MultiVersus 1.05 Patch Notes - Agent Smith & Mid-Season Adjustments

MultiVersus received today its first major patch. Named the "mid-season" patch, it includes not only a new fighter, Agent Smith, but also a whole lot of changes and improvements to the base game. among these is a new game mode: Free-For-All, spectator mode for custom games, post-game stats, and more, as detailed on their site.

Arya 

• Ground Dash Attack 
  • ~ Updated knockback to hit more consistently near the ledge 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where Arya would float into space while attempting to use face steal 

Banana Guard 

• Air Neutral Attack 
  • + On-hit branch window 5 frames earlier 
• Air Side Attack 
  • – Damage reduced to 11 from 12 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 4 frames 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • – Strength buff is now consumed after a successful attack to an enemy 
• Ground Down Special 
  • + On-hit branch window can be canceled 26 frames earlier 
• Ground Side Special 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 4 frames 

Batman 

• Ground Dash Attack 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 8 frames 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where Bat Bomb could be applied to two enemies simultaneously if hit on the same frame 
• Air Down Special  
  • – Leg hurtbox size increased 

Black Adam 

• Ground Up Attack 
  • – Lightning strike projectile now applies a 4-second cooldown 
• Ground Down Attack 
  • + Knockback increased to 2300 from 2200 
  • – On-hit dodge branch window delayed 5 frames 
• Air Up Attack 
  • – Final hit base knockback reduced to 1500 from 1750 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 5 frames 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • ~ Visuals now better match hitbox size 

Bugs Bunny 

Bugs Bunny is living up to his identity as a strong mage a little bit too well right now. We’re hoping to reduce the time that his safe can remain on screen by making it a bit more fragile, and we’re looking to tone down some of the more toxic loops that come from his air neutral attack.  

• Air Neutral Attack 
  • – Repeat-move lockout increased to 18 frames from 8 frames 
  • – On-hit jump branch window delayed 4 frames 
  • ~ Attacking a safe will now only knock back the safe on the last hit of the attack 
  • We’re keeping an eye on this change and may adjust in a hotfix if this makes neutral air attack + safe interactions too difficult 
• Air Up Attack 
  • – Hitbox active duration reduced 2 frames 
• Air/Ground Down Attack (Pie) 
  • ~ Pie projectile hurtbox size increased to match hitbox size. Should address issues with inconsistent projectile interactions. 
• Air Down Attack (No Pie) 
  • + More aerial momentum is maintained on attack start-up  
• Air/Ground Neutral Special (Safe) 
  • ~ Enemy attacks only do one damage to the safe; armor break hits still immediately destroy the safe 
  • – Safe health reduced to 3hp from 16hp 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special (Cooldown) 
  • – On-hit branch window delayed 5 frames 
  • ~ Knockback angle made more horizontal 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • ~ Lowered platform height of vertical rocket to address issues where platform collision would push enemies away from the hitbox 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • * Addressed several issues with tunnels where fighters could be trapped indefinitely or teleported off-screen without ringing out 
• Bugs will now attempt to reverse direction if his destination tunnel is destroyed while he is traveling between tunnels 
• “Lingering Love” Perk 
  • + Now has a melee hitbox while projectile spawn is on cooldown 

Finn 

• Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Knockback scaling to 15.5 from 14 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • + Knockback scaling to 20.5 from 19.5 
• Ground Down Attack 
  • * Fixed an issue where this attack was not breaking armor on both hits 

Garnet 

• Air Side Attack 1 
  • – Now applies a repeat-move lockout after ground side attack 1; air lockout duration matches ground lockout duration of 16 frames 
• Ground Side Attack 2 (Up) 
  • – Hitstun reduced 
  • + Knockback increased to 1750 from 1650 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 5 frames  
• Ground Down Attack 
  • + On-hit branch window advanced 2 frames 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • ~ Placing the star will automatically adjust its position to prevent Garnet from ringing herself out on star dash 
• “Marker” Perk 
  • ~ Gauntlets no longer spawn a star if the gauntlets were destroyed from leaving the arena 

Gizmo 

Gizmo’s balance has looked much better after his nerfs in the 1.02 patch. We are hoping to address a few lingering issues with his arrow and car gameplay before we let the dust settle for a bit.  

