6/7 Balance Update Notes

[Legend Changes]

[Improvements]

Buffs

[Wolfgang]

Skill

[Slash] 

  • Aerial Skill’s start-up time decreased by approximately 0.03 s.

[Yong Yong]

“Although Yong Yong cannot fly, it can certainly roll. Yong Yong’s world conquest is inching closer.”

Skill

[Dragon’s Majesty] 

  • Rolling speed is increased by approximately 9% after charging, and spinning speed is increased by 50%.

Ability

[Beep Beep] 

  • Directional control while rolling decreased. 51/57/63/69/75 → 8/16/24/32/40%

[Peter]

Ultimate

[Whirlwind of Neverland] 

  • Cooldown decreased by approximately 17%.

[Rapunzel]

Basic Attack

[Blade of Vengeance] 

  • Ground Attack’s damage increased by 100. 500 → 600

Skill

[Judgment Smite] 

  • Aerial Skill’s damage increased by 50. 650 → 700

Ability

[Cold Feast] 

  • Duration increased by 4 s. 11 s → 15 s
  • Damage per hit increased by 25. 150 → 175

[Molly]

“Molly’s counterattacks are exciting, but consecutive counterattacks for DoT damage are even more exciting! Molly has been buffed so that her consecutive counterattacks are executed faster.”

Basic Attack

[Haymaker] 

  • Aerial Attack’s duration and range decreased.

Skill

[Uppercut] 

  • Ground Skill’s charge speed and distance increased.

Ultimate

[Don’t Even Think About it!] 

  • Recovery time after Ultimate Counterattack is activated decreased by 0.2 s.

[Victor]

Skill

[Frankontainer Transmission] 

  • Cooldown decreased by 0.25 s. 3.5 s → 3.25 s
  • Frankontainer’s detection range for its auto-aim basic attacks increased.

[Maya]

Skill

[Graceful Maneuvering] 

  • Cooldown decreased by 0.5 s. 5 s → 4.5 s

[Octavia]

“Octavia is a Support Legend and her balances were focused on assisting allies. Octavia has been buffed so Smashers can find new and exciting play styles to utilize her.”

Basic Attack

[Bubble Canon] 

  • Damage increased by 100. 600 → 700

Ultimate

[Healing Aria] 

  • Damage increased by 300. 300 → 600

Ability

[Ocean’s Blessing] 

  • Healing circle’s HP recovery per second increased by 50 at all levels.

[Rambert]

Common

  • Movement Speed increased by approximately 1.8%.

Nerf

[Ravi]

Ability

[Complete Combustion] 

  • Ultimate damage increase amount decreased. 12/13/14/15/16% → 4/5/6/7/8%

[Alice]

Skill

[Bunny-Bunny Magic Mine] 

  • Cooldown increased by 0.5 s. 6.5 s → 7 s

[Kurenai]

“Kurenai’s strengths have been greatly nerfed so that he is easier to deal with in Duels.”

Basic Attack

[Art of Ao] 

  • Travel distance of Ground Attack’s first attack greatly decreased.
  • Ground Attack’s start-up time increased by 0.05 s.
  • Travel distance of Aerial Attack’s first attack decreased.

[Zeppetta]

Ability

[All Preparations Are Set!] 

  • Movement Speed while Ultimate is activated greatly decreased. 12/14/16/18/20 → 4/5/6/7/8%

Adjust

[Brick]

“Brick is now stronger, but adjusted so that the stress of dealing with him as an opponent is lessened.”

Basic Attack

[Shoveling] 

  • Ground Attack’s damage increased by 100.

Skill

[Groundworks] 

  • Damage increased by 100.
  • Damage increased by 100 for when an opponent touches an already established wall. 200 → 300
  • Knockback greatly reduced for when an opponent touches an already established wall.

Ultimate

[Work Complete!] 

  • Ultimate’s hitbox adjusted to be higher.

[Snow]

Basic Attack

[Pierce] 

  • Aerial Attack’s damage decreased by 200.
  • Aerial Attack’s intervals between hits and duration decreased.

[Kaiser]

Skill

[Punching Machine] 

  • Ground Attack’s damage increased by 100. 500 → 600

Ability

[Loud Roar] 

  • Damage received reduction nerfed. 18/21/24/27/30 → 12/14/16/18/20%
  • Cooldown reduction when hit while using Ultimate decreased by 0.5 s. 1 s → 0.5 s

[Master Cat]

Common

  • Duration of stacks increased by attacking decreased by 1 s. 5 s → 4 s

Basic Attack

[Feline Arts: Flash] 

  • Ground Attack’s damage increased by 50.
  • Aerial Attack’s damage increased by 100.

Ultimate

[Feline Arts: Butterfly] 

  • Damage increased by 50. 1050 → 1100

Improvements

[Others]

  • Potions spawn cooldown near the Dominion Point in “Abandoned Pirate Ship – Sunset” changed from 45 s to 30 s.

[Bug Fixes]

  • Fixed an issue in which the camera would occasionally bug out when Vex uses his finishing move.

[Game Stat Checker]

For anyone interested in seeing statistics for Legends such as ability combinations, pick rates, and win rates, you can find them here at smashlegends.gg.
You can view statistics on competitive matches by sorting by Legend name, win rates, and pick rates on the main page.