Season 5's saga continues! Some heroes are beefing up, others are feeling the sting, and new team-up tweaks promise fresh combos and wild crossovers. Ready to see which legends are leveling up, and who's getting a dose of humble pie? Let's dive into the details!
VANGUARD
Emma Frost
Diamond-hard and ready for more! With her Team-Up Anchor gone, Emma gets a slight durability upgrade to compensate.
- Increase Base Health from 550 to 600.
Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 Bonus Health.
Peni Parker
SP//dr's pilot faces a slight durability downgrade; better stay nimble, Peni!
- Reduce Base Health from 750 to 700.
The Thing
Ben Grimm's punches hit harder, and his crowd control lasts longer. It's clobberin' time!
- Increase Stone Haymaker Bonus Damage equal to enemies' max Health per hit from 8% to 10%.
- Increase the duration of the lingering anti-mobility field after Yancy Street Charge from 3s to 5s.
Thor
Thor takes some lessons from his battles against the Zombies to heart. The God of Thunder is ready to take control of his lightning with increased flexibility!
- During Storm Surge, instead of being unable to change the direction of movement, Thor can now freely adjust it while dashing and move in any direction.
DUELIST
Blade
The Daywalker slightly sharpens his edge and his resilience!
- Increase Ancestral Sword single-hit Damage from 24 to 26 and Whirlwind Slash single-hit Damage from 15 to 16.
- Reduce Bloodline Awakening Reduced Healing from 35% to 25%.
Daredevil
The Man Without Fear loses a bit of his grit.
- Remove the Team-Up Anchor 25 Bonus health.
Human Torch
Johnny Storm slightly turns up the heat!
- Fire Cluster:
Slightly reduce projectile spread.
Increase single-cast projectile Damage from 5 to 5.5.
Adjust maximum falloff from 60% at 30m to 60% at 20m.
- Blazing Blast:
Reduce single charge speed from 3s to 2.5s.
Increase hit Damage from 40 to 45.
Phoenix
Jean Grey's fiery spirit gets a slight summon boost!
- During Endsong Inferno (Ultimate Ability), increase Phoenix summon Health from 400 to 500.
Psylocke
Psylocke's Ultimate is a little harder to unleash; time to earn those butterfly blades!
- Increase the energy cost of Dance of the Butterfly (Ultimate Ability) from 2800 to 3400.
Scarlet Witch
Wanda's chaos magic is more explosive!
- Increase the charge to Chthonian Burst by Chaos Control hits from 0.08 to 0.1.
- Increase Dark Seal Projectile Speed from 40m/s to 60m/s and remove Spell Field generation delay.
- Increase Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability) enemy pull speed during cast from 2.4m/s to 3m/s.
The Punisher
Frank Castle's got a little more firepower; watch your six!
- Increase Adjudication damage per hit from 19 to 20.
Wolverine
Logan's Ultimate just got a whole lot more freedom to leap, slash, and surprise his foes from every angle!
Last Stand (Ultimate Ability) can now target walls for its landing point.
STRATEGIST
Gambit
The Ace of Spades can't tell you about how much he 'never folds' as often!
- Increase the energy cost of Ragin' Royal Flush (Ultimate Ability) from 4300 to 4500.
Invisible Woman
Susan Storm's invisibility trick is now a little more precious.
- Increase the energy cost of Invisible Boundary (Ultimate Ability) from 4300 to 4500.
Loki
The Trickster God's illusions are even more potent!
- Increase Damage and Healing Ratio of Loki's Doppelgängers from 80% to 90%.
Luna Snow
Luna cools down her foes even faster and gets a brand-new ability! (She's never beating the allegations, is she?)
- Reduce Absolute Zero start-up time and increase Projectile Speed from 60m/s to 80m/s.
- New Ability: Luna can apply Number One Idol to herself (separate from Share the Stage). When Number One Idol is active, 10% of Healing to allies is converted into healing for Luna herself, and she gains a 10% Healing Boost and a 10% Damage Boost.
Rocket Raccoon
Rocket's Ultimate takes a little more juice to fire off!
- Increase the energy cost of C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 4000 to 4300.
Ultron
Ultron's battlefield coverage and utility are evolving!
- Imperative: Patch can now deploy up to 2 drones, allowing support for two allies at once.
- Imperative: Firewall now requires a target with Imperative: Patch to use. After use, Ultron gains 65 Bonus Health, the target and nearby allies get 50 Bonus Health, plus the selected ally gains a 20% Movement Speed and 10% Damage boost.
- Increase the energy cost of Rage of Ultron (Ultimate Ability) from 3700 to 4000.
TEAM-UP ABILITIES
ADJUSTED OR REMOVED
Chilling Assault (Luna Snow- Iron Fist/Emma Frost)
The iced-out Emma Frost is joining the icy fray!
- Emma Frost unlocks the new Iced Out Diamond ability through her Team-Up with Luna Snow.
Explosive Entanglement (Gambit - Magneto/Rogue)
Rogue's got a new trick up her sleeve!
- Rogue receives the Hearts As One ability through her team-up with Gambit.
Mental Projection (Emma Frost - Psylocke)
The psychic link is broken!
- Mental Projection Team-Up is now just a memory.
- Emma Frost loses the 100 Health Bonus previously gained as the Team-Up Anchor.
Sword of Duality (Cloak & Dagger - Hawkeye/Psylocke)
Psylocke's arsenal gets a new edge!
- Psylocke unlocks the new Light & Dark Darts ability through her Team-Up with Cloak & Dagger.
BALANCE CHANGES
Bestial Hunt (Daredevil - The Punisher)
Daredevil's toughness gets trimmed!
We're slightly reducing Daredevil's survivability gained from being the Team-Up Anchor.
- Daredevil loses the Team-Up Anchor 25 Health Bonus.
The Marvel Rivals universe is ever-evolving, and we have plenty more surprises and updates on the horizon. Stay tuned to our official announcements for more!