MultiVersus Update 1.01 Introduces Morty, Additional Buffs and Nerfs Imminent

Player First Games‘ platform fighter, MultiVersus, has been a hit recently. With tons of notorious characters joining the MultiVerse and others in the works, the game is undoubtedly in a good place. A new forthcoming update has spiced things further as it introduces Morty, the first of the four characters queued for Season 1. This means Rick is the next one joining the lineup.

Before we jump to the patch notes, it’s vital to notice the additional buffs of other characters, such as Arya, as their respective class hasn’t been very effective. Harley Quinn and Finn are also being buffed, while Iron Giant and Velma will meet a roadblock. The roles in MultiVersus differ from their original classification, as assassins should indeed be assassins, while characters like Batman and Superman should be “brawling” out for space for their partners. That’s what Player First Games is probably aiming for, and it’s slowly deploying its methods.

MultiVersus Season 1.01 Release Time and Patch Notes

The maintenance for this patch will be starting at 9-10 am PDT. That means in a couple of hours, players will get the opportunity to taste Morty and his “kicka**” abilities.

Incoming maintenance mode today from 9-10am PDT. Then, let the Morty shenanigans BEGIN!

— MultiVersus (@multiversus) August 23, 2022

General

• Morty will be arriving tomorrow! 08/23! He will be our first Plumbus-wielding character!
• This patch is entirely server-side so all updates are Online Only and will not be reflected in local/lab play until the next patch.

General Perks

• Ice To Beat You! – Projectiles will only apply Ice debuff to fighters that are not already debuffed by Ice.
• I’ll Take That – Unstacked cooldown refund decreased from 0.5 seconds to 0.25 seconds
  • Stacked cooldown refund decreased from 1 second to 0.5 seconds

Gameplay Systems

• Fixed a bug where ability cooldowns may not trigger when projectiles are spawned close to terrain

Characters
Legend:
+ = Buff
– = Nerf
~ = Change
Note: Attacks callouts reference default controls.

Arya

• + Assassin Passive:
  • Reduced extra damage taken from 14% to 5%.
    • We’re evaluating if this passive should be removed entirely. We want to take a step towards that while trying to not to go too far too fast. We don’t want to create an assassin dominated meta.
    • Movelist Description of this change will not be updated until the next patch

Finn
Since we removed some power from the Backpack on Finn, we’re pushing some additional power into the rest of Finn’s attacks to give him more kill options.

• + Air/Ground Neutral Special:
  • Increased base damage from 5 to 6
    • This base damage is increased by holding and charging the attack
• + Air/Ground Down Special (BMO Chop)
  • Increased Damage from 18 to 20
  • Increased Knockback Scaling from 18 to 20
• + Assassin Passive:
  • Reduced extra damage taken from 14% to 5%.
    • We’re evaluating if this passive should be removed entirely. We want to take a step towards that while trying to not to go too far too fast. We don’t want to create an assassin dominated meta.
    • Movelist Description of this change will not be updated until the next patch

Garnet
Garnet buffs are incoming in the next patch!

Harley

• + Assassin Passive:
  • Reduced extra damage taken from 14% to 5%.
    • We’re evaluating if this passive should be removed entirely. We want to take a step towards that while trying to not to go too far too fast. We don’t want to create an assassin dominated meta.
    • Movelist Description of this change will not be updated until the next patch

Iron Giant
Iron giant is currently dominating with abnormally high win rates at every skill level. Iron Giant’s Neutral Special with stacked cooldown reduction and Velma are causing too few windows for opponents to counterplay. Updates to Iron Giant, global updates to perks, and Velma updates should help provide more windows of opportunity for opponents against Iron Giant.

• – Air/Ground Neutral Special:
  • Increased cooldown from 23s to 25s
• – Air Up Attack:
  • Hit boxes shrank to more accurate fit the attack visuals
• – Air/Ground Up Special:
  • Reduced damage by 1 and base knockback on final hit of spin
• + Air/Ground Down Special:
  • Allow cancel out of Cannonball if it hits an enemy

Superman

• ~ Fixed a bug that would allow Superman to grapple enemies that wall bounce even if his hitboxes did not connect.

Taz
Taz buffs are incoming in the next patch!

Velma

• – Air/Ground Down Special:
  • Velma Educated buff reduced cooldown return from 75% over 8 seconds to 50% over 8 seconds.