HDR 5.5.0-a Unofficial Changelog

GENERAL
 - Landing lag reduced overall to be more similar to Melee/PM
 - Fallspeeds and gravity values increased across the cast to be more similar to Melee/PM
 - Knockback smoke made more transparent
 - Random chance to drop item when attacked removed
 - Roll -> Item toss window increased to 6F
 - Base ledge invincibility adjusted to 30F, additional incincibility duration for having low percent reduced to 1F, additional incincibility duration for having high airtime reduced to 1F
 - Parry base hitlag raised to 30F, frame advantage raised to 20F
 - Airdodge landing speed cap increased to 4
 - Ledge grab windows made more lenient
 - Shield pushback multiplier increased to 1.15 to compensate for lower traction values
 - Regrab timer reduced to 40F
 - Footstool height reduced
 - Grabs now return one double jump to the opponent
 - Ledges can now be acted off of after 7F
 - Grab ranges increased and grab hitboxes now better match animations
 - Jab FAF reduced overall to be more similar to Melee/PM
 - Neutral airdodge FAF universally changed to 45F, directional airdodge FAF universally changed to 50F
 - Maximum launch speed increased to 100
 - Aerial Sakurai angle 38 -> 45
 - Grounded max Sakurai angle 38 -> 44
 - Knockback and hitstun parameters adjusted, balloon effect intensified slightly
 - DACUS window extended 9F -> 10F

MARIO
 - Double Fireball reworked: Hold B during Fireball to shoot a second one
 - Jab 2 tipper angle and knockback more similar to Smash 4
 - Utilt damage and KBG increased
 - Uair damage, KBG, and BKB increased, angle decreased, startup decreased and move is active for longer
 - Bair sweetspot damage and KBG increased, sourspot damage increased, sourspot duration increased

DONKEY KONG
 - Headbutt now only stalls in the air until DK starts flipping
 - DK can now wall jump
 - DK can jump cancel Hand Slap on hit
 - Hold R during the startup of grounded Hand Slap to pull a barrel

LINK
 - Ftilt endlag decreased
 - Link can now wall jump

SAMUS
 - Bomb FAF reduced

DARK SAMUS
 - Uncharged Charge Shot speed increased, charged Charge Shot speed decreased
 - Fully charged Charge Shot FAF decreased

YOSHI
 - Yoshi can jump out of Egg Roll's ending animation (when he comes out of the egg) and can airdodge out of aerial Egg Roll
 - Egg Roll ground and aerial speed increased, shake intensity decreased
 - Egg Throw gravity height gain increased to account for higher gravity/fallspeed

KIRBY
 - Double jump force increased to account for higher fall speed

FOX
 - Frame delay on shine jump cancel removed
 - Bair now has less startup and is now a sex kick
   ~ Weak bair matches Melee
 - Utilt damage, BKB, and KBG increased, FAF increased

PIKACHU
 - Pikachu can now jump out of Quick Attack's landing animation on frame 7
 - Horizontal momentum retention on Quick Attack ending increased
 - Nair launcher now has Sakurai angle and more KBG/damage
 - Bair is now a single hit, behaves similarly to Melee, landing hitbox removed
 - Uair late hit now behaves similarly to Melee's uair spike hitbox

LUIGI
 - Double Fireball reworked: Hold B during Fireball to shoot a second one
 - Hold A before shooting a fireball to execute Thunderbrand; a small electric hitbox will appear on Luigi's hand which has decent knockback and damage
 - Luigi can now cancel airdodge with zair
 - Max height of Luigi Cyclone increased, ground speed increased
 - Fall speed and gravity increased
 - Air speed, run speed, and initial dash speed increased
 - Directional airdodge velocity increased, distance decreased
 - Weight decreased 97 -> 93
 - Luigi Cyclone grounded hitbox behavior made more similar to PM

CAPTAIN FALCON
 - Falcon Kick now returns your double jump when used in the air
 - Nair 1 now has less KBG on grounded opponents, nair 2 is now active for longer and has a late hit
 - Dtilt pops up on the thigh/shin/shoulder and outwards on the foot
 - Uair startup decreased and move is active for longer, sweetspot angle decreased and damage increased
 - Dair now spikes on all hitboxes, damage increased and chest sweetspot lights opponents on fire
 - Knee sweetspot damage and hitlag reduced and duration/hitbox increased, sourspot damage increased

JIGGLYPUFF
 - Pound distance and max travel angle adjustment increased
 - Item toss power increased to be normalized with rest of cast
 - Bair FAF decreased
 - Airspeed increased slightly

ICE CLIMBERS
 - Rise on Squall Hammer (single and couple variant) greatly increased

SHEIK
 - Needle Storm landing lag reduced
 - Sheik can now jump out of Vanish's reappearance on hit
 - Sheik can now cancel Vanish early by pressing neutral special
 - Sheik can now cancel Burst Grenade with shield before she pulls the pin
 - Stall and fall removed, first 2 frames spike and then transitions into PM dair
 - Overall damage output increased
 - Ftilt angle sends slightly more horizontally
 - Utilt tipper KBG greatly increased
 - Smash attack KBG increased
 - Nair sweetspot, bair sweetspot, uair launcher KBG increased
 - Dash attack angle matches PM
 - Vanish now pops up for combos
 - Jab tipper made more similar to PM

