Marvel Rivals News

new hero every month sounds like a balancing nightmare to me, though the Marvel Rivals Season 3 patch notes bring some great changes across the roster Though not quite as severe as what we've seen in the past, these more targeted buffs and nerfs are generally a good sign, as they mean the balance is settling into a healthier state. This is key if NetEase really is deadset on continuing to release so many new heroes...
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[p]Even heroes need a little fine-tuning. We've zapped, buffed, and balanced. Let's see what's changing in Season 3.0! [/p][p] [/p][h2]VANGUARD[/h2][p] [/p][h3]Emma Frost[/h3][p]Looks like the White Queen is trading a bit of offense for more glam! Her Damage and her Survivability in Diamond Form are taking a slight hit.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Telepathic Pulse Damage at 99 energy from 120/s to 110/s and from 150/s to 140/s at 100 energy.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Diamond Form Damage Reduction from 30% to 25%.[/p]

• [p]Reduce the energy cost of Psionic Seduction (Ultimate Ability) from 3700 to 3400.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]The Thing[/h3][p]We're not afraid to say it... IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME! Now with smoother moves and more utility! Time for more pain with your brothers and sisters in arms![/p]

• [p]New Ability Battle Blitz: The Thing leaps toward enemies, gaining 25% Damage Reduction. Leap targeting distance to enemies is 20m.[/p]

• [p]Stone Haymaker New Effect: Knocks down hit flying enemies.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Venom[/h3][p]Venom's got a stickier grip! His control after diving in is now slightly more terrifying.[/p]

• [p]Increase Cellular Corrosion enemy slow effect from 15% to 25%.[/p]

[p] [/p][p] [/p][h3]DUELIST[/h3][p] [/p][h3]Human Torch[/h3][p]Flame on… but mind the heat! Johnny's getting a Team-Up Anchor effect but a little less firepower to balance things out.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Fire Cluster Damage per projectile from 6 to 5.5.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Supernova (Ultimate Ability) activation shockwave Damage from 80 to 75 and Fire Tornadoes DoT from 120/s to 110/s.[/p]

• [p]Add Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage boost.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Iron Man[/h3][p]Tony's slightly powering down with reduced Damage output and a longer wait for his Ultimate.[/p]

• [p]Reduce the first two Repulsor Blast hits from 40 to 35 and from 50 to 45 while in Armor Overdrive.[/p]

• [p]Increase energy cost of Invincible Pulse Cannon (Ultimate Ability) from 2800 to 3400.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Mister Fantastic[/h3][p]The stretchy genius gets slightly less tanky in his Inflated state.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Inflated state Bonus Health from 400 to 350.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Namor[/h3][p]The Sub-Mariner surges forward with smoother aim and slightly sharper tridents![/p]

• [p]Increase Trident of Neptune Projectile Damage from 70 to 75 and Projectile Speed from 120m/s to 150m/s.[/p]

• [p]Increase Wrath of the Seven Seas Projectile Speed from 120m/s to 150m/s.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Scarlet Witch[/h3][p]Wanda's Ultimate just got a little more hex-tra![/p]

• [p]Reduce max slow rate during Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability) charge period from 35% to 25% and increase Damage from 750 to 850.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Spider-Man[/h3][p]Web-warriors rejoice! Spidey loses his Team-Up Anchor bonus but gains a new Team-Up Ability and a bit more bite.[/p]

• [p]Increase 'Get Over Here!' kick Damage when pulled to enemies from 50 to 55.[/p]

• [p]Increase Spider-Power midair Damage from 50 to 55.[/p]

• [p]Increase Amazing Combo Damage from 55 to 60.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]The Punisher[/h3][p]Frank's turret is losing some sting, and his Ultimate is going to need more juice.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Culling Turret Projectile Damage from 12 to 10, and decrease the Spell Field Damage from 12 to 10.[/p]

• [p]Increase the energy cost of Final Judgement (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Winter Soldier[/h3][p]Bucky's getting a little more dangerous from downtown.[/p]

• [p]Adjust Roterstern Damage Falloff maximum at 40m from 60% to 70%.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Wolverine[/h3][p]Logan's control frequency is taking a slight hit as he now needs more time to sharpen those claws between leaps.[/p]

• [p]Increase Feral Leap strike duration from 4s to 5s and increase its cooldown from 12s to 15s.[/p]

[p] [/p][p] [/p][h2]STRATEGIST[/h2][p] [/p][h3]Invisible Woman[/h3][p]Sue's healing is a little more reliable, now that's fantastic![/p]

• [p]Increase Orb Projection healing on launch from 40 to 45 and damage from 20 to 25. Reduce healing on return from 40 to 35 and damage from 20 to 15[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Loki[/h3][p]The God of Mischief needs slightly more energy for his Ultimate. Guess he's been up to too many tricks![/p]

• [p]Increase the energy cost of God of Mischief (Ultimate Ability) from 4000 to 4300.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Mantis[/h3][p]Mantis's healing touch grows, and her Ultimate is more potent, but its frequency is reduced.[/p]

• [p]Healing Flower New Effect: Heals allies by 2.5%/s. Reduce base healing from 20/s to 12.5/s.[/p]

• [p]Increase energy cost of Soul Resurgence (Ultimate Ability) from 3700 to 4300. Increase Bonus Max Health from 100 to 150.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Ultron[/h3][p]Ultron's going to have to update his software as his defenses are taking a slight hit, and he's a little less of a team player (which seems fine by him) in this patch.[/p]

