Happy Holidays Rivals fans! This update is focused on polish as we gear up for the full release. We've added a new results screen, Xmas skins, and revamped all hit effects in the game to give them more oomph.



Using some of our new data from the RCS, we've also made some balance tweaks to some of the characters. Etalus for example has had his ice armor reworked, so hopefully we will see top Etalus players using it more in high-octane matches. You can read the full patch notes for all characters here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RivalsOfAether/comments/5i5zoa/update_0157_jingle_kragg_rock_is_live/

Finally, we've also made it so you can so you can change the stock and time options in friendly matches and even play infinite matches with your friends to practice!

Happy Holidays Rivals fans! This update is focused on polish as we gear up for the full release. We've added a new results screen, Xmas skins, and revamped all hit effects in the game to give them more oomph.



Using some of our new data from the RCS, we've also made some balance tweaks to some of the characters. Etalus for example has had his ice armor reworked, so hopefully we will see top Etalus players using it more in high-octane matches. You can read the full patch notes for all characters here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RivalsOfAether/comments/5i5zoa/update_0157_jingle_kragg_rock_is_live/

Finally, we've also made it so you can so you can change the stock and time options in friendly matches and even play infinite matches with your friends to practice!

Hey everyone,

We're super excited today to talk about two big announcements for Rivals of Aether. For those who haven't heard, we're going to be at Genesis 4 (one of the best fighting game tournaments in the world) as an official side event. As a part of that, our compendium is now live at smash.gg/G4/Shop!

The compendium has 3 brand new pieces of Rivals swag - including the long awaited Genesis Forsburn skin. The best part about the compendium is that funds from any of your Rivals purchases can go towards the pot bonus for the Rivals Championship Series finals taking place there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLnUacrb4F8

This leads right into our second announcement - that we’re kicking off that pot bonus by putting in $5,000 from the Rivals of Aether team! Our goal is to raise a total prize pool of $10k with the community's support.

We're hard at work to make Rivals at Genesis the BIGGEST Rivals event yet. If you like local events you definitely won't want to miss this one. We have some exciting plans there including the RCS finals, (that anyone can play in) as well as an unofficial doubles event, a Rivals meetup, and a huge announcement about the future of Rivals. Come hang out in the rivals discord at http://discord.me/roa if you have any questions or are looking for ways to make planning the trip easier!

Hey everyone,

We're super excited today to talk about two big announcements for Rivals of Aether. For those who haven't heard, we're going to be at Genesis 4 (one of the best fighting game tournaments in the world) as an official side event. As a part of that, our compendium is now live at smash.gg/G4/Shop!

The compendium has 3 brand new pieces of Rivals swag - including the long awaited Genesis Forsburn skin. The best part about the compendium is that funds from any of your Rivals purchases can go towards the pot bonus for the Rivals Championship Series finals taking place there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLnUacrb4F8

This leads right into our second announcement - that we’re kicking off that pot bonus by putting in $5,000 from the Rivals of Aether team! Our goal is to raise a total prize pool of $10k with the community's support.

We're hard at work to make Rivals at Genesis the BIGGEST Rivals event yet. If you like local events you definitely won't want to miss this one. We have some exciting plans there including the RCS finals, (that anyone can play in) as well as an unofficial doubles event, a Rivals meetup, and a huge announcement about the future of Rivals. Come hang out in the rivals discord at http://discord.me/roa if you have any questions or are looking for ways to make planning the trip easier!

Hey everyone,

A double header announcement here! First off we're super excited that Rivals of Aether will be on the Smash Summit 3 stream today at 12:30 PST / 2:30 CST / 3:30 EST. Last Summit's finals ended with two of our favorite players duking it out (Plup vs. Mang0) and we can't wait to see how this one goes.

Join your fellow Rivals players in the chat and creator of the game Dan Fornace on the casting couch at https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit to catch all the action!

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Secondly, since the Summit is this weekend that means that this is your last chance to get Summit Orcane. This adorable Orcane skin is our first dual color skin, and since purchases go towards the Summit prize pool, he's only available until the end of the event!

You can pick him up here in the Smash Summit 3 Compendium.

Hey everyone,

A double header announcement here! First off we're super excited that Rivals of Aether will be on the Smash Summit 3 stream today at 12:30 PST / 2:30 CST / 3:30 EST. Last Summit's finals ended with two of our favorite players duking it out (Plup vs. Mang0) and we can't wait to see how this one goes.

Join your fellow Rivals players in the chat and creator of the game Dan Fornace on the casting couch at https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit to catch all the action!

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Secondly, since the Summit is this weekend that means that this is your last chance to get Summit Orcane. This adorable Orcane skin is our first dual color skin, and since purchases go towards the Summit prize pool, he's only available until the end of the event!

You can pick him up here in the Smash Summit 3 Compendium.

Hey guys, we are coming back with another hotfix. This one introduces an awesome new skin to the game on steam that we will be announcing soon! We are also retiring the Gameboy colors that came out with the Tower of Heaven stage and replacing them with seasonal Halloween colors. Let us know if you absolutely love the Gameboy colors as we might find a small way to bring them back later. Finally we made some gameplay tweaks before RCS 3 kicks off this weekend!

