Maiden and Spell/Patch Notes

History of post-release patch notes.

1.3.2.0

Dreadwyrm Heir

Garnet Flare

• Move slowdown on use .35x > .4x

Silent Redhood

Sniper Shot

• Fully charged fire angle increased 4 > 8 degrees

Bind

• Draw layer adjusted downwards

Knife Juggle

• Draw layer adjusted upwards

Vanish

• No longer has a slowdown at the end
• Using knives no longer resets movespeedmult during Vanish
• Movespeedmult reduced 1.5x > 1.3x
• Movespeedmult length is now 1300ms (previously overwritten by the slowdown at the end)

Stormbeast

Dimi Lightning

• Fully charged bullet speed 4.5 > 5
• Now categorized as a Spell
• Now adds 700ms SpellLock

Lat Lightning

• Sprite adjusted for visibility

Doppelganger

• No longer effected by SpellLock or AttackLock
• Cooldown reduced 8 seconds > 7 seconds
• Now has 500ms SpellLock (300 when focused)
• AttackLock increased 500ms > 700ms (300ms > 500ms when focused)

Flashstep

• No longer effected by SpellLock or AttackLock
• Now grants 200ms weak invincibility at the start of charge

Sun Priestess

Sunburst

• 3rd hit in combo now has 600ms Movespeedmult (the same as the 1st and 2nd hit, reduced from 1300)
• Alternate color's focus version is now darker rather than lighter (To match with P1 color)

Lat Holy

• Number of bullets now ranges from 12 to 62 based on charge (was previously 12 to 60)

Hero of Frost

Dodge Roll

• Cooldown increased 3.5 seconds > 4 seconds

Stun Wave

• Now deletes bullets in a radius a second time, 100ms after the first

Lich of Flowers

Lat Life

• Draw layer adjusted downwards
• Duration 12s > 14s

Butterfly Thrall

• Fixed issue where number of bullets fired was dependant on framerate
• Draw layer adjusted upwards
• Movespeedmult changed 0.8x > 1.0x (overwrites other movespeedmults)

Novi Life

• Cooldown reduced 10 seconds > 8.5 seconds
• Flower duration reduced 21 seconds > 17 seconds
• Charge speed reduced 20%

Depth's Secret

Sapphire Flare

• Cooldown increased 2.5 seconds > 3.5 seconds

Hydra Head

• Cooldown increased 6.5 seconds > 7 seconds
• Now gives 1.1x movespeedmult for duration of invincibility (Duration increases with charge)

Royal Arcanist

Dimi Dark

• Attacklock reduced 1000ms > 900ms

Lat Dark

• Deadzone decreased ~20%

Novi Starfall

- Changed movespeed mult 0.8x > 1x (overwrites other movespeed mults)

Other Stuff

• The list of lobbies now displays full lobbies
• The 'search' option has been replaced with a link to the M&S Discord
• The maximum number of players that can use a single lobby increased 8 > 16
• The time to make a decision after an online match increased from 30s > 60s
• There are now separate options for "Magnus" and "Magnus (Moving)" in the Training AI menu
• Fixed bug where, in training mode, border walls would disappear after a hit
• Fixed the 'Spectator Bug', where spectators would desync and see characters getting hit over and over
• Fixed bug where a sound would play when you hit up and down after selecting an option after an online match

1.1.0.13

Dreadwyrm Heir

Lat Fire

• Bullet speeds 16.5 > 17.5, 21 > 20.5

Garnet Flare

• Now increases in size 1x > 1.2x > 1.4x with consecutive shots

Novi Fire

• Cooldown increased 6500 > 7500
• Bullet scale 1.4x > 1.3x
• MoveLock 1150ms > 1000ms

Hero of Frost

Stun Wave

• Move Lock 650ms > 600ms
• 700ms Action Lock changed to 600ms Attack Lock + 725ms Spell Lock

Royal Arcanist

Lat Dark

• More closely follows opponent now
• Bullet speed 10 > 11

Time Stop

• Time held to cast 600ms > 550ms

Arcane Magic

• Death Toll size increased 1.3x
• Death Toll hitbox linger 2500ms > 4500ms
• Paralyze Move Lock 400ms > 300ms

1.1.0.10

Lich of Flowers

Butterfly Thrall

• Focus can now be held to place butterfly closer to your position
• Time that butterflies last 15800ms > 20800ms
• Only 4 butterflies can be active at once

