Notice of Patch Update 1.6

Thank you for playing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R.

The 1.6 Patch will be out with balance adjustments, the scheduled date is Monday, March 20th at 1 AM UTC - 10 AM JST.

The fully detailed Patch Notes is available HERE.

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General Changes

Backstepping

Standardized the hurtbox area around feet. → Eliminates differences in ability to avoid certain deployed projectiles (e.g. Ghiaccio's "Any form of attack stops cold when it hits my ultracold temperatures!" skill) by stepping backwards. *The purpose of this is to remove imbalances in different characters' ability to escape deployed projectiles while getting up from being downed.

Direction of counter HHA flying

Adjusted the force that sends opponents flying to the direction the initiating character is facing. → Under certain situations, when performing a successful counter, the target would go flying in the opposite direction from that suggested by the attack animation.

Guardbreak

Added damage reduction to combos that start out of guardbreak. → Reduces the reward for performing a guardbreak while maintaining the ability to pursue that guardbreak.

Damage received during skills that don't cause the victim to recoil e.g. Jonathan Joestar's "Tackle" special

Allowed damage taken during rebound protection to receive damage reduction.
Changed counterstrikes to not occur while taking damage from attacks that do not cause rebound. → Improves usability in neutral.

Damage received during attacks that do not cause recoil while in Resolve Mode.

Allowed damage taken during rebound protection to receive damage reduction.
Changed counterstrikes to not occur while taking damage from attacks that do not cause rebound. → Improves usability in neutral.

Recoil caused by leg sweep attacks

Shortened animation lead-in and sped up transition to downed state. → This was changed due to certain attacks that allow additional attacks on downed opponents to fail due to recoil invincibility.

The pivot line when characters swap positions in the air.

Resolved inconsistencies between characters' positional pivot lines and the center of their collision detection. → Under certain circumstances, when jumping attacks hit the opponent in the back, they were less likely to fall frontward. *This prevents confusion from guard direction working opposite to what is expected.

Collision detection (determines when characters push against each other)

Removed Stand collision detection during standing and crouching recoil animations. → Under certain circumstances, when jumping attacks hit the opponent in the back, they were less likely to fall frontward. *This prevents confusion from guard direction working opposite to what is expected.

Crouching recoil animation

Fixed a rare issue where being hit during the Stylish Guard's recovery would cause the crouching recoil animation to trigger. → Ensures that recoil animations are appropriate to the situation.

Character Specific Changes

Jonathan Joestar

Dash Forward
"Sendo Overdrive" skill
"Overdrive Barrage" skill

Dio Brando

Dash Forward
Crouching strong normal attack
"Useless, useless, useless, useless!" skill
"I'll suck you dry!" skill
"That must be five or six ribs broken!" skill

Robert E. O. Speedwagon

"Martial Arts, the Eastern mystery!" skill
"Don't try to bluff, you rich little snot!" skill
"Aren't you acting tough!" skill

Joseph Joestar

Backstepping
"Clacker Boomerang" skill (Hamon version)

Lisa Lisa (Elizabeth)

Standing strong normal attack
Jumping strong normal attack
"Blasphemy is prohibited!" skill
"Hamon Master" skill
"All I need is this scarf!" skill
"You picked a bad time to test me!" skill
"Die with regret" skill
"Snake Muffler" skill
"Settle this with style" skill
"Prepare to die!" skill
"Smooth as silk" skill
"Futile!" skill
Cancel Hamon Chain recovery into GHA

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli

"Seated Jump" special
"Bubble Launcher" skill (aerial)
"Hamon Kick" skill
"Gliding Bubble Cutter" skill

Esidisi

"Think fast!" HHA

Wamuu

"He bent backwards!" skill

Rudol von Stroheim

Reversal Assist
"Farewell, you annoying Englishman!" skill

Mariah

"If you're not allowed to touch something, it makes you want to touch it more..." style
"Sorry, but you'll have to die now." skill

Iggy

"Ha ha, sucker!" skill
"A nasty habit" skill

Old Joseph Joestar

Assault Assist
Reversal Assist
"Hamon Overdrive!" skill

Jean Pierre Polnareff

"Reap as you sow!" skill
"My secret weapon!" skill
"Off comes the armor!" HHA

Hol Horse

"Come get us!" skill

Josuke Higashikata 4

"Break through, beat you up!" skill (weak version)
"Meet my homing missile!" HHA *HHA secondary skill
"You're already fixed!" GHA

