A patch for Smash Bros Ultimate dropped November 6 bringing in Terry Bogard, a new stage, plenty of new music tracks and plenty of fighter balance changes.
Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard has finally arrived in Patch 6.0.0. In addition to the new fighter, others could be about to play like new with a series of buffs for series favorites Donkey Kong, Kirby and Jigglypuff.
Of note, all sorts of neutral and special attacks for Kirby, Donkey Kong, Robin, Incineroar and King K. Rool have had their speed, power or launch distance increased. This means that players maining these fighters are going to need to hit the lab and see what new combos are possible to make the most out of these buffs.
Unfortunately for players hoping to see nerfs to rising-meta darlings such as Joker, this patch didn’t bring any debuffs to the Persona character who is becoming a top pick for high-profile players such as Gavin ‘Tweek’ Dempsey and Sota ‘Zackray’ Okada.
It will be interesting to see how the meta develops in the pro scene going forward with Terry’s addition as well as the Kirby buffs.
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The full list of fighter changes from Nintendo follows.
| Fighter | Move | Change |
| Donkey Kong | Side Tilt Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Donkey Kong | Neutral Air Attack | Increased
power.
Increased attack range. |
| Donkey Kong | Neutral Special | Extended
fully charged launch distance.
Shortened the charge time until reaching max charge. |
| Donkey Kong | Up Special | Increased
the speed that super armor activates when using the move on the ground.
Made it easier to hit multiple times when hitting an airborne opponent when using the move on the ground, and extended the last attack’s launch distance. |
| Donkey Kong | Down Special | Increased
attack speed when using the move on the ground.
Reduced vulnerability when using the move on the ground. |
| Kirby | Neutral Attack 1 | Increased attack speed. |
| Kirby | Up Smash Attack | Extended launch distance when hit in the low-damage range. |
| Kirby | Neutral Air Attack | Increased
attack speed.
Extended launch distance when hit in the high-damage range. |
| Kirby | Up Air Attack | Increased
attack speed.
Increased power. Extended launch distance. |
| Kirby | Neutral Special | Reduced
start time for Inhale.
Made it harder to disrupt Kirby’s Copy Ability. |
| Jigglypuff | Air Dodge | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Jigglypuff | Moving Air Dodge | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Jigglypuff | Down Air Attack | Shortened
the landing time after using the move.
Reduced vulnerability when landing after using the move. |
| Jigglypuff | Forward Throw | Adjusted launch angle. |
| Jigglypuff | Neutral Special | Shortened the charge time until reaching max charge. |
| Jigglypuff | Side Special | Increased the
duration of the damage animation when the move hits.
Increased the opponent’s downtime when shielded. |
| Robin | Side Tilt Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Robin | Neutral Air Attack | Increased attack speed. |
| Robin | Neutral Special | Shortened the time it takes to change to a more powerful spell. |
| Robin | Side Special | Extended the
duration of the fireball.
The duration of the pillar of fire is not affected. |
| Robin | Other | Increased the recharging effect smash attacks have on the Levin Sword. |
| King K. Rool | Neutral Air Attack | Reduced vulnerability when landing after using the move. |
| King K. Rool | Forward Air Attack | Increased power
of the high-damage range.
Increased attack range of the high-damage-range attack and increased the duration. |
| King K. Rool | Up Air Attack | Increased the
amount of time hit detection lasts.
Extended launch distance for the high-damage range. |
| King K. Rool | Neutral Special | Increased
attack speed.
Made it easier to vacuum up the Kannonball. Shortened the time needed to shoot out the vacuumed Kannonball. Extended launch distance when hit with the Kannonball. |
| King K. Rool | Down Special | Reduced
vulnerability when the counter succeeds.
Increased the range the counter counts as a success. Increased the high-damage range. |
| Incineroar | Neutral Attack 3 | Increased
power.
Extended launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Forward Air Attack | Increased
the amount of time hit detection lasts.
Decreased power for the latter half of the time hit detection lasts. |
| Incineroar | Down Air Attack | Made it easier to trigger a meteor effect when you hit with the high-damage range. |
| Incineroar | Neutral Special | Increased the
power at the beginning of the move.
Increased the range at the beginning of the move and increased the duration of the move. |
| Incineroar | Down Special | Increased
the amount of time the damage-reducing pose is effective.
Extended launch distance of the flames after receiving an opponent’s attack. Reduced vulnerability when receiving or not receiving an opponent’s attack. |
| Hero | Neutral Special | After Kafrizz hits a fighter or the stage and explodes, Gravitational Pull or Pocket will have no effect on the explosion. |
Other Smash Ultimate 6.0.0 improvements
Battle Arenas can now be set to public, meaning Quick Play is no longer the only way to fight random opponents. So, you can play against the same opponent for as long as you like, though you won’t gain Global Smash Power for doing so.
Additionally, rules can now be changed after each bout by the owner of the arena, so you don’t have to remake just to change things like items or number of stocks.