Dreadwyrm Heir

Lat Fire

• Movelock increased 150ms > 180ms
• Directionlock increased 150ms > 180ms

Novi Fire

• Cooldown 6.5s > 7.5s

All Characters

• Fixed issue where some moves would reset a combo

1.1.0.8

Dreadwyrm Heir

Novi Fire

• Stand time increased 450ms > 550ms

Royal Arcanist

Lat Dark

• Deadzone decreased 180 > 150
  
• Attack interval increased 150 > 180
  
• Speed of bullets increased 9 > 10
  

Hero of Frost

Stun Wave

• Fixed online behaviour
  
• Radius 325px > 335px
  
• Spawn delay 400ms > 425ms
  
• Move lock 625 > 650
  

Silent Redhood

Sniper Shot

• Max charge is now 550ms for arrow speed and movespeedmult reduction

Knife Juggle

• Now knives will fire almost immediately when focused (500ms vs 2100ms unfocused)

Depth's Secret

Lat Water

• 150ms warning added to beginning of move

Lich of Flowers

Lat Life

• Flowers now increase in number as they go out

Sun Priestess

Sunburst

• Bullet radius 200px > 240px
  
• Holding focus will make the move shorten itself

Novi Dispel

• Will no longer apply speed down to opponents with Strong Invincibility

Other

• Round start invincibility is now strong invincibility
  
• Strong invincibility visual adjusted slightly

1.1.0.0

Royal Arcanist

Dimi Dark

• Bullet speed increased 1.1x

Lat Dark

• Attack length 240 > 260
  
• Movement speed while firing .65x > .6x
  
• Visual effect adjusted

Time Stop

• Now applies .7x movespeedmult to enemies within clock

Arcane Magic

• "Slow" status affect adjusted
  
  • Movement speed multiplier x0.7 > x0.8
    
  • Attack interval mult x1.4 > x1.2`

Stormbeast

Bolt Strike

• Uncharged shot now fires a faster bullet (speed 24px) when focused, with a spawn delay of 700ms
  
• Will no longer be erased by Novi Life while charging
  
• Uncharged movespeedmult .35x > .4x
  
• Uncharged spawn time 500ms > 400ms
  
• Doppel's uncharged spawn time 700ms > 600ms
  
• Uncharged bullet speed 12 > 14
  
• Movespeedmult while charging increased .1x > .15x
  
• Full charge time 950ms > 800ms
  
• Full charge bullet speed 5.5 > 6.5

Doppelganger

• Will now only go half distance if fired while Focused

Flashstep

• Widened window for tap free movement tech to 100ms

Sun Priestess

Lat Holy

• Time for the attack to have a hitbox now starts at 500ms and decreases to 400ms after 600ms of charge time
  
• Input window for minimum distance increased 30ms > 60ms

Novi Holy

• Input window for minimum distance increased 30ms > 60ms
  
• Now gives 1.2x movespeedmult when tapped

Novi Dispel

• Now gives Strong Invincibility to user
  
• Now gives opponent .25x MoveSpeedMult for 1500ms when hit with initial burst

Dreadwyrm Heir

• P2 color changed for visibility

Claw Swipe

• Angle between bullets 13 > 11
  
• Deadzone removed

Lat Fire

• Now has a deadzone of 20px

Novi Fire

• Active time 450ms > 500ms

Silent Redhood

• P2 Color adjusted for visibility

Sniper Shot

• Input window for minimum charge increased 30ms > 60ms
  
• Attack lock now happens as soon as shot is fired
  
• Full charge time 600ms > 500ms
  
• Full charge angle 12 > 10

Bind

• Attack lock 1000ms > 800ms
  
• MoveSpeedMult .35x > .8x
  
• Width is .9x what it was before
  
• Now only deletes other Bind bullets within a 550px radius
  
• Time bullets are on screen 10s > 12s

Knife Juggle

• Cooldown reduced 4s > 3s
  
• Time until knives fire reduced 2.6s > 2.1s
  
• Knives now have a hitbox while they spin (hitbox becomes active 800ms after firing)

