Official v8.0.0 Patch Notes

[shrooby]

Welcome to the official Patch Notes thread for v8.0.0 of Ultimate.

This thread is only for cataloguing confirmed changes. For reporting and discussing changes use the patch discussion thread:

https://smashboards.com/threads/v8-0-0-patch-discussion-thread.505850/

If there's anything that we might have missed and have evidence of, you can either post it in the Patch Discussion Thread and tag shrooby , or PM me with direct reports and evidence of unconfirmed changes (that are not in this post or discussed).

All character numerical values are presented in the base format, without the 1-v-1 multiplier. For convenience, the value with the 1-v-1 multiplier applied is displayed next to it in parentheses (*).

Changes marked in italics are changes that were not mentioned in Nintendo's official patch notes in any capacity.

• Banjo & Kazooie
  • Ledge Getup Attack: Increased the backward attack range
• Bayonetta
  • Forward Tilt 3: Reduced total frames: 42F -> 39F
  • Up Tilt
    • Reduced startup frames of both hits: 9/15F -> 7/13F
    • Reduced total frames 31F -> 29F
    • Added two additional active frames to second hit: 15F -> 13-15F
    • Increased range of final hit
    • Made hits link more reliably
  • Forward Smash
    • Increased BKB: 26/26/26/26 -> 34/34/35/35
    • Increased active frames: 18-19F -> 18-20F
  • Side Special (Grounded Variant)
    • Reduced total frames unheld variant: 71F -> 66F
    • Reduced total frames of held variant: 72F -> 67F
  • Up Special: Reduced SDI multiplier: x2 -> x1.5
  • Final Smash:
    • Decreased knockback for fighters that did not get instantly KO'd by Gomorrah
    • Adjusted knockback angle for fighters that did not get instantly KO'd by Gomorrah
• Captain Falcon
  • Dash Attack: Decreased total frames: 37F -> 34F
  • Down Tilt: Increased KBG: 80 -> 86
  • Up Smash: Increased KBG of second hit: 72/74/80 -> 80/81/88
  • Side Special
    • Grounded Variant
      • Increased attack range horizontally
      • Adjusted knockback angle of grounded variant
      • Decreased KBG: 52 -> 30
    • Aerial Variant
      • Made it easier to connect meteor hitbox
  • Down Special
    • Grounded Variant
      • Reduced startup frames: 15F -> 13F
      • Reduced total frames: 70F -> 68F
      • Reduced total frames when starting the move on the ground and going off an edge: 67F -> 65F
      • Increased KBG sweetspot: 84 -> 88
    • Aerial Variant
      • Reduced startup frames: 16F -> 14F
      • Reduced total frames: 58F -> 56F
      • Increased KBG of sweetspot: 52 -> 57
• Corrin
  • Forward Smash
    • Tipper Hit
      • Increased damage of the tipper hit: 15.2% -> 16.7% (18.2% -> 20.0%)
      • Increased size of the tipper hit by adding an additional hitbox (properties copied from existing hitbox)
      • Increased shieldstun of tipper hit 10F -> 17F
    • Increased shield stun of close and mid range hits: 8F -> 13F
  • Forward Air: Increased damage, but maintained knockback:
    • Damage: 7.5% -> 9.0% (9.0% -> 10.8%)
    • KBG: 99 -> 87
  • Back Air
    • Increased damage of the first hit: 11.0% -> 12.0% (13.2% -> 14.4%)
  • Up Air
    • Increased damage: 9.0% -> 10.0% (10.8% -> 12.0%)
    • KBG 99 -> 97
  • Side Special
    • Reduced total frames of aerial variant: 41F -> 37F
    • Reduced total frames when jumping out of grounded stab: 39F -> 29F
    • Increased KBG for the sweetspot of the kick (both directions): 90 -> 98
• Diddy Kong
  • Dash Attack
    • Made hits link more reliably
    • Adjusted set knockback of second hit: 55/40/70 -> 45/45/70
    • Increased hitbox size of final hit
  • Forward Tilt
    • Increased hitbox size near hands
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 45° → 35°
    • Increased active frames of late hit: 13-14F -> 13-16F
  • Down Smash
    • Decreased startup frames of both hits: 9/14F -> 7/12F
    • Increased total active frames for the second attack by one: 14F -> 12-13F
