Guilty Gear Strive has received its latest update. Today, the game’s second DLC character for its third season, Elphelt Valentine, has been released after her big reveal trailer aired during The Game Awards 2023 last night.
Much like fighting game developers tend to do, Arc System Works has released the full set of patch notes for the version 1.33 update. Included in this patch is new content, battle balance changes, and more.
The biggest addition to the game after this patch, naturally, is Elphelt. There are four new DLC characters total that make up Season 3, and before Elphelt we saw Johnny added to the game while the final two are scheduled for release sometime next year.
Arc System Works also implemented numerous bug fixes as well, including visual improvements, corrections to the controls in certain areas, and more.
The ver. 1.33 patch features a slew of balance changes. From the looks of it, every fighter on the roster (except Elphelt, obviously) has received battle balance alterations.
Below are some of the general changes to get you started.
An update to Version 1.33 will be released after maintenance on December 8 for the PlayStation®4/PlayStation®5/Steam/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Windows versions of Guilty Gear -Strive- with the addition of new content, battle balance adjustment, as well as fixes for various issues.
・Added Elphelt Valentine as a playable character.
*The new character will be available after purchasing “GGST Season Pass 3” or the “Elphelt Valentine” DLC item.
・Added the Elphelt Valentine theme, “Extras.”
*Elphelt Valentine must be selectable in order to use the BGM.
・Added avatar items for Elphelt Valentine.
*The new avatar items can be obtained via “fishing.”
・Added the following BGM to the Gallery Mode:
Marionette (Elphelt’s theme from GGXrd)
*The newly added BGM can be accessed after obtaining it via “fishing.”
・The information shown on the upper left of the screen after selecting “Quick Start” has been changed from the last floor accessed to the player’s recommended floor.
・The information shown on the upper left of the screen after selecting “Player Match” now displays the currently selected region instead of the floor.
・[Steam and Windows versions] Fixed an issue causing the controls to not respond properly on the matching screen from Standby in Training Mode after changing the Button Settings (Menu Controls) option.
・Fixed an issue causing the Duel Station animation not to display properly sometimes when on standby to spectate a “Player Match.”
・Fixed an issue with display after the EXP acquired on the R-Code surpassed a certain value.
・Changed the wording for the option to change the direction of the character’s gaze, hide their mask/glasses/etc. in Digital Figure.
・Added new entries to GG WORLD.
・Updated the “Elphelt” entry in GG WORLD.
・Fixed an issue causing the subtitles to not display sometimes after skipping the dialogue in certain Arcade Mode scenes.
・Fixed an issue allowing the player to make inputs sometimes directly after the sample playback in Mission Mode.
・Updated the Battle Version from Ver. 3.01 to Ver. 3.02.
・Fixed an issue causing visual errors with certain special moves.
・Adjusted battle balance and fixed minor issues.
Detailed changes are listed below.
Be sure to check out the official Guilty Gear Strive ver. 1.33 patch notes to see the full list of character changes.