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* [[Penelope]] |
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| + | ** '''Neutral Special | Vampire Mines''' |
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| − | ** Penelope is now able to dash using her Side Special. |
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| + | ***[[File:Buff.png]] Penelope can now drift in all directions, or choose not to drift. |
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| − | * [[Shovel Knight]] |
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| + | ***[[File:Buff.png]] Healing increased from 2 to 3. |
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| − | ** Shovel Knight gets an entrance animation where he jumps on the stage and lifts his shovel up in the air, similar to the beginning of a level in ''Shovel of Hope''. |
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| + | ***[[File:Buff.png]] Damage now scales from 4 to 6 depending on mine size. |
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| − | ** Shovel Knight seem to be able to parkour really high up, but the method to achieve this is unknown. |
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| + | ***[[File:Nerf.png]] Deploying a mine now deals 1 damage to Penelope. |
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| − | ** Shovel Knight will get a mobility nerf, noticeably their roll being slower due to them being a Heavyweight fighter. |
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| + | ** '''Side Special | Smashboost Engine''' |
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| + | ***[[File:New.png]] Just like her ship's Smashboost ability in ''The Next Penelope'', Penelope boosts forward at high speed. This move doesn't do damage but is useful for covering long distances as well as extending combos. |
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| + | ** '''Up Special | Static Teleport''' |
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| + | ***[[File:Buff.png]] Hitbox size increased the longer the attack is charged. |
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| + | ***[[File:Nerf.png]] Damage reduced from 8 to 7. |
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| + | ** '''Down Special | Harpoon''' |
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| + | ***[[File:Nerf.png]] Damage reduced from 9 to 8. |
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* [[Stardrop]] |
* [[Stardrop]] |
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Revision as of 12:32, 6 May 2019
The Heavy Metal Update (previously known as The Big One) is a major content update for Indie Pogo. This patch is Part 1 of this giant 2-part patch. It introduces newcomer Bullet Kin, as well as a complete overhaul of the game, including new battle mechanics, modes, stages, and features.
This page will be reworked once more info and the patch notes are released. All information is subject to change.
Update Content
Additions
- All characters will be given new close-range Melees, as well as Side Specials.
- New grab mechanic, already tested in Beta 0.0.0.2 and Beta 0.0.0.3.
- A new character: Bullet Kin.
- 2 new stages: Canabalt Skyline, and Well Caverns.
- New feature: Bubble Swap. This feature allows players to change characters mid-match while bubbled.
- New multiplayer mode: Crown Pogo. Players fight for a crown that spawns onto the stage, building up points that increase over time.
- New single-player mode: Infinite Pogo. Players will fight an endless onslaught of CPU fighters that grow stronger as the game progresses.
- All characters' arcade paths have been changed. No other info has been given at this time.
- Mass balance changes.
- New trophies.
- New alternate skins.
- Remaining Kickstarter NPCs added.
- Blockman
- Blockman gets an entrance animation where he sips margarita on a chair, then jump off of it, like in The Blocks Cometh's trailer.
- Blockman can perform his grounded charge in different angles.
- Blockman gets a new Up Special, when his block is already out, where he performs a headbutt.
- Blockman gets a new move where he grabs his opponent and sends it in the opposite direction.
- Blockman gets a new dashing move, punching foes in his way.
- CommanderVideo
- Grounded Charge | Slide Strike
Kick range has been drastically increased.
- Neutral Special | Eggplant Plane
CommanderVideo rides the Eggplant Plane from Runner3. Its flight path can be aimed and CommanderVideo can jump off of it before it crashes on walls or opponents, dealing 5 damage. If CommanderVideo is caught in the explosion, he receives 4 damage.
- Side Special | Flying Kick
CommanderVideo's old Neutral Special has been moved to his Side Special.
- Up Special | Beat Paddle
CommanderVideo's momentum no longer halts when this move is used, making it less awkward to use while moving.
- Down Special | Spring Flipkick
- Can now be cancelled by any move.
- CommanderVideo can no longer spawn a new spring if one is already active. This prevents frequent spam.
- Startup time increased when used above a surface.
- Spring width now shrinks slowly.
- A transparent indicator briefly alerts players where it will spawn when used above ground.
- SUPER | Void
- Knockback has been slightly decreased.
- Grounded Charge | Slide Strike
- Fishy
- Fishy gets an entrance animation where they come out of a closet in which the player chooses Fishy's color in Shütshimi.
- Fishy will get a mobility nerf, noticeably their roll being slower due to them being a Megaton fighter.
- Fishy will be able to use the Machine Gun from Shütshimi.
- Jack
- Midair Jump
- Midair Jump height reduced.
- Grounded Charge | Chainsaw Lunge
- Jack whips out a chainsaw and leaps upwards. The chainsaw can hit enemies multiple times on its way up, as well as on its way down. Deals 1 damage per hit.
- Neutral Special | Laser Scanner
- Jack fires a bright laser that locks onto terrain and travels forward. The path of the laser creates a line of explosive pillars that rise up from the ground, dealing 6 damage to any opponent they come into contact with.
- Side Special | Sickle Boomerang/Pollen Boomerang
- Jack’s old Neutral Special has been moved to his Side Special.
- Now has a cooldown once the projectile despawns. Jack can negate this cooldown by catching it in mid-air.
- Range greatly increased.
- Damage increases from 1 to 2 if Jack catches a deployed Boomerang.
- Now travels in a straight line rather than returning to Jack. Direction cannot be angled.
- Up Special | Double Drill
- Jack equips a pair of drills and shoots upward into an arc. Holding the button allows Jack to keep the drills held out. Drills deal 2 damage per hit and hit multiple times.
- Down Special | Spikeball
- Spikeball now has a health meter that depletes whenever it collides with players or terrain. Once it is destroyed, it cannot be redeployed for a while.