  • Forward Air: Increased hitbox size of early hit
  • Down Special
    • Increased time until another banana peel can be pulled after one has been thrown: 12F -> 61F
    • Arrested on account of an illegal pyramid scheme
• Dr. Mario
  • Final Smash: Increased damage
• Duck Hunt
  • Increased total frames forward and backward tech rolls to align with other fighters: 39F -> 40F
• Falco
  • Down Tilt
    • Decreased startup frames: 10F -> 8F
    • Decreased total frames: 31F -> 29F
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 75° -> 85°
  • Up Smash
    • Made hits link more reliably
    • Increased KBG of second hit: 102 -> 107
    • Increased active frames
      • First hit: 7-9F -> 7-12F
      • Second hit: 13-18F -> 13-20F
    • Increased active frames of leg intangibility 7-18F -> 7-20F
  • Neutral Air
    • Decreased total frames: 48F -> 46F
    • Adjusted autocancel window 43F -> 41F
    • Final Hit
      • Connects on frame 19 -> 17
      • Increased hitbox size
  • Down Air
    • Decreased total frames 51F -> 43F
    • Decreased landing lag: 14F -> 12F
  • Side Special
    • Grounded Variant
      • Decreased startup frames: 18F -> 13F
      • Increased total active frames by 3: 18-24F -> 13-22F
      • Decreased total frames: 55F -> 50F
    • Aerial Variant
      • Increased active frames: 18-24F -> 18-27F
• Hero
  • Kaboom: Made it easier to connect all hits of the attack
• Ice Climbers
  • Final Smash
    • Added a slowdown effect to opponents during the initial slowdown period
    • Increased the speed at which the iceberg will appear
    • Increased attack range near the peak of the iceberg
    • Made it easier to grab on to the condor
• Ike
  • Dash Attack: Increased KBG
    • Early hit: 78 -> 88
    • Late hit: 100 -> 110
  • Down Tilt: Decreased KBG: 70 -> 55
  • Neutral Air
    • Increased KBG: 105 -> 130
    • Reduced hitbox size of late hit
  • Forward Air
    • Increased damage: 11.5% -> 13.0% (13.8% -> 15.6%)
    • Decreased KBG: 65 -> 60
    • Decreased total frames: 59F -> 51F
  • Up Special (Grounded)
    • First hit can no longer clank
    • Increased KBG of final landing hit: 115 -> 155
    • Adjusted knockback angle of final landing hit: 60° -> 50°
• Incineroar
  • Standing Grab
    • Decreased startup frames: 8F -> 7F
    • Decreased total frames: 38F -> 37F
  • Dash Grab
    • Decreased startup frames: 12F -> 11F
    • Decreased total frames: 46F -> 45F
  • Pivot Grab
    • Decreased startup frames: 13F -> 12F
    • Decreased total frames: 44F -> 43F
  • Up Smash:
    • Decreased BKB: 94 -> 89
    • Increased KBG: 53 -> 61
  • Side Special
    • Decreased startup frames: 18F -> 16F
    • Decreased total frames: 59F -> 57F
    • Increased KBG of Lariat
      • Against grabbed opponent: 440 -> 454
      • Collateral hitbox: 38 -> 40
  • Down Special
    • Reduced total frames of unsuccessful counter: 53F -> 49F
    • Increased damage scaling from successful counter
  • Forward Throw: Increased KBG: 52 -> 58
• Isabelle
  • Dash Attack
    • Decreased startup frames: 9F -> 7F
    • Decreased total frames: 41F -> 39F
  • Up Tilt: Decreased total frames: 32F -> 29F
  • Up Smash
    • Decreased startup frames: 11/16F -> 9/14F
    • Decreased total frames: 47F -> 45F
    • Decreased charge hold frame: 7F -> 6F
  • Up Air: Increased BKB: 30 -> 40
  • Down Air
    • Decreased startup frames: 14F -> 11F
    • Decreased total frames: 45F -> 42F
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 39F -> 36F
• Jigglypuff
  • Final Smash: Added a slowdown effect to opponents during the initial slowdown period
• King Dedede
  • Up Tilt
    • Increased damage
      • Sweetspot: 10.0% -> 11.5% (12.0% -> 13.8%)
      • Sourspot: 8.0% -> 9.5% (9.6% -> 11.4%)
  • Down Tilt: Adjusted knockback angle: 45° → 35°
  • Forward Air: Increased KBG: 90 -> 98
  • Up Air: Increased KBG of final hit: 147 -> 167
  • Neutral Special
    • Decreased startup frames to inhale opponents: 17F -> 14F