Vanish

• Now has Strong Invincibility for 400ms at the beginning of the move

Hero of Frost

Stun Wave

• Invin time 600ms > 500ms
  
• Move Lock 600ms > 625ms
  
• Spell Lock is now Action Lock, lasts for 700ms
  
• Direction Lock removed
  
• Radius reduced 350px > 325px
  
• Stun time increased 1100ms > 1200ms
  
• Now deletes bullets that haven't spawned in yet

Lich of Flowers

Lat Life

• Spawn delay increased 500ms > 600ms
  
• Warning flower visual effect adjusted

Novi Life

• Spawn delay on large flower 500ms > 430ms
  
• Now grants 1.2x Movespeedmult for 430ms

Depth's Secret

Sapphire Flare

• Changed to Tap instead of Hold
  
• Movespeedmult no longer input dependant
  
• Bullet linger time reduced by 500ms
  
• Cooldown increased 2 seconds > 2.5 seconds

All Characters

• Now have 100ms of ActionLock at the beginning of battles

1.0.2.3

• Fixed issue where Sun Priestess's Offensive Special and Wide Attack would have a hitbox before they were supposed to
  
• Fixed issue where Stormbeast's Defensive Special was incorrectly classified as an attack
  
• Fixed issue where non-participating players could linger slightly on screen during Character Select in a netplay lobby
  
• Netplay post-match option now always defaults to "Rematch"
  
• Fixed issue where, while spectating a match, P2 would appear to get hit multiple times in a row
  
• Fixed typo in the tutorial
  
• Fixed issue where you'd be able to use Hero of Frost's Wide and Basic at the same time by hitting the buttons simultaniously

1.0.2.0

• Added an adjustable "skill level" to player profiles
  
• Added additional bullet transparency option to the Battle Options
  
• Added Turkish and Romanian flags
  
• Added separate keybind for chatting in the lobby
  
• Alt-tabbing out of the game will now mute game music, except for in the Music Room. You can disable this functionality in the Sound Options

• Chat log now stores messages for longer; additional messages can be seen by opening a text window
  
• Chat log now includes messages when someone:
  
  • Joins a lobby
    
  • Leaves a lobby
    
  • Challenges someone
    
  • Spectates a match

• Adjusted visibility of Silent Redhood's kunai
  
• Adjusted visibility of Stormbeast's clone
  
• Added a visual effect to Royal Arcanist's Dimi Dark (basic)

• Fixed issue where Filipino flag was upside-down
  
• Fixed issue where game would occasionally crash when the host disbanded a lobby
  
• Fixed issue where Stormbeast's Flashstep would have a full cooldown timer when interrupted
  
• Fixed issue where being stunned or Time Stopped would prevent certain actions from happening, such as Butterflies firing or Paralyze activating
  
• Fixed issue where you could move your character with the control stick in Training Mode or online lobbies even if you had a menu open
  
• Fixed issue where "ghosts" of other players or challenges would linger for people in a lobby
  
• Fixed issue where, during online matches, bullets would be erased on one player's screen but not the other
  
• Increased the time that spectators have to connect to matches, to prevent disconnections

1.0.1.x

Royal Arcanist

Lat Dark

• Bullet spawn radius 75 > 140
  
• Combo length 250 > 1000 (the time until you do the first part of the spiral rather than the second)
  
• Movement speed while firing .55 > .65
  
• Attack length 280 > 240
  
• Bullet speed 7.5 > 9

Novi Starfall

• Bullet scale .9 > 1

Arcane Magic

• Adjusted delay to be slightly less dependant on distance

Silent Redhood

• Unfocused movement speed 11 > 12.5

Sniper shot

• Arrow maximum speed 25 > 22
  
• Minimum angle 15 > 12
  
• Fixed arrows 'appearing' faster than bullets locally
  
• Fixed bug where arrows would not rollback properly

Bind

• Shape of bullets has changed to be tighter, number of bullets increased
  
• Magnus Damage 15/tic > 10/tic

Knife Juggle

• Now cancels MoveLock and MoveSpeedMult
  
• Speed of knives increased 12 > 14

Vanish

• Speed during invisible 1.3x > 1.6x
  
• Speed reduction on appear .2 > .4

Hero of Frost

Swordplay

• Direction lock .3 > .4

Swordstorm

• Direction lock .3 > .15

Dodge Roll

• Invincibility Time 550 > 350
  
• Move speed boost
  
  • Duration 100 > 200
    
  • Speed 1.7 > 2
    
• Attack Lock 0 > 300
  
• Direction Lock 200 > 350
  
• Now slows your movement by .4x for 400ms after execution (Can be canceled by using a different attack)

