MultiVersus 1.01 Patch Notes: Bug fixes and character balancing

Brandon Moore

Brandon Moore

The next time you jump into MultiVersus, a lot of the characters will feel quite different due to the changes in the 1.01 patch notes.

MultiVersus has been a big hit with the fighting game community. In fact, many pro players from other games have helped deliver bug reports and other balance issues that need solved to the developers. And they've put a lot of those in place with the MultiVersus 1.01 patch notes.

From a handful of bug fixes to a mighty list of character balance adjustments, here's everything the patch notes deliver.

MultiVersus 1.01 patch notes

General changes and bug fixes are noted, but the meat of the 1.01 patch notes for MultiVersus are the character tweaks. There's a ton.

So, without further ado, here are the patch notes in full.

General

  • Lowered Hit Pause on all Hits by 10% in 1v1 modes 
  • Players can now try all Fighters in Training Mode, including Fighters they do not own 

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where players could not complete daily rewards in Rifts Mode 
  • Fixed an issue that was impacting performance on Xbox Series X|S 
  • Fixed an issue where beam visual effects were occasionally invisible on PlayStation consoles 
  • Fixed an issue where certain keyboard configurations would cause phantom inputs in matches 
  • Fixed an issue with pause input conflicts in Training

Character changes in the MultiVersus 1.01 patch notes

Iron Giant receives a large update in this patch (Image via Player First Games)
Iron Giant receives a large update in this patch (Image via Player First Games)

Per the patch notes blog, an icon Legend was shared prior to diving into the 1.01 MultiVersus character updates. A plus sign (+) means a buff, a minus sign (-) means a nerf, the tilde (~) means a change, and an asterisk (*) means a bug fix.

Arya 

  • Dash Attack 
    • ~ Reduced input buffer window for follow-up attacks 

Banana Guard 

  • Aerial Side Special  
    • – Reduced damage to 10 from 12 
  • Ground Side Special 
    • – Reduced damage to 12 from 14 

Bugs Bunny 

  • Neutral Special 
    • * Fixed an issue causing the Safe to hit repeatedly and rapidly in succession 

Garnet 

  • Down Special  
    • * Fixed an issue where Garnet and an enemy could be frozen at the end of her Star Grab 

Gizmo 

  • Up Special 
    • – Ally attach cooldown now begins when Gizmo detaches from his ally, instead of beginning when Gizmo attaches to his ally

Iron Giant 

  • Ground Down Attack 
    • ~ Knockback angle is now more horizontal 
  • Aerial Neutral Attack 
    • ~ Final hit now always knocks away regardless of charge 
  • Ground Side Attack 
    • – Jab first hitbox is slightly smaller 
  • Rage Mode Pilot Special 
    • ~ Reduced strobing visual effects 
  • Rage Mode Up Special 
    • – Reduced final hit damage to 5 from 6 

Jake 

  • Aerial/Ground Up Special 
    • * Fixed some issues with game performance 

Jason 

  • Ground Down Special 
    • * Fixed an issue where one player would disappear when Jason grabbed two players with the sleeping bag 

LeBron 

  • Basketball  
    • – Basketball can now only hit one time per target 

Marvin 

  • Aerial/Ground Neutral Attack 
    • * Fixed an issue where Marvin could ringout opponents instantly due to a Side Special projectile interaction with Neutral Attack 

Reindog 

  • Aerial Side Attack 
    • ~ Knockback Angle is now more horizontal 
  • Aerial Up Attack 
    • ~ Knockback Angle is now more horizontal 

Shaggy 

  • Aerial Neutral Air 
    • ~ Base Knockback increased to 1700 from 1300 
    • ~ Knockback Scaling increased to 14 from 13 
    • ~ Knockback Angle is more horizontal 
    • ~ On-Hit cancel window delayed by 10 frames 

Steven 

  • Aerial Up Attack 
    • ~ Sweet spot hitbox delayed 1 frame later to match when Steven has his hands clapped together 
  • Aerial Down Attack 
    • – On-Hit cancel window delayed by 3 frames 

Stripe 

  • Aerial Down Attack 
    • + More downward momentum is maintained on attack start-up 

Taz 

  • Aerial/Ground Side Special 
    • + Increased damage on non-cooldown tornado final hit to 8 from 7  

Wonder Woman 

  • Aerial/Ground Neutral Special 
    • – Added an 8 second cooldown for lasso

Take a good look at the changes MultiVersus 1.01 has made to your main, via these patch notes. Get used to the tweaks and happy fighting!

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