• Air/Ground Neutral Attack 
  • * Fixed an issue where Gizmo would get multiple jumps in air while charging an arrow 
  • ~ Adjusted jump height during arrow charge to better match his normal jump heights. 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • – Popcorn charge no longer affects arrow explosion damage/knockback 
• Ground Side Special 
  • – Car speed reduced to 2350 from 3000 
  • – Car health reduced to 5 hp from 8 hp 
  • – Car is now automatically destroyed if left idle for 6 seconds 
• Air Side Special 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 8 frames 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • ~ Increased attach radius to 575 units from 250 units; Gizmo should have an easier time snapping to his car or his allies without needing to precisely aim the attack 

Harley Quinn 

Harley’s balance was mostly tackled in the 1.02 patch, we made some additional finer tuning based on feedback. We have adjusted Ground Up attack to feel more responsive and to allow Harley to pressure her opponents with follow ups. Both Harley’s neutral special Bat Doll and Stripe’s down special Dynamite have been adjusted so the item timer begins to tick down immediately once equipped to make these items have windows of counterplay. 

• Ground Up Attack 
  • + On-hit branch window advanced 6 frames 
• Ground Down Attack 
  • + Maximum movement from charge increased 5% 
• Air Up Attack 
  • – On-hit branch window delayed 5 frames 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 5 frames 
  • + Knockback increased to 1250 from 1175 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • ~ Explosion timer now begins while the bat doll is in Harley’s hands 
  • ~ Cooldown timer now begins while the bat doll is in Harley’s hands 
  • ~ Bat doll will only spawn an explosion hitbox if it explodes after being thrown by Harley 
  • ~ Bat doll is now considered an item while Harley has it equipped 
  • + Throwing the bat doll no longer consumes an air special 
  • * Fixed an issue where bat doll would not attach to a fighter after colliding with certain projectiles or terrain 
  • * Fixed an issue where bat doll could be equipped while Harley had an available bat doll to detonate 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • ~ Explosion now classified as a “projectile” hit, meaning it can proc projectile effects like the “That’s Flammable, Doc!” perk 

Iron Giant 

• Passive 
  • ~ Allies can no longer enter the pilot turret while Iron Giant is in a grabbed state 
  • * Fixed an issue where Iron Giant could still use rage mode attacks while polymorphed 
• Ground Side Attack 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 6 frames 
• Air Side Attack 
  • – Hitbox size adjusted so it is less likely for Iron Giant to hit enemies behind him 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 6 frames 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • ~ Attack now transitions to final hit after successfully damaging an enemy 
  • + Upper body is now projectile intangible while Iron Giant is spinning 
  • * Fixed a bug that would allow this attack to hit 5 times on occasion instead of the intended max of 3 hits 

Jake 

Jake has been having a rough time since our official launch. With these changes we’re looking to make him feel more like an aerial bruiser and less like a bite-spammer.  

• General 
  • * Fixed an issue where Jake could not hold special inputs using the right stick 
• Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Start-up window before charge reduced 6 frames. Start-up window after charge reduced 4 frames.  
• Air Side Attack 
  • + Hitbox size increased to better match visuals 
  • + Hitbox active duration increased 3 frames 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 2 frames 
• Air Down Attack 
  • + More aerial momentum is maintained on attack start-up  
• Air Up Attack 1 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 3 frames 
• Ground/Air Neutral Special 
  • ~ Now applies incapacitate-resistance buff to incapacitated enemies 

Jason 

• General 
  • ~ Machete hitboxes on several attacks now better match attack visuals 
• Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 2 frames 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 1 frame 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • * Fixed an issue where the first hit would not properly vacuum into the second hit under certain circumstances 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • + Start-up window reduced 3 frames 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 5 frames 
• Air Down Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 1 frame; will now hit higher up on Jason 
  • + Hitbox added to Jason’s head 
• Ground Down Special 
  • ~ Removed sleeping bag’s properties as a projectile attack; it should no longer interact with Marvin bubble or Rick portal 
  • * Fixed an issue where Jason could grab certain boss enemies in Rifts 