- Spikeball no longer deals damage while retracting.
- SUPER | Chaos Drill
- Drill projectiles spin outward faster.
- Now spawns two sets of eight drills.
- Midair Jump
- Lilac
- Up Melee
- Lilac's old Grounded Charge has been moved to her Up Melee.
- Can now be angled to the left.
- Damage reduced from 6-9 to 5.
- Side Special | Blink Dash
- Lilac dashes forward a short distance at light speed, dealing 4 damage on contact. With Dragon Star active, this move's distance is increased, and it deals 6 damage.
- Up Special | Dragon Boost/Boost Breaker
- Damage reduced from 6 to 1, but can hit up to 5 times.
- Distance significantly increased with Dragon Star active.
- Base travel distance shortened.
- Boost Breaker can only be used whith Dragon Star active.
- Grounded Charge | Dragon Star
- When fully charged, Lilac jumps through a Time Gate, earning a Dragon Star that orbits her. While active, Dragon Star will power up Lilac's Side Melee, Up Special and Side Special. Disappears if the latter two are used.
- SUPER | Holodragon
- The laser now shifts up and down.
- The laser lasts one second shorter.
- Up Melee
- Orcane
- Orcane gets an entrance animation where he spawns on a revive platform similar to Rivals of Aether's
- Orcane's Down Aerial now relies on an ammo system to spit bubbles. Not using the move regenerates the ammos in large quantity.
- Orcane gets a new warping move as his Side Special.
- Penelope
- Neutral Special | Vampire Mines
- Penelope can now drift in all directions, or choose not to drift.
- Healing increased from 2 to 3.
- Damage now scales from 4 to 6 depending on mine size.
- Deploying a mine now deals 1 damage to Penelope.
- Side Special | Smashboost Engine
- Just like her ship's Smashboost ability in The Next Penelope, Penelope boosts forward at high speed. This move doesn't do damage but is useful for covering long distances as well as extending combos.
- Up Special | Static Teleport
- Hitbox size increased the longer the attack is charged.
- Damage reduced from 8 to 7.
- Down Special | Harpoon
- Damage reduced from 9 to 8.
- Neutral Special | Vampire Mines
- Stardrop
- Stardrop is getting a new entrance animation.
- Stardrop can now guide his Starshot projectile to fly towards him.
- Teslakid
- Grounded Charge | Ball Lightning
- Damage and size now scale from 1 to 5 depending on charge time.
- Projectile size and damage shrink slowly over time.
- Neutral Special | Polarity Cloak
- Pressing down as Teslakid lands in this state now allows for a seamless transition into Grounded Charge.
- Pull rate at outer reaches of attack range lowered.
- Distance required to put magnetized victims into tumble state now scales according to victim’s HP.
- Teslakid can no longer pull in players that are in the middle of an attack animation.
- No longer contributes to Pogo combos.
- Side/Up Special | Blink Boots
- Tesla’s new Side Special is a horizontally oriented version of the Blink Boots ability. Punch speed and range reduced if angled in the opposite direction Teslakid teleported from.
- Damage reduced from 10 to 6.
- Stun hitbox no longer contributes to Pogo combos.
- Grounded Charge | Ball Lightning
- Velocispider
- Up Melee
- Velocispider's old Neutral Special has been moved to the Up Melee attack.
- This move can no longer be charged.
- Hitbox sized reduced to more accurately match the spritework.
- Grounded Charge | Charge Shot
- Neutral Special, Side Special and Grounded Charge all come together as this one move.
- Velocispider can rotate to fire more horizontally.
- Projectile speed increased.
- Ground speed increased.
- Down Special | Jet Cannon
- The opponent can now mash out of this command grab.
- SUPER | Omega Laser
- Deals more hitstun, allowing for more combo potential.
- Now has a short startup time upon activation.
- Damage reduced from 8 to 3.
- Up Melee
- Viridian
- Midair Jump
- Viridian can now SD if they cross the top blast zone during their Midair Jump.
- Viridian no longer gains Midair Jump after touching the underside of a platform.
- Parkour
- Viridian can now use Parkour on ceilings and underneath platforms.
- Up Melee
- Viridian’s old Up Special has been moved to their Up Melee.
- Can now be used multiple times in midair.
- Damage reduced from 7 to 4.
- Neutral/Side Special | Orbit
- Viridian’s Side Special is the same as his Neutral Special. If one is used after the other in the same jump, it will have a shorter duration and deal double the damage.
- Up Special | Warp
- Viridian spawns a Warp portal and teleports through it. Other players can be launched through it upon contact.
- Down Special | VVV
- Each V is separated into its own hitbox and deals 2 damage.
- V projectiles no longer travel through platforms.
- Midair Jump
- Welltaro
- Welltaro can now use Triple with his Neutral Special.
- Welltaro's Side Special shoots his Shotgun sideways.
- Welltaro gets a brand new SUPER where he can choose up to three upgrades, like in his original game.
- Zorbié
- Neutral Special | Corkscrew Flurry
- Can now be dodge cancelled.
- Side Special | Fart Knocker
- Zorbié dons his trusty helmet and blast forward headfirst into foes, dealing 6 damage. The gas he leaves behing slowly deals 1 damage, but cannot kill, which makes it a good tool for stage control. The helmet protects Zorbié from one hit of damage, but takes a while to respawn after it is used.
- Up Special | Mustache Flap
- Damage reduced from 8 to 7.
- Down Special | Shoe Stomp
- This attack can now be dodge-cancelled, making it generally safer to use.
- Zorbié can now transition into Parkour after landing with this move.
- SUPER | Mega Axe
- The range of this attack has been improved.
- Neutral Special | Corkscrew Flurry