Update Patch 2.00 includes the following updates to improve the player experience.

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Update Patch 2.00
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"New Event: ""Ninja World Face-Off""!
A new event starts today - the ""Ninja World Face-Off""!
During the ""Ninja World Face-Off"" event, players will have a chance to earn great new rewards for participating in the new game mode Survival Exercise!
Konoha Village has also launched a big festival to celebrate the start of the ""Ninja World Face-Off"", so players can enjoy a brand new look for the lobby for the duration of the event!"
"Additionally, this update brings the end of the public beta and the official release of Survival Exercise. With the official release, the following areas have been updated.

Update Details:
- Scoreboard and minimap adjusted for Survival Exercise
- Entrance/Victory animations updated
- ""Evening"" and ""Night"" map variations added
- Updated interactions with boost events"
"Expanded Custom Slots
We've received a lot of requests concerning the number of custom slots, so we've expanded the total number of slots players can customize and save.

Until now, players had access to one set with four slots. This change will increase the number of sets to four, with four slots per set, meaning a total of 16 customizable slots.

We hope players enjoy the added ability to create customized builds for specific scenarios!"
"UI Updates
To increase UI visibility and clarity during battle, the following changes have been implemented:
- Friendly player health bar colors changed from blue to green
- Friendly player secret technique bar colors changed from white to blue
- While under the effects of Byakugan, enemy secret technique bar colors changed from white to orange"
"Action Balance Updates
Claws
- Increased activation time on normal attacks
- Decreased the amount of forward movement gained during a heavy attack

Long Swords
- Reduced the super armor effect duration during a heavy attack

Overall
- Reduced the recovery time when falling due to being downed"
"Ninjutsu, Secret Technique Balancing
To increase the number of viable jutsu options for players to use and the variety of battles players can enjoy, a number of ninjutsu and secret techniques have had their numbers and mechanics tweaked."
"[Attack]
▼Rasengan
- New effect: now applies a movement debuff to enemies it hits.

▼Sage Art: Wind Style Rasen Shuriken
- Reduced cooldown time.
- New effect: now applies a defense debuff to enemies it hits.

▼Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu
- Reduced cooldown time.

▼Tornado High
- Added Super Armor property during activation.

▼Lightning Blade
- Now applies more guard damage, making it easier to break guards."
"▼Leaf Flash
- Removed ""Invincibility"" property during activation, replaced with ""Super Armor""

▼Leaf Rising Wind
- Removed ""Invincibility"" property during activation, replaced with ""Super Armor""

▼Leaf Whirlwind
- Removed ""Invincibility"" property during activation, replaced with ""Super Armor""

▼Sharingan
- Increased cooldown time.

▼Planetary Devastation
- Added voice event when activated."
"[Range]
▼Chidori
- Now applies more guard damage, making it easier to break guards.

▼Water Style: Severing Wave
- New effect: now applies a defense debuff to enemies it hits.
- Increased damage.

▼Shikigami Dance: Shield
- Improved homing effect during activation.

▼Super Beast Scroll (Lion)
- Reduced the strength of the movement debuff applied to enemies it hits.

▼Super God Imitation Drawing
- New effect: applies the ""ink obstruction"" effect to enemies it hits."
"[Defense]
▼Earth Style: Mud Wall Jutsu
- Now ""hits"" enemy players when activated.
- Hitting an enemy applies damage and a knockback effect.

▼Ninja Art: Needle Jizo
- Increase damage.

▼Sand Shield
- Increased shield health.

▼Water Prison Rosary Bondage Jutsu
- New effect: now applies a damage over time effect to enemies it hits.

▼Sand Shower
- Reduced the strength of the movement debuff applied to enemies it hits."
"▼Snake Thrust
- Increased cooldown time.
- Increased the strength of the movement debuff applied to enemies it hits.
- Reduced the duration of the movement debuff.

[Heal]
▼Byakugan
- New effect: now grants a cooldown recovery speed buff (self only)

▼Heavy Boulder Jutsu
- New effect: now applies a debuff effect that reduces the distances of jump, chakura jump and wire kunai to enemies it hits.

▼Summoning: Slug
- New effect: now applies an attack damage debuff to players within its area of effect."