12/20 Balance Update Notes
Buffs
[Victor]
Ultimate
[Electric Pulse]
- Recovery time after using Ultimate increased by 0.05 s.
Ability
[Limit Breaker]
- Damage increase adjusted. 16/18/20/22/24 → 20/22/24/26/28%
- Movement Speed increase adjusted. 8/10/12/14/16 → 12/14/16/18/20%
[Master Cat]
Skill
[Feline Arts: Air]
- Ground Skill’s damage increased by 150.
- Aerial Skill’s damage increased by 100.
[Brick]
Skill
[Groundworks]
- Brick’s wall travels further before stopping.
[Wolfgang]
“Wolfgang’s ability of landing the killing blow and comboing off his attacks have been buffed.“
Skill
[Slash]
- Ground Skill’s damage increased by 100.
- Aerial Skill’s damage increased by 50.
[Don Quizote]
Basic Attack
[Shield Bash]
- Aerial Attack’s start-up time decreased by approximately 0.03 s.
[Jack O’]
Basic Attack
[Gentle Gesture]
- Fixed an issue where his second Ground Attack would occasionally not hit confirm.
[Goldie]
Etc
- Spray Mark effect changed for visual improvement.
Nerf
[Yong Yong]
Etc
- Yong Yong’s hurtbox slightly increased.
[Cindy]
Ability
[Perseverance]
- Ultimate gauge reduction adjusted. 24/26/28/30/32% → 20/22/24/26/28%
[Rapunzel]
Basic Attack
[Blade of Vengeance]
- Aerial Attack’s lower frontal hitbox reduced.
Etc
- Fixed an issue where her hitbox was bigger than her attack effect.
[Witch Queen]
Skill
[Evil Spirit in the Mirror]
- Movement Speed reduction on hit decreased. 40% → 30%
[Maya]
“Maya’s Ultimate hitbox was so good that it led to players spamming her Ultimate rather than using it strategically.
Difficulty of utilizing Ultimate increased.“
Ultimate
[Go, G-Love!]
- Ultimate’s hitbox greatly reduced.
[Goldie]
Basic Attack
[The Sick Move]
- Aerial Attack’s knockback slightly reduced.
[Robin]
Basic Attack
[Shoot]
- Stun duration of Aerial Attacks shortened. Knockbacks opponents higher into the air when hit.
Ability
[Adequate Measures]
- Movement Speed reduction duration adjusted. 3 → 2 s
[Imminent Deadline]
- Damage increase per stack adjusted. 4/5/6/7/8 → 3/4/5/6/7%
- Max Damage increase adjusted. 20/25/30/35/40 → 15/20/25/30/35%
[Kurenai]
“Kurenai is now left defenseless to enemies approaching from behind during his Basic Attacks.”
Basic Attack
[Art of Ao]
- Ground Attack’s backside hitbox slightly reduced.
Rework
[Gumi]
“Gumi was designed to be weak in 3v3 skirmishes, but strong in 1v1 combat. However, there was a lot of negative feedback due to how difficult it was to approach her when she was on the other team. Therefore, we decided that a rework of her was necessary to improve the overall balance of battles.
Her rework enables her to utilize a variety of strategies against multiple opponents. However, the start-up and recovery time of her Basic Attack and Skill, which made her advantageous in 1vs1 situations, have been adjusted drastically.“
Basic Attack
[Fox-Fire]
- It can now pierce through enemies and hit multiple foes.
- The projectile speed is slower, and will last longer.
- Her Movement Speed buff’s duration is increased by approximately 0.08 s after a Basic Attack, but the amount of speed she gains has been reduced.
- Recovery time is increased by 0.1 s.
- Stun duration slightly reduced.
- Max stack changed from 4 to 3.
Skill
[Fox-Wind]
- Ground Skill start-up time increased by approximately 0.13 s.
- Aerial Skill start-up time increased by approximately 0.1 s.
[Bug Fix]
- Fixed an issue where equipping Strike Barrier and hitting Victor’s lightning rods would count as hits and activate the enchantment.
[Game Stat Checker]
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