[Announcement] July 22 PvP Balance Adjustment

✦AI summary2h

July 22 PvP Balance Adjustment focusing on stun reductions, gauge recharge increases, and converting Hyper Armor to Invincibility for several characters.

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Elesis
- Dash Attack Lv. 2:Dash Attack Lv 2 now chains better and pushes enemies further/higher.→+150% %
- Dash Attack Lv. 3:Dash Attack Lv 3 improved for better combo flow and crowd control.→+150% %
AmyDouble Attack:Muse's Double Attack is now slightly longer and covers more vertical area.→+0.091s s
JinRoll / Evade During Combo:Roll and Evade now provide full Invincibility instead of just Super Armor.Hyper Armor→Invincibility
SieghartDeclare Stance Evasion:Duelist's evasion now provides full Invincibility.Hyper Armor→Invincibility
RufusRoll:Roll now provides full Invincibility.Hyper Armor→Invincibility
Rin
- Evade During Combo:Evade during combo now provides full Invincibility.Hyper Armor→Invincibility
- Dodge Dash Attack 2:Dodge Dash Attack 2 now provides full Invincibility.Hyper Armor→Invincibility
AsinCrescent Sweep:Crescent Sweep now has a larger vertical hit area and better alignment.→+13.95% %

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ElesisJump Attack:Jump attacks are now less disruptive and deal less damage.stun→light stun
Arme
- Dash Attack:Battle Mage Dash Attack deals less damage but has significantly more knockback and height.→-27.83% %
- Dash Back Attack:Dash Back Attack changed from launch to stun with reduced damage and knockback.launch→stun
Ryan
- Tenacious Vitality Lv.1:Reduced overall duration and post-revive invincibility.→-20s s
- Tenacious Vitality Lv.2:Reduced overall duration and post-revive invincibility.→-30s s
Ronan
- Erudon’s Shield:Slower Rune Gauge regeneration for Aegis Knight.→+15s s
- Blocking:Aegis Knight's Blocking is now available less frequently.→+4s s
- Erudon’s Tyrfing:Slower Rune Gauge regeneration for Abyss Knight.→+15s s
AmyDown Attack during Jump:Siren's Down Attack now grants Super Armor instead of full Invincibility.Invincibility→Super Armor
JinBurning:Burning Gauge now takes longer to recharge.→+1.1s s
SieghartRage:Passive Rage Gauge regeneration is now slower.→+15s s
MariJump Attack:Gunslinger's Jump Attack bullets now cause light stun and deal less damage.stun→light stun
ZeroGrandark's Domination:Domination Gauge now requires more effort to fill.→+35% %
LeyDash Attack:Massive damage reduction and slight knockback reduction for Dash Attack.→-56.52% %
AsinCounter:Auto-activating counter is now available slightly less often.→+1s s
LimeCounter Upon Hit:Counter upon hit is now available less frequently.→+4s s
DecaneeTaint:Taint Gauge now takes longer to charge.→+35% %
AiStandby: Setup:Slightly reduced knockback for Setup.→-8.33% %

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General
- Prevents stacking Rune Set Effects when identical stat options are chosen.
- Evasion Skills:Changes cooldown-free evasion and evasion attacks from Evasion to Hyper Armor.Evasion→Hyper Armor
Elesis
- Combo Attack:Combo Attack now causes air-hit targets to enter a knocked down state.→knocked down
- Critical Attack:Critical Attack now forces air-hit targets to stand up.→get back up
ArmeJump Attack:Warlock's Jump Attack now causes air-hit targets to be knocked down.→knocked down
Ryan
- Nature's Shield:Nature's Shield now grants Super Armor instead of its previous effect.→Super Armor
- Jump Dash Attack:Sentinel's Jump Dash Attack now launches enemies instead of knocking them down.knocked down→launch up
RonanJump Attack:Dragon Knight's Jump Attack now forces air-hit targets to stand up.→get back up
JinIron Fist / End of Days:Standardized cooldowns for Burning Mode special commands.→10s s
ZeroSword Stance: Jump Slice:Jump Slice now knocks down enemies instead of stunning them.stun→knockdown
LimeDash Attack Type.1:Higher launch height but lower damage and knockback.→+61.53% %
EdelDash Attack:Dash Attack deals less damage but allows for a new combo chain into Flying Knee Kick.→-25.53% %
VeigasAdvanced Dash Attack:Advanced Dash Attack now launches enemies higher but deals less damage.→+38.88% %
Ai
- Standby:Standby now launches enemies higher but deals less damage.→+40.1% %
- Standby: Install Cutter:Install Cutter deals significantly less damage and now launches enemies.→-37.82% %
- Standby: Dash Attack:Dash Attack deals less damage and now launches enemies.→-27.06% %