Patch 0.4 — Mewing Kid joins the roster
Plus eight name corrections, smarter spawn spacing, and a tougher pity timer for Limited Editions.
New Rare: Mewing Kid The jawline-mewing meme finally gets its own Rotmon. Mewing Kid spawns most often near gyms, dentist offices, and any street where someone is taking a mirror selfie. He won't talk to you. He's mewing.
Stats: A-tier defense, B-tier attack, surprisingly high aura. Worth burning a Great Rizz Ball on.
Eight name corrections We audited the roster against actual viral canon and fixed eight mismatches: - Mewing Kid (was: Jawline Maxxer) - Mewing Boy (was: Jawline Junior) - Mogger (was: Aura Bully) - Trollface (was: Grin Goblin) - Stonks (was: Chart Goblin) - Wojak (was: Bald Sadboi) - The Rizzler (was: Lord Rizzwick) - Doge / Cheems / Amogus / Chill Guy — restored to their actual meme names
The Italian brainrot lineup is untouched. Tralalero Tralala, Bombardiro Crocodilo, Ballerina Cappuccina, Tung Tung Tung Sahur and the whole canonical wave keep their proper names.
Spawn spacing Minimum spawn distance bumped from 6m to 20m. The number of guaranteed close spawns dropped from three to one. You now have to actually walk to catch your second Rotmon — which is the whole point of the game.
Limited Edition pity We added a soft pity timer. After 500 Rare-or-better catches without a Limited Edition, your odds tilt slightly until one drops. Nothing dramatic; just enough that grinders don't go three months dry.
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