LeBron 

• Ground Dash Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 6 frames 
  • + No longer prevents terrain bounce on knockback 
• Ground Dash Attack (No Basketball) 
  • + No longer prevents terrain bounce on knockback 
• Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up after charge advanced 10 frames 
  • ~ Maximum charge time increased 
  • – Required charge amount for armor increased 4 frames 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • * Fixed an issue where dodge attack momentum was not properly conserved 
• Ground Down Attack 
  • + Second hit damage increased to 9 from 7 
  • + Second hit knockback increased to 1825 from 1650 
  • + First hit knockback increased to 1750 from 1650 
  • + Second hit knockback scaling increased to 16 from 14 
  • ~ Knockback made more vertical 
• Air Neutral Attack 
• + First hit more reliably combos into second hit 
  • – Repeat-move lockout increased to 15 frames from 8 frames 
• Air Side Attack 
  • + Hitbox start-up time advanced 4 frames 
  • + Knockback scaling increased to 19 from 15 
• Air/Ground Side Special 
  • + Start-up on hitting ground increased 6 frames 
  • + Hitbox size increased 
• Air Down Special (No Basketball) 
  • + Now allows ground movement while holding the special button 
  • – Max horizontal speed reduced 

Marvin 

• Air/Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Bubbled projectiles now have a minimum additional lifetime of 5 seconds, to prevent projectiles breaking immediately after being trapped 
  • * Fixed an issue where the bubble would get unnecessarily large after trapping certain projectiles 
  • * Fixed an issue where certain projectiles would not be properly trapped 
• Ground Side Attack 
  • – Projectile lifetime reduced to 2.75 seconds from 4.25 seconds 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where the flag would fall through the platform on which it was placed 

Morty 

• General 
  • * Fixed his drive animation facing the wrong way 
• Ground Side Attack 3 
  • + Uncharged hitbox start-up time reduced; allows easier combos from Side Attack 2 into Side Attack 3 
• Air Side Attack 2 
  • – Hitbox active duration reduced to prevent Morty from hitting behind himself 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • – Grenade are now properly blocked by projectile-blocking effects 
• Ground Side Special 
  • ~ Splitting a grenade properly spawns two grenades moving in opposite directions 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 10 frames 
  • * Fixed an issue where the on-hit branch window was not being acknowledged; attack can now branch much sooner on-hit 
• “I’m More Than Just A Hammer” Perk 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 15 frames 
  • – Horizontal movement reduced 

Reindog 

• Ground/Air Neutral Attack 
  • + Uncharged damage increased to 4.5 from 4.0 
  • + Uncharged knockback increased to 1250 from 1200 
  • + Uncharged knockback scaling increased to 26 from 24 
• Air Up Special 
  • + Reindog now flies more horizontally when thrown sideways by an ally 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • – No longer damages invulnerable enemies 

Rick 

• “Bit Of A Stickler Meeseeks” Signature Perk Returns! 
  • Perk effect: “Rick’s Meeseeks deal extra damage to fighters that are already in hitstun.” 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • – Hitbox active duration reduced 1 frame 
• Air/Ground Side Special 
  • * Addressed several issues with portals where fighters could be trapped indefinitely or teleported off-screen without ringing out 
• Rick now takes priority traversing through portals if he attempts to spawn a second portal while another fighter is entering the first portal 

Shaggy 

• Ground Up Attack 
  • – Hitstun reduced 
• Ground Down Special 
  • + Sandwiches no longer collide with the bottom of fall-through platforms 
• Air Up Special 
  • – Damage reduced to 9 from 10; ground up special unchanged 
  • – Knockback reduced to 1400 from 1500; ground up special unchanged 
  • ~ Knockback made more horizontal 
• Hangry Man Perk 
  • – Charge duration while holding a sandwich extended 

Steven Universe  

Steven’s long range and low whiff-recovery has made him feel incredibly oppressive in close fights. His low whiff-recovery combos pair particularly well with his bubble shield passive making it very difficult to punish Steven when he makes a mistake. These changes target his range and whiff-recovery to bring him more in-line with the rest of the cast. 

