The For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes have arrived! This new For Honor patch debuts the new fighter Warmonger to the game, a core combat update, and a slew of changes and bug fixes to some of the game’s fighters. Let’s get to breaking it down!
For Honor Update 2.20 Patch Notes | Patch Highlights
A major highlight in the For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes is the debut of a new fighter: Warmonger. The Warmongers have ties with the Blackstone Legion, but they’re said to be much more ambitious. They wield the wavy sword known as a flamberge and have a specialization in corruption. These fighters are great at isolating their opponents using corruption and then beating them down with their big ol’ sword.
A core combat update is also part of the For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes. This is split into four parts, the first of which is a new networking system which should make fight moves appear consistently faster in online play. This should make feinting a little more reliable, too.
The For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes also has some damage adjustments as part of the core combat update. Light damage and counter-attack tools damage has been generally reduced across the board, but heavy finishers are remaining high to incentivize players to follow through with combos.
Finally, the core combat update in the For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes has made it a little easier to pull yourself back from the brink. “Light spam” has been disincentivized and heavy finishers have been incentivized to reduce cherry-tapping. Furthermore, the extra Stamina cost on misses, blocks, and parries has been removed. Overall, For Honor players may have to change up their fighting strategies to win in this new meta.
These are just some of the new things making their debut in this patch — read on for the full For Honor Update 2.20 patch notes!
For Honor Update 2.20 Patch Notes | Full List
Patch Size:
- PS4: 1.12Gb
- Xbox One: 1.37Gb
- PC: 1.1 Gb
NEW FIGHTER: WARMONGER
The Warmongers share ties with the Blackstone Legion, but have greater ambitions. Wielding the elegant flamberge, they are determined to punish those who refuse to join their cause. Not only can they isolate a target with a dark power named Corruption, they also have enhanced Light Attacks mixed up with strong Claw Attacks to put pressure on their opponent.
- DIFFICULTY: EASY
- ADAPTABLE FIGHTING STYLE
- CORRUPTION SPECIALIST
Special Capabilities:
- ENHANCED LIGHT ATTACKS
- CHARGEABLE UNBLOCKABLE CLAW
- CORRUPTION FEATS TO ISOLATE OPPONENTS
Known Issue: Campaign completion rewards are missing for the Warmonger
CORE COMBAT UPDATE
The Core Combat Update is a global series of improvements that affects all fighters, consisting of the following improvements:
- New system makes fight moves look consistently faster over the network:
- Removed the visual variability of opponent’s fight moves speeds caused by timing of the inputs
- As a result, for all fight moves, the first 100ms of animation and user interface are consistently skipped over the network (whether delayed or buffered)
- As a result, feints are also more believable
- Damage adjustments
- Generally, Light Attack damage is reduced
- Generally, counter-attack tools damage is reduced
- Generally, Heavy Finishers damage stays high to incentivise following through with your Chains
- Recoveries normalized
- Light Attacks generally are now frame disadvantaged (to weaken “Light Spam”)
- Heavy Finishers generally are now frame advantaged (to incentivise following through with your Heavy Chain Finisher)
- Stamina penalties removed
- Now there is no extra stamina cost on Miss, Block and Parry
- Light Stamina Costs are now generally 12 (from 6)
- Light Light Chains can now be Dodged out of (due to branching timing changes)
- Dodge Attacks that were 500ms are now increased to 533ms
- This affects Peacekeeper, Shaman, Valkyrie, Tiandi, Conqueror, Gladiator, Raider, Nuxia
- Opening Light attacks that were faster than 500ms are now 500ms
- This affect Peacekeeper’s Light and Zone, Lawbringer, Orochi, Shaolin
- Zone Attacks are now more comfortable to perform
Developer Comments: There are a lot of additional damage, stamina, and minor timing changes made to make the above happen. Please see the For Honor Competitive Information Hub created and maintained by top players on the r/CompetitiveForHonor subreddit.