ZELDA
 - Din's Fire FAF slightly decreased
 - Zelda can now cancel Farore's Wind early by pressing neutral special
 - Dtilt angle reverted to Smash 4, KB adjusted for better combo potential
 - Nair now has autolink angle

DR. MARIO
 - Super Sheet now adds a small upward boost when used in the air
 - Max distance of Dr. Tornado increased
 - Distance of Super Jump Punch increased

PICHU
 - Pichu can now jump out of Quick Attack's landing animation on frame 7
 - Horizontal momentum retention on Quick Attack ending increased

FALCO
 - Shine jump cancel on shield removed
 - Shine hitbox duration extended slightly
 - Aerial Blaster startup decreased
 - Bair is now a sex kick and has less startup
 - Dair is now active for longer, has less startup and spikes throughout the entire duration of the move

MARTH
 - Jab 1 angle and KB made more similar to Smash 4, tipper hitbox repositioned and size increased
 - Fair angle made more similar to Melee, tipper hitbox repositioned and size increased
 - Dair startup decreased, tipper spikes throughout the entire duration with sweetspot at bottom of arc, tipper hitbox repositioned and size increased
 - Dash attack angle changed to Melee's tipper hitbox repositioned and size increased
 - Dancing Blade now works more similarly to PM, DB Low 3 spikes, tipper hitbox repositioned and size increased on all hits, damage increased

YOUNG LINK
 - Zair FAF decreased
 - Dair damage decreased, spike added to first 4 frames

GANONDORF
 - Wizard's Foot now returns your double jump when used in the air

MEWTWO
 - Mewtwo can now cancel Teleport early by pressing neutral special

ROY
 - Fair angle, damage, and KB made more similar to PM
 - Nair KB made more similar to PM, first hit now has set KB and second hit has KBG
 - Dtilt angle and KB made more similar to PM, range increased

CHROM
 - Soaring Slash cancel will now put Chrom into regular fall if he hits an opponent (but not their shield)
 - Weight reduced 97 -> 92

META KNIGHT
 - Double jump force increased to account for higher fall speed
 - Airspeed and air acceleration increased

PIT
 - Double jump force increased to account for higher fall speed
 - Pit can now jump out of Upperdash Arm during the dash
 - Pit can now cancel Power of Flight early by pressing shield

DARK PIT
 - Double jump force increased to account for higher fall speed
 - Dark Pit can now cancel Power of Flight early by pressing shield

ZERO SUIT SAMUS
 - Time before you can dash cancel Paralyzer increased
 - Air speed multiplier on Flip Kick reduced
 - Flip Kick footstool and Kick rebound distance decreased
 - Flip Kick distance decreased
 - Dair startup decreased, upwards rise before fall removed, now retains momentum on landing, landing hitbox damage decreased

WARIO
 - Wario can now move left and right during back throw
 - PM hitboxes added to hands during clap motion, clap sweetspot damage and KBG increased

SNAKE

IKE
 - Ike can now drift left and right while tossing Ragnell during the initial portion of Aether
 - Nair now has PM angle

SQUIRTLE
 - Squirtle can now jump cancel Withdraw

IVYSAUR
 - Ivysaur can now airdodge cancel Razor Leaf
 - Nair now has a landing hitbox on Ivysaur's body that pops up

CHARIZARD
 - Down taunt now has a large windbox

DIDDY KONG
 - Banana Peel toss angle and normal/smash speeds decreased, smash input now sends farther than normal input, time after toss before you can spawn another banana reduced 12F -> 1F
 - Heavy item walk speed and acceleration increased
 - Bthrow FAF decreased

LUCAS
 - Magnet release hitbox now matches PM

OLIMAR
 - Olimar can now airdodge out of Winged Pikmin flight and can cancel it with neutral special
 - Winged Pikmin fuel and height gain increased to account for higher fall speed

LUCARIO

R.O.B.
 - R.O.B. can now dash cancel Gyro
 - R.O.B. can now jump cancel Robo Beam if he hits with the face hitbox

TOON LINK
 - Roc's Feather - Toon Link's double jump height has been decreased but Toon Link now has 2 double jumps
 - Spin Attack gravity multiplier decreased to account for higher gravity/fallspeed

WOLF
 - Wolf can now shinestall like Fox
 - Frame delay on shine jump cancel removed

ROSALINA & LUMA
 - Luma HP increased 40 -> 60
 - Launch Star can now be canceled early by pressing shield

LITTLE MAC
 - Jab 3 pops up more vertically for better combo potential
 - Nair is now a sex kick, greatly increased KB on sweetspot and sourspot, damage increased and angle sends more horizontally
 - Fair angle matched with ult sheik fair, active for longer, KB slightly increased
 - Bair now semispikes, damage and KB increased
 - Dair damage and BKB/KBG increased
 - Uair damage increased, KBG/BKB decreased
 - Dtilt now sends more vertically, damage increased
 - Utilt damage and BKB increased, KBG decreased
 - Armor removed on smash attacks, damage slightly decreased
 - Fsmash low now sends low for techchases/gimps

