Pokemon: Close Combat/Patch Notes: Difference between revisions

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This page contains a history of all changelists for the game, in order from newest to oldest.

Demo 08

Version 8 Changes

NEW CHARACTER: POLIWRATH

The Gen 1 amphibian wonder joins the roster as Fighter #11!

Being amphibious isn't just flavour; Poliwrath is well adapted for all the ebbs and flows of combat having offensive and defensive tools at every range.

Although its damage output and movement seem below average at first, like its pollywog cousins, it quickly develops into a fighter of frightening speed and power. Power-Up Punch strengthens all of its punching attacks every time it connects, and setting up a Whirlpool allows Poliwrath to Dive underwater and cross the stage at speeds that would make G.Zapdos dizzy!

If you're a more cautious type of player, you can choose to blow Bubbles and watch your opponent dash themselves against the rocks of your defense.

There's something for everyone here so we hope you give Poliwrath a spin!

RECODE + REWORK: BLAZIKEN

The last recode! We've been working on these since v4c, and with v8, they're finally done. It was an exhausting process, but now we get to start baking in goodies that were previously impossible.

Blaziken's rework ended up pretty simple. It's still very similar to old Blaziken, but a lot of the pain points where Blaziken has felt stubby and inconsistent have had major work done to them. Likewise though, a lot of the places where Blaziken felt especially oppressive have been removed. We're hoping this makes the character feel significantly healthier to play against, while feeling less bad to play as.

LILITHPORT ALPHA

We're including a new experimental version of LilithPort developed for PKMN:CC, LilithPort Alpha. Alpha should be able to provide connections without port forwarding, and hopefully some general stability updates.

LilithPort and Alpha are cross-compatible. We highly suggest using Alpha, but believe it might have some issues running on certain machines (moreso than old LilithPort), so it isn't included as our current default. You instead will opt-in by taking the version in the LilithPort Alpha folder, and replacing the one in the main folder with it.

General Changes

Corner Pushback:
•Corner pushback has been completely replaced with a system hand-customized by us. We're still going to use corner pushback as a balancing and infinite-prevention mechanism, but it won't be as heinous as 2DFM's default.
•Most standard attacks will have a small amount of corner pushback, half of the current pushback AT MOST.
•Attacks that launch will have increased corner pushback, to reflect the fact that they have more knockback than standard attacks. Horizontal launches will have more pushback than vertical ones.
•Throws will have the largest pushback out of all knockback types. This is to allow throws to feel somewhat consistent in terms of knockback, even when cornered.

Health and Damage:
•Health is overall slightly increased, but more importantly, more normalized. This will lead to a large health gain for the frailest fighters, but only marginal ones for our tankier fighters.
•27 - Toxicroak, Mienshao
•28 - Primeape, G. Zapdos
•29 - Falinks
•30 - Blaziken, Heracross
•31 - Poliwrath
•32 - Chesnaight
•33 - Bewear, Great Tusk

Damage scaling's increase from v7 to v7a was also partially reverted, now a value in-between the two.

Damage scaling additionally no longer has a bug where it will sometimes continue into a second combo.

Don't be surprised if these change again soon. There's some other things we're cooking up for future patches that will effect global balance changes, but aren't quite ready yet.

Hitstun:
•+1 Counterhit stun on Medium strength hitstuns
•Pop-Up Hitstuns (Example: Falinks 2A) now increment the juggle counter.
•Horizontal Launching moves (Example: Toxicroak Poison Dart) have reduced knockback.

General Bugfixes:
•The norotious "Path" bug has finally been fixed. All "Path" runs now function identically to the fixed (and somewhat harder) Galarian Zapdos Path.
•Fixed an issue that effected some C-Cancel colors.

Recode Related Issues:
•Fixed an issue where characters couldn't be counterthrown during landing lag of air attacks.
•Fixed an issue where characters could have an unusually long throw tech window. (Intended Throw tech window: 10 frames.)
•Fixed an issue that would cause characters to drop out of combos due to infinite prevention at unintended times.

Training Mode:
•Blaziken was the last recode? No! It's Wobbuffet!
•Wobbuffet now has the same coding treatment with the rest of the cast, meaning he's finally consistent with the rest of the crew. Make sure to check for any oddities.
•Wobb's projectiles now interact with Great Tusk's projectile armor.

Balance Changes

Non-Blaziken balance changes are overall minimal this patch due to building up a lot of system changes and bug fixes. We're shooting to shake things up soon, but for now, focusing on the coding side for recodes and corner pushback was the priority. With these completed, we should hopefully be able to spend some additional time focusing on balance and systems in v9.

Blaziken in particular has the pre-emptive markings of some changes you might expect in other characters moving forward. We're test-driving them on Ken first, but if we like what we see, expect to see similar design philosophy in v9/v10 adjustments.

Bewear

3A:
•Blockstun and guard crush increased, Wk -> Md.

•+5 Ending lag

j8A:
•Fixed a bug that allowed you to do the move more than twice per airtime.

5B - Great Big Hug:
•Adjusted body collision.
•Fixed a hurtbox issue that would prevent Bewear from being thrown during ending lag.

2B - Panda Wheel:
•Second hit hitbox size increased.

6B - Running Bear Hug:
•Fixed a bug that let you C-Cancel this move.
•Fixed an issue where your hurtboxes were too small to grab during the ending lag.

426B - Bedtime Buster:
•Added a 6 frame landing lag after hitting the throw.
•Bewear is now sent farther backwards after hitting the throw.

Blaziken

General:
•Blaziken's specials and 1-meter Hyper moves now inherit Blaziken's forward movement. Using a special from Dash for C-Cancel forward will provide the most forward movement, while canceling from forward-moving attacks will provide slightly less.

•Jump arc reverted to v3. This increases falling speed for faster jumps, but distance and height are basically unchanged.

//This change has been a long time coming. We changed this to softpatch a bunch of issues Ken's pressure had back in the day that were completely overbearing. Now we're fixing those problem issues directly.

•Forward Dash's first cancelable frame 1 -> 16.

•Fireballs now stop after traveling a set distance. Slightly less than full screen.
•Fireballs now stop when hitting stage edges, refreshing access to 5B immediately.
•Fixed a minor visual bug that appeared when using any Fireball.

5A:
•Removed a small hurtbox the move had behind Blaziken.

•+1 Startup
•Removed C-Cancel and Super Cancel.

2A:
•+1 Startup
•Hitstun decreased, Md -> Wk.

3A:
•+13 Ending lag
•Can now only be canceled into 2B and 24B.

4A:
•Second hit can now be C-Canceled.

•+1 Startup

6A:
•Damage increased, 2 -> 3.
•Now has a small amount of forward movement.

•Removed C-Cancel.
•+4 Startup

jA:
•A small additional body hurtbox was removed, but body's main hitbox size was increased to comensate.

j8A:
•Hitbox size substantially increased on both hits.

2B - Rising Sun Kick:
•Vertical hitbox size increased.
•Added a second smaller hitbox layered slightly below Blaziken.
•Adjusted the fireball invulnerability to be more consistent.
•Second hit blockstun/guard crush increased, Sg -> VSG.

•Increased hurtbox/collision vertical size.
•+10 Landing Lag

•Lowered height of jump arc.

5B - Flame Kick:
•Kick hitstun increased by 10 frames.
•Projectile hitstun increased by 7 frames.
•The Kick hitbox now always comes out.
•Projectile releases slighly farther forward.

•Cancels into C-Dash and Super now require the kick to hit.
•Kick damage reduced, 2 -> 1.
•Kick blockstun Sg -> Wk.
•Kick Guard Damage 2 -> 1.
•+1 Startup (Kick hitbox)
•+1 additional startup for fireball hitbox.

2BB - Flare (Rising Sun Kick):
•This move's properties are now entirely separate from 2B's.
•2BB retains many of the pre-rework values, including: Blockstun, landing lag, hurtbox size, and the lack of a hitbox below Blaziken.

•Horizontal hitbox size increased.

6B - Sky Uppercut:
•Damage increased, 3 -> 4.
•Hitbox size slightly increased.
•Initial forward movement speed slightly increased.
•Arc moves slightly lower, falls slightly faster.
•Falling speed increases after reaching peak.

•+7 Landing lag
•Can no longer cancel into super.

//This is a test run for future uppercuts in general. If people think these are overall healthy changes, Primeape and Heracross will receive similar changes. //Also noting the Shoryu cancels into super have always been... kind of an anomaly on Ken. There's not really ever been a good reason to do them beyond maybe cheesing guard breaks a little. It was more likely you did this on accident than on purpose, so I think it's best to just remove them.

5BB - Flame Kick (Flare):
•Projectile hitstun increased by 7 frames.
•-4 Startup
•-6 Ending lag
•Projectile releases slighly farther forward.

•Fixed a bug where this move removed Poison.

jB - Blaze Kick:
•Hitstun increased by 10 frames.
•Added a second small hitbox during initial hit, to cover inner leg.

•Middle-timed hit (first crossup hitbox) damage decreased, 2 -> 1.
•Late hit blockstun decreased, Md -> Wk.
•+7 Landing lag

24B - Triple Sun Kick:
•Damage increased, 2+2+2 -> 2+2+3.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
•Damage increased, 2+2+1 -> 2+2+2.
•Hitbox sizes increased substantially.
•Arc moves slightly lower, falls slightly faster, moves less horizontal distance.
•Falling speed increases after reaching peak.

•+11 Landing lag
•Cancel into super removed.

•Hit timings adjusted, more similar to v3 Blaziken.

426B - Rooster Roast:
•-10 Ending lag

•Final hit blockstun and guard crush decreased, VSG -> Sg.
•Damage reduced, 10 -> 9.
•13 Frames of Timestop removed.
•Body hitbox removed.

Forward Throw:
•Uses a new throw arc.

•Damage reduced, 3 -> 2.

//I want to make a write-up about this, but I feel like anyone that's played for the last 8 months knew this was coming. We just can't keep this. You can still get close enough to hit a sweep and threaten some other options, but you are just not going to get the same kind of pressure as you used to.

Chesnaught

General:
•Charge times increased from 0.4s to 0.6s

//Chesnaught's charge moves are extremely powerful- and they should be, considering the drawback of charge inputs and spending a meter. Players are concerned that these options are too powerful, however. Rather than offset it by making the moves riskier to use, I'm opting to make the charging cost slightly steeper.

2A:
•+1 Ending lag

5B - Bullet Seed:
•-1 Spit Startup

6B - Concussion Rush:
•Initial hit knockback increased. (Reverting a prior change).

//Ches's combos have had some level of inconsistency due to various issues and oversights involving 6B. This is hopefully going to be the changes that fix them once and for all.

2B - Thorn Hammer:
•Active frames 42-59 -> 42-56.

Falinks

General:
•Fixed an issue involving attacking during prejump frames.
•Fixed a bug where Parry Counter was skipping a small portion of the animation on hit.

2A (Linkless):
•-6 Ending lag.

4A:
•Cancel can no longer be delayed, must be done immediately on hit.

6A:
•-8 Ending lag

//Late canceling 4A was the cause of a few infinites, so it's being axed, and Falinks gets a variety of normal buffs now that No Retreat infinites are less of a concern.

j8A:
•Move now deals 3 damage and Wk blockstun. Big and Lil being with you increase the damage by 1 and blockstun by 1 level for each one you have. (Like before, Big additionally causes a vertical launch rather than a horizontal one.)

•Removed cancel into jB.

//I originally planned to remove the special cancel here before Falinks was even released due to some cheesy options found with it during testing. It slipped by, and ended up not being THAT much of a problem during development. But the new buffs, combined with new corner combos, pushes it over the edge.

5B - Chainspear:
•Move now deals 2 damage and Wk blockstun. Big and Lil being with you increase the damage by 1 and blockstun by 1 level for each one you have. (Like before, Big additionally increases hitbox thickness.)
•Anti-air version has a reworked hitbox, including being able to hit on ground if the opponent is immediately in front of Falinks. Grounded hitbox does not launch up, it instead launches away.

//Damage is being adjusted to try and lead to quicker games. I'm trying to also make some minor pre-emptive nerfs to compensate. Fal should be able to close out games quicker, but has to take slightly more risk doing so due to a stricter Anti-air hitbox and low blockstun.

