Latest Wo Long update brings huge balance changes

Less than two months after launch, the way Wo Long Fallen Dynasty plays has changed significantly. Earlier this week, developer Team Ninja, deployed patch 1.07 for the game. Aside from the usual bug fixes, massive balance adjustments were made. These changes affect everything from weapons to spells, making for a drastically changed experience. Additionally, some bosses have been buffed/nerfed at the developers’ discretion. Here’s a full list of all balance changes in Wo Long Fallen Dynasty’s latest patch

All balance adjustments in Wo Long patch 1.07

Adjustments

Deflect

• Made upwards adjustments to the shrinking of the Spirit Gauge’s lower limits and downward adjustments to the Spirit damage dealt upon successfully performing deflect in Wo Long.

Weapon Categories

All Weapon Categories	Optimized the timing at which players can activate deflect to cancel the recovery sequence after attacks. Increased the Spirit damage dealt with Spirit attacks. Decreased the boost in Spirit attack power when Spirit is high.
Straight Sabre	Improved the turnaround between normal dash attacks.
Curved Sabre	Improved the turnaround between normal dash attacks.
Sword	Improved the turnaround between normal dash attacks. Shortened the startup sequence of normal attacks.
Glaive	Shortened the startup sequence when activating a follow-up Spirit attack after a normal attack.
Halberd	Increased the movement distance of the first swing of normal attacks. Shortened the recovery sequences between normal attack combos. Increased the movement distance of the follow-up Spirit attack after a normal attack, and optimized the hitbox.
Spear	Increased the movement distance of the first swing of normal attacks.
Slashing Spear	Shortened the recovery sequences between normal attack combos.
Staff	Shortened the recovery sequence after normal dash attacks.

Martial Arts

All Martial Arts (except Thunderous Impact and Tigertail Lash)	Increased Spirit damage dealt in Wo Long.
Lightspeed Gust	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased the speed and range of the thrust. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Meteoric Strike	Improved the turnaround between attacks.
Dawning Sky	Made adjustments so it is possible to perform an Aerial Skill after jumping.
Starlight Blade	Shortened the time it takes to build up energy. Shortened the startup sequence.
Cosmic Syzygy	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased the speed of the thrust. Increased the speed of the backward leap upon successful hits. Added sound effects to signify the timing for additional input. Added a visual effect for successful attacks. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Gouging Star	Adjusted the hitbox. Adjusted hit stop.
Whirlwind Advance	Increased the movement distance of the first swing.
Violent Sandstorm	Shortened the startup sequence. Adjusted the speed of consecutive attacks.
Ill Wind	Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Thunderous Impact	Adjusted hit stop. Decreased Spirit damage dealt.
Shimmering Sun	Shortened the startup sequence.
Looming Cloud	Increased movement distance during secondary action. Adjusted pushback.
Mongrel’s Rampart	Added an active hitbox accompanying the thrust. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Prancing Dragon	Shortened the startup sequence. Adjusted the timing of the transition to the secondary action. Increased the swing speed of the weapon. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Dragon Flash	Adjusted hit stop.
Python Turnover	Adjusted pushback. Adjusted the hitbox.
Panther’s Grit	Adjusted pushback.
Emerging Dragon	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased movement distance upon successful attack. Made changes so that the enemy is thrown down by a successful attack. Added a visual effect for successful attacks.
Tigertail Lash	Shortened the startup sequence in Wo Long. Shortened the distance of the backstep at the beginning. Increased the distance of the subsequent forward movement. Decreased Spirit damage dealt.
Fanning Peacock	Adjusted the hit intervals.
Falcon Strike	Shortened the startup sequence.
Stag Hunter	Added an active hitbox accompanying the swinging movement. Shortened the startup/recovery before swinging down.
Soaring Phoenix	Made it possible to launch a secondary attack in midair after the first attack hits.
Feasting Ursine	Shortened the startup sequence.
Nightbird Spin	Adjusted pushback. Adjusted the hitbox. Removed damaging capabilities upon retrieving the weapon.
Horn Strike	Shortened the startup sequence. Made changes so that the enemy is thrown back when hit with the upward swing. Made adjustments so it is possible to perform an Aerial Skill after jumping.
Plummeting Ape	Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Serpent’s Torment	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased the movement distance at the beginning. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Marching Dragon	Shortened the startup sequence. Adjusted the speed of flurry attacks. Shortened the recovery sequence while transitioning to the finishing blow.
Parting Grass	Shortened the startup sequence. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Heaven Divide	Made changes so that players withstand enemy attacks (excluding Critical Blows) while their Qi veins are active.
Mountain Strike	Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Rising Tides	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased the rotation speed. Adjusted the timing of the transition to the finishing blow. Made changes so that the enemy is thrown down in the final stage of the attack.
Mountain Buster	Shortened the startup sequence. Adjusted the speed of flurry attacks. Expanded the area of effect of the final shock wave.
Undercurrent Sprint	Adjusted pushback. Shortened the recovery sequence while transitioning to strike. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks.
Rock Crash	Adjusted the hitbox while falling.
Boulder Glide	Changed the shock waves into Stone damage.
Sea Split	Shortened the time it takes to build up energy. Adjusted the intervals between stages of building up energy. Shortened the recovery sequence while transitioning to strike.
Heaven Reversal	Increased the movement distance of each sequence.
Skyward Evergreen	Increased the movement distance. Made adjustments so it is possible to perform an Aerial Skill after jumping.
Endless Flowering	Adjusted the fastest possible timing for the transition to the final sequence. Increased the movement distance.
Sudden Tornado	Shortened the startup sequence.
Waving Willow	Shortened the startup sequence.
Thorn Cleave	Shortened the startup/recovery sequence.
Crescent Gale	Made changes so that the player can move in any direction during activation. Reduced the openings in defense after attacks. Adjusted pushback.
Blossom Stream	Made changes so that this Martial Art technique consumes Spirit in every frame, rather than only in certain frames during flurry attacks. Reduced Spirit consumption of flurry attacks. Made changes so that the barrage of hits ends when Spirit is depleted.
Falling Leaf	Shortened the startup sequence. Increased the movement distance.
Falling Leaves	Shortened the startup/recovery sequence.
Scattered Leaves	Improved visibility.

