Dispersion-corrected RS-DHDFAs only slightly improve on dispersion-uncorrected results, with MADs for D e that range from 4.90 [ωB2GP-PLYP-D3(BJ)/D4] to 6.59 kcal/mol [ωB2PLYP-D3(BJ)]. MADs in r e are unchanged from dispersion-uncorrected RS-DHFAs (0.04-0.05 Å) remaining the best performing across all functionals dispersion-corrected or otherwise. As the first application of ground-state parametrised dispersion corrections to RS-DHDFAs for excited-state problems, these functionals display potential for TD-DFT dissociation energies that approach SCS-CC2/CBS(3,4) quality. However, their tendency to underestimate D e reinforces the necessity of excited-state parametrised dispersion corrections for a reliable description by TD-DFT methods.