Invincible VS Gameplay Patch Notes 05.26.2026

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Fresh off our showdown at Combo Breaker, our first major gameplay patch update has landed. Thanks to all your feedback and bug reports since launch that has helped us get to the next stage of Invincible VS—just in time for Evo 2026!

Major changes include:

Magic chain and light attacks are now true block strings
Assists used in combos will now scale accordingly to how many times they’ve been used (Forward and Back Assist will scale independently)
Sudden Death rework
Improved motion inputs as well as a slight increase to the damage buffer

Take a look below, hop into a few games, and tell us what you think.

CORE SYSTEMS UPDATES

General

Successful Counter Tags now put the attacker’s assist characters on a 5-second cooldown
Happy Birthdays are quite a bit Happier; they now damage scale correctly and assists take 100% damage on every hit.
Damage scaling has been adjusted to make repeated light and medium attacks in a combo get individually scaled more
Forward Throw now chains into Active Tag more consistently

Assists

Assists used in combos will now scale according to how many times they’ve been used (Forward and Back Assist will scale independently)
- Forward Assist will scale in 3 second intervals up to 12 seconds (3 -> 6 -> 9 -> 12)
- Back Assist will scale in 2 second intervals up to 12 seconds (6 -> 8 -> 10 -> 12)
- Alongside this, we fixed a bug where Back Assists would sometimes receive a 3 second cooldown rather than the intended 6 seconds during aerial combos. This bug saw significant usage in online tournaments via Invincible’s Back Assist.
Assists no longer regenerate Red Health during Ultimate animations

Block Strings

Magic Chain is now a true block string (5L -> 5M -> 5H)
- Crouching mediums are not always true block strings (both into and out of during a combo)
- Projectile normals still do not create true block strings at longer ranges (Cecil players beware!)
All light attacks are true block strings (5L -> 2L -> 5L)
The defender now gains Boost Meter slightly faster while in Block Stuns

Sudden Death

Fighters not in the point position at the start of Sudden Death, now remain alive during Sudden Death (until killed)
Fighters cannot regenerate red health by any means
Point fighters always have increased boost regeneration
Removed Round Resets/Punch-Ins during Sudden Death
Point fighters will slowly lose health when not in an active combo or block string (same as before)

Motion Inputs

Damage buff for Motion Input users increased from 5% -> 8%
Loosened DP inputs to make them more reliable
Atom Eve can cancel her hover by doing the same motion input again
Conquest’s DP should now be more consistent, especially the follow-up hit
Reliability of forward walk into QCF (Quarter Circle Forward) should be improved

FIGHTER UPDATES

All Fighters

Adjusted Active Tag windows on several Supers across the roster for consistency

Allen the Alien

Neutral Special no longer corrects direction between follow-up strikes

ATOM EVE

Reduced Dash Distance (back dash ground, forward dash ground, forward dash air)
Back Assist now starts further forward and has a slightly longer recovery
Super1 now has more damage, higher hitstun, and wider spread of projectiles
Super2 now has slower startup on super armor, more recovery on block, and less pushback on final hit

Battle Beast

You can now active tag out of Super2

Cecil

Dash distance reduced (all)
Back Assist now has slightly longer recovery
Super2 now deals the same amount of damage whether used grounded or in air

Conquest

Down Special now has more recovery between attacks, should be more punishable

Dupli-Kate

Adjusted jumping Neutral Special to more consistently connect with smaller characters
Forward Special follow-up no longer auto-corrects facing direction (Boosted and Normal)

Ella Mental

Super2 now deals the same amount of damage whether used grounded or while in the air

Invincible

Neutral Special now has less pushback on block and slower recovery, it should be more punishable
Forward Special now moves less distance forward and causes less pushback on block
Down Heavy now has less pushback on block
Active Assist out of Super2 should now reliably connect
Boosted Forward Special can no longer be active tagged until the end of it (this was an unintended punish on assist breaker)

Monster Girl

Monster Girl will now retain velocity on her forward dash during normal attacks
Back Assist is now further forward, starts higher, and has a longer active hitbox (you shouldn’t be able crouch under it anymore on small fighters)

Powerplex

Back Assist now starts further forward and has slightly longer recovery
Forward Assist no longer causes flip, allowing defender to recover faster

Rexsplode

Forward Special projectile angle changed to be aimed further down
Forward Assist now starts further forward and has slightly longer recovery

Robot

Increased Damage to Forward Special (Boosted and Normal)
Jumping Down Medium has an increased projectile speed but shorter active hitbox
Combo Meter gains slightly for repeated hits, and increased recovery
Charged Medium tuned for easier input and follow through

QUALITY OF LIFE

Save Data

We’ve had reports of save data loss, particularly on PS5, and have put in several safeguards to try and address this issue. However, we are still investigating and appreciate your detailed reports as we continue to look for the root cause of this issue.

Creator Mode

Rex’s Ultimate will now be slightly less offensive with Creator Mode enabled

Replays

Stepping backwards through replays should now be smoother
Watching a Replay will no longer change your control scheme to that of the Replay’s Match Host

Settings

Minimum input delay is now 1 frame, previously 0

VFX

Improved the braid physics in Fighter Select screen for Battle Beast’s Invincible Universe skin

General

Updated the Move Lists for Eve, Ella, and Thula for clarity
Addressed several crashes

MODES

Tutorial

Added a button legend to tutorials that shows button mappings for each glyph (L, M, H)

Ranked

You will now return to match queue immediately after an opponent disconnects from a match
If you were queued from Practice Mode, you will also be returned there with the same character selections
The total “Wins” stat will now increase when opponents disconnect from a match in Casual or Ranked
Leaderboards will now more rapidly update your LP
More changes to make the frontend show LP values from disconnects ~~appear~~ more quickly (Will continue to iterate on this)

Lobby

Steam-level friends now correctly appear in the Social Hub
Host migration should now be handled faster and more reliably, particularly for console players

Arenas

Improved lighting and shadows on the following arenas: Hometown Invasion (Day), Hometown Invasion (Night), Himalayas, Himalayas (Blizzard), Training Room, Nuclear Missile Silo
[PC Only] pressing Numpad 0 during a fight on Hometown Invasion (Day) no longer shifts you into the Shadowverse

BUG FIXES

All Characters

Fixed several combo paths that would prevent a charged attack input (Atom Eve, Battle Beast, Allen, Conquest, Monster Girl, Omni-man, Ella Mental, Powerplex)
Fixed pushback on block for multiple DPs against cornered opponents

Anissa

Fixed a bug where Super1 would double cross-up the opponent during their wakeup