2B - Defensive Formation:
•Hitstun increased, Wk -> Md.

6B - Frontline Push:
•Adjusted hit states to make 6B counterhit more lenient.

24B - Clawspear:
•Move now deals 2 damage. Big being with you increases the damage by 3 and causes a knockdown. Lil increases damage by 2.

22B - No Retreat:
•Link attack startup 15 -> 11.

•Fixed a bug that could cause the duration of No Retreat to extend.

G. Zapdos

General:
•Backwalk speed decreased to be more similar to other characters ratios: 6.4 -> 5.1
•Fixed a bug that made C-Canceling more difficult than usual.

5B - Fast Lane:
•Now stops if you hit a wall.

•+10 Run cancel lag.

5B5A:
•-2 Ending Lag

•Blockstun decreased, Md -> Wk.

6B - Piston Kick:
•Guard damage moved to be entirely on second hit.
•Blockstun and Guard damage on second hit increased, Sg -> VSG.

•+12 Ending lag

2B - Sky Vault / 28B - Kilo Vault:
•6 Frame landing lag added.

2BjA:
•Guard damage increased on all hits, 0 -> 1.
•Last hit's blockstun increased, Wk -> Md.

•+10 Landing Lag

2Bj2A:
•Blockstun decreased, Md -> Wk.
•+10 Landing Lag

26B/24B - Lane Storm:
•Now causes an air knockback state on hit.
•26B causes a horizontal launch, 24B causes a smaller knockback.

Throws:
•Now have a 12-frame landing animation when hitting the ground.

Great Tusk

//While the previous tusk changes were in the right direction, some places were slightly too heavy handed, and some small places where Tusk could've gotten some cleanup were ignored. These should help touch-up those missing pieces.

Roll Turnaround:
•-3 Ending lag

5A:
•-1 Startup
•Horizontal hitbox size increased
•Trunk vertical hurtbox size decreased.

•Horizontal hurtbox size increased.

5A (Roll):
•+10 additional frames after attacking where a wall bump will still spawn a stalactite.
•Summoning a stalactite's +6 ending lag changed to -6 ending lag (compared to a standard wall bump).
•Stalactite falling detection massively improved.
•Stalactite horizontal hitbox size increased.

•Great Tusk will no longer hit the wall, creating a stalagtite, if Tusk hits a player with Roll 5A.

2A:
•-6 Ending lag

•Active Frames 33-53 -> 33-50 (frames deleted).

3A:
•Increased horizontal hitbox size.

4A:
•Hitstun increased, Md to Sg.
•Hitboxes and framedata reverted to launch.
•Can now be C-Canceled.

•4A hitstun type changed from launcher to standard sky hit.
•Hitbox shifted slightly left.

•Fixed a bug where 4A would forcibly stand crouching opponents.

//The launcher aspect of this move has constantly been a problem. It originally required the removal of the late hit to prevent ridiculous combos, then it caused corner infinites with pushback fixed. //Solving it once and for all. This removes a bunch of routes, but I'm hoping to compensate for those losses via a C-Cancel.

2B - Quaking Stomp:
•Great Tusk now takes reduced damage during 2B.
•Great Tusk now restores damage taken from projectiles when armoring one.

6B - Stampede:
•Increased second hit's hitbox size.

•Slightly increased horizontal hurtbox size.

426B - Headlong Rush:
•Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the move to stop in the center of the screen on-hit, rather than running to the wall.

Heracross

//Heracross has generally be considered too strong, partially on the back of high damage. So Heracross will receive a few damage nerfs to bring her more in-line with the cast.

General:
•+10 Ending lag to Parry Counter (on hit only).

3A:
•Damage decreased, 2 -> 1.

4A:
•First hit hitstun increased, Wk -> Md.

5A:
•Active frames 7-12 -> 7-10 (frames deleted).

6A:
•Fixed a bug that effected this move's cancels.

jB - Beetle Dive:
•Hyper Variant damage decreased to be the same as standard version (5 -> 4).

•Fixed a bug that allowed this move to hit twice on block.

[4]6B - Horn Charge:
•-2 Ending lag on hit/block

•Damage decreased, 5 -> 4.
•+6 Startup, startup animation slightly adjusted.
•Increased horizonal hurtbox size.

•Heracross's height and distance using this move slightly adjusted (net change makes it go a few pixels higher/farther).

//Slightly adjusting this move to be very slightly less consistently punishable on block, but gives more opportunities for Pokes or anti-airs to beat out Hera entirely.

Forward Throw:
•Made the cancel into 46B and 4646B more lenient.

Mienshao

//We wanted to make sure Mienshao was not going to break the game in half in 7a. It turns out we went a bit overkill and nerfed things we didn't really need to change, so we'll be giving those bits and pieces back.

2A:
•Second hit active frames 27-33 -> 27-37.
•Blockstun adjusted from Sg + Sg to Wk + VSG.

3A:
•Damage decreased, 2 -> 1.

//This point of damage is being swapped out into the standard special finishers.

4A6A:
•Damage increased, 1+1 -> 1+2.

jA:
•-5 Ending lag on block.

•Damage decreased, 1+2 -> 1+1

//Similarly, a point is being shifted to j2A here, hoping it makes combo damage feel less dependent on meter.

j2A:
•Damage increased, 1 -> 2.

5B - Striking Seviper:
•Damage increased, 1+1+2 -> 1+1+3.

6B - Leaping Liepard:
•Damage increased, 3 -> 4.

623B - Thrusting Taillow:
•Initial hit can no longer counterhit.

//This was supposed to roll out with v7, but somehow got lost. Counterhitting with this move was usually to Mien's detriment, so we've simply removed the ability to do it.

Primeape

//The small downsides each of Primeape's changes were not felt at all. Some previous buffs will be partially reverted to reflect this.

General:
•Fixed a bug where Parry Counter was skipping a small portion of the animation on hit.

2A:
•Late hitbox damage increased, 2 -> 3
•Blockstun and Guard Damage increased, Wk -> Md.

•+4 Startup
•+4 Ending lag
•Initial hitbox size decreased.
•Initial hitbox duration decreased, 9 -> 7. Late hitbox replaces these two frames.

3A:
•Now cancels on hit/block into 28B instead of 623B

•Damage decreased, 2 -> 1.
•+4 Ending lag

//Tacking on this extra bit of ending lag made it reach the point where Ape couldn't consistently catch wake-ups anymore, so I'm adjusting the "burn meter for potential safety" feature from 623B to 28B to facilitate this combo more easily. This is probably a net buff even on block- but is also probably more interesting for both the attacker and defender.

6A:
•+2 Ending lag

2B - Beam 'em Up:
•+5 Startup

•Fixed a bug where canceling this into jB could cause jB to not knock down.

5B - Ape Rush:
•+2 Startup
•+2 Ending lag
•-2 Active frames on final hit.

28B - Furious Stomp:
•Adjusted the angle that Primeape is sent during on-hit ending lag.

•Fixed a bug where this move was using 2B's new increased ending lag on whiff. Corrected to a standard 6-frame landing on whiff.

Toxicroak

5B/4B/5BB - Poison Spit/Double Spit:
•Projectile hitstun +7 frames.

Demo 07a

Version 7a Changes

Unfortunately some late-in-development fixes caused issues to pop up. We're releasing a patch to address these before the first tournaments for the patch start up.

Major Fixes:

Mienshao's jA and 2A were adjusted to fix an issue with combos dropping right before the patch released. Unfortunately, this added an infinite back in that we were already aware of and fixed once, but neglected to test again with the new adjustments.
Parry hurtboxes were tweaked to be more favorable to the defender, but I neglected to ensure they were properly configured for Parry, resulting in several characters taking damage while Parry was active.
The fix to Blaziken's 2A C-Cancel had an oversight that allowed it to happen even if you had no meter.

Minor Fixes:

Zapdos no longer has issues walking forward under a jumping player. Keep in mind this still turns Zapdos around, so you'll transition into backwalk.

Fixed an issue where Heracross 2A couldn't cancel into 28B, and an issue where the move had a hard time hitting in certain situations.
Fixed a story mode bug that could sometimes cause the Primeape Story Mode Congratulations screen to appear after losing vs Primeape as Zapdos.
Fixed issues with Great Tusk's jump during Roll Backwards.
Fixed issues that were causing Great Tusk's 6B combos to drop.
Fixed an issue where Bedtime Buster could softlock opponents.
Fixed an issue involving Bewear, Mienshao, and Chesnaught's Sweep cancels.
Fixed Blaziken 3A canceling into unintended moves.
Fixed Blaziken getting double knock downed in certain situations. Again.
Fixed infinite No Retreat on Falinks.
Fixed an issue where Heracross could cancel air attacks into airdash.

Damage scaling values across the cast were made uniform with G. Zapdos', which should only be noticeable for combos with an uncommonly high number of hits. Certain supers were adjusted to offset this scaling change.

Bewear

3A:
•+2 Ending lag

•-1 Startup

//This move needed a frame adjustment during Version 7 to prevent an infinite, and I figured it'd be best to put it during startup. After re-evaluating from initial testing, it's likely more balanced if it's in ending lag.

Falinks

2A:
•Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG
•Blockstun increased, Md -> Sg.

•+7 Ending lag

•No Retreat Link summon now hits opponent earlier.

4A:
•Cancel into 2A restored.

//A Falinks infinite was found just before the patch was released. We tried to add a last-second hotfix for it, but there was still a second one. As long as we're releasing a hotfix, might as well address it for real.

Mienshao

2A:
•-1 Startup

4A:
•Damage decreased, 2 -> 1.

4A6A:
•Damage decreased, 2+1 -> 1+1.

jA:
•+2 Landing lag
•Adjusted to be "at best" -5 on block.
•Second hit can no longer cancel into jB on block.
•Damage decreased, 2+2 -> 1+2.

j2A:
•Now knocks straight down on air hit.

5B - Striking Seviper:
•Final hit damage decreased, 3 -> 2.

6B - Leaping Liepard:
•Damage decreased, 4 -> 3.

//Ivan and I ended up discussing it, and determined we want to reign in the rework's combo routes and pressure a bit before the tour. I usually would not be so willing to make a knee-jerk reaction like this, but the community doesn't seem to enjoy the power level the Mien rework was pushed at, so we're going to make adjustments to satisfy that. This includes reverting a few damage changes, along with making adjustments to moves used in juggles. //I personally apologize for telling the Mien chat that j2A would still exist as-is on the tour patch, then backtracking on that, but it was clear from our discussion that it was the easiest way to get Mien back on track. It was not an intended feature of my rework, and was only changed to what it is because I thought it might open some gimmick situational route. The routes found by the community using j2A dealt twice as much damage as the intended routes from the rework per meter, and much more than anything found for j2A in testing, it just can't stay the way it is.

G. Zapdos

5AA:
•Now cancels only into 5B.

jA:
•Damage decreased, 4 -> 2.
•Fixed an issue where this move could be used multiple times in the air.

//The jA damage and double per airtime were essentially oversights. This should help reduce the damage Zap gets off certain confirms to a more intended level.

26B Lane Storm:
•Cross up halt on Block.

Demo 07a

Version 7a Changes

Unfortunately some late-in-development fixes caused issues to pop up. We're releasing a patch to address these before the first tournaments for the patch start up.

Major Fixes:

Mienshao's jA and 2A were adjusted to fix an issue with combos dropping right before the patch released. Unfortunately, this added an infinite back in that we were already aware of and fixed once, but neglected to test again with the new adjustments.
Parry hurtboxes were tweaked to be more favorable to the defender, but I neglected to ensure they were properly configured for Parry, resulting in several characters taking damage while Parry was active.
The fix to Blaziken's 2A C-Cancel had an oversight that allowed it to happen even if you had no meter.

Minor Fixes:

Zapdos no longer has issues walking forward under a jumping player. Keep in mind this still turns Zapdos around, so you'll transition into backwalk.

Fixed an issue where Heracross 2A couldn't cancel into 28B, and an issue where the move had a hard time hitting in certain situations.
Fixed a story mode bug that could sometimes cause the Primeape Story Mode Congratulations screen to appear after losing vs Primeape as Zapdos.
Fixed issues with Great Tusk's jump during Roll Backwards.
Fixed issues that were causing Great Tusk's 6B combos to drop.
Fixed an issue where Bedtime Buster could softlock opponents.
Fixed an issue involving Bewear, Mienshao, and Chesnaught's Sweep cancels.
Fixed Blaziken 3A canceling into unintended moves.
Fixed Blaziken getting double knock downed in certain situations. Again.
Fixed infinite No Retreat on Falinks.
Fixed an issue where Heracross could cancel air attacks into airdash.

