Anime Vanguards Update 1 Patch Notes (November 2024)

Roblox Anime Vanguards update 1 is the latest major that the game has received and it is even biggen than the 0.5 update. It has added brand new units, mechanics, codes, and much more. 

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Apart from this, it also has a ton of bug fixes and potential balance changes to improve the gameplay experience. Devs have released the complete patch notes for Anime Vanguards update 1 and you can check them out below.

Anime Vanguards Update 1 Patch Notes

ADDITIONS

• NEW STORY: Shibuya Station

• NEW LEGEND STAGE: Shibuya Massacre

• New Units:

  • Nazuka (Epic)
  • Inamuki (Legendary)
  • Nobaba (Legendary)
  • Todu (Mythic)
  • Chaso (Mythic)
  • Gujo (Mythic)
  • Jag-o (Mythic)
  • Itaduri...? (Mythic)
  • Tuji (Exclusive)
  • Julias (Exclusive, Battle Pass)
  • Mechamar (Exclusive, Tournament)
  • Mohato (Exclusive, Tournament)
  • Legendary Super Brolzi (Exclusive, Leaderboard)

• New Unit Abilities:

  • Unique abilities added to some units, allowing for cycling between buffs or switching places between units.

• Unit Elements:

  • Each element provides unique buffs.
  • Enemies have elemental weaknesses, where matching elements deal more damage.
  • Elemental effects can be viewed in the unit upgrade interface.
  • New Elements:
    • Fire: Immune to Snare
    • Water: Immune to SPA debuffs
    • Nature: Immune to RNG debuffs
    • Spark: Immune to DMG debuffs
    • Holy: Reduces debuff time by 10%
    • Curse: +5% DMG when attacking a boss
    • Unbound: +5% Crit Rate
    • Blast: Ignores 10% of enemy DMG reduction
    • Cosmic: +10% DMG on placement
    • Passion: +10% Dodge chance

• Tournaments:

  • Weekly competitive mode on a selected map with exclusive rewards and damage modifiers.
  • Both Traitless and Trait Enabled tournaments run simultaneously, offering two reward chances.

• Cursed Shop:

  • Exchange Cursed Fingers (rare drop from Infinite Mode in Shibuya Station) for rewards to enhance units.

• Gold Merchant:

  • Daily stock reset with purchasable items like Essence Stones, Stat Chips, and Unit Exp Food.

• Stat Index:

  • Shows the upper and lower limits of stats affecting unit DMG, SPA, and RNG.

• Stat Transfers:

  • Transfer stats to another unit at the cost of resetting the host unit (level, trait, stats).
  • Costs gold, and the price scales with the number of stats transferred.

• Refurbished Enemy Index:

  • Enhanced enemy info display with stats like Overshield Percentage, Stun Duration, and more.

• Unit-Specific Achievements:

  • New quests tied to individual units, offering resources and unit-specific banners for profiles.
  • Some units require quest completion to evolve.

• Unit Inventory Expansion:

  • Expand inventory space by purchasing expansion slots with gold (cost increases with each purchase).

• New Update 1 Bundle

• New Battle Pass: Ice & Fire

  • New units to collect by progressing through the battle pass.

• New Profile Banners

  • Credit to artist Calla.

• New Achievements:

  • Train Station Massacre
  • Prideful Prince
  • Shadow Commander
  • Vengeful Prodigy
  • Bird of Hermes
  • Knucklehead Ninja
  • Eyes of Despair
  • Dancer In Battle

CHANGES

• Unit Level Cap Increase: Raised from 50 to 60.
• Damage Typing Rework: Replaced Physical and Magic types with elemental-based damage (Fire, Nature, etc.).
• Paragon Mode Rework:
  • New behaviors for cards in Paragon mode.
  • Starting cards chosen once per session; additive cards stack.
  • New starting and additive cards added.
• Reward Changes (Paragon): Increased rewards per level cleared.
• Leaderboard Interface Rework: Moved to Profile > Leaderboard, with improved clarity and player profile features.
• Unit Evolution Changes: Stat tiers now increase when evolving units.
• Profile Interface Improvements: Added Player Level and Title display.
• Challenge Changes: Rainbow Stat Chip challenge replaced with Super Stat Chip rewards.
• Miscellaneous: Units dropped from stages can now have traits, and "Skip 10 Levels" can be gifted.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Searching Functionality: Added fuzzy searching for item searches.
• Unit Teams Interface Improvements: Unique team names and stat display on hover.
• Hover Tooltips Improvements: Better detail and clarity on hover tooltips, including ability cooldowns.
• Quests Interface Improvements: Improved layout with timers for daily and weekly resets.
• Quest Rewards Buffed: Increased XP and gems from quests.
• Unit Manager Improvements: Added highlights and easy access buttons for unit management.
• Stage Info Improvements: View boss stats in stage info.
• Unit Collection Improvements: Added rarity filters and stat displays.
• Miscellaneous Settings:
  • Auto-sell for units with traits.
  • Disable other players' units and visual effects for better performance.
  • Added a search bar in settings.
  • Statistics now show Unit DPS and earnings.
  • Added Claim All button to the quests interface.

BALANCING

• Blossom's Medical Chakra: Now reduces status ailments by half and removes debuffs.
• Infinite Modes: Scaling adjusted for more challenge from bosses.
• Boss Nerfs: Shield Statue’s Overshield health reduced.
• Paragon Base Scaling: Increased difficulty as you progress.
• Paragon Card Reworks:
  • Revitalize: +7.5% health regen.
  • Strong: +10% health per card.
  • New Cards: Quake, Immunity, Champions, Dodge, Drowsy.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed various UI and performance issues, including memory leaks and interface inconsistencies.

OTHER

• Major FPS and network optimizations for long Infinite Mode runs.