All changes may not be 100% accurate (be it misinformation from blogs, observations through videos, or translation errors); changes from the 1st loke test remain unless otherwise stated (e.g. Ragna's 5B 6A gatling was not present in the 1st loke test, in the 2nd loke test, it is back in the game)System Changes:
•When guard broken, throws are now green instead of purple
•Green bursting now removes half your primers rounded up, meaning a character with five primers would be reduced to two primers (old system: five reduced to three)
Ragna:
+ 5B > 6A gattling added back
+ C, 2C > 6A gattling added
+ ground gauntlet hades can be followed up
+ during blood kain 6D > 6D combos
+ 2B 5B now possible(?)
- 6A range reduced
- 2C slower(?)
- 2D doesn't remove primer
- 5C hits later (slower start up or less active frames?)
- GH (follow up spin kick) bounces much higher, making a combo after harder to land
- BE wall bounds, making mid screen follow ups difficult (impossible, maybe?)
- Forward throw wall bounds
Jin:
No other obvious changes
+ 5D start up faster but shorter freeze time, can combo from 5C
+ Sekkajin (5C mash) has very little/no pushback
Noel:
+ C haida bounces higher, can perform combos from further away
+ optic barrel start up faster
+ 6A hits crouched opponent
+ 5C can jc even on block
+ chain revolver moves have increased speed
+ bloom trigger slides opponents hit on ground
+ j.B hits below her
- C haida bounces higher so higher dmg combos require more skill
- 5D slower than first loke test. Pauses a moment before coming out. Distance is longer
- Spring raid launches more horizontally. If not in corner cannot follow up
- no more long haida loops
- overall dmg decreased
- CR 5D not jump cancelable
Rachel:
+ pumpkin speed increased. can cross the screen in an instant. not sure on this.
+ tempest dahlia start up faster?, needs confirmation
+ 5C>C slide untechable time increased
+ Lobelia attacks guarenteed to land and create a pole if she gets hit, but they lose their hit box/active frames if she is hit
- Initial wind recovery slow, but after a while it speeds up
- 6A weaker than it was in 1st loketest. back to CS standard?
Taokaka:
+ 6B combos to 5B on crouching opponents (applies to all characters)
+ cat spirit 2 slides
+ j.2D~B combos into 2C
- jB now hits mid instead of high like in 1st loketest. j2B no change.
- jD cannot cancel into cat spirit 2
- 6C slides, cannot pick up unless in corner. (but it seems 2C FC > 6C still wallbounces)
- if different jD aren't inputted Tao drops to the ground straight away
- jDs slightly changed, j2D now better against ground opponents but hard to combo with
- 6C slides, so almost becoming 2 combos are gone
Tager:
voltic charge command now 214D
+ magnetism pull now stronger
+ 6A can now be held to pull in opponent
+ can gadget after 360A
+ sledge hammer much faster
+ 4D pulls more
+ Sledge follow up as anti-projectile armor
- 5D only pulls opponent during active frames
- 5C cannot combo into 6A
Arakune:
+ D bug now hits Mu while rising
- D bug falls faster, less hit stun (wiki says less damage, blog says less hit stun, who knows)
- Pinwheel/spin and dive have spam move proration
- Landing recovery after air throw
- Bird slower? Can't bird > bird > pinwheel/spin anymore?
- Teleports much slower; can hit him on reaction on start up
Litchi:
+ 2D, 5D less recovery.
+ j2D second hit pulls in a small amount.
- jC has less hitstun.
- ItsuuA loses staff on block.
Bang:
forward throw slides, more damage, follow up in corner
+ 2D JCable on block
- Less untech time on 6A
- FRKZ backward dash is shorter
Carl:
+ anima has super armor. when hit will flash red
+ 3D stands opponent up, i.e. 8D 3C 3D -> 3D will hit as though opponent was standing on the ground
+ 8D breaks 1 guard primer
- 8D can be blocked in air
Hakumen:
renka is now 236B
5 primers (down from 6)
+ All C moves come out faster
+ Back throw recovery reduced, can follow up in corner
+ 6B damage increased.
+ 623A cancelable during movement.
+ Yukikaze: will only show superflash after a successful counter. Gauge depletes on use either way. AH still has superflash. (Was this in the first loketest? Not sure.)
- 3C > 3C doesn't combo anymore
- renka wall bounces. can follow up with 6C
- hotaru wall bounces. can follow up with 6C
- enma floats higher, harder to follow up
- tsubaki slides, can only follow up in the corner
- Slower magatama recovery.
- MUGEN: after gauge depletes, will not increase for at least 6 seconds.
Lambda:
+ 4B faster start up, shorter recovery
+ Sickle might have faster start up, quicker recovery, hits 6 times
- gravity seed now stuns instead of floats. on CH seems to stun longer
- 4D moves her backwards, harder to combo.
- Throw can't combo into 6A, can followup with 2D.
- Calamity damage decreased.
- gravity seed no longer has invulnerability frames on start up
Tsubaki:
+ j236A faster start up, can be used in combos now
+ 5D charges half a gauge in an instant, has fastest recovery of all Ds.
+ 236 -> 214 doesn't combo, but 236 -> 22 does.
- untechable slide time from her throw reduced, even in corner 6C and 214D cannot combo
- charging puts her in CH state
- 2D recovery back to CS
Hazama:
6A->Jayoku works (I don't even know why this is listed, maybe didn't work in loketest 1?)
Air throw can be followed up by Zaneiga (214D~C).
214D~C now makes the opponent spin in the air(?)
- 5B 3C 214D~C doesn't connect anymore
- 3C knocks opponent upwards
- cannot cancel throws into chain
- jC: no longer jump cancelable? (might be first hit only)
Makoto:
Valkenhayn:
both characters exactly like the way they were in the 1st loketest