Damage scaling values across the cast were made uniform with G. Zapdos', which should only be noticeable for combos with an uncommonly high number of hits. Certain supers were adjusted to offset this scaling change.

Bewear

3A: • +2 Ending lag

• -1 Startup

//This move needed a frame adjustment during Version 7 to prevent an infinite, and I figured it'd be best to put it during startup. After re-evaluating from initial testing, it's likely more balanced if it's in ending lag.

Falinks

2A: • Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG • Blockstun increased, Md -> Sg.

• +7 Ending lag

• No Retreat Link summon now hits opponent earlier.

4A: • Cancel into 2A restored.

//A Falinks infinite was found just before the patch was released. We tried to add a last-second hotfix for it, but there was still a second one. As long as we're releasing a hotfix, might as well address it for real.

Mienshao

2A: • -1 Startup

4A: • Damage decreased, 2 -> 1.

4A6A: • Damage decreased, 2+1 -> 1+1.

jA: • +2 Landing lag • Adjusted to be "at best" -5 on block. • Second hit can no longer cancel into jB on block. • Damage decreased, 2+2 -> 1+2.

j2A: • Now knocks straight down on air hit.

5B - Striking Seviper: • Final hit damage decreased, 3 -> 2.

6B - Leaping Liepard: • Damage decreased, 4 -> 3.

//Ivan and I ended up discussing it, and determined we want to reign in the rework's combo routes and pressure a bit before the tour. I usually would not be so willing to make a knee-jerk reaction like this, but the community doesn't seem to enjoy the power level the Mien rework was pushed at, so we're going to make adjustments to satisfy that. This includes reverting a few damage changes, along with making adjustments to moves used in juggles. //I personally apologize for telling the Mien chat that j2A would still exist as-is on the tour patch, then backtracking on that, but it was clear from our discussion that it was the easiest way to get Mien back on track. It was not an intended feature of my rework, and was only changed to what it is because I thought it might open some gimmick situational route. The routes found by the community using j2A dealt twice as much damage as the intended routes from the rework per meter, and much more than anything found for j2A in testing, it just can't stay the way it is.

G. Zapdos

5AA: • Now cancels only into 5B.

jA: • Damage decreased, 4 -> 2. • Fixed an issue where this move could be used multiple times in the air.

//The jA damage and double per airtime were essentially oversights. This should help reduce the damage Zap gets off certain confirms to a more intended level.

26B Lane Storm: • Cross up halt on Block.

Demo 07

Version 7 Changes

New Stage: Welcome to a cozy bit of middle-of-nowhere, Dust Town. Brawl it out in this new locale, or sit down and chill with the locals. Many thanks to Ramen for the concept and linework which brought this sun-baked shanty town to life.

New Colors: Tournament colors have been added to Great Tusk and Falinks. Special thanks to ChunkBrickson for helping us fix Chesnaught's sprite. He's also changed up color 5 to something new in the meanwhile, so try it out!

NEW CHARACTER: G. ZAPDOS

Tired of piloting Pokemon who run and kick like they're chained to an Iron Ball? Galarian Zapdos is ready to shimmy and squawk those Slowpokes into submission. Though it hails from distant Galar, this bird could just as easily have migrated from another fighting game! Between its myriad movement options, launchers, air dashes, and restands, G. Zap repackages the anime fighter experience for our familiar Close Combat environment; so warm those fingers up and get ready to 100-meter dash your opponent to pieces!

RECODE + REWORK: MIENSHAO

Mienshao has gotten a recode like many before it. As usual, watch out for any new bugs or oddities that might be occuring!

But on top of that, Mienshao has gotten a very substantial rework. This aims at retooling a significant amount of the kit. Mien's combo routes will now be more varied and consistent, and Mien's options will have substantially altered risk and reward. This is by far the largest amount of changes a single character has gotten in one of these patches. Mien has barely been touched since launch due to its high complexity, and now all those changes are coming at once in full force.

Mien's changes include alterations to allow 623B to combo consistently, a rework of 2A that includes new animations, large improvements to super, and much, much more. I hope you all enjoy it.

But that's not all...

RECODE + REWORK: BEWEAR

Surprise! We have a second one too!

Bewear has been substantially adjusted for focus as a full-reset grappler. Bewear's Oki from command throws has been nerfed substantially, ranging from removing meaty hit opportunities to removing the knockdown entirely. On top of that, Bewear's actual pressure on Oki has been adjusted to be less overwhelming. In return, Bewear has gotten some adjusted neutral options, increased damage, and something entirely new to play with. Bewear should less frequently win games off of one very favorable interaction, but instead be able to play a more intense grappler game, focused on snatching your opponent with your variety of throw options.

General Changes

Walking Speeds: Most characters had a back walk speed at or close to the value of their forward walk speed. This has been changed, to where back walk speeds are now around 70% of their forward walk speed, with slower characters having slightly better back walk speed "ratios" than faster ones. In some cases, we opted to give slower characters better forward walk speeds instead. This should help to make spacing fairer and make it more difficult for characters to quickly shuffle away from hitboxes aimed at them.

Guard Health: Getting knocked down will now only restore half of a player's Guard Health rather than all of it. In the early days of the game, we added Guard Health reset on knock down so help mitigate Guard Breaks on wake-up, as many characters had break or near-break setups off of one touch. After the various changes to Guard Health and blocking, this is no longer the case. As a result, the amount of Guard Health regained off of a knockdown has been decreased. Note that because Great Tusk's Guard Health is an odd number, it can't regain half, so it will regain 7 Guard Health instead.

Parries:
• Parry hurtboxes tweaked. This should help deal with situations where it feels unusually difficult to parry. This was especially easy to notice on Great Tusk.
• Parry Damage for Blaziken, Primeape, and Mienshao increased from 2 -> 3.
• Parry damage for Bewear, Chesnaught, and Great Tusk increased from 3 -> 4.

Bugfixes:
• Fixed a bug where Bewear, Chesnaught, and Great Tusk dealt more hitstun on several moves.
• Fixed a bug where characters where getting unintended I-Frames late in Parry animation. This was a larger issue on Mienshao than most.
• Fixed a number of under-the-hood bugs involving hitstun and knockback. Watch out for any hit related oddities in case these changes had unintended side effects.

NOTE: While "The Path" boss requirement bug was well-documented in v6, the fix is unfortunately quite time-consuming. While the fix for older characters will not be present in v7, Zapdos's story mode was implemented with the bug fixed.

Some character balance changes will now begin to have //comments. These will be put in places where I think a particular change is worth explaining. Simpler changes will not get commentary. Recoded characters also have their commentary in the section above rather than in their changes below.

Bewear

General
• Forward Dash first cancelable frame 6 -> 24.
• Back walk speed reduced from -3.10 to -2.30.

2A:
• Increased vertical hitbox size.

• Now only cancels into 2B and 2626B.

3A:
• Now hits low.
• Hitstun increased, Md -> Sg
• Time between hits reduced by 1 frame.

• +1 Startup

4A:
• Anti-air hitbox damage increased, 2 -> 3.
• Ending lag -2

• +2 Startup
• Anti-air hitbox moved slightly downward.
• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

jA:
• Initial hit now hits as a Sg Overhead rather than launching away vs grounded opponents.

j8A:
• A can now be pressed shortly after j8A ends to use the move a second time.
• Fixed an issue where not all hits were doing the same damage.
• Now only modifies your X-Momentum rather than replacing it entirely.

5B - Great Big Hug:
• Can no longer be special canceled into.

2B - Panda Wheel:
• Falling out of the move from the second hit will still result in a knockdown.
• Hitboxes drastically changed. All hits cover more of Bewear's body. However, the first two hits are significantly less disjointed.
• Hitbox duration for each hit 7 -> 8
• -1 Ending lag

• Fixed an issue that caused the projectile destruction effect to be inconsistent.
• Increased collision size (no effect on hittable hurtbox size).

6B - Running Bear Hug:
• First active frame 36 -> 21.
• Throw invulnerability 36-66 -> 21-66.
• Damage increased, 5 -> 7.

• Armor starting frame 1 -> 15.
• Opponent now flips out instead of being knocked down.

• Fixed an issue that was causing this move to reset Bewear's Guard Health.
• Counterhit window no longer extends to end of move.

jB - Flying Panda Wheel:
• Grounded cartwheel's projectile destruction effect now added to the air version.
• Fixed an issue where this move didn't properly overhead.
• -2 Landing lag

426B - Bedtime Buster:
• New move.
• Works as an anti-air throw that's invincible on the way up.
• Acts as a hit-throw on the way down. Must be blocked high.
• Causes Sg guard, and is slightly plus on block.
• Anti-air throw deals 10 damage. Falling hitbox deals 5.

624B - And a Great Big Hug:
• Rest in peace.

2626B - Stuffed Punch:
• Damage increased, 10 -> 12.
• Initial hit's hitbox size increased.

Forward Throw:
• Fixed a bug that was breaking Bewear's HP-based damage logic.

Air Throw:
• Input changed from c.j6A to j6C
• Altered knockback direction.
• Now builds a meter on hit.
• Ending lag can now be C-Canceled. A grunt has been added to help indicate the timing.

• No longer transitions into jA on whiff.
• +27 Ending lag on hit
• First active frame 1 -> 5.

Blaziken

General:
• Back walk speed reduced from -3.50 to -2.50. 5A:
• Fixed a bug where this move couldn't be counterhit.

2A:
• Fixed broken C-Cancel.

4A:
• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

6A:
• Fixed an oversight where this move was dealing Sg guard instead of Md.

5BB - Flare (Flame Kick):
• Fixed a bug that caused this move to deal no guard damage.

426B - Rooster Roast:
• Hitbox width is now more consistent and overall larger across all hits, should result in opponents dropping out less frequently.

• Damage reduced, 13 -> 10.
• 1 hit removed
• Last hit Blockstun and Guard Crush increased to VSG.
• +15 Ending lag
• Initial hit's range slightly reduced.

• Fixed a bug that would cause hitstun to end early.
• Adjusted the position where the super projectile spawns.
• Initial hits do not do guard damage.

//There were issues affecting how Blaziken's super was hitting that were softpatched by v6's changes. These turned out to be the main issue that was causing this move to be as poor as it was prepatch, and the power level of the move increased vastly beyond what we expected. The move is now being substantially pulled back to put it more in line with other supers.

Chesnaught

3A:
• -3 Startup
• Slightly increased hitbox size.

4A:
• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

6A:
• -13 Ending lag
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.

• -1 Hit duration
• Removed on-hit special cancels

//This is kind of a big change, but I think it'll ultimately have positive impacts both on how Ches pressures, and how Ches uses 6A as a combo tool.

5B - Bullet Seed:
• Projectile speed decreased.

• Block state caused by this move reworked.

6B - Concussion Rush:
• Last hit hitbox size increased.

• Last hit can no longer hit vs air opponents.

• Fixed a bug where second hit was not causing the intended knockback type.

//The 5B and 6B changes above are responses to adjustments we made for hit states. The move functionalities are slightly adjusted to compensate.

426B - Spike Cannon:
• Damage increased, 8/10 -> 11
• Hitbox size increased to cover entire spike.

Falinks

General:
• Forward walk speed increased from 2 to 2.80.
• Forward Dash after Parry forward movespeed increased, -9 ending lag.
• Fixed a bug involving Big Link's attack and throws.

2A:
• Forward movement increased significantly.

• Fixed an issue involving this move's kara cancel.

3A:
• -2 Startup

4A:
• Removed cancel into 2A.

6A:
• -1 Startup
• Increased forward movement speed

6B - Frontline Push:
• Hitbox size increased.
• Blockstun increased on all hits, Wk -> Md.

• Increased collision size (has no effect on hurtbox size).
• Fixed a bug where you needed 3 meter to cancel from this move into No Retreat.

2B - Defensive Formation:
• -5 Startup

22B - No Retreat:
• Fixed input priority, allowing you to cancel into both 4B and 24B.

