Patch 2.1 - Balance Notes

✦AI summary18h

Patch 2.1 focuses on curbing the dominance of Lance and Spear, adjusting air cooldowns for Katar, and providing targeted signature tweaks for several legends to improve balance and punish windows.

▲Buffs11

Lance
- Air Down:Slightly decreased recovery times and angled movement more downward.

Cassidy

Down Blasters:Slightly reduced time to hit for a faster quickdraw feel.→decreased s
Side Hammer:Slightly reduced time to hit and rehitboxed to match animation.→decreased s

Thatch

Side Sword:Slightly increased force to better match his 7 Strength.→increased
Down Sword:Increased force to improve overall power.→increased

Asuri

Side Sword:Now reaches a higher max speed during the chase.→increased
Side Sword:Decreased time to hit for a faster swing.→decreased s

▼Nerfs17

Lance
- Side Light:Slightly increased time to hit and decreased stun time; second swing now only occurs on hit.→increased s
- Side Light:Increased recover time and decreased distance traveled on miss.→increased s
- Air Side:Increased cooldown and recover time; grounded hits now travel shorter distances with less stun.→increased s
- Recovery:Increased time to hit to make the move less reliable as a combo finisher.→increased s
Spear
- Ground Pound:Decreased hitbox height and increased time to hit/recover time to allow more punish opportunities.→decreased
- Recovery:Increased recover time to make the move more punishable.→increased s
Katar
- Neutral Air:Increased cooldown to discourage excessive air-stalling.→increased s
- Side Air:Increased cooldown to make the user more open to punishment.→increased s
BodvarDown Sword:Slightly increased time to hit to reduce the effectiveness of gravity cancels.→increased s
AdaSide Blasters:Increased recover time to give opponents more opportunity to retaliate.→increased s
GnashHammer Side:Increased recover time to make the move more punishable.→increased s
SentinelSide Katar:Reduced hitbox height and removed lingering hitboxes to match animation.→decreased
Vraxx
- Neutral Blasters:Increased recover time to prevent abusive combinations.→increased s
- Down Blasters:Slightly increased recover time to open a punish window.→increased s
ThatchSide Sword:Increased recover time to make the move more punishable.→increased s
Asuri
- Side Sword:Decreased force on hit.→decreased
- Side Sword:Increased cooldown time.→increased s

✚Bug fixes4

GnashDown Spear:Fixed a strange Gravity Cancel behavior.
SentinelDown Hammer:Fixed a case where target could be dropped before the final hit.
BarrazaSide Blasters:Fixed a case where target could be dropped before the final hit.
GeneralBlasters Ground Pound:Fixed a case where target could be dropped before the final hit.