5/9 Balance Update Notes
Buffs
[Snow]
Skill
[Whiteout]
- Fixed an issue in which enemies could occasionally escape after being hit.
- Damage increased by 100. 850 → 950
[Ravi]
Basic Attack
[Dark Hand Calls]
- Fixed an issue in which Ravi’s last attack would occasionally miss.
Skill
[Abyss Overflow]
- When used as Ground Skill, the closest enemy will now be knocked towards Ravi.
- Aerial Skill now allows Ravi to jump slightly higher.
Ultimate
[Grim Dawn]
- The knockback direction of his last attack has been adjusted so the opponent is knocked away from Ravi.
- Sliding is now possible when used while moving around.
- Hitboxes are adjusted to match the effect more. Hit opponents cannot escape.
Nerf
[Brick]
“Brick’s irregular Basic Attack range has been adjusted to seem similar to its visual range.”
Basic Attack
[Shoveling]
- Ground Attack’s overhead hitbox has been greatly reduced.
Skill
[Groundworks]
- If hit before generating a wall, the wall will be canceled.
- Ground Skill recovery increased by 0.05 s.
- Aerial Skill recovery increased by 0.08 s.
- Marks for getting hit by the wall are no more, and getting marked and stunned has been deleted.
Ultimate
[Work Complete!]
- Cooldown increased by approximately 11%.
[Flare]
Basic Attack
[Small Kindling]
- Basic Attack’s knockback decreased.
[Victor]
Skill
[Frankontainer Transmission]
- Frankontainer’s damage decreased. 400 → 300
- Cooldown increased by 0.5 s. 3 → 3.5 s
[Hook]
Basic Attack
[Gun Dance]
- Hook does not slide sideways while moving mid-air and using Aerial Attack.
- Aerial Attack’s fire rate increased, reducing the time needed for its followup attack.
- Aerial Attack recovery after landing increased by 0.05 s.
[Goldie]
“Fixed an issue in which Goldie’s super armor would last longer than intended after her Ultimate ended.”
Ultimate
[This is IT!]
- Super armor duration decreased by approximately 0.33 s.
[Red]
“Powerful combos that start with Red’s Basic Attack have been greatly reduced.“
Basic Attack
[Make a Bouquet]
- Ground Attack’s total damage decreased. 1100 → 900
[Kurenai]
Basic Attack
[Art of Ao]
- Travel distance of Ground Attack’s first attack decreased.
Skill
[Art of Wind]
- Stun duration for Aerial Skill’s second attack increased.
Adjust
[Rapunzel]
“Rapunzel has been neglected due to her wonky controls and performance. We decided to emphasize her enjoyable gameplay while slightly lowering her maximum potential.”
Basic Attack
[Blade of Vengeance]
- Aerial Attack start-up time decreased by 0.05 s.
Ability
[Fair Compensation]
- Cooldown Reduction Amount
- Level 1 40 → 24%
- Level 5 60 → 40%
[Ali]
“The knockback on Ali’s Ground Attack was all over the place, so his ground-striking attack’s knockback has been revised for easier combos.”
Basic Attack
[Charismatic Blade Dance]
- Ground Attack
- Second attack’s recovery increased by approximately 0.06 s.
- Third attack’s recovery increased by approximately 0.08 s.
- Last attack’s recovery increased by approximately 0.05 s.
- Last attack’s knockback increased.
- Overall knockback adjusted.
- Aerial Attack
- Travel distance decreased.
- Knockback slightly increased.
- Hitbox slightly reduced.
- Recovery time after landing decreased by 0.1 s.
- Is now able to move around after attacking until he lands on the ground.
[Parfait]
Skill
[Ice Spike]
- Ground Skill’s range increased.
- Fixed an issue where opponents getting hit by her first attack mid-air would make it hard for Parfait to connect her second attack.
- Aerial Attack’s travel distance decreased.
- Knockback of Aerial Attack’s last attack reduced.
[Loren & Vex]
“Loren can now hop over low walls using her Ground Skill.”
Skill
[Split Jump]
- Loren maintains her momentum ever after bumping into obstacles when Skill is active.
Ultimate
[Pas De Deux]
- Vex’s attacks do not connect to enemies who are nearby him.
Rework
[Master Cat]
“We are making Master Cat’s Ultimate riskier to use.”
Base Stats
- Basic Attack and Skill hit maintain his stack for 5 s. (Max 15 s)
- When Ultimate is available, Movement Speed reduced. 12 → 10%
Basic Attack
[Feline Arts: Flash]
- Ground Attack’s damage increased by 50. 250 → 300
- Aerial Attack’s damage increased by 50. 200 → 250
- Fixed an issue in which enemies could retaliate immediately after his Ground Attack.
Ultimate
[Feline Arts: Butterfly]
- Ultimate damage decreased by 50.
Ability
[Mind Focus]
- Damage increase amount has reduced.
- Level 1 12/16/20/24/28 → 3/6/10/14/18%
- Level 5 20/25/30/35/40 → 6/12/18/24/30%
[Swift Steps]
- Stack duration on confirm increased to 1 s.
[Infinite Blows]
- Ultimate damage increase amount has reduced. 60 → 40%
Improvements
Maya
Base Stats
- Fixed an issue of Maya sliding down slope when attacking.
Molly
Basic Attack
- Fixed an issue where opponents could escape after her second attack.
Others
The following Legends’ Clinging Attack changed.
[Ali]
- Recovery time after attacking increased by approximately 0.03 s.
[Kurenai]
- Attack start-up time increased by 0.15 s.
[Yongyong]
- Attack start-up time increased by 0.1 s.
The following Legends’ Clinging Attack range changed.
[Hook]
[Nui]
[Robin]
[Witch Queen]
The following Legend’s Clinging Getup Attack’s invincibility duration unified.
[Ali]
[Flare]
[Goldie]
[Gumi]
[Kurenai]
[Loren & Vex]
[Maya]
[Nui]
[Octavia]
[Parfait]
[Victor]
[Wukong]
[Yongyong]
The following Legend’s sliding and landing feel is unaffected by whether or not their Ultimate Ability is equipped.
[Octavia]
[Nui]
[Wukong]
When using Ultimate, the following Legends will land immediately instead of hovering mid-air for a short amount of time.
[Flare]
[Goldie]
[Kaiser]
[Loren & Vex]
[Rapunzel]
[Witch Queen]
After using Ultimate, the following Legends will land immediately instead of hovering mid-air for a short amount of time.
[Jack O’]
[Molly]
Fixed the issue of sliding in another direction while attacking for the following Legends.
- Maya’s Aerial Skill
- Hook’s Aerial Attack
- Victor’s Ground Skill
- Molly’s Ground Skill
Fixed the issue of sliding while doing a Getup Attack on slopes for the following Legends.
[Cindy]
[Don Quixote]
[Ducky and Swan]
[Flare]
[Gumi]
[Kurenai]
[Molly]
[Robin]
[Wukong]
[Yongyong]
[Bug Fixes]
- Fixed an issue where Gumi’s stacks from her Basic Attacks would disappear because of another Gumi’s Ultimate.
- Fixed an issue in which the Spray Mark effect from Goldie’s Skill would vanish abnormally.
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