Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late [ST] - Patch Notes & Rebalance Changes

• First Attack Feature added. The character who lands the first hit will now be rewarded with Vorpal status unless vorpal has already been awarded to a player
  
• Cross Veil Off (XVO) added - Ability to Veil Off during combos. Resets the bounce restriction during combos. Not cancelable from Throws
  
• It seems like doing crosscast VO has a CS bar drain of sorts so EX > IW seems guaranteed even at exactly 100.
  
• Random-icon has been removed from Character Select screen. Hold the stick upwards for random
  
• Charge Partition Mechanics are still in
  
• New Hyde vs Seth VS Theme added - Mutual Situation
  
  

• 2A is a low!
  
• Close range 5B added
  
• Close range 5B > Far range 5B route works
  
• 5B has increased cancel-routes
  
• Downed opponent can be picked up with close range 5B
  
• 2C doesn't scale as badly as it did before
  
• Throw damage increased by about a 100
  
• B Denkoudan (236B) increased bullet speed
  
• A Hakubou (22A) is a signle-shot move now. Increased damage
  
• A Hakubou increased hitbox!? It's not an aerial suicide, but you can continue with Denkoudan.
  
• A Tekkou (214A) worse on block? About -4f. It's a free throw for the opponent.
  
• Far range 5C doesn't whiff on crouchers!!
  
• Kamikaze raw damage 3900
  
• Assault j.B & Assault j.C won't whiff anymore
  
• j.2C doesn't scale as badly as it did before.
  
  

• Byakuya's IW has invincibility until the hitbox disappears
  
• metergain seemed to go down a bit apparently.
  
• 2B vertical hitbox improved, can hit ppl jumping out now.
  
• j.B also got buffed - either better lower hitbox or more active frames - either way its better air to ground now supposedly
  
• 2C vertical hitbox improved like above, and hurtbox shortened
  
• 3C hitbox increased from above. Is now a better anti-air. Doesn't float a grounded opponent. Only charged version will. Supposedly has faster startup
  
• You can also CS cancel his FF on block
  
• FF doesn't scale as much anymore. You can combo 2900 damage from it.
  
• You can now only drain GRD twice during a combo
  
• has web feints
  
• one of his cmd throws is like a counter (?)
  
• Has Command throw feints
  
• Can cancel the last hit of 236C into 623C
  
• You can now combo off of 623C. 623C connects to 236C and 41236D, You can now
  
• Trap (214X) B-followup doesn't scale as much anymore.
  
  

• Force Function has been given a name - Roll up! (捲れ!)
  
• Force Function is now Air OK. Stops momentum
  
• Can immidiately use other normals after aerial FF. Loses the ability to block in midair after the move.
  
• Overall 200-400 damage loss on combos
  
• 6B has worse proration, can't be cancelled into XVO
  
• 6C is a worse starter. Has same starter proration as 3B. Has no Head Invuln.
  
• 2C will always lose against Gordeau's 2C but 2A will always win
  
• 3C Hitbox got bigger
  
• 3[C] added. Has more reach than Merkava's 5B
  
• Command grab deals 300-400 less damage
  
• 236X has worse proration, can't be cancelled into XVO
  
• During XVO, 623C > IW cancel is added
  
• 2C>5BB>j6B or jABC?>2C>22A>CVO>dashC?>236A>J[C]>2B>2C>236C>623C>IW
  
• 3[C]>22B(puddle)>214C>2C>236B(2)>j6B>jCAB>2C>623A>dash C 3050 dmg
  Can substitute 214C for 236C in the corner.
  
• 3[C]>22B not stable. Best to go for 3[C]>22C.
  
  

• Force Function has been given a name - Sneak Around (スネークアラウンド)
  
• His vorpal trait allows him to whiff cancel Azhi stuff
  
• 2A is a low
  
• 5BB is low invincible
  
• 5CC hitbox buffed
  
• 6C's hitbox increased near Chaos
  
• 2C hitbox and startup suspected to be buffed
  
• Dash B counter hit is longer untechable. Invincibility removed.
  