Koichi Hirose

Stand Mode crouching strong normal attack

Shigekiyo Yangu

Standing strong normal attack
Crouching strong normal attack
"Don't come any closer!" skill
"Don't underestimate Harvest!" skill
"I can get anything I want!" skill

Jotaro Kujo

User Mode standing medium normal attack
All User Mode and Stand Mode jumping attacks
"ORAAAA!" special
"ORAAA!" skill (medium attack)
"ORAAA!" skill (strong attack)

Yukako Yamagishi

Jumping medium normal attack
"Love Deluxe" style
"You shithead!" special
"You dumbass!" skill

Akira Otoishi

"Spitfire!" skill

Giorno Giovanna

"This doesn't feel good..." special
"WRYYYYYYYYYYY" skill
Dashing *Golden Wind Requiem only
Crouching medium attack during GHA effect *Golden Wind Requiem only
"Can you escape destruction?" skill *Golden Wind Requiem only

Guido Mista

"Places, everyone!" special
"Time to get to work!" special

Bruno Bucciarati

"I've got you!" special "Pass, pass, pass!" skill

Diavolo

Forward Step
Backward Step
User Mode standing medium normal attack
User Mode standing strong normal attack
User Mode crouching strong normal attack
User Mode jumping medium normal attack
Stand Mode jumping medium normal attack
Stand Mode jumping strong normal attack
"The passage of time resumes!" skill
"This is the end!" skill
"Time has been erased..."

Narancia Ghirga

Stand hurtbox
User Mode standing medium normal attack
User Mode crouching medium normal attack
User Mode jumping medium normal attack
Stand Mode standing weak normal attack
Stand Mode standing medium normal attack
Stand Mode standing strong normal attack
Stand Mode crouching weak normal attack
"I'll make you swiss cheese!" skill
"Attack!" skill
"Yes! Right on time!" follow-up skill
"I know how to waste you!" follow-up skill
"I'm gonna kill you!" follow-up skill
"Blast off!" skill

Trish Una

User Mode crouching medium normal attack
User Mode crouching strong normal attack
"With the force of a vise!" special
"Something soft is even more unbreakable than diamond!" skill
"Spicy Lady!" skill
"Crush!" skill
"Nobody's getting taken out today." skill
"Make any material soft!" HHA

Ghiaccio

"Will you lay off?" special
"And now you're frozen solid!" skill

Risotto Nero

"Assassin" Style (vanishing while jumping forward)
"Assassin" Style (vanishing while jumping backward)
"Assassin" Style (vanishing while stepping backward)
Crouching medium normal attack
Jumping weak normal attack
Jumping strong normal attack
"You can find iron anywhere in this world." skill
"Control iron within 5-10 meters" skill
"The assassin that no one could find" skill

Jolyne Cujoh

Stand Mode crouching strong normal attack
"String Barrier" skill

Narciso Anastasia

User Mode standing strong normal attack
Stand Mode standing weak normal attack
Stand Mode standing strong normal attack
Stand Mode crouching weak normal attack
Stand Mode crouching medium normal attack
"Shut yer trap!" special
"You're in range!" skill
"And... RELEASE!" skill
"Dive!" skill
"Go to hell!" skill

Gyro Zeppeli

User Mode crouching medium normal attack
Steel Balls returning after a skill
Golden Spin Mode
"Scan" skill
"Raaaaugh!" skill
"One moooore shot!" HHA

Diego Brando

User Mode crouching medium normal attack
"My speed is supreme." special
"You flinched!" special
"Gouge" skill
"Useless, useless!" skill

Ikuro Hashizawa

"This is Baoh!" Style
"Baoh Melting Acid Phenomenon" skill
"Baoh Break Dark Thunder Phenomenon!" skill

Assists

Adjusted uses of Assault Assists and Reversal Assists
Hol Horse: 2/1 (-1 Reversal Assist)
Josuke 4: 1/2 (-1 Assault Assist)
Narancia Ghirga: 2/1 (-1 Reversal Assist)
Father Pucchi (Final): 2/1 (-1 Reversal Assist)
Diego Brando: 2/1 (-1 Reversal Assist) → Brings it more in line with other characters
Adjusted cooldowns (time until Assists are usable again)

General

Practice Mode

Fixed issue where Recording Mode would not record Stand Mode follow-up skills and Stand Rush. → This was a bug and has been fixed.