Marvel Rivals just revealed all the buffs and nerfs coming with the release of Season 4.5. The new season is set to come out on Friday, October 10, and unsurprisingly, it will be a game-changer. These balance changes aim to make the game fairer for everyone. However, they will likely make certain heroes much better.
If you’re curious about all the changes coming with the next season, we have everything you need. You can refer to the table below to see if your favorite hero received a downgrade or an upgrade in the upcoming Marvel Rivals patch.
All buffs and nerfs in the new Marvel Rivals update
The next season of the game will bring balance changes for 13 heroes. You can find all the details below:
| Hero | Changes |
|---|---|
| Angela | After activating Divine Judgement, increase Axes of Ichors Angela’s Bonus Health from 30 per enemy hit to 40 and allies from 15 to 20. |
| Blade | • Increase Daywalker Dash secondary attack range from 4.5m to 6.5m. • Increase the duration of each slash speed attack gained during Bloodline Awakening from 0.7s to 1s. • New Effect: Landing all four hits of Whirlwind Slash grants 1 slash speed stack. |
| Cloak & Dagger | Increase the energy cost of Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability) from 4300 to 4500. |
| Hela | • Reduce Astral Flock start-up cast time. After casting, Hela gains 25 Bonus Health. |
| Human Torch | • Reduce Fire Cluster hit Damage per projectile from 5.5 to 5. • New: Fire Cluster now has a 0.5s delay before ammo begins to replenish. • During Plasma Body, reduce movement speed from 900 to 850. |
| Iron Fist | • Lower fixed damage of Yat Jee Chung Kuen from 9 to 8. • Increase percentage damage of enemy’s Max Health per strike from 2.7% to 3.1%. |
| Jeff the Land Shark | • Reduce the crit damage reduction from the Oblivious Cuteness passive from 70% to 50%. |
| Mister Fantastic | • After successfully pulling an enemy with Distended Grip, the target is now afflicted with a 1-second immobilize effect. |
| Phoenix | • Melee attacks no longer stack Sparks. • Primary Weapon ammo no longer replenishes during Dark Ascent. • New: Added 1s of cooldown to Dark Ascent. |
| Psylocke | • Reduce self-slow rate during Dance of the Butterfly (Ultimate Ability) from 30% to 15%. • Increase each strike’s damage from 150 to 170. |
| Rocket Raccoon | • Increase Damage Boost granted by C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 25% to 40%. |
| Ultron | • Reduce Imperative: Patch healing amount from 35 to 30 and healing bonus to the followed ally from 10 to 5. • Increase the energy cost of Rage of Ultron (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700. |
| Venom | • Feast of the Abyss (Ultimate Ability) now applies a 30% Healing Reduction to enemies hit, lasting 4 seconds. |
In addition to these, Daredevil will get a seasonal bonus that increases his health by 25% and damage by 5%. He will have a team-up with The Punisher, granting Frank Castle a new ability. Besides them, Hela and Namor will also team up to give the Sub-Mariner a new ability. At the same time, the king of the ocean will lose his Gamma Monstro ability from teaming up with Hulk.
Magik also received a downgrade, as the cooldown of Chain of Cyttorak (team-up with Doctor Strange) has been increased from 15s to 20s, and the slow effect at maximum range has been reduced from 60% to 40%. Finally, the latest buffs and nerfs in Marvel Rivals will affect Thor and Hela, as the two will no longer benefit from the Ragnarok Rebirth team-up.
