Thank you for your continued feedback. Even after the last update, many of you told us Alice was still too strong, especially from a distance, so this time we changed how her dolls work instead of only adjusting numbers. Alice now has a limited number of dolls, and a doll she sends out has to come back before she can use it again.
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Alice: Doll Rework
- Alice now holds 2 dolls. The dolls in her hands float behind her back, so both players can see how many she has left.
- Placing the Shanghai Doll (Neutral Heavy), summoning the Lance Doll in front of her (Side + Heavy) and setting the Bomb Doll (Down + Heavy) each use 1 doll. Turning a placed Shanghai Doll into a Lance Doll does not use an extra doll.
- Shanghai and Lance Dolls fly back to Alice when they finish their job, and can be used again once they reach her. Dolls sent farther away take longer to come back.
- The Bomb Doll does not come back after it explodes. Alice can use it again 8 seconds later.
- If Alice has no dolls in her hands and the move has no doll to command, Neutral Heavy, Side + Heavy and Down + Heavy pull her returning dolls back quickly with her threads. She cannot move while pulling.
Alice: Balance Changes
Since Alice now has a limited number of dolls, we've partly reverted the longer move durations from the last update.
- Shanghai Doll (Neutral Heavy): A placed doll now fires 2 volleys and then returns. Previously it could fire any number of times for 8 seconds.
- Shanghai Doll (Neutral Heavy): Total duration reduced from 44 frames to 36 frames.
- Lance Doll (Side + Heavy): Total duration reduced from 52 frames to 44 frames.
- Lance Doll (Side + Heavy): Damage reduced from 10% to 7%.
- Lance Doll (Side + Heavy): Charge speed reduced by about 10%.
- Lance Doll (Side + Heavy): Returns to Alice more slowly than the Shanghai Doll.
- Bomb Doll (Down + Heavy): Opponents hit by the explosion are launched a shorter distance. The difference grows at higher percentages.
CPU
- CPU players now react to and dodge Alice's Lance Doll charge and Bomb Doll explosion. Previously they did not react to these attacks at all.
Please keep leaving your feedback in Steam reviews and discussions. It helps us plan the next update.
Thank you.