Skullgirls Patch Info (Updated 6/10/12)

Gathered from
http://www.twitch.tv/themixup/b/318899748
http://www.twitch.tv/themixup/b/318900106
http://shoryuken.com/2012/05/23/additional-skullgirls-patch-change-notes-from-ultrachen-tv/
http://shoryuken.com/2012/06/04/near-final-skullgirls-patch-change-list-from-mike-z-at-the-mix-up/

Patch is still very much in the works, all info is subject to change.
June 4th, Mike Z shared a bunch of details on the near-finalized patch.

Tournement mode: Forced button check, All colors unlocked, Standard rules settings, Sparring mode disabled,
Game returns to controller select screen on stick removal, No Achivement can be earned.

System Changes:

-360 Load times improved
-Throw tech window increased by 3 frames
-Assist now take 20% extra damage instead of 6%
-DHC freeze fixed
-Tags count towards IPS
-Jumping, Crouching and Standing are now the same in IPS (f+lp = st.lp, No more salty SEVERIN combos.)
-DHC will maintain IPS
-Alpha Counter glitch fixed
-Priority of ground techs improved
-Hitbox glitch improved with 8 bit Mosaic
-Five frame leniency buffer has been added for chains, allowing you to do combos with “marvel timing.”
-The second player can now config buttons in in training mode and the options menu.
-Holding down buttons no longer locks inputs in button config.
-As long as the second player has hit one button in button config, button config won’t close for them when another play chooses “accept”.
-Mike Z said the IPS changes has reduced everyone’s maximum damage output by 1,500-2,000.
-A bug involving coming in the wrong way after death has been fixed.
-5 frame chain buffer has been applied to jump and double jump cancels too.
-IPS no longer carries over in one frame “uncombos”

Character changes:

Cerabella:
-Excellabella input made easier on custom assist.
-Merry Gorilla does proper damage as assist.
-Excellabella hitbox improved to catch UP BACK.
-Air throw tech window still 4 frames.
-Across the board damage nerf; Her basic combos do about 1,500-2,000 less damage.
-Jumping MP knocks you down further than it used to.
-j.MP-j.MK no longer works in the corner.
-Cerebella was nerfed by 50-75 on every normal hit (not command normals, specials, and supers). This translates to a loss of 700-1400 on combos.
-Cerebella’s DP throw option select has been removed.
-Ceretemkin color palate will be paid DLC.

Ms Fortune:
-Omm nom nom moves head away from closes side of screen now.
-Last hit of Furserker barrage (headless) now hits on crouching.
-Rekka timing is now more lenient.
-Head float glitch fixed.
-Rekkas can no longer be canceled into head recall.
-Ms. Fortune’s overhead rekka is slightly faster.
-Using head recall now forces you to go through 9 frames of animation, making head recall cancels less useful.


Parasoul:
-Tear explosion damage now based on ration and will now hurt Marie.
-Blockstun from tear explosion has been reduced.
-No Chun-Li palette Parasoul
-Napalm Pillar lost three frames of invulnerability after the end of the hit.
-Parasoul’s Jumping HP has been extended back toward her to prevent whiffing at close range in a corner.
-Parasouls’ jumping MK starts floating faster. After stopping the float you are immediately able to act.
-Bike super’s hit-stop changed to help them combo better. Increased DHC window by eight frames.
-Parasoul’s tear explosions do three frames less block stun

Double:
-No meter gain on cat head super.
-HK Hornet Bomber no longer invincible forces techable knockdown.
-Jump HP now has 27 frames of hit stun instead of 37.
-st.mk and hk are now slower affecting some combos.
-Level 3 sped up will not kill until last hit now finishes in oppisite direction damage reduced to conformed to other level 3s.
-Hornet Bomber causes untechable knockdown again.
-Hornet Bomber bounces you lower than it used to; it still lets you follow up with a combo but it’s more likely that you will use up your OTG.
-Hornet Bomber cancel window has been reduced.
-Double’s first medium kick has been slowed by one frame.
-Double’s HK Hornet Bomber now has a gap between the last two hits so you can punish her in the middle of it on block.
-Double’s Jumping HP has been given five more frames of hit-stun, up from previous changed version of 27 frames to 32.
-Gradius head rings have been given reduced hit-stun. No longer combos from full screen when mashing.
-Gradius head invincibility wears off as soon as you press a button.