• Azhi is projectile invuln for his moves (Specifics down below)
  
• j.2C and j.C float longer
  
• Throw is comboable but you need to set up an Azhi special ahead of time to combo
  
• Roll supposedly has more invincibility
  
• 236C is now untechable
  
• 214X (even EX) Can now be cancelled on hit or block. Can be jump cancelled on block. IC ver. has earlier cancel window
  
• Hide (22A/B/C) is now Air OK. Does not get cancelled if your throw gets teched. EX Version counts as a separate move than A/B for cancels.
  
• IW damage speculated to be increased (though min dmg suspected to be unchanged). No longer resets position on hit!
  
• IWEXS damage increased by ~100.
  
  Detailed specifics on Azhi's invincibility during his moves:
  • 236A has p.invincibility
    
  • 236B has p.invincibility until Azhi rises into air.
    
  • 214X have no p.invincibility
    
  • Charged 214X has p.invincibility
    
  • 623X p.invincibility
    
  • 22X has p.invincibility until Azhi goes underground
    
    

• Force Function has been given a name - Etherite Shift (エーテライト・シフト)
  
• IC 3C added
  
• 421C lost invuln
  
• 214C Nerfed Hitbox. Air blocked 236B into 214C doesn't work
  
• EX DP Minimum Damage got nerfed
  
• Seems like you cant get a guaranteed air UB from an air-blocked B gunshot
  
  

• Force Function has been given a name - Rusty Nail (ラスティネイル)
  
• His vorpal trait is that his FF gains head invincibility
  
• 4B added - Does his Dash B on that spot. Has a delay cancellable window
  
• 2C has lower body invuln
  
• Suspicion that 3C has an improved vertical hitbox. Seems like you can CS cancel his 3C.You can't combo into assimilation anymore off of it though (due to range obv)
  
• Mortal Slide follow-ups no longer require 236 command, 6 + A/B/C will suffice.
  
• Grim Reaper reach shortened
  
• C Aim (22C) invincibility removed
  
• Assimilation steals 1/2 the GRD it used to (?)
  
• A Assimilation has faster start-up. Reaches as far as his normal Throw.
  
• C Assimilation (214C) has invincibility removed
  
• Someone definitely confirmed start of the round Grim Reaper into CVO for 5K but thinks someone can get more
  
  

• Force Function has been given a name - Tri-Furket (トライファーケット)
  
• Hold B+C during Force Function and press 5A or 2A for a follow-up attack
  
• Her IW(41236D) has now some invincibility
  
• Aerial Teleport added. A warps behind the opponent. B warps into midair close to the opponent.
  
• After CS, her Teleport (421X) can't be used. You also can't CS the Teleport.
  
• Ground Teleport > Aerial Teleport works in Vorpal only
  
• j.FF now floats the opponent like ground version, so difficult to continue the combo from it.
  
• FF5A has reduced start-up and recovery
  
• FF2A is an overhead. Can be special cancelled even on block
  
• ICFF2A can picked by 2A alone. 2C on counter hit.
  
• ICFF can't be followed by C Teleport (421C)
  
• j.A increased reach?
  
• got extended cancel windows on her dash B/C, by ~6 frames
  
• fireball also might have gotten slightly faster startup
  
• Gloom's (214X) effect seems to have changed...
  
• if you have all 3 buttons and then release you can release all 3 lynchpi s in rapid succession (?)
  
• if you have at least 2 lynchpins held down you can now slide to swap button holds similar to Carmine (?)
  
  

• Force Function has been given a name - Vestige of Cruelty (峭刻ノ残滓, Shoukoku no Zanshi)
  
• In Vorpal, chip damage increases. charged FF does really increased chip damage! (ICFF does 400 chip damage? unconfirmed)
  
• seems to have more severe overall move SMP.
  
• 2A delay window increased
  
• 3B range shortened
  
• Dash C lower body invincible
  
• Throw damage increased a little
  
• Lotus and Charged FF can be CS'd.
  
• 22C Wraps at the end of the screen
  
• Apparently if Hyde gets a CH FF starter and cancels into CCVO he gets up to 7000
  
• Corner OTG into FF > A Orb doesn't link anymore
  
  

Force Function has been given a name - Parry Flash > Heavenly Lynchpin (躱閃 > 天楔, Tasen > Tenzetsu)