Update 05-13-2022

General

• Jenny “XJ-9” Wakeman joins the battle as a DLC character!
• Fixed a Toph bug that didn’t showed the Charged VFX
• Fixed a Powdered Toast Man bug that showed the charged croutons VFX in the results screen
• Added reset position feature in Training.
• Arcade timer is now cumulative instead of resetting every match.
• Gallery images now can be cycled while viewing.

Balance

• Universal
  • General
    • Introduced a momentum-clamping property after launches that send considerable horizontal distance to prevent immediately reversing momentum with a special-reverse or airdash
    • All characters can now special-reverse their mid specials
    • Outer-limb hurtboxes are no longer grabbable

• Stages
  • Sewers Slam
    • Camera & blastzone bounds tweaked to values used by legal stages

• Aang
  • Down Light
    • Launch angle changed (45° → 300°)
    • Grounded knockback gain increased (75 → 95)
    • Grounded base stun increased (30 → 31)
    • Grounded stun gain increased (0 → 7)
    • Aerial knockback gain increased (37.5 → 65)
    • Aerial base stun decreased (30 → 24)
    • Aerial stun gain increased (0 → 6)

• Toph
  • General
    • Increased run speed (21.4 → 23)
    • Increased floor acceleration (120 → 145)
    • Increased floor deceleration (200 → 240)

  • Mid Special
    • Reduced stage 2 charge time (35 frames → 30 frames)
    • Reduced stage 3 charge time (70 frames → 60 frames)
    • Increased stage 3 knockback gain (120 → 265)
    • Reduced stage 1 boulder speed to match stage 2 speed

  • Light Up
    • Startup reduced by 1 frame (6f → 5f)
    • Now actionable on frame 21

  • Light Down
    • Startup reduced by 2 frames (6f → 4f)
    • End lag reduced by 4 frames (35f → 31f)

  • Light Run
    • Startup reduced by 1 frame (6f → 5f)

  • Up Air Strong
    • Knockback gain increased (110 → 120)

  • Mid Air Strong
    • Increased damage (14 → 19)

  • Down special (grounded)
    • Landing on an opponent & dealing damage will make the move jump cancelable if still airborne, even if all midair jumps are exhausted
    • Increased down special's base knockback (100 → 140)
    • Added hip hitbox
    • Increased hitlag (8 → 18)
    • Ensured consistent 290° launch angle

• April O’Neil
  • Down Strong
    • Damage reduced (15%/15%/15% → 9%/10%/12%)
    • Blockstun reduced (20/20/20 → 20/15/14)

  • Mid Air Strong
    • Startup increased by 4 frames

  • Up Air Strong
    • Reduced base knockback (180 → 100)
    • Increased knockback scaling (190 → 220)

  • Down Air Strong
    • Damage reduced (15%/15%/15% → 9%/10%/12%)
    • Blockstun reduced (20/20/20 → 20/15/14)
    • Startup increased by 3 frames

  • Mid Special
    • Capped damaged to 30%
    • Removed super armor
    • Startup decreased by 3 frames

• Helga
  • Down Tilt
    • Fixed animation facing wrong direction sometimes

  • Mid Special
    • Can now cancel charge by pressing block
    • Can now charge indefinitely

• Nigel
  • Down Special
    • Base knockback decreased (220 → 200)
    • Knockback growth decreased (240 → 300)

  • Up Aerial
    • Hitbox ends 1 frame earlier
    • Total length increased 5 frames (20f → 25f)
    • Body hitbox repositioned to neck & decreased in size (1.2 → 0.9)

• Shredder
  • Mid Aerial
    • Hitbox size decreased (3 → 2.7)
    • Hitbox repositioned to not be offset & match visuals
    • Final hit blockstun decreased (10 → 7)

• Zim
  • Mid Special
    • Projectile level decreased (2 → 1)

• Powdered Toast Man
  • Down Special
    • Hitbox size increased (1.1 → 1.35)

• Patrick
  • Down Special
    • Command input damage increased (47 → 69)
    • Command input hitlag/hitlagself increased (12 → 24)