Jab is definitely better this time around. The new two-hit combo has just the right about of knockback on the second hit to where you can feasibly follow up with another attack if you can read the opponent's next move. The angle of both swings allows it to be an okay anti-air. It also is harder to SDI, especially in comparison to 9b's second hit, which had trouble connecting at times due to the low angle of the hitbox. Jab is just better this time.

F-Tilt is pretty much the same. Not a move that I pull out often, both in beta or 9b.

Down-Tilt is also relatively similar to how it was in 9b. Has its uses every now and then, although the nerfs to side-b have made it less usable somewhat.

Up-tilt has received some very noticeable nerfs. It is now only a single-hit move, as opposed to two hits in 9b. Its range has been nerfed so it also cannot poke through certain platforms above Sora anymore, such as Smashville's or Battlefield's. This reduces Sora's ability to threaten opponents from underneath platforms.

This might also be due to the changes of the engine itself, but "sliding up-tilts" are also nerfed, in that you can't slide unless you allow a short period of time to pass between attack inputs. Even the slide distance itself has become worse, so you can't "follow" the opponent with sliding up-tilts like you could in 9b. I used this move a lot, so I feel as though this is one of the nerfs that makes him feel much worse to me personally.

Forward-Smash has received both a nerf to it's start-up lag, and a buff to it's killpower. Overall, I find I preferred the quicker start-up to the added kill-power. Back in 9b, if kept fresh, it could be a reliable move to throw out after crouch-cancel pivots. It may be personal preference, but I find it better to be able to hit reliably for slightly less killpower than to reduce the chances of hitting due to a slower start-up. I feel like this move has been nerfed.

Up-Smash has been nerfed. Sora has lost what used to be a great kill-move in exchange for a move that sometimes kills off the side, or the corner blastzones, but is rather whacky with what trajectory it sends the opponent. The hitboxes that used to be on the sides of Sora back in 9b are also gone, so it's less reliable to connect now.

It also lost it's wind-box, which was actually situationally useful for both giving Sora a tiny bit of elbow room should the move miss, and also potentially preventing certain opponent's up-b's from reaching the ledge, such as Mario and Fox (though these were quite situational.)

Down-Smash has received some nice buffs. It can actually kill off the sides now, though the trajectory can be rather unpredictable.

Neutral-Air has been improved to have an added hitbox behind him. Overall this move isn't one I used much, either now or in 9b. Perhaps I've overlooked this one as I could see it having some potential, but I usually prefer to throw out another move in neutral, since this move has some rather limited hit-box range for a sword-user, and a bit of a slow-start up to be really reliable.

Forward-Air has received both buffs and nerfs. Overall, the added kill power can be helpful, so long as the move hasn't become too stale. However, the utility of the move has suffered a bit, since the swing now only covers the area in front of him. 9b's F-air had hitboxes both in front and behind him, and was a full somersault sword swing.

Down-Air feels slightly better than it did before. It sends the opponent at a pretty nice trajectory for a follow-up. Probably one of the better aerials to throw out in neutral.

Up-Air has been buffed with actual kill-power this time around, though not until the much higher percents past 150, usually. They also need to be somewhat towards the upper blast zone as well. Overall, it's received an okay buff.

Back-Air has been turned into a potential KO option. It feels a lot like forward-air, really, and feels bland. Same slow start-up, and around the same knock-back, but with less area for a hitbox. In terms of utility, 9b has it beat out by a mile. Back then, the move had multiple properties that allowed it to be a great combo move for racking up percents quickly with just the right amount of trajectory to let you follow up with another move.

It also allowed you to turn around in mid-air, which was especially helpful for setting up lagless Neutral-B's (man, I miss those...so flashy). This is another move that was fairly bread-and-butter for 9b Sora's combo game. Another move that I wish hadn't been changed so drastically.

Neutral-Special has been nerfed, due to the removal of the lagless variation. (In 9b, Sora could use a b-air and then use Neutral-B just before landing to negate the 'thrown' animation and begin moving around while the Keyblade was still spinning.)

I really, REALLY miss this. Made for some incredibly flashy set-ups back in 9b. I'm still rather salty at seeing it go, but I suppose that abusing an oversight like that may hurt the developer's intentions. Like wave-dashing, sort of. Right now, it's best usage is to sweet spot it at the ledge when they try to recover.

Side-special has been nerfed pretty hard. Granted, some of the nerfs were called for, like being able to command grab someone out of shield back in 9b. Now it just kind of 'bumps' into their shield and puts Sora into a helpless state. The nerf that I have some real qualms over is the landing lag from using Flowmotion towards the ground. This removed a key aspect to Sora's neutral-game, as it gave some real sense of speed and more movement options in neutral.

Overall, I don't see why they added in the landing lag when having this move go ineffective on shields was a good enough nerf. Why punish someone for being able to accurately space the move into the ground just before it hits someone shield?

It also reduces Sora's ability to get back on stage. The move was already quite easy to edgeguard. Now, it probably isn't even necessary to edgeguard it so much, since shield's can negate it, and there's plenty of landing lag should you make it back on stage somehow.

Another, probably unknown nerf to side-b was that 9b Sora could use a downward flowmotion out of hitstun to go at an almost 45 degree angle towards the ground, rather than the near horizontal angle the move usually limits you to. It's a slight nerf, but it did give more options to counterattack someone or get back to stage more quickly. Overall, I feel the nerfs to this move hurt Sora pretty significantly.

Down-Special gives me mixed feelings. Perhaps I haven't spent enough time exploring the applications, but I kind of miss being able to poke someone near the top blast zone into a star-ko back in 9b with Thundaga. It was also a pretty good move for clearing room on-stage when you were trapped on the ledge. I'm sure there's a lot more applications with Firaga, Blizzaga, and the new Thundaga though. The ability to stall mid-air with Firaga and Blizzaga can potentially help with recoveries, and Thundaga seems like a good mid-air KO choice if you can find follow-ups into it. Probably the most interesting change to Beta Sora.

Up-Special has been nerfed hard. Aerial-Recovery hasn't really brought much to the table, in my opinion. It's now a glorified mid-air jump. Worse, because you can't really control the trajectory of it, other than to move upwards and forwards. The 'ability' to use any aerial you want out of it sounds kind of silly when that's pretty much what you're able to do out of jump. It's actually even worse in that there's still a fair amount of time between the start-up of Aerial-Recovery and when you can input an aerial.

Even worse, 9b's old Up-B, Finishing Leap pretty much gave you the ability to use any aerial you wanted out of it as well...but it was even FASTER at letting you do so. It also put out a hitbox that was actually a decent anti-air, and also had a pretty good trajectory for a follow-up with f-air, leading to some KO's.

Beta Sora's current Up-B is just all-out worse than his 9b's counterpart. The one redeeming factor that almost evens this all out is that you can now use Side-B after using Up-B. But if he could do that out of Finishing Leap...