Patch Notes/15 April 2023

5 versions released at 8:15 PM, 8:58 PM, 9:21 PM, 9:48 PM and 10:11 PM EST.

General additions and changes:

• 13x and 66.6x matches are now guaranteed to be a Sword event.
• Players are now automatically kicked if they were inactive in the Phighter select screen for at least 60 seconds.

Hyperlaser:

• Piercing Ray
  • NEW EFFECT: The second blast will always occur even if Piercing Ray misses. Hitting the first blast will reduce the delay of the second blast.
  • Damage changed from 30 + 20 to 20 + 30.
  • Second blast delay on hit changed to 0.3 seconds.
  • Second blast delay on miss changed to 0.6 seconds.
• Voltaic Grenade
  • Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Voltaic Burst
  • NEW EFFECT: Using {Abilitylink|HyperlaserEOld}} makes Hyperlaser's next Hyper Ray have no cast time.
  • REMOVED: No longer guarantees the next Hyper Ray to be a headshot.

Katana:

• Head size increased.
• Looming Misfortune
  • READDED EFFECT: Each stack now slows for 3%.
• Calamity Slice
  • Dash force increased from 15 to 20.

Shuriken:

• Shuriken was added to the game.
• BUG FIX: No longer softlocks the game on certain conditions.
• Stab of the Betrayer
  • Damage increased from 10/25 to 15/30.
  • Slow duration increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
• Illusions of the Smoke
  • Cast time decreased from 1.3 seconds to 0.6 seconds.
  • BUG FIX: Clones now die to killbricks.
• Guillotine Blossom
  • BUG FIX: Visuals no longer stay if Shuriken dies during the phinisher.

Bug fixes:

• Mobile users can now use abilities that were activated by jumping.