• General 
  • * Fixed an issue where Steven’s enemies could stack rose debuff on themselves by hitting each other 
  • * Fixed an issue where dodge attack momentum was not properly conserved on grounded attacks 
• Passive 
  • – Neutral dodge shield start-up increased to 20 frames from 8 frames; this adds a vulnerable window after a neutral dodge before shield begins 
  • – Directional dodge shield start-up increased to 10 frames from 4 frames 
  • – Bubble shield ammo cooldown increased to 13 seconds from 5 seconds 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • – Charge knockback multiplier reduced 
  • ~ Hitbox size adjusted so it is less likely for Steven to hit enemies behind him 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • ~ Attack no longer classified as a “projectile” hit, meaning it can no longer proc projectile effects like the “That’s Flammable, Doc!” perk 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 8 frames 
• Air Down Attack 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 8 frames 
  • – Hitbox start-up delayed 1 frame 
  • – Repeat-move lockout increased to 16 frames from 8 frames 
• Air/Ground Side Special 
  • ~ Spawned shield no longer counts as “solid ground” for beginning up special cooldown 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • – Now takes damage on fighter terrain bounce and will break after 3 bounces; behavior matches side special shield 
• Ground Down Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where the animation would not cancel if Steven became airborne during the attack 
• Air Down Special 
  • – Hitbox size reduced once Steven has landed on the ground 

Stripe 

• General 
  • * Fixed an issue where Stripe’s hurtboxes would be misaligned during dodge animations 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • ~ Now begins a 5-second explosion timer once equipped 
  • * Fixed an issue where the dynamite would not visually appear in Stripe’s hands if the equip animation was interrupted 

Superman 

• “Flaming Re-Entry” Signature Perk Returns! 
  • Perk effect: “Superman’s leap attack is stronger and ignites enemies. The landing from the attack leaves a firewall on the ground.” 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • – Hitstun reduced 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • – No longer infuses projectiles with ice above 6 stacks 
• Air Side Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where Superman would drop a fighter if the button was released too early 
  • * Fixed an issue where grabbed fighters could get stuck to Superman if he grabbed a wall 
• Air Up Special 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 4 frames 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where Superman would float away while attacking certain conditions 
  • “Break The Ice” Perk 
  • * Fixed an issue where bonus damage was not being applied to frozen enemies 

Taz 

• Ground Dash Attack 
  • + First hit more reliably combos into second hit 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • * Fixed an issue preventing Taz from doing actions other than side attack after jab 1 
• Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Damage from charge increased 
  • + Uncharged knockback increased to 1450 from 1200 
  • + Uncharged knockback scaling increased to 20 from 12.5 
  • – Hitstun reduced slightly 
  • ~ Knockback made more vertical 
  • – On-hit branch window delayed 7 frames 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • ~ First hit prevents terrain bounce on knockback; final hit unchanged 
• Air Neutral Attack 
  • – Charge damage multiplier reduced; maximum damage after both hits reduced to 19 from 29 
• Air Side Attack 
  • + Hitbox size increased 20% 
• Air Down Attack 
  • + Second hit damage increased to 8 from 4 
  • + Second hit knockback increased to 1250 from 440 
  • + Second hit knockback scaling increased to 22 from 17 
• Ground/Air Neutral Special 
  • ~ Now applies incapacitate-resistance buff to incapacitated enemies 
  • * Fixed an issue where Taz could get stuck in an eat loop indefinitely until he was hit 

Tom & Jerry 

• General 
  • + Jump 1 speed increased 
  • + Jump 2 speed and height increased 
• Passive 
  • * Fixed a visual arrow indicator meant to show Jerry’s location when Jerry is off-screen 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where Jerry cooldown would not start if Jerry died while attached to a rocket 

