Soul Calibur V System Update 1.03 Patch Notes

It looks like Namco has released another patch for Soul Calibur V. Version 1.03 isn’t nearly as comprehensive as last month’s patch but there are a few notable differences. According to Jaxel from 8WayRun, the patch fixes the network issues caused by the previous update and also contains a few balance changes. Below you’ll find the Japanese patch notes along with Jaxel’s translations underneath.

Battle System Adjustments
  • 特定のタイミングでヴィオラ、ツヴァイの攻撃が相手からのダメージを無効化できていた現象について対処しました。
  • Attack phenomenon was addressed where Viola and Z.W.E.I. could reset the damage scaler.
Algol
  • 66A+B: 2段目の空中ヒット時に相手に与える効果を変更し、浮かせ状態の高さを低くしました。
  • 66A+B: – Reduced the height of the launch state on the second hit.
Astaroth
  • 236236A+B+K(アギュル・セステムス): 前回の修正に加え、特殊なしゃがみ操作によっても回避される現象について対処しました。
  • 236236A+B+K: – Fixed a glitch where the opponent could 1-frame duck the command throw in certain states (such as back-turn)
Ivy
  • 236236A+B+K(流転せよ、奇なる運命): 前回の修正に加え、特殊なしゃがみ操作によっても回避される現象について対処しました。
  • 236236A+B+K: – Fixed a glitch where the opponent could 1-frame duck the command throw in certain states (such as back-turn)
Leixia
  • クリティカルエッジ: 技自体の硬直時間を増やしました。
  • 236A+B+K: – Reduced the hit stun time on Leixia’s critical edge so that she can no longer combo from it. (This probably prevents her from doing a critical edge into critical edge)
Mitsurugi
  • 236B(差踏岩戸割): 特定の条件で、通常の236Bと同等の攻撃発生で出せた現象について対処しました。
  • 236B: – Glitch fixed… although I have no idea what that was.
Viola
  • オーブ設置時6B+K: ガード時に相手に与える効果を変更し、強制立ち状態にならないようにしました。
  • 6B+K: – Changed the affect of a guarding opponent so that they are no longer forced to a standing position out of crouch.
  • クリティカルエッジ: ガード時に相手に与える効果を変更し、強制立ち状態にならないようにしました。
  • 236A+B+K: – Changed the affect of a guarding opponent so that they are no longer forced to a standing position out of crouch.
Z.W.E.I.
  • 66A+B: 技自体の硬直時間を増やしました。
  • 66A+B: – Recovery time of the move has been increased. Reduced the length of block stun for the opponent.

Source: 8WayRun

  • http://www.facebook.com/PhoenixFist Sean Thompson

    Coolness

  • Anonymous

    I notice that a lot of the moves patched were used recently in Japanese and International tournaments. Mitsurugi’s 236B sometimes ignored scaling and did full damage, that’s what was fixed. Now it scales properly.

    • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

      Actually the Mitsu glitch was an input glitch that made it possible to get 236B BE damage and hit effect without doing BE.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1201072734 Dominic Damil

      nope

  • RenaTurnip

    I thought people said ZWEI was horrible. He got a little nerf as a result?

  • RenaTurnip

    I thought people said ZWEI was horrible. He got a little nerf as a result?

    • Anonymous

      Who the heck even knows anymore

    • http://www.facebook.com/Laswagga Norris Little

      ZWEI is horrible.

      Ein is annoying.

      Ein+ZWEI=A horrible character with shitty normals that just so happen to be safe/dangerous to challenge.

      I know, logic fails.

      • http://twitter.com/Zephyrus21 Gonçalo Pacheco

        And yet a french player rocks with him… wierd huh?

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Murat/537165767 David Murat

           Who? The only pro I know who plays him is Toilet, who is a great Japanese player but got rocked at the world championships by pretty much everyone else.

          • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674587681 Glen Li Bratke

            Goncalo is referring to the French Zwei player Hayate. He is pretty good but I’ve heard he’s gimmicky but he’s beaten some of the best french players with Zwei so he is obviously a top zwei player. He even gave kievs nightmare a bit of trouble in a team tourney. 

            Zwei can be powerful in the right hands. But he  is so momentum based and can be kept out easily by other characters. And yh he is hella slow, has no gd lows and has a GI that is almost useless. I use it on reaction sometimes but its better to just block or just guard etc if you bait something obvious…

    • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

      ZWEI is just weird.  If he wasn’t horrible, he’d be broken.  It’s hard to say where the balance lies right now.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Murat/537165767 David Murat

         Maybe just give him a single decent low attack so you can’t just standing block everything all day?

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674587681 Glen Li Bratke

          THIS!

    • Anonymous

      Yeh I saw this and thought “WAT?!!” Namco logic’s screwy. Most people seem to agree that ZWEI is pretty much the worst character. I’ll  probably have more chance using Dampierre over ZWEI in the next patch if they don’t give him something decent like, for example, a low attack.

    • Anonymous

      Yeh I saw this and thought “WAT?!!” Namco logic’s screwy. Most people seem to agree that ZWEI is pretty much the worst character. I’ll  probably have more chance using Dampierre over ZWEI in the next patch if they don’t give him something decent like, for example, a low attack.

  • Anonymous

    That was quick o3o

  • http://twitter.com/Jayy_Hussle Z.W.E.I.D.I.E.

    Why did Z.W.E.I. even need a nerf?