Great Tusk

//In Great Tusk's development, I allowed many unintended things that popped up during development to slip through in order to test the impact it has on the character. I think it overall a detriment, as a lot of "unfair" feeling aspects of the character are entirely buried inside this jank. I've gone to rectify my design, trying to deliver a version of Tusk that plays something closer to what I intended. This involves a decent chunk of nerfs- but in exchange, I've also patched up some of the worst weaknesses the character had. This version should be more well-rounded, and not live and die by the match-up.

General:
• Forward Dash first frame of throw invuln 1 -> 11.
• Fixed an issue where Tusk would take less hitstun when standing against moves with VSG stun.
• Jumpsquat frames 11 -> 9.
• Landing frames will no longer vary between 8 and 10. It's now always 8.

Roll:
• Fixed a bug where Rolling couldn't be cancelled into Jump Attacks if it was done via a parry forward dash.
• Adjusted Roll turnaround to ensure that you can't bump into the wall while turning around.
• Turning around now takes 6 additional frames to execute.
• Dust active frames 7-24 -> 11-21.
• Body hitbox on roll turnaround removed. //This last one was never intended, but let by after seeing it when testing because it might have interesting combo implications. It turned out to make the move an unusually good at beating out a number of airborne moves like Primeape 2A and Horn Charge. The combos turned out to be interesting but ultimately not as practical in real games as hoped, so this hitbox getting trimmed as originally intended.

5A (Roll):
• Adjusted wall collision functionality: If Roll 5A even enters its startup, colliding with the wall will cause the Stalagtite to spawn. This does not allow 44A in the corner- as you have to fully enter roll in order to use Roll 5A at all.

5A:
• Drastically increased hitbox size towards Tusk (deadzone removed).
• Slightly reduced hurtbox size, but hurtbox no longer retracts during the move's ending lag.

• +2 Startup

4A:
• Hit duration 12-26 -> 12-17. (+1 Hit duration to initial hit, late hit hitboxes disabled).

• Fixed a bug that was causing the hurtbox during startup to be significantly smaller than intended.

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md.

5B - Whirling Fortess:
• Blockstun and Guard damage increased, Md -> VSG.
• Adjusted start-up to be properly throwable.

• +10 Ending lag

2B - Quaking Stomp:
• Fully charged stomp is now invulnerable during startup of the stomp as well as the active frames.
• Mid and fully charged stomp can now hit enemies that are right next to the ground- even if they're technically in an airborne state. This will result in a smaller knockback, so you can't combo off this.
• Charging 2B now has armor vs standard projectiles starting frame 8. Getting hit by a projectile will instantly increase 2B's charge to the next level. NOTE: This mechanic does not currently work vs Wobbuffet. Compatability for Wobb will be patched in at a later time.

6B - Stampede:
• Initial movement speed increased.

• Acceleration while moving decreased.

jB - Crashing Footfalls:
• Fixed this move not being throwable during ending lag.
• Fixed an issue where this move would beat parries (and likely, a lot of other things it wasn't intended to beat).

666B - Don Drift:
• Fixed a bug where this move's invulnerability frames would disappear much earlier than intended.

426B - Headlong Rush:
• +7 Timestop, to compensate combos for the hitstun bugfix.
• Will now drag opponent to corner, rather than camera edge.

Forward Throw (Proto Boost):
• Fixed an bug where this move could cause counterhits on the hit following up the throw.

Back Throw (Proto Boost):
• Damage increased, 7 -> 9.

Heracross

//Hera is basically getting tweaks for any feel-bads or oversights from the previous rework.

General:
• Back walk speed reduced from -2.80 to -2.00.
• Fixed an issue where the Grounded Forward Dash variation of Airdash ended on crossup. It now ceilings its height on crossup instead.

2A:
• Hitboxes no longer split up between ground and air hit. Merged into one big hitbox that hits both.
• C-Cancel restored.

• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

3A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2

• Removed standard special cancels from this move.

//Theoretically, I could've left in the other special cancels and only removed the cancel into 5B, but there wasn't a lot here to begin with, and I think on average the +1 damage will mostly compensate for not being able to go for 3A 28B. The high-skill 3A 4646B cancel is still on this move, so you can still get extra reward here if you're particularly sharp.

4A:
• First hit's initial hitbox completely relocated, giving it significantly more range.

• +1 Startup

5B - Horn Flurry:
• Last hit damage increased, 1 -> 2.
• Forward movement increased.
• +4 Hit duration on last hit.

• +6 Ending lag.

[4]6B - Horn Charge:
• Adjusted landing lag animation/hurtbox.

jB - Beetle Dive:
• Fixed a bug where the metered version could hit twice vs tall blocking opponents.

Mienshao

General:
• Dash Back no longer has hit invincibility.

• Dash Forward movement speed increased, 8.1 -> 9.1, but a small amount of deceleration over time during the dash was added.
• Dash Forward Jump now preserves momentum from Dashing Forward.
• Dash Cancel window 7-25 -> 14-29
• Can no longer cancel Dash Jump while still on the ground.
• Can now cancel Dash with crouch during the Dash Cancel window. //These final changes were made in response to the discovery of the Mienshao dash cancel. We're experimenting with preserving this in an official fashion. It's possible the crouch cancel doesn't last long, but the existing bug was too jank to leave in, so this is the approach I decided on.

• Forward walk speed increased from 2 to 2.50.

5A:
• Fixed a bug where this move couldn't be counterhit.

5A4:
• -4 Ending lag

2A:
• Changed air trajectories of both hits to allow the move to combo vs air opponents.
• Second hit grounded hitstun now causes a small launch effect.
• Increased hitbox size of both hits.
• Blockstun and guard crush of both hits increased to Sg.
• Time between hits reduced by 3 frames and second hit's duration increased by 3 frames, 34-39 -> 31-39.
• First hit can be canceled into specials on hit or block as normal, but second hit can now only be canceled on hit.
• Second hit's cancels are now: Forward Jump, Back Jump, and 5B.

• +35 Ending Lag
• Increased horizontal hurtbox size.
• First hit no longer cancels into 4A.

3A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2.

• Now only cancels into 6B and 624B.

4A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2.

• +2 Startup

4A6A:
• Fixed hitstun using Overhead hitstun. Uses VSG now.
• Blockstun decreased, Md -> Wk

6A:
• Made 6A -> 6A's input more lenient.
• Increased horizontal movement speed.

6A6A:
• Increased horizontal movement speed.

• Can no longer cancel into 4A.
• Fixed a bug where this move couldn't be counterhit.

jA:
• Increased hitbox size of both hits.
• Increased hurtbox size.
• Reduced air knockback of first hit.
• Using jA now slightly slows your falling speed.
• Hitstun increased Md -> Sg.

• +4 Startup
• First hit can no longer be canceled.

j2A:
• Increased initial falling speed.
• Fall now has decerlation rather than acceleration.
• Reduced knockback opponents receive when hit in the air.

5B - Striking Seviper:
• Fixed a bug where this move wasn't dealing overhead hitstun (Overhead Md).
• Final hit damage increased, 2 -> 3.

• +9 Landing lag
• Reduced speed of backwards horizontal movement.
• Removed the ability to change your momentum after the final hitbox ends.

2B - Soaring Spearow:
• Now properly uses Overhead hitstun. Hitstun increased, Md -> Sg.

• Plane and slice variants have taller hurtboxes.
• +3 Clung-to-wall frames before you can choose which variant to use.
• +6 Landing Lag
• Can no longer be special canceled into.

• Fixed a bug where when touching a wall after using Slice, you could conditionally use Plane and Rise (You can still Slice multiple times).

6B - Leaping Liepard:
• Damage increased, 3 -> 4.

• Lowered the distance Mienshao retreats after a kick on hit or block.

• Now launches horizontally on air hit, rather than vertically.

623B - Thrusting Taillow:
• Adjusted animation to allow the move to combo off of almost any grounded hit.
• Adjusted second hit hitbox to allow more consistent combos.
• You can now hold up while on the wall to increase your height.
• When near the wall, the second hit now knocks the opponents towards the center of the stage.
• First hit hitbox moved upward.

• The "Slice" version (4B Wall Input) of 623B has been removed.

jB - Swift Star:
• Block state caused by this move reworked.

• +4 Landing lag

jBBB - Star Shower:
• Projectiles now release faster.
• Projectiles now use the far angle rather than the standard star angle.

• Adjusted to properly use three single hits rather than the "multihit" like jB.

624B - Qi Blast:
• Projectile damage 7 -> 11.
• Projectile now detonates on impact with a player.
• Projectil will now detonate if it reaches the corner of the map.

• Palm hitbox removed.

Primeape

General:
• Back walk speed reduced from -3.50 to -3.0.

4A:
• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

5AA:
• Now has forward momentum.

5B - Ape Rush:
• +2 Active frames for last hit
• Histun increased, Md -> VSG
• Blockstun and guard crush increased to Sg.

• +8 Ending lag.

//The game has changed a lot since v3. We're going to try to bring 5B back to "full power" and see what happens.

2B - Beam 'em Up:
• -5 Startup

• Uses an updated landing animation with +15 landing lag.

• Fixed an issue where this move cleared Poison.

Toxicroak

General:
• Back walk speed reduced from -3.30 to -2.30.
• Fixed a bug where Toxicroaks could not poison each other with 6B/jB.
• Fixed a bug where Toxicroak's burst was replaced with an empty action. //Oops :)

4A:
• Increased vulnerable hurtbox size.

• Upper Body invulnerability now properly disappears after hitbox ends.

6B - Poison Dart:
• Fixed a bug where this move couldn't poison opponents.

Demo 06

Version 6 Changes

NEW CHARACTER: Great Tusk

Embrace your protohistoric power with the new fighter, Great Tusk! Roll into action with this fierce mixup character. Tusk may look slow at first, but once it gets up to speed, it's capable of hitting hitting your opponent from all sides, leaving them with no room to breath. Utilize stomps, earthquakes, rolls, and of course your gigantic tusks to catch your opponent unprepared.

Other Major Updates

New Rework and Recode: Heracross

Heracross has overall been in a strong but healthy state over the course of the game, getting few changes. If anything, this rework echoes that, being a bit on the smaller side. Heracross still gets some new cancels and combo routes, QoL changes, and various hitbox adjustments to make Hera's existing gameplan flow smoother. Heracross notably retains a quality that's going to be quite rare this patch, the ability to threaten Guard Crushes at almost any time. But you can read more about that in the next section.

Once again, keep an eye out for any Heracross oddities this patch. Recodes like this can sometimes cause minor bugs to pop up as we move the code from one framework to another.

Balance & System Changes

Hitstun and Block Changes:
In short, we will be increasing hitstun values slightly, decreasing blockstun values slightly, and decreasing guard damage.

Hitstun and Blockstun at each tier (Weak, Medium, Strong, Very Strong) has essentially had the following hierarchy
Counterhit > Blockstun > Hitstun
We will be adjusting this to
Counterhit > Low/Overhead > Blockstun > Hitstun

The stun changes are as follows (Wk-Md-Sg-VSG)

Hitstun:
16-22-27-37 -> 16-23-30-37
Blockstun:
20-27-34-41 -> 18-25-32-39
Low/High:
16-22-30 -> 20-27-34
(Low/High does not have a VSG variant)

On top of this, there was a bug effecting blocking specifically. This caused blocking to take two frames longer than intended. This is fixed, so the overall decrease in blockstun is actually four frames.

On top of that, the standard values for guard damage will be changed:
Weak: 1 -> 0
Medium: 2 -> 1
Strong: 3 -> 2
Very Strong: Unchanged (4)
Moves like uppercuts that had Very Strong stun but dealt 1 Guard Damage, will still do so.
There will now additionally be a handful of moves that will deal Weak Blockstun but still deal 1 Guard Damage, as all specials will deal a minimum of 1 Guard Damage. An example of this will be Blaziken's 5B.

In the balance section below, you'll see a mumber of hit type, block type, and frame data adjustments to go with this new system. If a change to these values isn't mentioned, that move simply uses the new system with no other changes. Additionally, all special moves with Weak Stun and all Sweeps still deal at least 1 Guard Damage, and as such won't be noted in changes. Any other block related changes will still be noted.

