Bayonetta (SSBU): Difference between revisions

Bayonetta's KO ability has been toned down as well. Her neutral, up and down aerials deal lower knockback (most significantly the former two), her back aerial has shorter range making it harder to sweetspot, and her smash attacks only get half as much of an increase in power when charged. This is exacerbated by Witch Time's decreased slowdown duration, hindering its ability to lead into safe KOs, and due to the severe nerfs to her up aerial, she can no longer KO with ladder combos unless they are initiated very close to the top [[blast line]]. As a result, Bayonetta now has a significantly more defined main weakness, which is her lack of KO ability at higher percentages. Conversely, her own endurance has been worsened, as her already low weight has been decreased further, and her recovery is less effective due to Witch Twist's shorter distance and slower ledge grab.

===Aesthetics===

*{{buff|Bayonetta's [[air speed]] is faster (0.97 → 1.019).}}

*{{change|Bayonetta is slightly [[Weight|lighter]] (84 → 81). This worsens her survivability, but also makes her harder to combo at higher percents.}}

*{{nerf|Forward roll grants less [[intangibility]] (frames 6-19 → 6-15).}}

*{{nerf|Back roll has more startup and grants less intangibility (frames 6-19 → 7-16).}}

*{{nerf|Spot dodge has more startup and grants less intangibility (frames 5-19 → 6-17). Bat Within also activates slower (frame 1 → 2).}}

*{{buff|[[Air dodge]] grants more intangibility (frames 5-27 → 5-31).}}

===Ground attacks===

**{{buff|The rapid jab deals less [[hitlag]], making it harder to [[SDI]] out of.}}

**{{nerf|All hits deal less damage (1.5% → 1.4% (hits 1-2), 2.7% → 2.2% (hit 3), 0.3% → 0.2% (rapid jab), 1% → 0.5% (finisher, hit 1), 6% → 5% (finisher, hit 2)).}}

**{{nerf|The first hit has slightly less range.}}

*[[Forward tilt]]:

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{buff|The first hit's grounded hitbox now launches opponents into the second hit like its aerial hitbox, rather than away from Bayonetta, allowing it to rack up damage and combo more consistently.}}

**{{nerf|The first hit deals less damage when clean (5% → 1.5%), now being less than the late hit's damage.}}

*[[Down tilt]]:

**{{nerf|It deals less damage (6%/7% → 5%/6%). While its knockback has not been fully compensated, its combo potential remains worse due to its increased ending lag.}}

*[[Dash attack]]:

**{{buff|It deals more knockback.}}

*{{nerf|Bayonetta's [[smash attack]]s have a lower maximum damage multiplier (1.4× → 1.2×).}}

*[[Forward smash]]:

**{{buff|It can now be [[angle]]d.}}

*[[Forward aerial]]:

**{{buff|All hits deal more damage (3% → 4% (hit 1), 2.2% → 3.3% (hit 2), 6% → 7% (hit 3)), with knockback compensated on the third hit.}}

**{{nerf|The first hit has slightly less range.}}

*[[Back aerial]]:

**{{nerf|Its hitboxes are smaller (6.2u/4.8u → 4.6u/4.2u).}}

*[[Up aerial]]:

**{{buff|Down aerial now deals [[set knockback]] to grounded opponents to always lead into the landing hit, allowing it to deal more damage and KO them more effectively.}}

**{{nerf|It deals less knockback to aerial opponents and with the landing hit, no longer being able to KO off a [[meteor smash]] at very low percents, and KOing later onstage.}}

**{{nerf|It has more landing lag (28 frames → 30).}}

===Throws/other attacks===

*{{nerf|Dash and pivot grab have more startup (frame 9 → 10 (dash), 10 → 11 (pivot)).}}

*{{change|Bayonetta's hand now grabs characters using a form of Umbran magic, as seen via a slightly updated animation where she swings her hand around, which is sparkling with a noticeable Umbran purple.}}

===Special moves===

*[[Bullet Climax]]:

**{{nerf|It now needs to be fully charged before it can be [[charge-cancel]]ed.}}

**{{nerf|It can only be held for up to one second upon reaching full charge.}}

*[[Heel Slide]]:

**{{buff|The second hit comes out faster (frame 54 → 51).}}

**{{nerf|All hits deal less damage (9%/8.5%/8% → 8%/7.5%/7% (hit 1, clean/mid/late), 6% → 5% (hit 2)).}}

***{{buff|However, this also allows the second hit to combo for longer.}}

*[[Witch Twist]]:

**{{buff|Witch Twist's looping hits deal less hitlag, making them harder to SDI out of.}}

**{{nerf|It gains less vertical height making it unable to reach at higher blast zones as well as worsening her recovery.}}

**{{nerf|It takes much longer to [[edge sweetspot|sweetspot edges]] from the front (frame 11 → 27), and can no longer sweetspot them from behind.}}

*[[Witch Time]]:

**{{nerf|Witch Time has increased startup with a shorter counter window (frames 5-21 → 8-21), and grants less [[intangibility]] (frames 5-16 → 8-17).}}

**{{nerf|Its base duration has been significantly lowered (180 frames → 90), no longer being effective at any percent range, even against uncharged smash attacks.}}<ref>https://twitter.com/KuroganeHammer/status/1070184131655434240</ref>

**{{buff|It has less penalty frames per use (75 → 60).}}

**{{change|Witch Time scales with the power of the move it is used on, so using Witch Time on a weaker move such as a jab will result in the effect lasting for a much shorter time, and a stronger move such as a smash attack will result in a longer effect.}}

**{{change|The screen turns dark whenever someone is affected by Witch Time.}}

**{{nerf|Infernal Climax deals less damage before releasing opponents (30% → 28% (Gomorrah), 15% → 13% (full Climax Gauge)).}}

**{{buff|When the Final Smash ends, opponents take an additional 10% damage.}}

=={{SSBU|Classic Mode}}: The Requiem of Fallen Wings==