Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Published , by Ozzie Mejia
The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC train has officially reached its final destination. With Monday's 13.0.0 update, Kingdom Hearts' Sora joins the battle and closes the book on the Ultimate DLC roster. Sora's arrival also heralds a slew of major balance updates for the rest of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, so let's take a look at what those entail.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 13.0.0 update has been issued out to all Nintendo Switch owners. The full patch notes are now available on the Nintendo website, along with the latest Fighter Adjustments. Here's what they look like:
| Fighter | Move | Change |
|---|---|---|
| All Fighters | etc. | Made it so opponents that fall down in place due to Kazuya's side special cannot be stepped on when jumping. |
| Jigglypuff | Neutral Attack 2 | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Jigglypuff | Back Air Attack | Reduced vulnerability. Reduced vulnerability when landing. |
| Jigglypuff | Downward Throw | Shortened the launch distance. Reduced vulnerability. |
| Dr. Mario | Neutral Air Attack | Extended launch distance for the high-damage window. |
| Dr. Mario | Up Air Attack | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance. |
| Dr. Mario | Down Air Attack | Increased attack speed. |
| Dr. Mario | Side Special | Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts. |
| Dr. Mario | Down Special | Increased the speed that super armor activates when using the move on the ground. |
| Zelda | Neutral Attack 1 | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Zelda | Flurry Attack | Increased power. |
| Zelda | Up Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Zelda | Down Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Zelda | Down Air Attack | Increased the high-damage range. |
| Lucario | Dash Attack | Extended the duration of the high-damage part of the attack. Increased the high-damage range. |
| Lucario | Side Tilt Attack | Extended launch distance of the second attack. |
| Lucario | Down Tilt Attack | Increased attack speed. |
| Rosalina & Luma | Down Smash Attack | Luma will appear in front of Rosalina when using the move and turning around. Extended launch distance for Luma's attack. |
| Rosalina & Luma | Side Special | Luma will follow you when using the move in the air. |
| Little Mac | Up Tilt Attack | Extended the duration of an opponent's animation when they are struck by this attack. |
| Little Mac | Side Smash Attack | Increased power against shields when using the move with down input. |
| Little Mac | Neutral Special | Extended launch distance. Reduced vulnerability when using the move on the ground. Increased speed so it will be faster to use the move. Made so the second button press can be input in advance. |
| Little Mac | Up Special | Extended launch distance of the last attack. |
| Little Mac | Down Special | Increased the amount that attack power will increase. |
| Ridley | Side Special | Shortened the time between the slamming/dragging animations and when another jump can be input. |
| King K. Rool | Up Tilt Attack | Increased power. Extended launch distance. |
| King K. Rool | Side Smash Attack | Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts. Increased the range at the beginning of the move. |
| King K. Rool | Forward Air Attack | Reduced vulnerability. |
| King K. Rool | Up Throw | Extended launch distance. |
| Isabelle | Down Tilt Attack | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Isabelle | Side Smash Attack | Extended the duration of the high-damage part of the attack. |
| Isabelle | Down Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. Increased attack range. |
| Isabelle | Forward Throw | Extended launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Down Smash Attack | Increased power. Extended launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Up Air Attack | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Up Special | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance of the high-damage window while descending. Increased attack power and maintained launch distance of the high-damage window for the explosion. |
| Joker | Final Smash | Shortened the downtime after finishing the Final Smash. |
| Hero | Final Smash | Shortened the downtime after finishing the Final Smash. |
Sora, available as part of Fighters Pass Vol. 2, will be accompanied by an all-new stage. It's Hollow Bastion, as seen in the original Kingdom Hearts. In addition to that, look for new Mii Fighter outfits. There aren't as many as in the past, but there is one noteworthy one in the form of the main protagonist of Doom. Call him Doom Guy, Doom Slayer, or whatever you want, id Software's FPS pioneer has made it into Smash Bros. in at least one form and can now fight alongside Animal Crossing's Isabelle, as they were always meant to.
Best of luck to all Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players with today's 13.0.0 update. Shacknews would like to join the chorus in saluting the development team for this incredible collection of characters. And we would like to remind everyone, once more, that we will never see anything like this again.