Control Changes:
• All 2Bs can now be executed by holding down-back and down-forward.
• All 5Bs no longer require neutral, and can be executed while holding back. Keep in mind that Toxicroak and Falinks still use their upwards variants when using 4B.
• Bursts now can only be done immediately after blocking a move. The trailing frames of the blocking animation can't be canceled into Burst.
• Due to feedback, we've re-increased the Dash window slightly, from 20 frames to 25 frames.

Throw System Changes:
• The proximity range for throws has been increased substantially.
• Throws now have a defined throw range.
• These changes mean its now possible to whiff grabs by attempting to grab too far away from an opponent.
• Actual effective throw range shouldn't be significantly different, beyond the fact that it'll now be easier to grab wider characters, and harder to grab narrower ones.
• All standard grabs now have +6 Ending Lag

Bug Fixes:
• Fixed the bug causing multi-guard breaks from v05, meaning that the hotfix that required deleting 2 frames of collision from Guard Break is reverted.
• Fixed minor collision errors in Primeape, Chesnaught, and Toxicroak.
• Fixed a bug where Wobbuffet's Guard Health would stop updating vs Blaziken.

Bewear

3A:
• Time between hits reduced by 1 frame.

4A:
• Fixed a bug that prevented this move from on-hit canceling.

6A:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.

jA:
• Sweetspot now properly knocks back vs crouching opponents.

j6A:
• Fixed a bug where this Throw didn't remove Chesnaught's jB armor.

2B - Panda Wheel:
• -3 Ending Lag

Blaziken

General:
• Fixed a bug where Blaziken would receive knockdown twice.

j8A:
• Guard Damage reamins at 1 on both hits.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
• Second hit: Increased horizontal hitbox size.

426B - Rooster Roast:
• Input changed from 2626B to 426B.
• Adjusted Super animation slightly. Now hits 7 times for a total of 13 damage.
• Guard Crush adjusted, does 5 points of damage if all hits connect.

Chesnaught

General:
• Health Reduced, 31 -> 30

5A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Wk -> Md.

• +3 Ending Lag

4A:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Md -> Sg.

• +3 Startup

• Fixed a bug that prevented this move from on-hit canceling.

6A:
• Increased hitbox size.
• -1 Startup.

• Increased hurtbox size while the move is active.

5B - Bullet Seed:
• Increased hitbox size.

• +3 Startup on Spit
• +6 Ending Lag on Chew

6B - Concussion Rush:
• Initial hit no longer has an anti-air hitbox.
• Second hit is no longer disjointed above Ches.
• Hurtbox size increased during third hit to make it negatively disjointed.

• Adjusted hurtboxes to better match body.
• Adjusting timing on when front-body invincibility disappears.
• Fixed a bug that caused the third hit to combo off the second in certain scenarios.

[4]6B - Shield Smash:
• Third hit: Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Wk -> Md.
• Last Hit: Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Md -> Sg.

Falinks

General:
• Increased player collision sizes while being hit in crouch. This does NOT increase hurtbox size.
• Fixed a bug where Falinks took incorrect knockback from Toxic Bubble.

2A:
• Thrown Link hit will also cause the Pop-Up during the later part of the throw arc, rather than only on the way up.

jA:
• Initial hit hitstun increased, Overhead Md -> Overhead Sg.

• Hit duration 10-∞ -> 10-25.

2B - Defensive Formation:
• Invincibility reduced, 1-27 -> 1-10

6B - Frontline Push:
• Guard Damage on each hit remains 1. 4 damage total.

24B - Clawspear:
• Fixed a bug where the anti-air version didn't remove Chesnaught's jB armor.

22B - No Retreat:
• Fixed a bug where using No Retreat while No Retreat is active would drain 2 meter, even though No Retreat isn't re-applied.

Heracross

General:
• Slightly increased crouching hurtbox size.

• Heracross can now only airdash once per air time.
• Heracross can now airdash by tapping forward once immediately after a forward jump from neutral. (Using two quick taps like a Dash)
• You can now continue air dash after crossing up by continuing to hold forward. (This previously had no crossup detection, so you'd have to press back instead.)

5A:
• Now can cancel on hit/block into 3A.

• Can no longer cancel into itself.

2A:
• -7 Ending Lag

• Can now only cancel into 28B on hit/block.
• +2 Startup

• Fixed bug where this move wouldn't cause a blockstring against blocking opponents.

4A:
• Second hit hitstun increased, Wk -> Md.

5B - Horn Flurry:
• First Hit: Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Wk -> Md.
• Final Hit: Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG
• Final Hit: Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG.

• +3 Ending Lag
• Removed C-Cancel on hits 2 and 3.

• Time between first and second hit increased by 1 frame (now matches time between second and third hit).
• Adjusted forward momentum to decelerate less during the move.

[2]8B - Horn Turret:
• Initial invulnerability replaced with upper-body invulnerability.

[4]6B - Horn Charge:
• -2 Startup
• Horizontal hitbox size greatly increased.

• Horizontal hurtbox size greatly increased while hitbox is active.
• Reduced distance Heracross bounces away on hit/block.
• +2 Landing Lag on hit/block.

[4]6B2B - Horn Sweep:
• Ground hit damage increased, 3 -> 6.
• Air hitbox size increased.

jB - Beetle Dive:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md.
• EX version's initial arc moves higher and forward.
• EX version's hitbox adjusted significantly to allow combos when 28B anti-airs.

• Fixed a bug where the Hyper Version could cause blockstun multiple times.

[4]646B - Mega Horn Flip:
• Horizontal hitbox size greatly increased.
• Initial hit damage increased from 3 to 5 (total unscaled damage from 9 to 11).

Forward Throw:
• Horn Charge cancel now requires 46B rather than just 6B.
• Horn Charge can now cancel into 4646B if Heracross has 2 meters.

Mienshao

4A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Md -> Wk.

4A6A:
• Guard Damage adjusted to be 2 total.

5A4:
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to C-Dash after using this move. 6A:
• Hitbox size increased vertically better hit crouchers at a distance.

j2A
• +2 Landing Lag

• Guard Damage remains at 1.

5B - Striking Seviper:
• Guard Crush adjusted to still deal 3 total Guard Damage.

6B - Leaping Liepard:
• -20 Ending Lag on Hit/Block

• Block Stun reduced, Md -> Wk. Guard Damage remains at 1.

624B - Qi Blast:
• Input changed from 2626B to 624B.

Primeape

General:
• Increased player collision sizes while being hit in crouch. This does NOT increase hurtbox size.

4A:
• Damage reduced, 3 -> 2

5B - Ape Rush:
• Hitstun decreased, Sg -> Md
• -4 Ending Lag
• Ape Rush no longer has increased ending lag based on or block. (Frame advantage on Hit/Block unchanged)

• Only final hit deals Guard Damage. Guard Damage remains at 1.

6B - Fierce Upper:
• Late hit: Increased vertical hitbox size.

623B - Savage Upper:
• Second hit: Increased vertical hitbox size.

jB - Skull Pound:
• Sweetspot damage increased, 3 -> 4.

• Fixed a bug where 623B canceled into jB caused jB's damage to be reduced.
• Fixed a bug where the late hit was causing VSG blockstun instead of SG.
• C-Dash Cancels properly again, rather than being a cancel into Throw or Parry.

624B - Rampage:
• Multihit Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Wk -> Md.

Toxicroak

4A:
• Fixed a bug that prevented this move from on-hit canceling.

jA:
• Hitbox size slightly increased
• Guard damage remains at 1.

jB - Poison Arrow:

• Damage increased, 4/3/2 -> 6/5 (Sweetspot/Sourspot, including Poison damage).

Demo 05b

Version 5b Changes

Toxicroak has joined the recoded+reworked character. This was originally slated for v5 and the general changes decided around a month ago, but instead we committed the dev time to ship the recode+rework on Chesnaught instead. We knew Toxicroak was high demand for changes, so we've put in double time to ship this out ASAP. Many of the changes involve making Toxicroak's moves more specialized instead of just generally good in any situation. We've also slightly reworked Poison to stick around more, but tick much slower to compensate. We've also adjusted Toxicroak's Guard Damage numbers, resulting in reducing his guard break capability to below average. Toxicroak will still have fantastic zoning that can quickly switch to offensive pressure, but his ability to stay safe on block and convert that pressure into a Guard Break is significantly less viable, and will cost much more meter. In return, Toxicrak has received buffs to Toxic Spit, as well as a few instances of increased damage. These changes are likely overall nerfs, but should still leave Toxicroak in a strong state, as is the goal with these single-character focused patches.

Guard Crush:
• Bug causing Guard Crushes to not occur when a player's Guard Health reaches 0 has been fixed.
• However, this fix requires removing player collision for two frames. Here's hoping this doesn't cause any unforseen issues. While on the topic, there's been some discussion about the status of gaining Meter from Guard Break, we've heard it. However, we're still discussing how to solve the issue, so we're going to wait and implement a solution in a later version. There are also known Guard Break loops that still exist within the game, but tread in territory where making changes to eliminate them entirely would kneecap certain character options. For the meanwhile we've made changes to mitigate these loops, and are hoping to make a more permanent fix in the near future.

Training Mode:
• Fixed bug where a second Wobbuffet would spawn twice in Blaziken's training mode.
• Wobbuffett grounded Fast Attack startup reduced to 6 frames to match common jab timings.

• Fixed air hitstun interactions on recoded characters.
• Input windows for Dashes adjusted, 0.3s -> 0.2s. This window was only used for Dashes and Runs, not Parry Dashes.

Blaziken

Parry:
• Fixed a bug that caused Parry counter to have no lag.

2626B - Rooster Roast:
• Fixed multiple hitstun related issues that caused the move to inflict extremely small amounts of hitstun, or miss entirely.

Chesnaught

General:
• Added 5 extra frames of leniency for holding your charge partition.

5A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Md -> Wk

3A:
• Ending lag can now always be cancelled into Bullet Seed, even on whiff.

• Removed on-hit cancels, except into Spike Cannon.

4A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md
• No longer has +3 hitstun vs Standing opponents

6B - Concussion Rush:
• Changed initial hit launch trajectory to send grounded opponents a smaller distance, allowing both normal hits of Concussion Rush to combo when started from farther ranges.

5B - Bullet Seed:
• Changed hitboxes on block to better hit crouch blocking opponents.

jB - Falling Fortress:
• +5 Landing Lag if you don't hit a counter.

[2]8B - Thorn Upper:
• Fixed a bug where you could C-Dash Cancel with insufficient meter.

[4]6B - Shield Smash:
• Fixed a bug that caused the move to have a varying amount of hits and distance traveled depending on meter.
• Adjusted movement timing, now starts slightly slower but also slightly accelerates.
• Adjusted initial hit launch trajectory and hitbox placement to allow all hits of Shield Smash to combo when started from farther ranges.

426B - Spike Cannon:
• Fixed an issue where doing the input with two or less meter would result in [4]6B. It will now result in 6B.

Falinks

General:
• Fixed a bug where Falinks would take less hitstun while standing when hit with a VSG stun move.
• Fixed some visual issues in training mode.
• Fixed several issues with move input priority.
• Fixed palette related issues.

5B - Chainspear:
• Extended hurtbox now becomes active on the same frame as hitbox, rather than 5 frames before.

jB - Hoplite Hop:
• Fixed an issue where this move couldn't be used during running jumps.

22B - No Retreat:
• Slightly increased the range of the addition hits of No Retreat.
• Can no longer use No Retreat while No Retreat is active.

Heracross

General:
• Added 5 extra frames of leniency for holding your charge partition.

6A:
• Fixed a bug where the move could inflict 3 Guard damage instead of 2.

Mienshao

4A:
• Fixed a bug where the later part of this move was unblockable.
• Fixed a bug where 4A wouldn't cause blockstun during a blockstring.

Toxicroak

Poison:
• Poison now must be removed via Parry. Throws and various Hyper Meter Specials no longer remove Poison. Notably Guard Berry will still remove Poison.

• Duration between Poison ticks increased, 2s -> 4s.

5A:
• Fixed a bug where this move couldn't be counterhit.

2A:
• Initial hit damage increased, 3 -> 4.
• Late hit damage increased, 1 -> 2.

• +3 Startup
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Sg.

3A:
• Increased forward movement speed.

• +4 startup
• +2 Ending lag

4A:
• Size of initial hitbox increased.
• +2 Hit duration for initial hitbox.

