Uses strafing and a powerful lunge, which can be difficult to master.