In the latest unstable patches, wizard gets a glow up with a water gun and new orb moves!
Also. We might be getting a clash system.

Ok this is just super fucking awesome lol pic.twitter.com/4YRfP4SPBA

— Ivy Sly (@ivy_sly_) December 26, 2022

Patch 0.5.0!
Technically the current version is 0.5.2, but this was the most recent update I’ve been wanting to cover for a while.
Basically, there are now Taunts. Completing one gives you a bar of meter.
If you type /em you can make your character say something.
When you’re in knockdown, you can’t stay on the ground as long anymore.
Cowboy got some net nerfs.
He has 2 new moves, a dash, and downward cleave. Which is just upward swipe but down.
Wiz has Sandstorm now, which pushes the enemy away.
And overall that’s it.
Here are the detailed notes.

version 0.5.0

– Added taunts. If they’re out for long enough you get a bar of meter 🙂
– Burst Cancel buffs
– Does not increment combo count
– if your combo proration is above 0, it is reset to 0
– resets combo pushback
– IASA reduced (25f -> 15f)
– Game settings changes
– Added option to turn off the “chess timer” for a more traditional refreshing turn timer. for now i am setting it to be off by default so i can get more feedback on this change (and if it’s preferable to the original).
– You can now easily save and load match settings
– New fluff system: emotes
– type in multiplayer (or /em & /em2 in singleplayer) to make your character say something cool and badass
– chat is enabled in sp for this purpose (press enter)
– Is saved in replay files
– FOOL! YOU HAVE FALLEN RIGHT INTO MY TRAP! I WILL NOW ACTIVATE MY ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE!
– reduced max knockdown time (30f -> 20f)
– capped knockback speed to 30
– Superjump can no longer be angled backward
– Block state length caps at 30 frames if the opponent starts getting comboed during it (prevents 1000cuts infinite on certain DIs and god knows what else)
– increased grounded DI strength (3 -> 3.5)
– attacks that keep the opponent grounded no longer apply knockback when they are hit against the wall. This should help prevent wall infinites by making the effect of DI more useful.
– fixed reversion allowing you to flip block
– Throw tech is now invulnerable
– Whiff Cancel now only uses 3/4 burst meter
– Fixed a bunch of projectiles having way-too-big hurtboxes
– fixed modloader i think
– Player 1 can no longer side-switch with flip

## Cowboy
– Cowboy is pretty brutal in the previous stable patch and his archetype is broken. Infinite unburstable combos are no fun. Temporal bullet is extremely oppressive for little cost. Teleport breaks the combo system. Many of his moves have far too much combo potential for their minimal level of commitment. Cowboy should now have to rely more on resets, a bit of a better neutral game with Dash, and more honest gameplay overall.

– New Move: Downward Cleave
– Aerial attack
– Does what it says on the tin

– New move: Dash
– Morrigan style ground-to-air dash
– Initiative bonus: some invulnerability on startup
– Maybe this is unnecessary but it’s fun and i like it

– Teleport
– Split into two moves
– Meterless teleport behaves as it did prior during neutral – its frame data is variable depending on the distance and direction. It is a bit slower during combos than it is in neutral (IASA +4f).
– Spend 1 meter to “instant teleport” which has better frame data than either version did before (IASA 9f -> 7f).
– Upward momentum reduced by 1/3
– Now throw invulnerable on startup

– Izuna Drop
– This is meant to be a combo ender. Now I think it will reliably end combos.
– Increased landing recovery (20f -> 30f)
– Decresed knockback (20 -> 13)
– Decreased hitstun (40 -> 30) (now it resets to neutral with the opponent in the air)
– Increased upward knockback angle
– Increased minimum damage (80 -> 90)

– Walk forward
– Is a tiny bit faster

– Horiz. Slash (Grounded)
– Hitbox vertical size reduced
– Is a “high” move now (only changes enemy hurt animation)
– I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. a couple low attacks will be able to duck this move now.
– Damage increased (80 -> 100)

– Vert. Slash (Grounded)
– Damage increased (90 -> 115)

– Stinger
– No longer cancellable into teleport

– Temporal Round
– Increased startup (2f -> 4f)
– Goes away if Cowboy is hit
– No longer cancellable into itself
– fixed it spawning behind Cowboy when facing left
– hitstun reduced (25f -> 18f)

– Shoot
– hitstun reduced (25f -> 20f)

– 3 Combo
– 3rd hit minimum damage increased (0 -> 70)

– Back Slash
– No longer cancellable into teleport

– Upward Swipe
– DI nudge modifier increased (1.0 -> 1.2)

– Horiz. Slash (Aerial)
– increased IASA (15f -> 18f)
– Does not reset momentum until frame 5 (when the force is applied)
– Momentum is now halved instead of reset
– Hitstun reduced (22f -> 17f)
– No longer land-cancels until frame 7, thus can sometimes be hit-cancelled into grounded moves
– DI nudge modifier increased (1.0 -> 1.2)

– Vert. Slash (Aerial)
– Hitstun reduced (20f -> 14f)
– DI nu…[Read more]

Damn…
Who would’ve thought the word Yomi was copyrighted

Forget what I said.
Blocking gets removed in the later unstable patches.
But he said that hopefully the current one, 4.0.20(I think) will be the last unstable patch before the stable patch.

In the new lates unstable patches, Ivy made a new universal block mechanic.
I’m not 100% on how it works yet because phone restrictions, but from what I could see, it looks like it’s like a safer parry. But you cant parry out of it.

In the unstable patches,
Cowboy gets a dash, and wiz has a sandstorm move.
Which is just Zepher, but reverse.
If you don’t know what zephyr is, instead of pulling, it pushes away.