• +3 Startup
• Initial hitbox no longer hits airborne opponents.

jA:
• Reduced hitbox size.

j8A:
• Damage increased, 2 -> 4.

• No longer hits grounded opponents.

6B - Poison Dart:
• Hitbox and hurtbox now move forward during the later part of the move.

• Reduced hitbox size.
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md.
• C-Dash cancel removed.

jB - Poison Arrow:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Sg. Hyper version's block state unchanged.

5B - Poison Spit:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Wk -> Md. (For all versions)
• Fixed a bug where upper angled poison could be cancelled into Throw and Parry, rather than C-Dash.

5BB - Double Spit:
• -7 Ending Lag

421B - Dagger Heel:
• Doubled the hitlag the move inflicts.

• +15 Ending Lag

624B - Toxic Bubble:
• Initial damage increased, 2 -> 6.

• Duration ∞ -> 4.5s

• Moves will no longer deal double damage when used to pop the bubble.

Demo 05

Version 5 Changes

NEW CHARACTER: Falinks

Falinks storms onto the field of battle! Deploy your army from the reserves or charge into the frontline like the Heroes of old. Use your diverse array of tools to command and conquer, and claim your spoils of war.

Other Major Updates

Chesnaught Recode: The second recode and rework is in, and it's Chesnaught. Again, be on the lookout for any oddities, as bugs could be prevalent considering the large scale under-the hood changes. We're aware Chesnaught's already a new addition, and it seems unusual that he'd be picked so soon for this treatment. However, we felt that Chesnaught needed some adjustments to better mesh with players, as we saw many people that wanted to play Chesnaught but disliked several elements of his kit. We're hoping these changes alleviate that, incentivising players to pick up this character.

Training Mode:
• Added Parry to Wobbuffet's E options.
• Fixed a Bug where Wobbuffet could block while using attacks.
• Fixed an issue with the combo counter.

Damage Scaling: Combos have not had damage scaling before this point. We've added a small scaling factor, that should impact the damage of longer combos. In most cases it'll start around the sixth move, but with some higher damaging hits it could come into effect earlier. This will also end up impacting the final damage of longer multi-hit moves like Primeape's Super, but those changes won't be reflected in the changelist.

Knockback: Grounded Knockback had a bunch of oddball inconsistency, and also had issues where counterhits and high-hitstun would send opponents extremely far distances away from you. We've adjusted how grounded knockback works to hopefully alleviate these issues.

Balance & System Changes

Changes to inputs:
• 623 and 421 inputs now accept 626, 629, 424, and 427 as shortcuts.
• 2626 now accepts 2326 as a shortcut.

Changes to Guard Breaks:
• Zero no longer counts as a Guard Health value. Dropping to zero now results in Guard Break.
• Guard Breaks were previously throw-vulerable during initial frames. This practically never came up and could potentially caused bugs, so it's been replaced with total invincibility.
• Guard Breaks will be invlunerable for 1 additional frame to prevent an issue where players got erroneously launched.

• Cross-unders are now prevented against cornered opponents. This mostly only effects air vs air interactions, so stuff like uppercuts will no longer phase through cornered players sometimes. You can still walk under opponents if they jump in the corner.
• Widened Cross-up collision slightly.
• Parry attacks now have an additional +3 Ending Lag.
• Parry collision size made thinner.
• Fixed all known causes of the double-knockdown bug. This also fixes some buggy corner juggles.

Issues with 4c Patchnotes:
• Heracross 6B throw follow-up damage was listed as 4 -> 6. The change was 5 -> 7.
• Last patch noted that uppercuts now break armor, despite that not being the case. This is now properly implemented in v5.

Bewear

General:
• Guard Health increased, 12 -> 14.
• Fixed a bug with E settings in Training Mode.

4A:
• Added upper body invincibility during startup and active frames.
• Reduced arm hurtbox size during anti-air frames.

• Removed "dead frame" where Bewear looks like he's attacking but has no active hitbox. Animation frames adjusted to compensate (No frame data change).

jA:
• Shifted hurtbox upward.
• Significantly increased the size of the initial hit that knocks down.

j8A:
• Reduced leg hurtbox size.

2B - Panda Wheel:
• +2 Ending Lag

Blaziken

General:
• Guard Health increased, 10 -> 12
• Fixed an issue where Blaziken would fall slower than intended when launched while in the corner.

4A:
• Added upper body invincibility during startup and active frames.
• Reduced leg hurtbox size during active frames.

• +2 Startup
• Frames between hits increased, 1 -> 2

jA:
• Reduced leg hutbox size.

• Increased body hurtbox size.

j8A:
• Reduced hand hurtbox size.

• Increased collision size.

6B - Sky Uppercut:
• Added upper body invulnerability during startup and active frames.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
• Adjusted hitboxes and hit timing. This will hopefully make it easier to follow up two-hit 623B with 2A when anti-airing, and three-hit 623B with 6A when anti-airing.

2626B - Rooster Roast:
• Added a vortex effect so opponents getting hit from far away get pulled in and won't fall out of the attack.
• Changed hitboxes so that the move won't whiff at point-blank range, and will also hit opponents from farther away.

Chesnaught

2A:
• -1 Startup

4A:
• Added upper body invincibility to startup and active frames.
• Chespin wants to help too :)

• Lower body hurtbox widened.

6A:
• -2 Startup
• Fixed a bug that would cause the move to hit twice.

jA:
• Reduced non-collision hurtbox size.

j8A:
• Reduced leg hurtbox size.

5B - Bullet Seed:
• Projectile speed increased.
• Projectile hitbox widened.

2B - Thorn Hammer:
• Hitbox made taller.

• Increased collision size.

6B - Concussion Rush:
• Changed input from [4]6B.
• Second hit can now On-Hit cancel into Bullet Seed Spit.
• Final hit (usually only seen on block) can now be cancelled into a C-Dash.

• Third hit removed.
• Forward-body invincibility is removed starting at the final hit.

jB - Falling Fortress:
• Added a new counter that costs 1 meter. After being hit, press B to use it.
• Makes Chesnaught slightly floatier on block.
• Enemy Time Stop on Armor 18 -> 30 frames.

• Fixed a bug where this move could be thrown in air.

24B - Guard Berry:
• Self-Heal increased, 1 -> 2
• Now grants multiple hits of armor, but the amount of armor decays over the course of the move. Moves will only decay as low as a single hit of armor, at the point right before the move connects.
• 6A Armor max hits 1 -> 2.
• 2B Armor max hits 1 -> 4.

[2]8B - Thorn Upper:
• Charge requirement reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
• Damage increased, 4 -> 5.

[4]6B - Shield Smash:
• This move is based on the previous version of Concussion Rush.
• Changed input from [4]6BB.
• Now costs 1 meter.
• Charge requirement reduced from 0.5s to 0.4s
• Replaced fourth hit of move with the Shield Smash.
• Damage of each hit adjusted. Total move damage is now 7.
• Is now invincible during the active frames of the Shield Smash, in addition to the frames immediately before it.
• Shield Smash ending lag -29.

• Shield Smash Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Md.
• Can no longer be C-Cancelled.
• Shield Smash hit duration decreased, 8 -> 6.

426B - Spike Cannon:
• Changed input from [4]646B.
• -17 Startup
• +5 Added Active Frames

• Reduced Time Stop from 35 frames to 15.
• Spike damage reduced, 12 -> 10.
• Is no longer invincible in the frames before the Time Stop.

Heracross

2A:
• Added upper body invincibility during active frames and the frames immediately before those. (Is not upper body invincible from frame 1)

jA:
• Horn hurtbox size decreased during active frames of first hit.

Mienshao

General:
• Guard Health increased, 8 -> 10

5A4:
• -1 Ending lag

4A:
• First hit hitbox made taller, will now hit all crouchers.
• Reduced vertical hurtbox size during anti-air part of the move.
• Upper body hurtbox is now Throw Invulnerable during active frames.

4A6A:
• Second hit Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md.

j2A:
• Increased hitbox size.

• Shifted non-collision hurtbox slightly left.

6B - Leaping Liepard:
• Hurtbox shifted forward and widened.
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md

Primeape

General:
• Guard Health increased, 10 -> 12

5A:
• Fixed issue where you could get 5AA despite only tapping A once.

2A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Md -> Wk.

4A:
• Added upper body invincibility during startup and active frames.
• Reduced leg hurtbox size during startup and active frames.

• +4 Startup

jA:
• Reduced leg hurtbox size

• Increased body hurtbox size.

28B - Furious Stomp:
• Damage decreased, 4 -> 3

5B - Ape Rush:
• Slightly increased horizontal hurtbox size.

• Fixed an issue where last hit could cause upwards of 4 points of Guard Damage rather than 1.
• Fixed an issue where the move couldn't Guard Break if the second-to-last hit depleted your opponent's Guard.

6B - Fierce Upper:
• Upper-body invincbility on startup slightly shrunk.

jB - Skull Pound:
• +2 Landing Lag before you can cancel into 28B.
• +14 Landing Lag otherwise.

Toxicroak

General:
• Guard Health increased, 8 -> 10
• Fixed a bug where Parry didn't remove Poison.

4A:
• Added upper body invincibility during startup and active frames.
• Reduced hurtbox size on arm during anti-air frames.

• Fixed bug causing move to hit upwards vs standing opponents.

jA:
• Reduced arm hurtbox size.

624B - Toxic Bubble:
• Fixed a bug where opponents could get caught in the Bubble during Throws and unintended times.
• Fixed a bug causing Primeape to take more damage and less knockback from this move.

Parry:

• Fixed an issue that caused this to hit high instead of mid.

Demo 04c

Version 4c Changes

Under the hood - Recodes: We're slowly going to recode significant portions of characters in order to make future development easier. This recode and character rework was slated for v5, but happened to be completed in the time between v4b and v4c, so we're shipping it early. The first of these recodes is Primeape. We're asking players to keep an eye out for any Primeape oddities in this patch. On top of that, while v3 and v4 versions have been generally powering down characters to fix game breaking mechanics, we're hoping to power up characters in v5 and beyond, something Primeape's also received here. A second character was slated to receieve one of these big treatments in v5, but you'll have to wait for that one.

Removed the lights from the Morelull in Levelup Cave to see if that helps with framerate issues.

Fixed Various bugs involving the announcer calling wrong winner names.

Balance & System Changes

Armored moves:

Uppercuts can now break Armored moves.

Bewear

6B - Running Bear Hug:

Armor frames 1-35 -> 1-49

Parry:

Damage reduced, 5 -> 3

Blaziken

6A:
• Increased hitbox size downwards.

jA:
• Initial hit Damage increased, 2 -> 3
• Reduced leg hurtbox size.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
• Fixed Bug that caused opponents to fall out of move on counterhit.

Chesnaught

General:
• Fixed an issue that caused Chesnaught to take more hitstun.
• Fixed parrying sometimes using the wrong animation.
• Added new color palette.

3A:

Blockstun and Guard crush reduced, Md -> Wk

4A:

Replaced an upper-body hurtbox with a lower-body hurtbox during the anti-air part of the move.

6A:
• Hitstun reduced, VSG -> Sg
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Sg
• Only has armor while guard berry is active (Guard Berry is only removed on successful armor)

• Fixed a bug where you couldn't special cancel the move after armoring a hit.

5B - Bullet Seed:

+8 Berry Eat Startup

2B - Thorn Hammer:

Reduced hitbox size.

Parry:

Damage reduced, 5 -> 3

Heracross

28B - Horn Turret:
• Lower-body vulnerability added to active frames. (Startup still fully invincible)
• Invincibility extended until Hera stops moving up.

FThrow:
• 6B follow-up damage increased, 4 -> 6

Mienshao

5A:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG

4A:
• Initial hitbox now only hits vs Grounded Opponents
• Late hitbox now only hits vs Air Opponents

6AA:
• +4 Ending Lag

5B:
• Last hit damage 1 -> 2

2B:

• Widened hurtbox during horizontal-dash walljumps

623B:
• +1 Startup

jB:
• +6 Landing lag

Primeape

5A:
• -1 Startup
• Increased range

5AA:
• -1 Startup
• Increased range

2A:
• +1 Startup
• Initial hit damage 2 -> 3
• Late hit damage 1 -> 2

3A:
• -1 Startup
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2
• Can now special cancel into 623B

4A:
• -1 Startup
• Damage 2 -> 3
• Slightly reduced leg hurtbox size

• Fixed a bug where leg was partially throw vulnerable during active frames.

