MultiVersus Season 1.03 update patch notes adds Rick & anti-infinite combo system
Published , by Sam Chandler
Fans of the iconic Rick and Morty rejoice, because Rick has finally arrived in MultiVersus with update 1.03. The patch notes for the Season 1 update include information on a new anti-infinite combo system to prevent ability spam while also adding to the Twitch extension. Check out the patch notes below.
Rick Sanchez joins MultiVersus! Rick is a new Mage character joining the roster.
The XP required to go from level 3 - 15 on the character mastery track has been doubled
We were finding that players could get to level 15 of the mastery track too quickly. This is to help us make it a bit more of a journey.
Loading performance improvements for PS4 and Xbox One.
Initial free character from completing the intro tutorial has been switched to Shaggy from Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman can now be purchased for Gold or Gleamium.
Attack decay steps have been added to the intro tutorial.
Fixed an issue in Coop-Versus-AI that was causing only Wonder Woman and Reindog bots to appear.
Fixed a bug where some players weren’t able to equip profile icons.
Fixed a bug where the game would occasionally freeze at the end-of-game screen.
Cosmetics
Reindog Skin: Chef Reindog is now available!
Reindog Skin: Golden Reindog is now available! ONLY purchasable with gold!
Steven Universe Skin: Tiger Millionaire is now available!
Twitch Extension
Minor visual bug fixes
Added 'Fighter Voting' which allows broadcasters to poll their audience on which fighter to play, viewers who have MultiVersus get bonus votes.
Added the ability for viewers who have MultiVersus to claim free toasts from Twitch channels running the extension.
Gameplay Systems
Anti-Infinite Combo System
We’ve implemented a new anti-infinite-combo system that will decay all subsequent attacks if the same attack has been used 4 or more times in the same true combo. The goal is to put a global soft-cap on infinite combos and make combos more creative. We hope the change pushes players to explore new and more exciting combo routes.
We were considering the max number of the same attack being used to be 3, but we wanted to more slowly evaluate the change. We’re going to be evaluating the change and are open to feedback on how we can improve the system!
The option to choose between 4 direction or 8 direction for the right-stick control (c-stick) has been added to the settings menu.
Projectile Systems
We are continuing the projectile systems update in this patch. The most notable addition is the inclusion of a new “Light Projectile” classification for projectiles that deal no knockback. The only Light Projectiles in the game for now are Rick’s uncharged blaster and the pies fired by the Neptr assist item.
Character Updates
Arya
Bug Fix: Fixed issues where Arya could deal much more damage than intended.
Bug Fix: Neutral Special: Fixed issues that were causing hit boxes on stolen attacks to not hit reliably.
We are still looking at updates to Arya’s up special, but could use more time to make it right. Expect an update in the near future.
Bugs Bunny
Down Air Attack - Hitbox is slightly smaller to better match the visuals
Finn
Bug Fix Side Air Attack - Can no longer ignore air special limits when branching into the attack.
Air Down Attack - Instant cancel on hit removed.
Ground Side Attack - Instant jump cancel on hit removed.
Garnet
Ground Down Attack - Garnet now retains some of her velocity moving into the attack.
Ground Up Attack
Recovery reduced by 3 frames on hit.
This change should improve Garnet’s ability to follow up on a successful attack.
Air Down Attack Hitbox active frames start 2 frames earlier
Air Neutral Attack Recovery reduced by 3 frames on hit.
This change should improve Garnet’s ability to follow up on a successful attack.
Gizmo
Jump Speed - Increased jump speed to 3700 from 3400.
Air/Ground Neutral Special - Music note lifetime extended to 10 seconds from 9.
Ground Side Special - Car now classified as a heavy projectile
Air Side Special - Recovery reduced by 5 frames
Air Down Special - Can now jump cancel out of the attack
Harley
Bug Fix: Down Special - Fixed an issue where jack-in-the-box would sometimes not hit overlapping enemies
Iron Giant
Bug Fix: Neutral Special - Bolts will no longer be destroyed when they exit the blast box but Iron Giant is not KOed
Jake
Air/Ground Down Special - While in the House and on the ground, Jake will no longer bounce grounded opponents.
Ground Down Attack - Recovery increased by 4 frames on whiff(miss).
LeBron
Change - Experimental Tag removed.
Bug Fix - fixed a bug that would cause the ball to disappear when thrown close to the enemy.
Air/Ground Neutral Special
When an ally receives a pass, they emit a small explosion to knock away enemies.
No-Look pass basketball speed increased to 3200 from 3000
Air/Ground Down Special - No longer blocks heavy projectiles
BasketBall Air Neutral Attack - No longer breaks armor on first hit.
Morty
Change - Experimental Tag removed.
Shaggy
Air Side Special - Recovery increased by 3 frames on whiff (miss).
Air Neutral Attack - No longer breaks armor on first hit
Steven Universe
Air/Ground Up Special - Smoothed out movement so the attack won’t hitch
Ground Side Attack 1 - 3
Smoothed out movement so the attack won’t hitch
First attack can now branch earlier into the second attack
Second attack can now branch earlier into the final attack
Forward movement during attacks increased so that they hit more reliably.
Air Side Attack
Increased knockback scaling to 14.5 from 13.5
Steven’s horizontal kill power was very low. We hope this change will help him in this aspect.
Air/Ground Side Special - Increased projectile speed slightly.
Air Down Attack
Hitbox active frames start 2 frames earlier.
This change makes the active hit frames more accurately match the animation.
Superman
Ground Up Attack
Reduced charged knockback scaling to 1.5x from 2.0x.
Charge cancel reduced by 4 frames
This should make the attack slightly more of a commitment
Ground Neutral Attack - Charge cancel reduced by 4 frames.
Air Up Special
Recovery increased by 12 frames on whiff(miss).
Lowered base knockback of down throw.
This should help make the wall camping strategies less effective.
Tom And Jerry
Ground Side Attack 1
Hitbox active frame window increased by 2 frames
Recovery increased by 4 frames on whiff(miss)
Ground Side Attack 2 - Recovery increased by 4 frames on whiff(miss)
Air Side Attack
Recovery reduced by 3 frames
Recovery land cancel reduced by 7 frames
Air Down Attack
Recovery reduced by 3 frames
Recovery land cancel window moved forward by 3 frames.
Pushed knockback angle to be more horizontal
Air/Ground Neutral Special - Jerry returns back to Tom if he is killed when attached to an ally
Velma
Bug Fix: Ground Up Special - Fixed a bug where Velma’s vial wouldn’t apply stacks of ice reliably
Ally Enhanced Speech bubbles no longer apply 1 stack of weaken.
Air Down Attack - Pushed Knockback angle to be more horizontal
Air/Ground Up Air - Recovery increased by 3 frames.
Air/Ground Neutral Special
Ally enhanced beam no longer applies 1 stack of weaken
Ally enhanced beam base knockback reduced from 1750 to 1600.
The full patch notes, and the cosmetics for Reindog and Steven Universe, can be viewed on the MultiVersus support page. How do you feel about the MultiVersus update 1.03? Did your main character receive any adjustments that you’re happy with or perhaps you’re keen to get in and see what Rick has to offer? Be sure to keep it locked to Shacknews as we bring you the latest on MultiVersus, including information on the free character rotation.