Template:SSB4 to SSBU changelist/Shulk: Difference between revisions

===Aesthetics===

*{{change|Shulk's alternate costumes now alter his hair color to match each party member they represent.}}

**{{change|His hair colors are now dirty blonde, black, auburn, black, silver, and orange for the palette swaps of [[Fiora]], [[Dunban]], Reyn, Sharla, Melia, and [[Riki]] respectively.}}

**{{buff|His [[fast fall]]ing speed is faster (2.4 → 2.528), leaving him less susceptible to [[juggling]].}}

*{{change|Shulk's [[gravity]] is higher (0.085 → 0.098). This improves his vertical mobility and leaves him less vulnerable to juggles, but worsens his horizontal endurance.}}

*{{buff|Shulk's [[traction]] has been increased (0.044 → 0.094), improving his ability to punish [[out of shield]].}}

*{{buff|Forward [[roll]] has less ending lag ([[FAF]] 31 → 30).}}

===Ground attacks===

*[[Neutral attack]]:

**{{buff|The first and second hits have altered angles (70°/60°/88° → 361°/180° (hit 1), 66°/70°/80° → 361° (hit 2)) to keep opponents on the ground, akin to other neutral attacks. They also no longer use [[set knockback]], but deal less knockback until very high percents (40 set/100 scaling → 35/25 base/10 scaling (hit 1), 52 set/100 scaling → 40/35 base/10 scaling (hit 2)), and have gained [[hitstun modifier]]s (0 → 2 (hit 1), 5 (hit 2)). This allows them to connect much more reliably and [[jab lock]].}}

**{{nerf|All hits except the late third hit deal less damage (3.5% → 2% (hit 1), 3.5% → 1.5% (hit 2), 5.3% → 5% (hit 3, clean)). This greatly reduces the move's total damage (12.3% → 8.5%), no longer being the most damaging non-infinite neutral attack in the game.}}

*[[Up tilt]]:

**{{buff|Up tilt deals more damage (8.5%/7.5% → 10%/9%), with knockback scaling compensated (90/85 → 80/75).}}

**{{nerf|Due to the new knockback speed up effect decreasing hitstun for higher knockback values, up throw has lost its KO setups into up aerial at high percents with the Jump Art active.}}

*[[Down throw]]:

**{{nerf|The throw portion deals less damage (4% → 2.5%; 7% total → 5.5%) and knockback (75 base/115 scaling → 85/105), making it significantly weaker overall. Notably, it is no longer the strongest down throw in the game by a large margin with the Smash Art active.}}

**{{nerf|Due to the new knockback speed up effect, it has lost its true combos into forward aerial at low to mid percents with the Speed Art active.}}

**{{change|Arts that are on cooldown have a gradually regenerating bar under them to indicate how much time is left until they can be used again. Likewise, a gradually depleting bar appears below the active Art in Shulk's damage meter to indicate how much is left until it deactivates.}}

**{{buff|Monado Arts activate significantly faster when selected individually.}}

***{{buff|The addition of selecting Arts through the Art wheel allows Shulk access to MALLC at any time, without having to time landings with his jumps. It also grants access to the [[Monado Arts#Dial storage|dial storage]] technique.}}

**{{change|The kanji graphics are stylized and shown in solid colored, thick-outlined text. Upon activation, the kanji flashes with a cartoon-styled burst.}}

**Speed Art:

***{{buff|It grants Shulk higher initial dash and run speeds (1.7× → 2×), and a higher air speed (1.3× → 1.4×). Combined with the reduced landing lag of Shulk's aerials, Speed is a more effective aerial rushdown and spacing tool.}}

***{{change|Shulk's [[gravity]] is now increased by 1.2x. This increases Shulk's overall mobility even further, but also worsens his endurance due to the [[Knockback#Melee_onward|gravity penalty]]. Furthermore, it shortens the duration <!--and height--> of his midair jump, weakening his recovery.}}

***{{nerf|It lasts significantly shorter (16s → 8s) and has a longer cooldown (10s → 16s).}}

**Shield Art:

***{{buff|It further reduces damage taken (0.67× → 0.5×) and knockback taken (0.78× → 0.6×). This allows Shulk to survive almost any KO move even at high percents, and punish opponents more effectively after getting hit at low percents.}}

***{{buff|It has increased shield health and shield regeneration rates (1.5× → 2×).}}

***{{nerf|It lasts significantly shorter (16s → 6s) and has a longer cooldown (10s → 18s).}}

***{{nerf|It lowers damage dealt even more (0.7× → 0.5×), and reduces knockback dealt by 0.8×, considerably hindering Shulk's KO potential while active.}}

***{{nerf|On top of the Art's reduced duration, its meter depletes faster if Shulk takes damage. This removes its ability to stall matches for a noticeable period of time.}}

**Buster Art:

***{{buff|It lowers knockback dealt even more (0.68× → 0.65×), allowing combos for longer.}}

***{{nerf|The [[slowdown]] from the forward-held version now lasts slightly longer, leaking into the period after the opponent is launched, which due to a glitch slightly reduces the move's launch distance.}}

**{{change|Vision's backdrop is significantly brighter.}}

**{{bugfix|[[Vision Sliding]] has been removed.}}

*[[Chain Attack]]:

**{{change|[[Mecha-Fiora]] appears during Chain Attack, attacking with Shulk in addition to [[Riki]] and [[Dunban]]. Camera angles have been adjusted to accommodate for her, and Shulk has gained an additional voice clip that calls out her name. Additionally, Riki and Dunban have more detailed models.}}