1.8.5

• Just a quick bugfix and small balance update to tackle some of the bigger more obvious problems.
• Possibly fixed landing-related prediction errors. This might cause some changes to landing IASA.

All Characters

• Fixed Block not working after Pushblock.
• Sadness gain is reduced for the player with less health, proportional to the difference.

• You can no longer whiff cancel after your opponent blocks a block-punishable move.

• Super Jump

  • Now tracks your opponent during neutral but is un-angleable.
  • Fully angleable in 🅱️ombos.

• Block

  • Air blocking multiple consecutive melee attacks won't drain your air options more than once.
  • Whiffing Block puts you at -1 block advantage.

Ninja

• Store Momentum

  • Reduced IASA (15f -> 13f)

• Uppercut (grounded)

  • Is now immune to aerial attacks while the hitbox is out.
  • Increased vertical gain.
  • Has 1 more active frame.
  • Second hitbox also has +2 proration like the first one.
  • No longer cancels early vs block.

• Nun Chuk (up)

  • No longer hitcancels on block (buff).

• Jump Kick

  • No longer hitcancels on block when started from the ground or blocked by a grounded opponent (buff).
  • Landing is now projectile invulnerable.

Cowboy

• Shift
  • Reduced sadness penalty

• Rift

  • Is now +0 on block (from +1)

• Foresight

  • Increased IASA (13f -> 14f)

• Temporal Round

  • Auto-aims at the opponent's center, not their feet.

• Gun Throw

  • Shoots 1 frame faster after hitting (20f -> 18f).

• Shoot/Temporal Round

  • Bullet chip modifier increased before ricochet (0.67x -> 0.75)
  • Bullet chip modifier decreased after ricochet (0.67x -> 0.37)

• Horiz. Slash (up)

  • No longer hitcancels on block (buff).

Wizard

• Bolt of Magma

  • No longer hitcancels on block (buff).

• Missile Form

  • Triggers Orb Dart again.

Robot

• Currently Robot's playstyle is defined by choosing extremely safe options that have higher reward than the other characters'. The risk should more closely match the reward.
• Fixed blockstun not being applied to Robot when blocking after autoguard.
• Can no longer fly and parry melee attacks at the same time. Can still fly + block and parry projectiles.

• Blocking a melee attack disables flight.

• Overflow

  • Making this move act more like an air-to-ground Command: Grab instead of the overwhelmingly powerful combo starter it is right now. You can still combo if the opponent DIs poorly, but it's no longer a free 6k damage.
  • Increased damage (1250 -> 1650)
  • Proration adjusted (0 -> 1)
  • Hitstun reduced (20f -> 15f)
  • Increased hurtbox size
  • Decreased hitbox size

• Optical Beam (grounded)

  • No longer hitcancels on block (buff)

• Step

  • Is now +0 on block (from +1).

• Spin Cycle

  • Is now -2 on block (from -1).
  • Reduced damage per hit (480 -> 300)