• [p]Reduced Dynamic Flight acceleration effect time from 8s to 6s.[/p]

• [p]Reduce Imperative: Firewall Bonus Health to self from 75 to 65 and to allies from 55 to 50.[/p]

[p][/p][p] [/p][h2]NEW:[/h2][p] [/p][h3]Ever-Burning Bond (Human Torch - Spider-Man)[/h3]

• [p]With great friendship comes great firepower! As the Team-Up Anchor, Human Torch gains a 5% boost in damage output.[/p]

• [p]Spider-Man unlocks the new Inferno Blast ability through his team-up with Human Torch.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Primal Flame (Phoenix - Wolverine)[/h3]

• [p]Snikt! Now with a side of cosmic fire. As the Team-Up Anchor, Phoenix gains a 10% boost in damage output.[/p]

• [p]Wolverine gains the new Phoenix Warrior ability through his Team-Up with Phoenix.[/p]

[p] [/p][p] [/p][h2]ADJUSTED OR REMOVED[/h2][p] [/p][h3]ESU Alumnus (Spider-Man - Squirrel Girl)[/h3]

• [p]Time for these two to graduate on to bigger and better things. The Team-Up Anchor effect for Spider-Man has been removed, along with the ESU Alumnus Team-Up Ability.[/p]

• [p]Squirrel Girl loses the Webbed Acorn ability previously gained from her Team-Up with Spider-Man.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Stark Protocol (Iron Man - Ultron/Squirrel Girl)[/h3]

• [p]Squirrel Girl joins this tech Team-Up! Squirrel Girl gains the new Squirrel Missile ability from her Team-Up with Iron Man.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Storming Ignition (Storm - Human Torch)[/h3]

• [p]The fire is out and the storm has passed on this Team-Up.[/p]

• [p]Storm loses the Burning Hurricane ability gained from her Team-Up with Human Torch.[/p]

• [p]Human Torch loses the Omega Fire ability gained from his Team-Up with Storm.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom - Jeff the Land Shark/Hela)[/h3]

• [p]The Goddess of Death joins in on the shenanigans. Hela gains the Hel Tendrils ability through her Team-Up with Venom.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]BALANCE CHANGES[/h2][p] [/p][h3]Guardian Revival (Adam Warlock - Star-Lord/Mantis)[/h3][p]We're slightly reducing the usage coverage of this Team-Up as even the Guardians need to pace themselves.[/p]

• [p]Increase Leader's Soul and Nature's Soul ability cooldown from 120s to 135s.[/p]

[p] [/p][h3]Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom - Jeff the Land Shark)[/h3][p]We're slightly increasing the power on Jeff's end of his Team-Up Ability. Maximum mayhem, now with extra bite![/p]

• [p]Increase Guardian of the Deep maximum Bonus Health from 50 to 100 and max tendril link period from 3s to 5s.[/p]

[p]Greetings, Rivals![/p][p]We're thrilled to announce the upcoming patch drops on 03/07/2025, at 9: 00 :00 AM (UTC)! This update will be deployed seamlessly, with no server downtime required! Simply log in after the update and jump right back into the action.
Here's what's coming in this patch:[/p][p][/p][p]1. Captain America - Captain Klyntar Bundle[/p][p]2. Spider-Man - Future Foundation Bundle[/p][p]Available from: 04/07/2025, 02: 00: 00 (UTC)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]All Platforms[/h2][p][/p][p]1. Resolved an issue where returning from a player's Career page via the Leaderboard would sometimes redirect you back to the Leaderboard homepage.  [/p][p] [/p][h2]Heroes[/h2][p][/p][p]1. Thor's Thunder Troubles:
Resolved an issue where high latency could cause Thor's Thorforce to behave erratically, causing his abilities to be canceled and leaving the God of Thunder feeling less than worthy. Now, when Thor strikes with Mjolnir, his power won't get lost in the clouds.  [/p][p]2. Illusory Interference:
Squashed a bug that caused defeating illusions created by Magneto's Magnetic Resonance and Psylocke's Psychic Echoes to improperly trigger effects that occur when landing a final hit or assisting in a KO, such as Loki's Laufeyson Reborn, Thor's Odinson Reborn, etc. Now, only defeating true heroes can trigger these effects.  [/p][p] [/p][p]The Marvel Rivals universe is ever-evolving, and with Season 3 just around the corner after this update, we have plenty more surprises and changes in store. Stay tuned to our official announcements for more![/p][p] [/p][p][/p]

[p]With the release of Season 3, our Creative Director Guangguang and Lead Combat Designer Zhiyong reveal new and exciting updates in our Dev Vision Vol. 07![/p][p][/p][p]As Season 3 brings a thrilling new Map, fiery Heroes, and game-changing Team-Up abilities, our developers dish out all the updates and what the future of the new season brings.[/p][p][/p][p]Dive into the full video to see what’s around the corner![/p]

Something Marvel Rivals has over the other hero-based games is that it doesn't have to waste any time trying to make you love its new characters. You already know them from all those movies, comic books, plushies, hoodies, mugs, backpacks, and ill-advised vehicle wraps! So even a guy like me, a lifetime comic geek who only sort of enjoys Marvel Rivals, will throw my hands up and redownload it because it's finally letting me play as Blade...
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