Gameplay and Balance Changes

• Lewis' forward and neutral throws now side switch, and his back throw leaves him on the same side.
• This is somewhat for flavor, but it is a buff when Lewis is cornered, and a nerf when Lewis is in the corner. In recent patches I have been working on toning down the oki situation off neutral throws. Lewis still gets great oki off a throw, but a side switch is not always desirable.
• Lewis max hp reduced to 1350 (from 1400).
• Piledebunker damage/chip reduced to 350/75 from 400/100.
• Pile is a risky move but at far ranges where it is often used, the risk reward seemed to favor Lewis a little too much.
• Lewis 4A, Lewis 4C and Paulcano now have extra whiff disadvantage from an extra square away.
• This makes blocking a little better as a callout for these moves, even a little past round start distance
• Nick now does extra chip to Lewis. The amount depends on the attack, but it's usually 25 more chip than lewis would take from other characters
• Previously, Lewis and Nick's chip related passives did not stack.
• Billy's air throw is now untechable.
• Billy's 5T now does a wallbounce when close-ish to the corner, though the rebound is rigged to leave the opponent 1 space away each time, as before.
• Billy's throws have all been reduced in damage by 50 each. 5T can still do 500 with a wallbounce, otherwise "just" 450 (Still a lot).
• Billy's throws are really strong because of the oki situations they create. It'll be harder than ever to get up from a KD now that you can't even air tech him, so I'm reducing the reward of his throws a bit.

• Characters now do unique variations of their throw when doing a back throw. Some of these are works in progress.
• Billy now has an alternate P2 palette for the mirror match, and moddable palettes. See our recent guide on how to make custom palettes.
• Manual color selection and full color sprites for Billy are coming later this summer. Your patience is appreciated as our artist is hand drawing hundreds of images.

• Fixed issue where sometimes the host would move to the next round before clients are ready, messing up replays and probably other things
• Fixed an old bug where a joining player messes up online win counts
• Fixed syncing of win counts to players joining an in progress match
• Fixed how survival high scores are submitted. If you have an old high score that isn't showing up right, launching the game should fix it automatically.
• Note, some of these online mode improvements have not gone through extensive testing. If you encounter issues, please press F8 any time when in game to send a bug report.

• Fixed a visual bug related to blocking a meaty jab
• Fixed a rare issue leaving Noel in the wrong square after a blocked plant followed by a whiffed air throw
• You can now see the opponent's special move list in single player when you pause or show guide
• Fixed too-low position of the special move guide popups
• Fixed another rare situation where characters would face the wrong way after a side switch
• Fixed training menu not remembering your choices re: HP recovery and attack data if you open and close the menu