Valentine:
-Flatline now kill on last hit (Experimental will only hit point character).
-Level 3 sped up now skippable by holding punch.
-Green vial time is now halved during hitstun.
-j.HP knocks opponent higher into the air
-Valentine’s green poison now reduces 2/3rds as fast while in hit-stun, up from 1/2.
-Savage Bypass now recovers faster.
-You can now hit the floor after an air Savage Bypass to do A ground EKG. You can also now combo off the wallbounce in a corner without using your OTG.


Peacock:
-Level 3 input window increased on throws.
-Teleport has slightly more recovery.
Light item drop glitch to be fixed.
-Meter gain on GARBAGE DAY has been normalized; Now builds a third of what it used to.
-Peacock gains a third of the meter she usually would when charging an item drop.
-Peacock’s teleport now ends closer to the opponent than it used to.
-Peacock’s teleport is now four frames slower on recovery, but starts up faster.
-Peacock Milk Chan has no shading on it
-You can no longer DHC out of Lenny before he comes out.
-Peacock’s hit invincible gun now is invincible through the active frames.
-Lenny now does about 1,500 more damage on hit and more chip on block.
-Peacock’s bottle item drop no longer knocks you the wrong way

Filia:
-Air Hair Ball can now be negative edged.
-Trajectory on the first hit of Fenrir Drive has been slightly changed; It can now DHC out of EKG Flatliner.
-Fenrir Drive has been given slightly more recovery.
-Gregor Samson has +3 Frames of Recovery
-Hairball now combos to Gregor Samson on all characters
-Squggly requires changes to the game system to work. Those changes will be implemented in this patch but no one will use them.
-You can now combo off of air hairballs.

Painwheel:
-Minimum damage on Buer Thresher has been tweaked.
-Painwheel’s tag in no longer starts you at combo stage 1.
-Spin-Dash’s move input has been changed to hold down, mash kicks. It activates when 4 kick buttons are hit within 35 frames. It can be pianoed.
-Spin-Dash can be canceled with a punch button.
-Painwheels forward heavy kick command normal now has a shorter window for followups.
-The tweak to Buer Thresher’s damage scaling has been returned to normal
-Painwheel’s new Lightning Legs style pinion dash can be chosen as a custom assist by pressing down and two kicks.
-Buer Thresher (Air Super) has had its minimum damage increased.
-Buer Thresher leaves you in normal jump afterward, so you can fly or do specials afterward.
-Painwheel moves up slower when the screen scrolls upward, allowing characters to hit her out of flight with a super jump.
-Painwheel can no longer rev her pinion dash for extended time after a match.



Other notes:
-Training mode improvements planned,
-No lobbies yet mulitplayer guy had to improve ggpo and fix US to EU crash.
-PS3 match making improved now has 3 tiers instead of 9.
-More regions added.
-Save data corruption fixed.
-Story unlock fixed.
-Multiplayer guy is working on PC port, cross platform planned
-New tutorials are being worked on… though they aren’t the tutorials we are expecting…
-Online quality improved
-PS3 Matchmaking has been adjusted
-Xbox loading times have been addressed
-Gamertags worked on being included in online mode
-The screen now flashes and a sound plays when you find a match online
-Move Lists have been created
-Sparring mode now loads the exact game state of when you turned it on when you turn it off.
-Input display has been entered, still buggy. It includes inputs on the bottom of the screen and a “custom assist” stick and button real time layout.
-Mike Z hopes the patch will come out mid-June though the date is not official.
-First set of DLC colors is coming for free. Three new colors for everyone.
-Ranked will now be blind pick
-Unranked will let you see your opponent selecting your custom assist