PALUTENA
 - Palutena can now cancel Warp early by pressing neutral special
 - Jab 1 KB/damage/angle now more similar to Smash 4

PAC-MAN
 - Utilt now has body hitbox that links into hand hitbox
 - While the Hydrant is on the field, down special now has a spike hitbox on the smoke Pac-Man produces

ROBIN
 - Initial dash and run speed increased

BOWSER JR.
 - Bowser Jr. can now dash cancel cancel Clown Cannon
 - Clown Kart jump FAF decreased to 1
 - Uthrow FAF decreased

DUCK HUNT
 - Clay Shooting toss FAF decreased

RYU
 - Ryu can now cancel Tatsumaki (on hit/shield), grounded Hadoken (after shot), and Shoryuken (on hit/shield) into Focus Attack
 - Focus Attack FAF decreased
 - Tatsumaki no longer hovers midair but can be land canceled
 - Aerial Tatsumaki distance decreased
 - Grounded and aerial Tatsumaki FAF decreased
 - Jab 2/3 and all tilts can now be canceled into command attacks

KEN
 - Ken can now cancel Tatsumaki (on hit/shield), grounded Hadoken (after shot), and Shoryuken (on hit/shield) into Focus Attack
 - Ken can now cancel his command inputs into specials
 - Focus Attack FAF decreased
 - Tatsumaki no longer hovers midair but can be land canceled
 - Aerial Tatsumaki distance decreased
 - Grounded and aerial Tatsumaki FAF decreased
 - Jab 2/3 and all tilts can now be canceled into command input attacks

CLOUD
 - Forward and back throw FAF decreased
 - Nair damage increased, BKB increased, KBG increased, hitboxes resized and repositioned to cover entire sword
 - Bair damage and KBG increased
 - Uair startup decreased, Smash 4 scoop added back

CORRIN
 - Run speed increased

INKLING
 - Roller jump cancel is now a normal jump cancel

RIDLEY
 - Double jump force increased to account for higher fall speed
 - Ridley can now fly around during aerial Space Pirate Rush grab - use the control stick to move left and right, and shield to rise
 - Ridley can now drift left and right during upwards/downwards Wing Blitz, and up and down during forwards/backwards Wing Blitz by using the control stick

RICHTER
 - Richter can now dash cancel Cross

KING K. ROOL
 - Fair and uair FAF decreased

ISABELLE
 - Isabelle can now shield cancel Fishing Rod before she fully tosses the hook
 - Fair and bair bullet lifetime decreased
 - Airspeed increased

PIRANHA PLANT
 - Piranhacopter now has a lower SDI multiplier, launcher has a higher angle, higher damage, and lower BKB to facilitate combos after grounded Piranhacopter cancel

JOKER
 - Joker can now cancel Wings of Rebellion early by pressing shield
 - Arsene is now out for 35 seconds
 - Rebel's Guard now charges the Rebellion Gauge slightly more
 - All throw FAF decreased
 - Overall damage output increased, Arsene damage output decreased
 - Tipper jab 1/2 made more similar to Smash 4 Mario
 - Jab 3 KBG increased
 - All smash attack damage and KBG increased
 - Nair now has early sweetspot and late sourspot, sourspot has Sakurai angle and sweetspot has more BKB and less KBG with a higher angle
 - Dash attack has higher KBG
 - Fair 2 and bair have higher KBG
 - Uair has larger hitbox
 - Dair now has semispike hitbox during last 5 frames it's active

HERO
 - Hero can now dash cancel Frizz and Frizzle after the shot
 - Frizz FAF decreased

BANJO & KAZOOIE
 - Banjo can now airdodge cancel Rear Egg

TERRY
 - Initial dash and run speed increased
 - Air speed increased
 - Short hop height decreased
 - Fair and dair landing lag decreased
 - Fall speed, fast fall speed, and gravity increased
 - Weight decreased to 104
 - Terry can now wall jump
 - Jab 2 FAF decreased
 - Aerial Power Wave FAF decreased
 - Terry has been made slightly larger
 - Traction decreased
 - Terry can now cancel grounded Power Wave with a forward dash
 - Terry now has Magic Series; he can any move lower in the following hierarchy to one higher: jabs -> tilts -> smash attacks -> specials
 - Terry can cancel ftilt and utilt on hit/shield with a forward dash, and can jump cancel utilt on hit/shield
 - Terry can cancel Rising Tackle into Power Wave, Burn Knuckle, and Crack Shoot on hit (non-command versions only for now)
 - Terry can cancel Burn Knuckle into Crack Shoot and Rising Tackle on hit (non-command versions only for now)

MII BRAWLER
 - Airspeed increased

MII GUNNER
 - Frame delay on Echo Reflector jump cancel removed