Patch 1.3.0

1.3.0

• Fall changes
  • Fall is now always available any time you could do an air option, like Wait is on the ground.
  • Fall is now 11f.
  • Fall now restarts on holding, like Wait and Dash Forward.
• More sadness changes
  • increased sadness damage over time
  • Parrying projectiles no longer reduces sadness
  • Sadness accrues faster when you are far above your opponent
  • Sadness is not applied at all if you are close to the opponent
  • Clashes now decrease sadness for both characters
• Added min chess timer option
• Default minimum chess timer increased to 10 seconds
• Jump snap radius defaults to max shorthop, not min fullhop
• Fix to inconsistent jump IASA resulting in esoteric knowledge checks (credit to Degritone)
• fixed crash(?) relating to some projectiles
• fixed being able to join lobbies with incompatible versions through Steam

Ninja

• New move: Grappling Hook

  • Hook onto the opponent or projectiles and bring yourself toward them
  • Will only go a certain height above its spawn position
  • Can only be used once in the air.

• Quick Slash (in neutral)

  • Damage increased (40 -> 100)
  • Does not hitcancel vs grounded opponents
  • No longer sends airborne
  • Now land-cancels
  • no longer affected by friction

• Shuriken

  • Now aimable.
  • It's faster.
  • Reduced grounded IASA (15f -> 13f)

• Punch

  • IASA reduced (15f -> 14f)

• Back Sway

  • IASA reduced (13f -> 12f)

• Whip Wave

  • reduced IASA (19f -> 15f)

• Skull Shaker

  • Distance adjustable

• Palm Strike

  • Added some forward momentum

• Quick Slash

  • Hitbox appears one frame later (7f -> 8f)
  • Startup slightly increased when used in neutral (+1f i think)

• Uppercut (air)

  • Retains full horizontal momentum

Cowboy

• New move: Spot Dodge

  • Functions as old TP in place

• Foresight

  • IASA reduced (12f -> 7f)

Wizard

• New move: Draw Moisture

  • Use this to charge up droplets to use on Geyser.

• Geyser

  • Must have at least 1 droplet to use. Spend additional droplets for a powered-up version. Max 3 droplets.
  • 1 droplet: like previous geyser
  • 2 droplets: small damage buff (120 -> 150), longer range
  • 3 droplets: big damage buff (120 -> 170), longer range, unparriable

• Orb

  • Swords
    • 1st hit hitstop reduced (7f -> 5f)
    • 1st hit DI nudge modifier increased (0.1 -> 0.35)
    • 2nd hit DI nudge modifier increased (0.1 -> 0.85)
    • 2nd and 3rd hit hitstop reduced (14f -> 8f)

• Roll

  • Increased IASA (14f -> 16f)
  • this normalizes it with the rest of the cast

• Spark Bomb

  • Detonates at frame 1 now instead of frame 2 i think

Robot

• Added effects that show when you use armor and when you gain armor back

• New move: Galvanize

  • Spawns a LOIC orbital strike that targets you. Both LOIC and Galvanize will give the Robot that spawns it a charge of armor if if overlaps with them.

• Kill Process

  • Level 9 KP no longer instakills during combos (still kills from neutral)

• Step

  • Increased proration (1 -> 2)
  • Increased animation length (13f -> 15f). this reduces the framekill potency a bit

• Magnetize

  • No longer gives robot a charge of armor