Normals

5A

• Adjusted float on hit to make 5AA connect more easily

  • Still possible for 5A to hit and 5AA to whiff, but less likely

  • 5A > 2B will always work and is still the correct confirm for very high hitting 5As

5AAA

• Can be cancelled into sweep and hop

  • Sweep useful to extend pressure/surprise people

  • Hop can be used both to extend pressure and for combos in yellow and red axe

• 2nd hit can be cancelled into skills

  • Air guillotine can be used her to either end the combo early on hit or as part of a high/low mixup (OMC required to make it safe/threaten the low)

  • Can actually be done on the first hit too, but not in patch notes

2B

• Can be dash cancelled

  • Works roughly the same as 5B, in that it's very minus if done normally, and very slightly plus (+1) on half-charge

  • Most players are used to disrespecting dash cancels or charges, but if you pull it off, it can be used to reset pressure/get in for a grab, which may beat out characters with slower mash normals

• Charged 2B has increased untechable time and adjusted blowback

  • Used in niche combos

• Charged 2B has head attribute invulnerability

  • Maintains head invuln for the entire time you charge it, can be used to deal with those who use stalls in the air to delay falling normals or anti-anti-airs such as Adachi j.2D

j.A

• Startup decreased from 11 to 9 frames

  • Still slow for how small the move is, but does make it a good move to press when falling above an opponent

  • Pushes it into range to create fuzzy situations - see fuzzy setups
  • Makes 236A > winch dash > jc j.A possible, which is used in many routes

  • Also allows for 5A > j.A against non-standing opponents in some scenarios

j.BB and j.2B

• Increased untech time, but not on wallbounce

  • A change to how the untech time works for these moves - some old combos won't work but some new ones will

• j.2B Can now be performed with diagonal inputs

  • Makes IAD j.2B routes easier

AoA

• Strike armour occurs sooner

  • Makes it slightly more viable as a frametrap/a way to call out mashing

• Increased recovery time, and no longer CH state in second part of the move

  • Roughly balances out the global system change that gives these more pushback - punishing all out attacks will require an opponent to use a move that moves them forward, larger persona normals, or perfect block and dash timing. Still not a great mixup, and should be used sparingly

Grabs

• Can now super from grabs (for Labrys, any version of beast, or for 100SP, gears > sweep > beast), very high proration, so not much to be gained from this change.

• Air grab can now be air dashed after hitting. Use midscreen to close the gap, or use in the corner to extend the combo with j.2B