Changes to Zelda Characters in the Latest Smash Bros. Patch

Earlier this month, Nintendo released Patch 1.0.6 which featured some notable Buffs and Nerfs to our line up of favorite Nintendo characters.

Link

• Significant increase to Spin Attack damage both uncharged and charged.
• Frame Rate for the start of back and front attacks have been slightly decreased.
• Hylian Shield can now block lasers fired from Fox and Falco.
• Link’s Jab animation has been increased by ten frames.
• Down Tilt can no longer spike, knock back for this has also been reduced significantly.
• Dash Attack’s knockback has been reduced.

Ganondorf

• Jab damage slightly increased to arms and sweet spots.
• Up, down and foward throw has been modified for less hitlag.

Zelda

• Phantom Slash’s endlag has been greatly reduced, allowing you to launch it quicker.
• Phantom Slash now takes four seconds longer to regenerate after being destroyed.
• Phantom will now stand out for 0.25 seconds longer than before.
• Forward Smash hit angles lowered.

Sheik

• Forward aerial attack’s damage output has been decreased by 2%.
• Down Tilt’s damage output has been decreased by 2%.

Toon Link

• Down smash knockback greatly reduced on first and second hits.
• Hero’s Shield now blocks lasers fired from Fox and Falco.

New Challenger

Newly introduced to the Smash roster is the legendary Mewtwo and it is better than ever! All new downloadable content for Super Smash Bros., including upcoming DLC packs and Mewtwo can be found here.

What do you think of the new patch? Has your fighting style been altered in any way due to this? Let us know in the comments.

Source: SmashBoards