    • Decreased startup frames to inhale projectiles and items: 20F -> 17F
    • Increased hitbox size for inhale
    • Decreased total frames of release: Minimum total frames: 77F -> 74F
• King K. Rool
  • Increased durability of belly armor
  • Dash Attack
    • Increased active frames of early hit: 7-11F -> 7-14F
    • Decreased active frames of late hit: 12-25F -> 15-25F
    • Increased KBG
      • Early hit: 57 -> 61
      • Late hit: 48 -> 55
  • Up Smash
    • Increased damage: 15.0% -> 17.0% (18.0% -> 20.4%)
    • Decreased BKB: 32 -> 31
    • Decreased KBG: 95 -> 90
  • Side Special: Increased damage threshold of armor during the move: 6% -> 12% (7.2% -> 14.4%)
  • Back Throw: Adjusted knockback angle: 45° -> 35°
• Kirby
  • Dash Attack
    • Reduced total frames: 59F -> 51F
    • Increased KBG of initial hit: 66 -> 71
  • Down Smash
    • Decreased startup frames: 10F -> 7F
    • Decreased total frames: 53F -> 50F
    • Increased KBG: 89 -> 94
    • Adjusted active frames of leg intangibility: 5-14F -> 3-11F
    • Decreased charge hold frame: 4F -> 2F
  • Forward Air
    • Increased damage of second: 3.0% -> 4.0% (3.6% -> 4.8%)
    • Final Hit
      • Increased damage: 5.0 -> 6.0 (6.0% -> 7.2%)
      • Decreased KBG: 30 -> 24
  • Back Air: Increased KBG of sweetspot: 100 -> 104
  • Down Special
    • While falling
      • Increased KBG: 70 -> 76
      • Increased BKB: 65 -> 69
    • Landing shockwave
      • Increased KBG: 24 -> 30
• Little Mac
  • Increased total frames backward tech roll to align with other fighters: 39F -> 40F
  • Getup Attack: The vulnerability now aligns with other fighters
• Mario
  • Final Smash
    • Increased damage
    • Increased range
• Marth
  • Down Smash
    • Increased BKB of first hit: 50 -> 58
    • Increased KBG of second hit: 88 -> 92
  • Forward Air: Made it easier to land tipper hit
  • Back Air: Made it easier to land tipper hit
  • Up Air: Made it easier to land tipper hit
• Mega Man
  • Increased total frames forward and backward tech rolls to align with other fighters: 39F -> 40F
• Meta Knight
  • Neutral Air: Increased hitbox size
  • Forward Air
    • Reduced total frames: 45F -> 39F
    • Made hits link more reliably
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 44F -> 39F
  • Back Air: Made hit link more reliably
  • Neutral Special: Increased active frames of sweetspot: 12-21F -> 12-25F
  • Up Special
    • First hit
      • Decreased fixed knockback: 80 -> 68
      • Adjusted knockback angle: 86° -> 84°
    • Increased hitbox size of second hit
• Mewtwo
  • Back Air
    • Increased damage
      • Mid-range hit: 11.0% -> 12.0% (13.2% -> 14.4%)
      • Max-range hit: 9.0% -> 11.0% (10.8% -> 13.2%)
    • Increased KBG of sweetspot: 97 -> 101
  • Up Air: Increased KBG
    • Sweetspot: 86 -> 98
    • Other hitboxes: 86 -> 92
  • Neutral Special
    • Increased damage of non-fully charged variants: Minimum damage: 2.5% -> 4.0% (3.0% -> 4.8%)
    • Releasing from charging state
      • Decreased startup frames: 9F -> 4F
      • Decreased total frames: 31F -> 27F
    • Releasing full charge
      • Decreased startup frames: 18F -> 16F
      • Decreased total frames: 43F -> 39F
  • Up Special: Reduced landing lag after finishing the move in the air: 30F -> 20F
  • Down Throw: Decreased total frames: 45F -> 41F
• Min Min
  • "我來啊 !"
• Olimar
  • Final Smash
    • Increased strong attack's hitbox range
    • Increased damage of the strong hitbox
• Pac-Man
  • Increased total frames forward and backward tech rolls to align with other fighters: 39F -> 40F
• Palutena
  • Final Smash
    • Reduced the amount of time opponents will be pulled in at the start of the move
    • Reduced the range that the Black Hole will pull in opponents
• Piranha Plant
  • Up Tilt
    • Decreased startup frames: 8F -> 6F
    • Decreased total frames: 28F -> 26F
    • Adjusted knockback angles
      • Sweetspot: 80° -> 85°
      • Sourspot: 85° -> 90°
