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A player being Autobalanced.

A player being Autobalanced.

[ This has to be a joke!
―Mechanic after getting autobalanced to the losing team.Audioicon
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Autobalance is a game mechanic that automatically switches players at the bottom of the leaderboard to the other team, when the other team has 2 or less players. This mechanic is designed to balance the size of the teams as well as their balance. It is disabled when the game timer reaches one minute remaining.

When a player gets autobalanced, a message will appear in the chat saying "[Player] was autobalanced to [Team]".

Autobalance can be disabled in Community servers by disabling team limits.

Related Achievements

General

No Hard Feelings
No Hard Feelings
Kill an enemy who had been autobalanced from your team.

Flanker

Blockbuster Trade
Blockbuster Trade
Win a round against the team you were autobalanced from as the Flanker.

Update History

August 24, 2018

  • Added autobalance.

August 25, 2018

August 27, 2018

  • Fixed an issue where autobalance wasn't functional.

October 31, 2018

  • Autobalance now picks the lowest scoring player and balances them to the other team whenever they're alive and at full health.

November 7, 2018

  • Attempted a fix on autobalance.

November 18, 2021

  • Fixed a bug where players would sometimes die upon being autobalanced.

January 1, 2024

  • Fixed a bug where autobalance wasn't functional.

December 30, 2025

  • Reverted to the classic autobalance system.

Bugs