Stormbeast

Bolt Strike

• Can now be charged for longer and grow larger

Discharge

• Fire delay 0 > 160
  
• Bullet spawn radius 0 > 150
  
• Effect added
  
• Delay is now the same on doppel and player, instead of being delayed

Depth's Secret

Lat Water

• Bullet speed reduced 6 > 5 and 4 > 3.5

Sapphire Flare

• Maximum combo decreased 7 > 4
  
• Angle now becomes shallower as button is held
  
  • Total angle goes from 60 > 30
    
• Distance increase with each combo increased
  
• Direction Lock .1 > 0
  
• Direction Lock can no longer be canceled with focus
  
• MoveSpeedMult .2 > .15

Lich of Flowers

• Unfocused movement speed 8 > 8.75

Dimi Life

• Bullet spread 10 > 12

Lat Life

• Distance between rings 250 > 230

Butterfly Thrall

• Bullet spread 10 > 12
  
• MoveSpeedMult .7 > .8

Novi Life

• Increased number of times it erases non-invincible bullets

Sun Priestess

Lat Holy

• Bullet sprite adjusted so that the time it doesn't have a hitbox is more apparent
  
• Time for the attack to have a hitbox 400 > 500

All Characters

• The cooldown time when a cast is interrupted is now half the normal cooldown.

Other

• Added stat tracking and hitbox display to training mode
  
• Added the ability to select which moves the opponent uses in training mode
  
• Added player invincibility to training mode
  
• Added Chilean Flag
  
• When a host disbands a lobby, it will no longer interrupt ongoing matches
  
• Fixed issue where game would occasionally crash upon leaving a lobby
  
• Fixed issue where you could get stuck to one position inside a lobby
  
• Fixed issue where you could click on lobby mats before they loaded in
  
• Fixed issue where 'ghosts' of characters would be left behind after they leave a lobby
  
• Fixed issue where fightstick controllers would not be able to enter inputs into the key config settings
  
• Spell Awakened setting now defaults to 'off'
  
• Fixed issue where your movelist would disappear when you paused in Training Mode
  
• Fixed issue where certain characters would not display correctly in lobby chat
  
• Fixed issue where descriptions in the art gallery would look incorrect in languages other than English
  
• Fixed issue where Silent Redhood's lasers would not be correctly rollbacked over laggy connections
  
• Fixed issue where Lich's Flower would not have a hitbox if charged for over 30 seconds in netplay
  
• Adjusted the darkness of lobby chat's background in various situations
  
• Fixed issue where the story difficulty select menu would not line up with a mouse selection
  
• Fixed issue where you'd return from a battle too quickly after selecting a menu option in netplay
  
• Fixed issue where the 'match menu' keybind would not be used correctly in some menus
  
• Added a small white line at the edges of stages when playing on a 21:9 resolution
  
• Fixed issue where the Royal Arcanist could move faster while holding Lat Dark if using a mouse
  
• Fixed issue where P2's ping would randomly fluctuate in netplay
  
• The 'Escape' key now closes the chat input window instead of sending the message
  
• Fixed issue where netplay character select positions would initialize to the incorrect spot

1.0.0.6

• Added telegraph for lasers across the game
  
• POTENTIAL spectating fix
  
• New flags (Malaysia and Philipines)
  
• Fix for textboxes being misaligned
  
• Fix for profile name shadows being broken sometimes
  
• Steam screenshots now fixed
  
• Fixed being able to get perfects by continuing or retrying
  
• Spectators can now hold cancel or confirm to get out of matches as well as Start
  
• Host can no longer see blind picks
  
• Fixed bug where P2 couldn't use their control stick when selecting a character
  
• Fixed lobbies being created with the wrong info when you make one after leaving another lobby
  
• Fixed players randomly moving downwards when joining a lobby
  
• Fixed Lich's wide attack image in her hotbar
  
• POTENTIAL lobby list crash fix, less certain about this one it probably wasn't the issue
  
• Fixed lobby list crashing the game when there is more than 1 page
  
• Moved the randomize() function in the code in a way that maybe this will prevent the thing where both players get the same character when they both select random online, but might do nothing I dunno