The September update for Injustice 2 has gone live and NetherRealm Studios continues to make character balance and general changes to the popular fighting game.
Some of the general game changes include a smarter AI and fixes for a bug that didn’t allow for Starfire’s new abilities to drop in Mother Boxes. There’s also plenty of bugs that occurred after certain actions in specific stages, and the September update fixes those.
As for character-specific changes, Starfire saw the most changes to her damage output and her hit boxes. As the newest character to join Injustice 2 , it’s not surprising that Starfire receive the most attention in the latest update.
Here are the changes made to Starfire in Injustice 2.
- Starfire - Reduced the base damage of My Little Bumgorf (Light, Light), Grishnik Got Your Tongue? (Medium, Light), and Call Your Knorfka? (Medium, Hard) by 1
- Starfire - Reduced the base damage of Star Strikes (Away + Medium) by 2
- Starfire - Increased combo damage scaling when canceling into Starbolt character power
- Starfire - Side Scratch (Down + Light) has 2 less cancel advantage
- Starfire - Burning Desire & Shooting Star base damage reduced by 1
- Starfire - Reduced base damage of Star Dust by 2 and Star Dust MeterBurn by 1
- Starfire - Tamaranean Charge is now airborne on frame 4
- Starfire - Star Slam gear ability can now be directed close
- Starfire – Fixed a bug which could cause some lingering visual FX after end of round win animation
- Starfire - Fixed some hair clipping issues
You can find the entire September Injustice 2 patch notes here.
September is going to be a big month for Injustice 2. Not only did the game receive a substantial update, but the first DLC character in Fighter Pack 2, Black Manta, will be available later this month. When Black Manta debuts in September, another update will likely follow, so be sure check back with Player.One for all the details.
In the meantime, what do you think of the new changes in Injustice 2? Did you favorite character get a substantial nerf or buff? Let us know in the comments section below.