• Seasonal Halloween Colors replace the Gameboy themed colors.
• All Down Specials and Up Specials no longer require a hard press to B-reverse
• Turnaround-B now requires a hard press within 8 frames of starting the Nspecial (helps prevent accidental reverses due to joystick recoil)
• Extended parry stun changed to be less punishing at short/medium ranges but it remains the same at long ranges. This affects attacks like Absa Forward Special and Kragg Down Special.
• Zetterburn Down Special now restores his double jump when the dive starts. This allows him to down special into walls to improve his recovery mixups.
• Wrastor hitstun gravity increased from 0.4 to 0.45. His knockback modifier also was increased from 1.15 to 1.2. This makes Wrastor able to be comboed better while keeping his death percents about the same. He will die VERY slightly earlier to horizontal kill moves and VERY slightly later to vertical kill moves.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a crash involving a clone teleporting into Kragg's rock
• Absa Up Tilt hitbox added for the tips of the horns (same KB/active frames as the sweetspot)
• Absa Forward Tilt tap/hold mechanic removed. The move now automatically detects the distance from the nearest target and adjusts the startup/hitstun accordingly. At mimimum startup (8 frames) it has a 1.0x hitstun modifier, at maximum startup (23 frames) it has a 0.5x hitstun modifier.
• Absa Up Special segment 1 endlag 13 > 15
• Absa Up Special segment 2 endlag 14 > 20
• Absa Down Strong final hit KB angle 361 > 35
• Centered the hitboxes and hurtboxes on Absa Uspecial
• Etalus Neutral Air minimum base knockback 1 > 2 This makes it so he won't be punished for landing late Nair.
• Training mode Updates:
  • Fixed DI In and DI Out options
  • Fine tuned Perfect DI option
  • Added Drift DI option
  • Added Show DI Lines option

Hey guys, we are coming back with another hotfix. This one introduces an awesome new skin to the game on steam that we will be announcing soon! We are also retiring the Gameboy colors that came out with the Tower of Heaven stage and replacing them with seasonal Halloween colors. Let us know if you absolutely love the Gameboy colors as we might find a small way to bring them back later. Finally we made some gameplay tweaks before RCS 3 kicks off this weekend!

• Seasonal Halloween Colors replace the Gameboy themed colors.
• All Down Specials and Up Specials no longer require a hard press to B-reverse
• Turnaround-B now requires a hard press within 8 frames of starting the Nspecial (helps prevent accidental reverses due to joystick recoil)
• Extended parry stun changed to be less punishing at short/medium ranges but it remains the same at long ranges. This affects attacks like Absa Forward Special and Kragg Down Special.
• Zetterburn Down Special now restores his double jump when the dive starts. This allows him to down special into walls to improve his recovery mixups.
• Wrastor hitstun gravity increased from 0.4 to 0.45. His knockback modifier also was increased from 1.15 to 1.2. This makes Wrastor able to be comboed better while keeping his death percents about the same. He will die VERY slightly earlier to horizontal kill moves and VERY slightly later to vertical kill moves.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a crash involving a clone teleporting into Kragg's rock
• Absa Up Tilt hitbox added for the tips of the horns (same KB/active frames as the sweetspot)
• Absa Forward Tilt tap/hold mechanic removed. The move now automatically detects the distance from the nearest target and adjusts the startup/hitstun accordingly. At mimimum startup (8 frames) it has a 1.0x hitstun modifier, at maximum startup (23 frames) it has a 0.5x hitstun modifier.
• Absa Up Special segment 1 endlag 13 > 15
• Absa Up Special segment 2 endlag 14 > 20
• Absa Down Strong final hit KB angle 361 > 35
• Centered the hitboxes and hurtboxes on Absa Uspecial
• Etalus Neutral Air minimum base knockback 1 > 2 This makes it so he won't be punished for landing late Nair.
• Training mode Updates:
  • Fixed DI In and DI Out options
  • Fine tuned Perfect DI option
  • Added Drift DI option
  • Added Show DI Lines option

The Rivals Championship Series continues with registration for week 2 available now! Players can compete in RCS events for glory, circuit points, and prizes including travel vouchers to our series finale at Genesis 4.

All first time registrants will also receive a Champion Zetterburn skin. If you'd prefer to watch instead of play we'll also be casting RCS events on our twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/rivalsofaether. We hope to see you either in the tournament or in twitch chat!

To learn more check out our RCS trailer and circuit page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8u3LXLOfX8
RCS Signups: http://rivalsofaether.com/rcs

The Rivals Championship Series continues with registration for week 2 available now! Players can compete in RCS events for glory, circuit points, and prizes including travel vouchers to our series finale at Genesis 4.

All first time registrants will also receive a Champion Zetterburn skin. If you'd prefer to watch instead of play we'll also be casting RCS events on our twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/rivalsofaether. We hope to see you either in the tournament or in twitch chat!

To learn more check out our RCS trailer and circuit page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8u3LXLOfX8
RCS Signups: http://rivalsofaether.com/rcs