6A:
• -1 Startup

jA:
• Damage increased, 2 -> 3

j8A:
• Initial hit damage increased, 3 -> 4

5B - Ape Rush:
• -1 Startup
• -2 Ending lag on hit
• -4 Ending lag on block

2B - Beat 'em Up:
• Skull Pound startup -4

6B - Fierce Upper:
• Damage increased, 3 -> 4
• Initial hitbox size increased
• Added upper body invincibility to startup and active frames.

• Increased size of player collisions on startup.

623B - Savage Upper:
• Total damage increased, 4 -> 5

• Increased size of player collisions on startup.

624B - Rampage:
• Increased damage, 10 -> 11

jB - Skull Pound:
• Late hit blockstun and guard crush decreased, VSG -> Sg.

• Fixed a bug that was causing it to hit twice on block.

Toxicroak

2A:
• Damage increased, 2 -> 3
• Increased size of late hit leg hitbox and hurtbox.

4A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2
• Initial hit Wk -> Md

421B - Dagger Heel:
• Damage 2 -> 4
• -6 Ending Lag

• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, Sg -> Wk

Demo 04b

Version 4b Changes

New Additions:
• New vocals by the talented Tom Gilvear (https://www.tomgilvear.com/). More VOs to come in v05!
• The HUD got an upgrade. Expect more aesthetic boosts.

General Changes & Bug Fixes:
• Fixed the double-knockdown/double-damage issue on a number of throws.
• Guard Break time stop is now the same number of frames for both players. Previously, it time stopped the attacker for 10 frames longer than the defender.
• Adjusted how charge inputs are handled.
• Fixed an issue allowing you to cancel EX moves into C-Dash or Super without having sufficient meter.
• Fixed issues related to Parry and Armor storage.
• Fixed certain issues with character palettes.

• Adjusted throws again. Max range should be reduced, but consistency of getting throws instead of parries should be increased.
• Fixed an issue causing double-throw-whiffs to happen more frequently than they should.
• Throw ending lag +4

• Added a new hitstun length, Very Strong (VSG) which has 10 more frames of hitstun than Sg. Again, if a change doesn't mention Wk/Md/Sg/VSG, it was likely one of the other rarer hitstun types.

Due to internal dev issues, the following changes slated for v4 got reverted to 3c. They are now correctly implemented in v4b. We've changed how we handle things on our end to prevent this from happening in the future. Bewear:
• Third hit of j8A, damage 1 -> 2 Blaziken:
• jB late hitbox blockstun and guard crush, VSG -> Md. Heracross:
• 6A: Blockstun and guard crush, Sg -> Md
• 4A: Overhead removed. Primeape:
• 6A: Startup +2
• jB: All hits now knock down.

Because changelists are shorter this time, I (Altilt) will also provide some additional dev commentary for players.

Bewear

3A:
• Now has player collision.

4A:
• Hitstun Sg -> VSG

• +3 Startup
• +8 Ending lag

• Adjusted timings: Anti-air hitbox +3 duration, low-to-ground hitbox -3 duration

5B - Great Big Hug:
• Damage decreased, 8 -> 7

2B - Panda Wheel:
• +6 Ending Lag

• Adjusted move to catch cases where projectiles weren't being destroyed.

2626B - Stuffed Punch:
• No longer hits high.

Comments: Minor nerfs to try and stop Bewear from running away with the game off of a stray hit. Less reward off of 5B and 2B should help considerably with that.

Blaziken

4A:
• Hitstun increased to VSG
• Reverted v3c change that reduced endlag (+4 Ending lag)

6B - Sky Uppercut:
• +4 Startup
• Slightly increased initial forward movement during startup.
• Guard Crush value reduced, VSG -> Wk.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
• Blockstun increased, Sg -> VSG
• Guard crush decreased, Sg -> Wk

Comments: We're aware of balance/design concerns involving Blaziken, and I plan on exciting changes for hopefully v5, but other priorities came first in this version. Notably the 1-button shoryus, including Primeape's, got tuned down this patch.

Chesnaught

Added icons that show when a Bullet Seed or Guard Berry armor is stored.

3A:
• Now Special cancellable.

6A:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.

5B - Bullet Seed:
• -10 Startup
• -10 Ending Lag

24B - Guard Berry:
• Armor state granted to 2B will no longer be consumed on use. Instead, it will be consumed when 2B armors a hit.

(4)6B - Concussion Rush:
• Third hit now knocks back opponent like the first two.
• -12 Ending Lag

• Final hit Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Md -> Wk

• Hitbox on second hit adjusted

2B - Thorn Hammer:
• -5 Startup
• Window for armor is longer after Guard Berry is eaten.

• Is no longer hit invulnerable during active frames. (Is still throw invulnerable)

jB - Falling Fortress
• Fixed bug where grounded shield was taking full damage instead of none like the air shield.
• Bigger armor window on landing.
• Successful shield now gives Chesnaught frame advantage to make punishing easier.

Commentary: I don't believe Ches is even bad as-is, but these changes should be enough to push him over the edge and get people playing.

Heracross

6A:
• Initial hit hitstun increased to VSG
• Reverted v3c change that reduced ending lag (+5 ending lag)

[2]8B - Horn Turret:
• Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Wk.

[4]6B - Horn Charge:
• Fixed charge input being skipped by doing 426B.
• Blockstun and Guard Crush VSG -> Sg

• Reverted v3c change that increased ending lag (-2 Ending Lag)

jB - Beetle Dive:
• Fixed bug causing multihit blocks.
• Slight adjustment to first frame hitbox for metered version.

HP:
• 29 -> 28

Commentary: Heracross is overall in a good place, and as such, mostly just received bugfixes and minor adjustments.

Mienshao

General:
• Fixed a bug where Mienshao was taking incorrect block pushback.

4A:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.

4A6A:
• Hit 1 hitbox horizontal size increased.
• Hit 1 damage increased, 1 -> 2.

• Reverted v3c change that reduced startup (+5 startup)
• Forward speed partially reverted to v3c. Overall still a net distance increase from v3c.

6B - Leaping Liepard:
• Hitstun increased, Sg -> VSG.

Commentary: Mienshao is if anything, on the strong side. The adjustments we're looking at for that could have a large impact on playstyle, so we're pushing those down the road to v5 rather than shipping them before the big v4 tour.

Primeape

2A:
• Hitstun increased to VSG

• Ending lag +1

• Movement arc adjusted. This should be more similar to the arc in 3c.

5B - Ape Rush:
• -7 Startup
• Final hit hitstun Md -> Sg

• +9 Ending Lag

• Adjusted hitbox. Now reaches farther forward, but is smaller vertically. Still has large negative disjoint.

6B - Fierce Upper:
• +5 Startup
• Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Wk

• Added player collision to startup.

623B - Savage Upper:
• Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Wk

426B - Rampage:
• Significantly reduced Guard Crush.

jB - Skull Pound:
• Fixed a bug resulting in double hits.
• Removed a 0-damage hitbox that was erroneously showing with hitboxes turned on.

Commentary: 2A tuned again to feel slightly better, I hope. 5B has been retooled to no longer be safe on block, instead being more threatening at catching counterhits. Shoryu is tuned down like Ken's. Hopefully this keeps Primeape threatening but overall less polarizing to fight.

Toxicroak

General:
• Fixed a bug that happened when parrying an enemy Tox's 5B.

2A:
• +2 Active frames
• Hitstun Sg -> VSG

6A:
• Hitstun Md -> Sg

jB:
• -6 Startup

Commentary:

Adjustments to help Tox's kit flow better. These changes are small, but should feel significant

Demo 04

NEW CONTENT

Chesnaught

Chesnaught joins Pokemon CC! Chesnaught is a big and tough Charge Character. Ready his unique move Bullet Seed to fire on your enemies, extending your combos and blockstrings. Trap your foes with Spikes by using Thorn Hammer and Thorn Upper. Unleash high damage combos using strong finishers like Spike Cannon.

Training Mode

Training Mode is now added. Use Wobbuffet to help you practice your combos, punishes, and more! Features many different states and attacks to switch between, with additions and improvements coming in the future. See TRAINING MODE.txt for more info.

New Music by A. Max Adams

New tracks now play in:
• Title Screen
• Character Select Screen
• All Three Stages

Balance & System Changes

In order to better explain the following patch notes, here's first some information: There are three standard types of knockback, Weak, Medium, and Strong (Wk/Md/Sg). There are other knockback types, but these are the most common. If the hitstun type isn't specified as Wk/Md/Sg, it's probably something else. There are four standard types of blocking, Weak, Medium, Strong, and Very Strong (Wk/Md/Sg/VSG). These will be listed along side any changes to these values.

Changes to Blocking, Guard Health, and Guard Breaks:
• Blockstun of stronger, high-blockstun moves reduced. Blockstun for these moves now lands squarely between hit and counterhit. Blockstun used to last around as long as counterhit did. Weak hits with low blockstun always had this in-the-middle value, so lower stun moves are uneffected.
• Blockpush increased for Md, Sg, and VSG blocks. Crouching blockpush now matches standing blockpush.
• Forward+Back protections added. While the engine's input handler itself can't be adjusted to properly prevent Forward+Back, there will be adjustments to discourage its use. After a small leniency window, blocking while Walking Forward will cause a Guard Break.
• Fixed a bug where Blockstun duration varied depending on Guard Health.
• Fixed instances where blocking multihit attacks wouldn't result in guard breaks.
• Adjusted Guard Breaks to add player collision, as well as adjusting player vulnerability during Guard Break. This will fix issues related to players phasing through Guard Broken opponents, as well as address issues where Multihit moves could erroneuously launch a player after a Guard Break.
• Fixed bugs where getting knocked down wasn't refreshing guard health.
• Burst no longer gives the opponent a meter.

Addressed an issue where inputs would drop during blockstrings or combos. This required adjusting the input windows for moves. The old windows varied greatly from .01 second to .45 second windows to place your inputs. Their new values are:
• .15 seconds for Simple inputs (Ex, 3A, 2B)
• .30 seconds for two/three-input motions (Ex, [4]6B, 26B, 623B)
• .45 seconds for four input motions (Ex, 2626B, [4]646B) Noting that these windows only start for charge after the player releases back Ex, you'd have .30 seconds for [4]6B after releasing back to press forward.

•Adjusted C-Dash Forward to have homegenized initial collisions, to avoid character-specific oddities relating to cross-unders.

• Adjusted Throw range trigger, in hope that it prevents issues where players could not Throw even when standing next to each other.

• Adjusted in-air hurtboxes and collisions. Should result in more consistent juggles across the cast.

• Corners now have a dynamic collision box above players to prevent jump-in crossups.

• Heal is disabled for VS mode, and is now bound to 2F (Down + O by default). A new VS-mode debug heal has been added: 246F, and can only be used while standing close. This version is also considerably slower, to discourage using in real games.

• Fixed a bug where some Knockdowns didn't deal damage vs high block.
• Fixed a bug where multi-hit launchers couldn't counterhit.
• Fixed a series of bugs where Parries would occur after throws.
• Fixed a bug where you could store parry state using projectiles.

Character balance changes are organized per move, first listing buffs, then nerfs, and finally misc changes or bugfixes after that.

Bewear

5A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2.

3A:
• Hitstun increased, Wk -> Md.

4A:
• Extended Arm hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during startup and active frames.
• Significantly reduced size of extended hurtboxes during startup.
• Overhead removed.

jA:
• Initial hit Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, VSG -> Md.
• Late hit Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, Sg -> Wk.

j8A:
• Damage on all hits increased, 1 -> 2.

5B - Great Big Hug:
• +18 Ending Lag

2B - Panda Wheel:
• Projectile destruction frames increased, 17-48 -> 9-48

• First and third hit hitbox adjusted to be more similar to second hit.

6B - Running Bear Hug:
• Fixed a bug where Bewear could 6B in air

2626B - Stuffed Punch:
• Initial hits Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG.

Blaziken

General:
• Decreased falling speed. This effects all three main jumps, the running jump, and both Uppercuts. Total distance traveled during jumps compensated to be similar to pre-patch.