FIGHTERS
Shaman
- Stab recovery is slightly longer (so that attempting a second Stab immediately after a Stab will lose cleanly to an opponent’s Light Attack)
Berserker
- Increased Chained Heavy to 700ms (from 600ms)
Aramusha
- Guard Break has been standardized with other heroes to allow 800ms attacks to land
- Increased Neutral top heavy to 800ms (from 600ms)
- Increased Neutral side heavies to 900ms (from 700ms)
Tiandi
- Superior Block Dodge Lights no longer guarantee Palm on hit
Lawbringer
- Shoves no longer have Uninterruptible Stance (on either Dodge or Chain versions)
Orochi
- Increased 2nd Light in Chains to 500ms (from 400ms)
- Increased Top Light finisher to 500ms (from 400ms)
- Increased Top Heavy finisher to 900ms (from 800ms) and is now Unblockable
FEATS
Stun Trap
- Increased damage to 20 (from 15)
- Now causes a Medium Reaction (from Light)
- No longer stuns, blinds or causes stamina damage
Bear Trap
- No longer stuns, blinds or causes stamina damage
Nail Bomb
- No longer stuns, blinds or causes stamina damage
Kiai
- No longer stuns or blinds
- No longer reduce the stamina regen cooldown
- Increased cooldown to 90s (from 60s)
Hammar’s Favor
- Decreased duration to 5s (from 10s)
Protected Revive
- Removed Armor while reviving
- Reduced spawning to 75 Health (from 100)
- Decreased Shield duration to 15 seconds (from infinite)
Sinister Shield
- Increased minimum Health to use to 26 (from 21)
- Increased costs to use to 25 Health (from 20)
- Decreased Shield to 30 (from 45)
Spirit Shroud
- Decreased damage resistance to 15% (from 20%)
Hard to Kill
- Condition is now “<50 Health” (from a large variety of Health thresholds)
- Now gives 30% damage reduction (from 4 different values depending on Health thresholds)
Jotunn Salve
- Decreased heals to 4 Health (from 10)
Second Wind
- Decreased heals to 30 Health (from 50)
Heal on Block
- Decreased heals to 4 Health (from 5)
Body Count
- Decreased heals to 1 Health when killing a Soldier (from 2)
- Decreased Stamina regeneration to 1 when killing a Soldier (from 2)
Stalwart Banner
- Decreased heals to 3 Health per tick, for a total of 84 HP (from 5 per tick for a total of 135)
Tough as Nails
- Decreased Max Health to 10% (from 15%)
Invigorate
- Decreased heals to 8 Health (from 12)
Healing Ward
- Decreased heals to 3 Health per second (from 5)
PERKS
Devourer
- Decrease heals to 10 Health per execution (from 15)
Shields Up
- Increased Shield to 25 (from 15)
- Decrease duration to 15 seconds on Revive (from infinite on Spawn and Revive)
Vengeful Barrier
- Increased Shield to 25 (from 15)
- Decrease duration to 10 seconds when exiting Revenge (from infinite)
Known Issues:
- Peacekeeper’s 2nd Light isn’t dodgeable when getting hit by the initial Light attack
- Orochi’s Top Heavy Finisher Feint to Guard Break does not work if you are trying to roll away
- Highlander’s Offensive form enhanced Light attacks have 25 stamina cost instead of 12
- Highlander’s Light Light combo isn’t dodgeable on Block and on Hit when in Revenge or the opponent is Out Of Stamina
Developer Comments: We expect to address the Core Combat Update issues shortly after the release of 2.20.0
IMPROVEMENTS
ONLINE
- [Adjustment] While launching the game, a different text will be displayed for each step of the connection process
- [Adjustment] Increase the time allocated for the game connection process to help some rare cases when downloading game data took too long, reducing the occurrences of error 2-00002911
- [Bug Fix] Fixed some situations where players were not able to receive rewards or buy scavenger crates for some heroes showing as unlocked
BREACH
- [Adjustment] Increased Ram Health to 9750 (from 9000)
Developer Comments: Following the release of the Breach Improvements in Season 1 of Year 4, we saw that the Win/Loss ratios were now more even across the different maps. However, we see that the Defending teams still hold a significant advantage over the Attacking teams overall. Raising the Ram’s Health bar by an additional cauldron strike will help the Attackers clear through the final Gate or allow them to have a little more breathing room in number of respawns in the Commanders Phase.
USER INTERFACE
- [Adjustment] Added player statistics on the Matchmaking Screen
CUSTOMIZATION
- [Adjustment] Adjusted the player expression of the Male and Female Gladiator to make outfits look better
BUG FIXES
FIGHTERS
Peacekeaper
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Stab to be uninterruptible
Zhanhu
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Side Heavy Finishers to grant 100ms of Uninterruptible Stance immediately after the Hit
MAP
Citadel Gate
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue in Citadel Gate where Players could pass through the collision near the Giant Statue
USER INTERFACE
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Limited Time items and the items on Sale to not properly appear at the top in the Store
AUDIO
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the sound effect to continue playing if the executioner disconnects or leave the match while performing the execution
CUSTOMIZATION
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the “Master of Peace” visual effect to sometimes stretch
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Warlord’s “Nailed Down” execution to have an offset animation
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Samurai’s “Ware Shinaba” execution to have clipping Issues
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Shaman’s “Ecstatic” signature to have an offset animation
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Lawbringer’s “Hands-On approach” execution to have an offset animation
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Peacekeeper’s “Arrow in the Head” execution Crossbow to be offset
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Valkyrie’s “Warrior meets Horn” execution to have an offset animation
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Gladiator’s “Fortuna Adiuvat” helm to have a hole in the neck when performing “Circus Skills”
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Female Black Prior’s “Demonic Primordial” chest paint pattern to not apply the paint patter correctly
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Jiang Jun’s “Fuchai” blade to clip with certain guards
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Hitokiri’s “Yukito’s Tsukuyomi” and “Kagekiyo” pommels to use the same model
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Knight’s “Renfaire” and ” Spiked Banner” paint patterns to be the same
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Warden’s “Gabrielle’s Zenith” embossing size to not occupy the whole arm armor
PC
- [Bug Fix] Fixed an issue that caused the Stun’s “White Flash” visual effect to have different intensity when changing Anti Aliasing and Render Scaling Graphic options