The Joker 

• General 
  • – Ground side dodge distance reduced 10% 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • ~ Hitbox size adjusted so it is less likely for The Joker to hit enemies behind him 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 4 frames 
• Air/Ground Neutral Attack 
  • ~ Diamond card now properly comes to a stop after colliding with terrain 
• Air Up Attack 
  • – Now applies repeat-move lockout for 8 frames 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 4 frames 
• Air Side Special 
  • – On-hit branch window delayed 10 frames 
• Air/Ground Up Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where riding the balloon would immediately ringout the rider 
• Air Down Special 
  • – Repeat-move lockout increased to 15 frames from 8 frames 
• Joker’s Wild Perk 
  • – Knockback scaling reduced to 21 from 27 

Velma 

These are the changes we were referring to after our Velma changes in the 1.02 patch. We hope to address some of the worst bugs impacting Velma players and also give her some strength in her zoning tools. 

• General 
  • * Fixed an issue where Velma could get stuck to any fighter that grabbed Velma under certain conditions 
• Passive 
  • * Fixed an issue where evidence would stop randomly spawning on the map after Velma was rung out. 
• Ground Side Attack 1 
  • + On-whiff branch window advanced 4 frames 
• Ground Side Attack 2 
  • + On-whiff branch window advanced 4 frames 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • + Velma can now hold forward to slide forward during attack start-up 
• Air/Ground Neutral Attack 
  • + Velma can now aim the megaphone 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • ~ Branch windows now standardized for both air and ground versions 
  • ~ “Heyyy” projectile hurtbox size increased to match hitbox size. Should address issues with inconsistent projectile interactions. 
  • + All speech bubble types no longer collide with fall-through platforms 
• Ground Side Special 
  • + Minimum charge run speed increased 
  • – Knockback reduced to 2300 from 2500 
  • + Knockback scaling increased to 9 from 0 
  • * Fixed an issue where Velma could run off the screen if the ground was destroyed beneath her while running 
• Air Side Special 
  • ~ Now ignores player collisions during movement 
• Air Up Special 
  • + Now has a chance to spawn evidence 
• Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine) 
  • * Fixed an issue where Velma could fall to her death if the ground was destroyed beneath her while summoning the Mystery Machine 

Wonder Woman 

Wonder Woman has been feeling a little strong since the official launch. We want her to keep her identify as the easy-to-pickup, armor tank, but in that vein we don’t think she should be able to score ringouts easier than the rest of the cast. These changes should make her feel a little easier to play against while slightly toning down her KO power. 

• Passive 
  • ~ Blocking a projectile will only charge Wonder Woman’s passive if the projectile has an active hitbox. This will fix issues where Wonder Woman could gain a full passive charge from projectiles like Jerry or Bugs’ Safe 
• Ground Up Attack 
  • – On-hit branch window delayed 3 frames 
• Ground Down Attack 
  • – Additional damage from passive charge reduced 
  • – Additional knockback from passive charge reduced 
  • – Self-applied armor now falls off after the hitbox ends; ally armor unchanged. 
• Air Side Attack 
  • – On-whiff branch window delayed 2 frames 
  • – Damage reduced to 9 from 11 
  • – Knockback scaling reduced to 19 from 20.5 
  • +Knockback increased to 1350 from 1250 
  • Base knockback was increased to account for the lower knockback from the reduced damage 
• Air Down Attack 
  • ~ Reduced duration visually in attack pose; branch windows and hitbox timing unchanged 
• Air/Ground Neutral Special 
  • * Fixed an issue where lasso could sometimes be reflected; lasso is not reflectable 
• Ground Side Special 
  • – Self-applied armor now falls off after the initial dash; ally armor unchanged 
  • – Repeat-move lockout increased to 18 frames from 8 frames 
  • * Fixed an issue where the self-imposed slow while holding the shield could be cleansed 
• Ground Up Special 
  • – Hitbox start-up delayed 2 frames 
• Air Up Special 
  • – Knockback angle made more diagonal; ground up special knockback unchanged 
  • – Hitbox start-up delayed 2 frames 
  • ~ Updated movement after launch to prevent Wonder Woman from falling too quickly 
• Air/Ground Down Special 
  • – Cooldown increased to 33 seconds from 28 seconds 
• “Shield of Athena” Perk 
  • * Fixed an issue where Wonder Woman could block ally projectiles