5A:
• -1 Startup

• +3 Ending Lag

• Fixed a bug relating to Dash Cancelling.

4A:
• -4 Ending Lag
• Increased hitstun on second hit.
• Extended Leg hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during active frames.

• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced on both hits, Sg -> Md.

6A:
• Extended Arm hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during active frames.

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, Sg -> Wk
• Increased leg hurtbox size

j8A:
• Hitstun on overhead (vs crouch block) increased, Md -> Sg
• Damage on both hits increased, 1 -> 2

• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Wk

5B:
• Fixed a bug relating to Dash Cancelling.
• Fixed a bug that would cause ending lag to be erroneously reduced.

6B - Sky Uppercut:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG

• Fixed a bug where the 9-frame landing lag was being skipped.

2BB - Flare (Rising Sun Kick):
• Kick hit damage reduced, 4 -> 3

24B - Triple Sun Kick
• -4 Startup
• Hitboxes on second and third hits adjusted & increased in size.
• Time between hits lessened.
• Forward movement speed slightly increased.

623B - Solar Uppercut:
• Adjusted the location, size, and timing of third hitbox.
• Adjusted travel arc due to new gravity.
• Increased collision size during active frames to prevent awkward cross-unders.
• Fixed a bug related to counterhits.
• Fixed a bug where the 11-frame landing lag was being skipped.

jB - Blaze Kick:
• -4 Landing Lag

• +4 Startup
• Initial hit damage reduced, 4 -> 3
• Initial hitbox size reduced significantly (end of leg only).
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, VSG -> Md
• Increased hurtbox size

• Fixed a bug where jB couldn't be counterhit.
• Fixed a bug where jB couldn't hit Primeape in air.

Heracross

General:
• Forward Dash can now fly over low-to-ground hits like Sweeps.
• Changed all charge times to be identical.

5A:
• Now can cancel Ending Lag into another 5A.

2A:
• Upper-body hurtboxes made Throw Invulnerable during active frames.

3A:
• Fixed a bug relating to Dash Cancelling.

4A:
• Overhead removed.

6A:
• -2 Startup
• -5 Ending Lag

• -2 Hitbox duration (frames deleted entirely)

• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md
• Fixed a bug relating to Dash Cancelling.

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced on both hits, Sg -> Wk
• Increased hurtbox size.

j2A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced on early hit, Sg -> Md
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced on late hit, Sg -> Wk

5B:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced on first two hits, Sg -> Md
• Second hit hitbox vertically reduced in size.

[2]8B - Horn Turret:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG
• Now destroys projectiles.

• Invincibility 1-21 -> 1-11
• Horizontal speed and distance reduced.

• Fixed a bug where the 6-frame landing lag was being skipped.

[4]6B - Horn Charge:
• +2 Landing Lag on hit/block

• Fixed a bug where the landing lag wasn't fully throw vulnerable on whiff.
• Fixed a Keyboard exploit that allowed you to charge during forward walk.

[4]6B2B - Horn Sweep:
• Fixed a bug where you could C-Dash forward after the move ended.

jB - Beetle Dive:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, VSG -> Sg

Forward Throw:
• Can now spend 1 Bar to use Horn Charge after FThrow.

Mienshao

General:
• Back Dash is now invincible rather than fully intangible.

3A:
• -2 Startup

4A:
• Hitstun increased, Md -> Sg
• Extended cancel window into 4A6A to last until the end of the move.

• Upper Body hurtbox widened.

4A6A:
• -5 Startup
• Increased forward movement speed.

• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced on first hit, Sg -> Wk

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced on both hits, Sg -> Wk
• Now hits Mid instead of High.

j2A:
• Increased hitstun

• +2 Startup
• +6 Landing Lag
• Increased initial hurtbox size.

5B - Striking Seviper:
• Increased size of first hit.
• Increased fall speed to ground after third hit completes.
• -3 Landing Lag

2B - Soaring Spearow:
• Made Startup Throw Invulnerable

623B - Thrusting Taillow:
• Made Startup Throw Invulnerable

jB - Swift Star:
• Fixed a bug where damage wasn't dealt on an overhead hit.
• Firing delay reduced by 4 frames.

• +4 Startup
• +5 Landing Lag

jBBB - Star Shower:
• Increased input leniency of rapid button presses.
• Firing delay reduced by 4 frames.

• +5 Landing Lag

Parry:
• Fixed a Bug where Mienshao couldn't remove Poison by Parrying.
• Fixed a bug where Mienshao would get frozen in place after parrying.

Primeape

General:
• Fixed a bug where Primeape could be grabbed while in the air.

5A:
• -1 Startup
• -2 Ending Lag

5AA:
• -1 Startup
• -2 Ending Lag

2A:
• -4 Ending lag
• Increased hitstun

• +3 Startup

• Adjusted movement arc.

3A:
• -1 Startup

4A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2
• Hitstun increased, Wk -> Md
• Extended Leg hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during startup and active frames.

6A:
• Significantly decreased arm hurtbox size during startup.
• Slightly decreased arm hurtbox size during active frames.
• Cancels into 6B will combo at further ranges.

• +2 Startup
• Blockstun and Guard Crush decreased on both hits, Sg -> Md

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, Sg -> Wk

j8A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md

5B - Ape Rush:
• +1 Ending Lag

2B - Beat 'em Up:
• Made Throw invulnerable on Startup
• +1 Landing Lag on whiff

6B - Fierce Upper:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG
• -5 Landing Lag

623B - Savage Upper:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased on initial hit, Sg -> VSG

• +2 Landing Lag

• Fixed a bug where you could dash cancel without having enough meter.

624B - Rampage:
• Overheads adjusted: Two removed, remaining one will now combo into other Super hits.
• Fixed a bug where Primeape could Super Cancel without the sufficient meter to super, causing a 5B to occur instead.

jB - Skull Pound:
• All Variants now cause Knockdown
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG

• 623B Version will no longer build meter on Grounded hit.
• Fixed bugs relating into cancelling into this move.

Parry:
• Fixed a bug where Parry was causing 20 additional frames of Time Stop.

Toxicroak

5A:
• Hitstun increased, Wk -> Md
• -6 Ending Lag

• Blockstun and Guard Crush decreased, Md -> Wk

2A:
• Extended Leg hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during active frames.
• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG

4A:
• Extended arm hurtbox made Throw invulnerable during startup and active frames.
• Reduced arm hurtbox size during startup.

6A:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush reduced, Sg -> Md

jA:
• Blockstun and Guard Crush significantly reduced, Sg -> Wk

j8A:
• Damage increased, 1 -> 2
• Can now on-hit cancel into Poison Arrow
• Leg Hurtbox significantly reduced in size.
• Added an increase in Tox's gravity on use.

2B - Dirt Bubble:
• Shifted hitbox slightly downward.

6B - Poison Dart:
• Fixed a bug where startup was being erroneuously reduced.

421B - Dagger Heel:
• -20 Ending Lag.

• Reduced retreat distance during Ending Lag.

jB - Poison Arrow:

• Blockstun and Guard Crush increased, Sg -> VSG

Demo 03c

Changelog 003b-003c

General Bug Fixes:
• AI now uses throw.
• Some characters couldn't C-Dash cancel when standing too close.
• Fixed a number of moves being unparryable for Bewear, Primeape, Blaziken, and Heracross.
• Fixed issue where some overheads were not doing damage on hit upon Crouch Blocking opponents.
• Tightented the screws around multihitting moves being blocked after Guard Crush.
• Fixed issue where sometimes an uncalled for Counter Parry animation would occur after hit.
• Fixed issue where sometimes jumping back while being hit would cause character to fall through the floor.

Balance changes:

ALL:
• Guard Heath slightly increased
• Block Crush normalized to no longer differ based on Stand and Crouch Blocks.
• Knockdowns now reset Guard Crush status.
• The amount of hitstop inflicted on opponents due to Parry has been doubled.
• Dashing Forward or Backward after a Parry now has a large amount of invincibility.
• Increased collision size during parry counter. This does not effect the size of damage-vulnerable hurtboxes after parry counter.
• Semi-normalized Parry Counter frame data. Fast counters (Primeape, Blaziken, Toxicroak) are 32 frames startup. Slow counters (Bewear, Heracross, Mienshao) are 39 frames startup.
• Lag after connecting a Parry Counter hit normalized to 40 frames for all.
• Total Parry Counter duration on whiff normalized to 90 frames.

Bewear:
• 2B Block Stun and Guard Crush reduced.
• 2B is no longer an overhead.
• Made 5B and 624B hitboxes less meaty.
• Made 5B and 624B throwable on whiff.

Blaziken:
• 5B Projectile Block Stun and Guard Crush reduced.
• Fixed a bug that was allowing Blaziken to reset Guard Health.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Blaziken from using 5B, even if there was no Fireball on screen.
• Fixed a bug that allowed Blaziken to use too many 5Bs, even if there WERE Fireballs on screen.
• Slightly increased start-up and recovery of 5B, 5BB, and 2B.
• Reduced landing recovery on j.5B
• Reduced Guard Crush for 2B and 24B.

Heracross:
• Fixed being able to throw with 4A.
• Lessened forward movement during parry counter.
• Able to act more quickly out of any air dash.

Mienshao:
• 5B Block Stun and Guard Crush reduced.
• Adjusted forward momentum during parry counter.
• j.5B can be angled more noticeably.

Primeape:
• Reverted 5B and 2A to v3 frame data, due to block stun and guard crush fixes.
• Fixed a bug where Forward Dashing after Parry would deplete a bar of meter.
• Fixed being able to C-Dash without meter after j.B
• Arcade Mode reinstated.
• Given slightly higher Forward and Back Jumps.
• Given slightly more Forward momentum control on 2B
• 28B is now a guaranteed hit after Throw, 623B, and 2B. It is also more reliable after other knockdowns.

Toxicroak:
• 5B Projectile Block Stun and Guard Crush reduced.
• The rate at which Poison saps health has been reduce.
• Poison can be removed by successfully Parrying any attack.
• Removed bug where Tox could stay in the air indefinitely with meter.

• Removed bug where Tox could Dash Cancel a 5BB with no meter.

Demo 03b

changes 003-003b

Made it possible to jump to avoid grabs. Made medium crouch guard frames consistent. Overhead attacks now do damage to crouch blocking opponents. Guard crush multihit attacks should no longer be blockable. Should be easier to combo short crouching opponents.

Grabs are now done with 6C and 4C (close only) 7 frames startup. 5 active frames. 28 recovery frames. Grab tech window larger.

Heracross

Rolling after being bthrown by Hera no longer causes you to crossup.

Blaziken

Fixed bug where projectile would sometimes have no limit or not come out at all.
Fixed bug where some characters could not be hit by Blaze Kick in the air.

Primeape

Easier to combo into Skull Pound from j.8A and Upper from 5A and 4A.
2A less block and hitstun.
Missing hitboxes returned.

Toxicroak

Pressing forward while performing Dirty Bubble will cause Toxicroak to spit out a more forward advancing bubble.
Fixed bug where projectile would sometimes have no limit or not come out at all.

Bewear

j.8A can no longer be cancelled.
Extended time hitbox on j.5A is out.
Made it harder for Running Hug to bug out in the air randomly.

Mienshao

New magic colour.
6AA less blockstun.

Demos 02-03

changes 002-003

Fixed guard break where a second consecutive hit after breaking guard could be blocked.

Boosted HP 10% across the board

Fixed Guard break properties where the variable overlapped with another system.

Combos ending on wall don't push back attacker as much.

When Roman Cancelling an attack (cost 2 bars) and you dash forward, you gain back 1 bar.

Made Throwable hitboxes on pokes more uniform.

Music by on New York (JoJo) stage by SIMON FM: https://soundcloud.com/smiley-trashbag-196042845

Heracross

2A now moves Heracross forward slightly
Slightly increased startup
Increased speed of air dashes
Fixed bug where 4A would only cancel into special when Heracross had meter.
Jumping 2A causes increased hitstun.

Primeape

Changed hitbox on Upper
Rampage now costs 2 meter instead of 3.

Toxicroak

Easier to hit opponent with uair.
Super Bubble now costs 2 meter instead of 3.
Poison Dart can now be Roman Cancelled
Poison Dart damage reduced.

Bewear

Changed damage partitioning on fthrow.

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