Wizardry Spells

Barbed Conductor	Reduced Spirit consumption.
Scorch Sweep	Reduced Spirit consumption.
Scorch Stream	Reduced Spirit consumption.
Scorch Spinner	Reduced Spirit consumption.
Frozen Arrow	Reduced Spirit consumption.
Force Blow	Reduced Spirit consumption. Increased attack speed. Increased Stone accumulation when landing hits.
Bursting Fireball	Made changes so that the spell effect does not manifest if the projectile is successfully deflected.
Venomous Discharge	Made changes so that the spell effect does not manifest if the projectile is successfully deflected.
Venom Snare	Made changes so that the spell effect does not manifest if the projectile is successfully deflected. Increased Toxin accumulation when landing hits. Extended intervals between the moments when damage is received over time. Reduced Toxin damage.

Wo Long Bosses

Zhang Rang	Made adjustments to the AI. Made changes to his actions at the start of the battle. Added more attack combo patterns. Changes specific to re-summoning of clones: Made adjustments so that the re-summoning would take place even if there are some clones remaining. Zhang Rang no longer re-summons his clones more than once per battle. Reduced damage dealt by lightning attacks to a wide area of effect. Adjusted how far the player is pushed back when hit by the tornado attack. Extended the amount of time between the indicative effect before the strike and the actual strike during consecutive lightning attacks. Shortened the duration of the ball of lightning. Fine-tuned his behavior accordingly. Changes specific to the real Zhang Rang: Increased Spirit damage dealt. Increased Spirit recovery speed to make it equivalent to that of other characters. Extended the time before his Spirit starts recovering. Slightly reduced the maximum amount by which his Spirit Gauge’s lower limit can be reduced. Changes specific to clones: Slightly increased HP damage received. Reduced HP damage dealt. Reduced Spirit damage received. Slightly increased Spirit recovery speed. Reduced the maximum amount by which their Spirit Gauges’ lower limits can be reduced. Adjusted the lock-on camera. Made other minor adjustments.
Taotie	Made adjustments to the AI in Wo Long. Reduced Spirit consumption of Critical Blows. Made adjustments to the durability of hardened parts to make it easier for part destruction to occur. Extended the time before its Spirit starts recovering. Increased Spirit recovery speed. Reduced HP damage received. Reduced Spirit damage received. Increased the amount of Spirit recovered when Taotie lands attacks. Changes specific to the first phase of the battle: Added one additional fireball attack and expanded the area of effect. Fixed a bug that prevented some hits from landing. Changed targetable parts to torso, right hoof, and left hoof. Added a sequence in the second phase of the battle that involves its parts recovering from damage. Improved the efficiency of Critical Blows in the second phase of the battle. Adjusted the lock-on camera. Made other minor adjustments.
Demonized Xiahou Dun	Made adjustments to the AI. Adjusted the lock-on camera. Made other minor adjustments.
Demonized Lu Bu	Made adjustments to the AI. Slightly increased Spirit recovery speed. Extended the time before his Spirit starts recovering. Adjusted the timing before the transition to the latter phase of the battle. Made other minor adjustments.
Yan Liang & Wen Chou	Increased Morale Rank. In Path of the Crouching Dragon: 12 In Path of the Rising Dragon: 14 Increased the amount of Morale Points earned by attacking Yan Liang and Wen Chou using actions that consume Spirit. Reduced the amount of Morale Points earned by attacking minor enemies using actions that consume Spirit prior to the battle against Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Slightly increased Spirit recovery speed. Extended the time it takes for Spirit recovery. Increased Spirit damage received.
Demonized Yuan Shao	Made adjustments to the AI. Added more attack combo patterns. Reduced HP damage received. Reduced Spirit damage received. Added ice projectiles to the step action sequence. Adjusted the impact position of ice projectile attacks.. Adjusted attributes of two types of actions that involve generating icy pillars. Reduced damage received when elemental attacks hit the shield. Made other minor adjustments.
Yu Ji	Made adjustments to the AI. Reduced HP damage received. Slightly increased Spirit recovery speed. Extended the time before his Spirit starts recovering. Reduced the amount of Morale Points obtained in battle.
Embodiment of Demonic Qi	Made adjustments to the AI. Added more attack combo patterns. Made overall adjustments to defense, Spirit, and attack power. Made it easier for part destruction to occur. Adjusted the lock-on camera in Wo Long. Changed targetable parts to head and torso. Reduced Spirit consumption of Critical Blows. Made adjustments to smooth out the movements when downed or during recovery. Slightly reduced the speed of lightning pillar attacks. Added a tracking ability to one of the fireballs in the fireball attack. Changes specific to poison bog attacks: Decreased the number of bogs generated. Adjusted the timing between the warning before the strike and the actual strike during bog attacks. Shortened the attack activation duration. Changed the reaction when attacks hit. Slightly reduced the height at which pillars are generated and adjusted the fall speeds for icy pillar attacks. Shrank the hitbox for Critical Blows using balls of Demonic Qi. Made other minor adjustments.

Wo Long update 1.07 is out now on all platforms. For a full list of bug fixes, please visit the official Wo Long blog linked here.