Adjusted heavy knockback animations

Tumble Fall animation now can grab the ledge.

Up Smash:
First 2 hits:
Now use weight-based knockback (base knockback 75->weight-based knockback 60)
Lowered damage (4%->2%)
Final hit:
Raised angle (80->85)
Increased knockback scaling (90->120)

Forward Smash:
First 2 hits:
Now use weight-base knockback (power 70->wbkb 60)
Lowered angle (40->5)
Increased damage (2%->3%)
Final hit:
Increased damage (8%->9%)
Increased knockback growth (to 130)
Lowered angle (50->40)

Down Smash:
(Sweetspot/Sourspot) Equalized damage (19%/10%->16%/13%)
(Sweetspot/Sourspot) Reduced base knockback (90/50->55/25)
(Sweetspot/Sourspot) Increased knockback scaling (67/75->110/110)

Neutral aerial:
Both attackboxes have the same knockback/damage stats now (direction 32, base knockback 40, knockback scaling 100, damage 10%)

Forward aerial:
Reduced damage (9.5%->5%)
Raised angle (55->60)
Increased base knockback (35->40)
Increased knockback scaling (105->133)

Back aerial:
Reduced damage (15%->12%)
Lowered angle (50->40)
Increased base knockback (15->42)
Increased knockback scaling (90->105)

Up aerial:
(All Attackboxes) lowered angle (60->40)
Sweetspot:
Increased damage (11%->12%)
Increased base knockback (50->54)
Increased knockback scaling (95->110)

Neutral special:
Increased hitstun (30%->70%)

Up Smash changes are great. Didnt even know that the first part actually has two hits, but doesnt really matter. Damage on those first two hits down by 2%, but the kicker here is definetly the slightly more vertical angle and most importantly the major KB buff the move got (90 -> 120 KBG), giving USmash notably more kill power. Nice. Now if only the move had a respectable hitbox, I would have preferred that change actually. But hey, we take those I guess

FSmash is weird. Idk what happened but from what Ive seen so far the move now does two hits instead of 3 for... some reason even if the changelog mentioned first two hits? Uncharged 13%, fully charged 17%. Lower angle on the first hit prolly fixes both the random semispike and opponents being able to tech the move, which is nice. Final hit now also got buffed from a secret stat to 130, and it definetly feels more powerful now overall. Onhit the electro stuff also seems to lag the game a bit, so we can now pull a Lloyd! Sick! Joking aside, FSmash gets s thumbsup from me.


DSmash also got a weird change.Sweetspot damage got nerfed (19-27% -> 16-23%) but in exchange the sourspot got buffed (10-14% -> 13-19%) apparently. I really dont understand that change, buuut okay? Base KB got halved which is a trend for the entire roster, but KB Growth skyrocketed from a 67/75 to 110. Aside from questioning why the sourspot had the higher KBG, the increased KBG seems to make the move even stronger than before, killing an idle Fox on BF at 70% uncharged (previously 79%). This may be because of BF getting smaller blastzones ofc, but I believe in Chibi buffs Speaking of Battlefield, is there any chance that you guys could lower the top platform a tiny bit? Chibi cannot reach it without the help of his Up B or the side platforms, which is kinda silly if you think about it. Or just buff our double jump please k thx


Nair damage nerf was to be expected but still saddens me. You actually messed up in the changelog btw, the second hit now does 9% instead of the 10% you advertised. Seems to be a reoccuring thing with our character I must say Nair1 now also deals "only" 10%, but if we get a proper spacing thats still 19% for a Nair, which still is great. 26% was straight up stupid, so I really dont mind. What I do mind however is the nerf Nair2 specifically got. Of course this may be my imagination, but Nair2 always seemed to pack more of a punch and send at a lower angle than Nair1, and at least the KB part got "confirmed" in the changelog. This is no longer the case. Why? It certainly didnt break the character, and getting that sweet sweet spacing and hit with the stronger but slower second hitbox felt always so rewarding and intuitive instead of going for the fast but weaker Nair1. Now that Nair2 actually deals less damage than its counterpart, this aspect is gone entirely and actually worse now, discouraging spacing the move well. Kinda weird for a spacing character I must say. If that change in particular could be reversed that would be amazing. A thing that I almost missed, but SH Nair now autocancels! The timing is super strict, but having less lag is always a good thing. I honestly didnt even think of this one, but seeing as it was the only aerial in Chibis arsenal that didnt autocancel I guess that made sense. Neato.


FORWARD AERIAL not only is a meme that belongs in a different game, but also the most retarded change in the whole 1.0.3 patch. Yes, Im angry about this one, and whoever had that idea can go get a hearty "Screw you!" by yours truly. How do you even mess up so bad?
For the uninformed, Fair got a major damage nerf, going from 9.5% to 5%. WHY? This ruins our primary spacing tool in terms of threat, because that large disjointed hitbox that does 5% kinda feels weak. Oh, and Fair -> Fair now does a total of 10%. Why.
Speaking of Fair combos...




























Yeah. If I had a document describing all the Fair followups I would have to edit it to be as blank as this paragraph. In an attempt to balance out the damage nerf nuke, the BKB of Fair got increased from 35 to 40. 5. Friggin. Points. Spoiler alert: That does not work. While the lower damage resulting in lower KB may sound awesome for combos, the hitstun sadly was not adjusted, which means that Fair now does very little of that. As a result, at lower percents Fair does so little KB that you have to actively stop your momentum in order to maximize your chances at a followup due to the KB nerf at lower percents, and the hitstun is now so miniscule that most followups are simply not true anymore. The biggest offender here is Fair to Dair, which is entirely gone as a true combo. Still works, but requires a hard momentum pull back and isnt even true. This is a change that is objectively for the worse and NEEDS to be reversed ASAP. Whoever is in charge of Chibis balancing, please undo this. This is a major nerf for our character and a disgrace to what otherwise was an amazing patch for our little guy. If anything about Fair deserves a nerf, it would be its hitbox. Forward Air is seriously absurdly large, so if some of that was cut I honestly wouldnt mind. Just dont make it another USmash situation, and PLEASE give Chibi his Fair back. He needs it.


Luckily Bair is where my rants are over again. Damage got nerfed (15% -> 12%, which is a bit below 0.9b Bair but idc), but hoo boy all the other changes. Lower angle (50° -> 40°) and most importantly, a major boost in raw knockback (15 -> 42 Base, 90 -> 105 Growth). This is amazing, giving Chibi his much neccessary kill move back and generally Bair is much more threatening now. Great change. The only downside of this is that landing Bair now results in more freeze frames, which kind of feels like the game is stuttering for a few frames there. Strife was correct about 20CR all along it seems No, seriously, thats how he predicted it.


Up Air went from the Plug of Disappointment to the Plug of Justice, shoutouts to Refurin here by the way. Sweetspot now deals 12% instead of 11%, the move sends at a much better angle too (60° -> 40) and just like Bair the KB was buffed quite a bit, albeit a bit less notably (50 -> 54 Base, 95 -> 110 Growth). This still helps a ton and from what I have seen so far, Uair is finally a kill move again. Now we just need to fix Fair so we have a reliable setup into it and we good (literally)


Chibi Blaster also got a major buff, and tbh I dont really understand the full extent of this. The hitstun of the move was increased from 30% to 70%. If this means what I think it does, Blaster is now officially broken.


One thing that wasnt put on the changelog, but DTilt seems to have gotten a nerf in terms of ending lag, and its launch angle also feels more horizontal and generally worse now. Might be placebo though.