    • Adjusted active frames of head intangibility: 6-13F -> 8-15F
  • Down Smash
    • Decreased startup frames 12/16F -> 10/14F
    • Decreased total frames: 45F -> 43F
  • Forward Air
    • Decreased startup frames 10F -> 7F
    • Decreased total frames: 47F -> 44F
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 39F -> 36F
  • Back Air: Increased KBG: 100 -> 105
  • Up Air
    • Increased damage: 8.0% -> 10.0% (9.6% -> 12.0%)
    • Decreased KBG: 110 -> 104
    • Added intangibility frames to Piranha Plant's head: 7-9F
• Pit
  • Down Tilt
    • Decreased KBG: 50 -> 46
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 75° -> 83°
  • Up Smash: Increased KBG: 102 -> 111
  • Down Smash: Adjusted knockback angle of first hit: 55° → 48°
  • Up Air
    • Decreased startup of all hits by 2 frames: 12/15/18/21/24F -> 10/13/16/19/22
    • Reduced total frames: 49F -> 40F
    • Increased KBG of last hit: 130 -> 143
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 68° -> 80°
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 37F -> 35F
  • Down Special
    • Orbitars can be released 5 frames sooner: 26F -> 21F
    • Decreased total frames of release: 23F -> 18F
    • Total frames: 49-129F -> 39-124F
  • Getup Attack: Increased total frames to align with other fighters
• Dark Pit
  • Down Tilt
    • Decreased KBG: 50 -> 46
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 75° -> 83°
  • Up Smash: Increased KBG: 102 -> 111
  • Down Smash: Adjusted knockback angle of first hit: 55° → 48°
  • Up Air
    • Decreased startup of all hits by 2 frames: 12/15/18/21/24F -> 10/13/16/19/22
    • Reduced total frames: 49F -> 40F
    • Increased KBG of last hit: 130 -> 143
    • Adjusted knockback angle: 68° -> 80°
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 37F -> 35F
  • Down Special
    • Orbitars can be released 5 frames sooner: 26F -> 21F
    • Decreased total frames of release: 23F -> 18F
    • Total frames: 49-129F -> 39-124F
  • Getup Attack: Increased total frames to align with other fighters
• Pokemon Trainer
  • Ivysaur
    • Increased total frames forward and backward tech rolls to align with other fighters: 39F -> 40F
• Ridley
  • Down Special
    • Increased damage of sweetspot (first hit): 40.0% -> 45.0% (48.0% -> 54.0%)
    • The Special Zoom effect no longer triggers against opponents with grab immunity
• Sheik
  • Forward Smash
    • Made hits link more reliably
    • Increased hitbox size of second hit
• Sonic
  • Final Smash
    • Added a slowdown effect to opponents during the initial slowdown period
    • Increased hitbox size when initiating attack
• Terry
  • Final Smash: Extended launch distance
• Villager
  • Neutral Attack: Made multihits of the jab link more reliably
  • Up Tilt
    • Made Villager's arm and head intangible from frames 7-25
    • Made each hit of the move link more reliably
  • Up Smash
    • Increased damage of multihits: 1.0% -> 1.5% (1.2% -> 1.8%)
    • Increased damage of final hit: 4.0% -> 4.5% (4.8% -> 5.4%)
  • Up Air: Increased BKB: 30 -> 40
  • Down Air
    • Decreased startup: 14F -> 11F
    • Decreased total frames: 45F -> 42F
    • Adjusted autocancel window: 39F -> 36F
  • Down Special
    • Reduced total frames from planting the sapling: 43F -> 38F
    • Reduced total frames from watering: 54F -> 49F
    • Axe Attack
      • Increased BKB: 30 -> 36
      • Increased shield damage: 6 -> 9
• Wii Fit Trainer
  • Down Tilt: Adjusted knockback angle: 55° → 40°
  • Up Smash
    • Decreased startup frames: 14F -> 11F
    • Shifted invulnerability frames: 12-15F -> 9-12F
    • Decreased total frames: 57F -> 54F
  • Down Smash: Reduced total frames: 51F -> 46F
  • Forward Air
    • Reduced total frames: 38F -> 35F
    • Reduced landing lag: 9F -> 7F
  • Neutral Special (Full Charge)
    • Increased BKB: 30 -> 38
    • Increased KBG: 63 -> 64
• Zero Suit Samus
  • Final Smash: Increased active frames of finishing hit