    • Anonymous

      Maybe characters who were his main bad matchups got nerfed a bunch, and so in relative strength he got better? Dunno.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674587681 Glen Li Bratke

    Zwei doesn’t even deserve nerfs because you have to really out think your opponent and work for your damage, unlike i dunno mitsu. What zwei needed are bug fixe like when you do BK BE and if you guard an attack ein is no where to be seen and you just lost a meter, as well as his 1KBE random whiffing aswell as his rising B into BT BK, AB combo whiffing at certain angles too… Really annoying but meh, as long as they didnt make 66AB usless im ok with the nerf it is one of his best moves but sidesteppable….I dunno why oneof his main tools should be nerfed but ok lol

  • Anonymous

    Apparently Lexia has been trashed by the last patch. 

  • Anonymous

    Y’know, something tells me ZWEI might have been the bait and switch character just to see how many people could complain about his playstyle without sitting down and getting to know to actually play him properly and effectively instead of relying on the “overpowered” characters or Nightmare

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674587681 Glen Li Bratke

      So why did they nerf him. And it’s a substainial nerf too 66AB is so useful and is one of his best tech traps and overall moves. More recovery = less mixups but hopefully it won’t affect him too much. It’s weird they buffed 2 of his ok moves slightly in the previous patch and suddenly nerf one of his top 5 in this one. 

      They should fix some of his buggy moves like his brave edge summon etc as I previously mentioned. I’m sure the zwei players out there know what I’m talking about aswell as the zwei community on 8-way run.com

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674587681 Glen Li Bratke

      So why did they nerf him. And it’s a substainial nerf too 66AB is so useful and is one of his best tech traps and overall moves. More recovery = less mixups but hopefully it won’t affect him too much. It’s weird they buffed 2 of his ok moves slightly in the previous patch and suddenly nerf one of his top 5 in this one. 

      They should fix some of his buggy moves like his brave edge summon etc as I previously mentioned. I’m sure the zwei players out there know what I’m talking about aswell as the zwei community on 8-way run.com

  • ronldbx6

    I’m glad they’re finally fixing network issues. Kept us waiting long enough.

  • http://twitter.com/DarkKirbyx DarkKirby

    Hey… don’t nerf Viola.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MFOR5LQNOP7ID5SOV7M6N26VA4 Jay JayA

    did zwei and viola really need nerfs?? you know cause they were such a overpowered problem before??? (<sarcasm)

    • Anonymous

       Well ZWEI didn’t need a nerf at all, hes absolute butt. Viola though, she got some pretty hefty buffs in the last patch and I’m pretty sure there’s more than 2 or 3 players placing high at tournaments with her. Shes a really good character.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MFOR5LQNOP7ID5SOV7M6N26VA4 Jay JayA

    did zwei and viola really need nerfs?? you know cause they were such a overpowered problem before??? (<sarcasm)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ronald-Alexander/1086487374 Ronald Alexander

    oh nightmare escapes another nerf and they attack leixia again.WTF is namco doing
     

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ronald-Alexander/1086487374 Ronald Alexander

    oh nightmare escapes another nerf and they attack leixia again.WTF is namco doing
     

    • Anonymous

       Nightmare doesn’t really need a nerf. He’s not impossible to beat :U

      • http://twitter.com/CGRonin Jay

        Neither is Lexia. =/

        • Yuko Asho

           Gotta admit, though, double-CE is kinda stupid.

        • Yuko Asho

           Gotta admit, though, double-CE is kinda stupid.

        • Yuko Asho

           Gotta admit, though, double-CE is kinda stupid.

        • Yuko Asho

           Gotta admit, though, double-CE is kinda stupid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000914793520 Chris Case

    nightmare isn’t an issue. he is not overpowered at all. The players winning with him, are just good players.

    • http://twitter.com/CGRonin Jay

      lol no. Much like Mitsu, you don’t have to be some gdlk player to win with Nightmare. Seems to me you just have to be decent. 

      • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

        That’s because Nightmare is just a decent character.  He’s not overpowered, but he’s not garbage either.  If you know Nightmare well enough, a less-skilled Nightmare player is not a huge threat.

        OmegaDR is (officially) the best Nightmare player in the world right now, but even he didn’t use Nightmare against other Nightmare players in the world tournament  and switched to Siegfried.  That should tell you something.

      • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

        That’s because Nightmare is just a decent character.  He’s not overpowered, but he’s not garbage either.  If you know Nightmare well enough, a less-skilled Nightmare player is not a huge threat.

        OmegaDR is (officially) the best Nightmare player in the world right now, but even he didn’t use Nightmare against other Nightmare players in the world tournament  and switched to Siegfried.  That should tell you something.

      • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

        That’s because Nightmare is just a decent character.  He’s not overpowered, but he’s not garbage either.  If you know Nightmare well enough, a less-skilled Nightmare player is not a huge threat.

        OmegaDR is (officially) the best Nightmare player in the world right now, but even he didn’t use Nightmare against other Nightmare players in the world tournament  and switched to Siegfried.  That should tell you something.

      • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

        That’s because Nightmare is just a decent character.  He’s not overpowered, but he’s not garbage either.  If you know Nightmare well enough, a less-skilled Nightmare player is not a huge threat.

        OmegaDR is (officially) the best Nightmare player in the world right now, but even he didn’t use Nightmare against other Nightmare players in the world tournament  and switched to Siegfried.  That should tell you something.

  • http://www.facebook.com/carpe.noctem.7 Momento Mori

    you know who got insane nerfs and never deserved it? TIra. I want to have a legit tira discussion. The one character Namco finally makes viable in her third game (not broken, viable.) and then absolutely ruin by patch 1.02

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