Marvel Rivals has released an emergency hotfix, Version 20260711, to address balance issues following the Season 9 launch. The update focuses on adjusting Strategist ultimate energy generation and rebalancing several Duelist and Strategist heroes to maintain a dynamic and competitive meta.
Global Changes
Strategists have been under increased pressure in Season 9, impacting their ability to gain Ultimate Ability energy from healing. To counteract this, the efficiency of Ultimate Ability energy gained from healing actions for Strategists has been partially reverted:
- Increased healing-to-energy conversion efficiency for all Strategists from 60% to 70%.
Duelist Adjustments
Following the removal of Team-Up Anchors, Cyclops and Phoenix underperformed. This patch restores some of their damage capabilities. Black Widow also receives a minor tactical enhancement as her win-rate trends upwards post-combat overhaul.
- Black Panther
- Fixed an issue where Black Panther would incorrectly accumulate a damage boost when his recoverable shield was restoring, causing abnormal damage.
- Black Widow
- Increased Red Room Rifle damage per hit from 40 to 45. Adjusted max damage falloff from 80% at 40m to 75% at 40m.
- Increased Electro-plasma Blast from 40 (no charge) - 60 (full charge) to 50 - 70.
- Cyclops
- Increased Optic Blast damage per tick from 21 to 22.
- Increased Ricochet Force direct hit damage from 70 to 75.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Gambit, reduced cooldown from 18s to 15s.
- Iron Man
- When selecting the Team-Up with Thor, reduced the Unibeam outer ring damage from 84/s to 70/s (standard) and from 108/s to 85/s (Armor Overdrive).
- Phoenix
- Increased Cosmic Flames damage per hit from 55 to 60.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Rogue, increased both direct hit damage and subsequent ricochet damage from 40 to 45, and reduced ability cooldown from 12s to 10s.
- Psylocke
- Reduced Psionic Crossbow base damage per shot from 13 to 12. Adjusted damage falloff from starting at 15m to starting at 8m.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Emma Frost, reduced the bonus health provided to self from a single hit of Wing Shurikens from 15 to 12. Reduced illusion duration from 5s to 3s. Reduced illusion damage from 30% of Psylocke's to 15%.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Cloak & Dagger, reduced Psionic Crossbow base damage per shot from 14 to 13.
Strategist Adjustments
Several Strategists received buffs to their healing capabilities and ultimate energy costs, while some team-up synergies were adjusted.
- Gambit
- After activating Healing Hearts, increased self-healing from 20/s to 30/s.
- Increased Bridge Boost healing per bounce from 50 to 65.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Magneto, increased the area healing from 50/s to 55/s.
- Invisible Woman
- Increased healing when retrieving Orb Projection from 40 to 45.
- Increased self-healing provided by Guardian Shield from 15/s to 20/s.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Mister Fantastic, increased the healing over time from 15/s to 25/s.
- Increased Invisible Boundary (Ultimate Ability) healing from 180/s to 200/s. Reduced energy cost from 4500 to 4300.
- Jubilee
- Reduced the energy cost of Firework Finale (Ultimate Ability) from 4500 to 4300.
- Reduced charge required for Blooming Ball from 300 to 250. Increased base healing from 30/s to 35/s (healing at max size, 50/s, remains unchanged).
- When selecting the Team-Up with Blade, increased the Lifesteal ratio from 25% to 30%.
- Luna Snow
- Reduced the energy cost of Fate of Both Worlds (Ultimate Ability) from 5000 to 4800.
- Mantis
- Reduced healing provided by Healing Flower from (15 + 3% of Max Health)/s to (12 + 3% of Max Health)/s.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Star-Lord, reduced the enhanced healing from (17.5 + 3.5% of Max Health)/s to (15 + 3.5% of Max Health)/s.
- Rocket Raccoon
- When selecting the Team-Up with Groot, increased the area healing provided by a single spore from 15 to 20.
- When selecting the Team-Up with Squirrel Girl, increased the healing provided by a single acorn from 20 to 30.
- Ultron
- When selecting the Team-Up with Peni Parker, reduced the healing provided by drones attached to other allies from 35/s to 15/s; increased ability cooldown from 15s to 20s.
