Marvel Rivals Season 7.5 is approaching, and NetEase just revealed its buffs and nerfs. With Black Cat joining as the newest hero, the update will reshape the roster, adjusting the effectiveness of several high-profile heroes. With the new season arriving on April 17, the meta is set to shift once again.

NetEase revealed upcoming balance changes in the latest post on the game website, showing which heroes will be affected by them. Previously, the developers revealed that the team takes a “fun first” approach to balance changes in Marvel Rivals, and this is what they came up with in Season 7.5.

In Season 7, NetEase implemented a major global change that affected every hero’s ultimate ability. With Season 7.5, the developer will implement chain-CC protection, which is another game-changer. You can find more details below.

Marvel Rivals Season 7 patch notes reveal new buffs and nerfs

Buffs and nerfs are among the most exciting updates that come out with every Marvel Rivals season. Season 7.5 continues that trend, as it’s set out to bring several major balance changes. White Fox shook up the meta in March, and NetEase now has enough data to make proper balance changes.

With Black Cat joining the hero roster as a new Duelist, these are all the buffs and nerfs coming in the new Marvel Rivals season.

Vanguards

• Buffs: Emma Frost, Peni Parker (with HP nerf)
• Nerfs: Deadpool

Emma Frost

• Reduce the energy cost of Psionic Seduction (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3100.

Deadpool (Vanguard)

• Reduce The Ban Hammer (Gun Form Ultimate Ability) Bonus Health gained per hammer hit from 80 to 60 (standard) and from 80 to 70 (upgraded).
• Reduce The Ban Hammer (Gun Form Ultimate Ability) damage dealt per hammer hit from 45 to 35. 
• Reduce bonus Attack Speed provided by Deadpool in Your Area – Vanguard to Dual Desert Eagles – Vanguard from 60% to 40%.

Peni Parker

• Reduce base health from 700 to 650.
• Increase the maximum number of Cyber-Webs that can exist simultaneously on the field from 3 to 4.
• Increase Bonus Health cap provided to Peni by Cyber-Webs from 150 to 200.
• Increase Cyber-Web Cluster Projectile Speed from 120m/s to 150m/s.

Duelists

• Buffs: Human Torch,
• Nerfs: Elsa Bloodstone, Winter Soldier (+ some buffs)

Elsa Bloodstone

• Increase Helix Advance cooldown from 8s to 10s. (Cooldown at max passive stacks from 2s to 4s).
• Reduce Monster-Piercer percentage damage per pellet from 1.2% to 0.8%.  
  • Reduce total percentage damage when all 5 pellets hit from 6% to 4%.
• Zhiyong Note: When all pellets hit, damage against a 275 HP hero drops from 81.5 (13*5+275*6%) to 76; against a 700 HP hero, it drops from 107 (13*5+700*6%) to 93.

Human Torch

• Plasma Body Mechanic Adjusted: Upon casting, he immediately dashes a short distance (10m) in the direction of movement and enters the Plasma Body state for 4s.
  • This ability now has 2 charges, with a 10s recharge time per charge. There is a 4s cooldown between consecutive casts.

Winter Soldier

• Remove Trooper’s Fist Grounded effect on enemies.
  •    Reduce Cooldown from 12s to 10s.
• Increase Bionic Hook cooldown from 12s to 15s.
• Increase Roterstern Projectile Damage from 75 to 80
  • Decrease Spell Field Damage from 55 to 45.
• Reduce Tainted Voltage single charge energize time from 6s to 5s.
• Increase Kraken Impact Culling Threshold from 15% to 20%.
  •  Reduce base damage from 80 to 70.

Strategists

• Buffs: Adam Warlock, Luna Snow, Ultron
• Nerfs: Cloak & Dagger, Jeff the Land Shark

Adam Warlock

• Increase Cosmic Cluster cooldown reduction provided to Avatar Life Stream per hit on an enemy from 0.05s to 0.08s.

Cloak & Dagger

• Reduce Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability) duration from 13s to 11s.

Jeff the Land Shark

• Joyful Splash damage falloff now starts at 15m (was 20m) and damage drops to 60% of base at 30m (was 65% at 40m).
• Reduce It’s Jeff! (Ultimate Ability) recovery time when failing to swallow any targets from 1s to 0.4s.

Luna Snow

• Increase Light & Dark Ice damage and healing from 22 to 24.

Ultron

• We’ve adjusted the logic of Ultron’s Ultimate. The four Ultron Drones surrounding Ultron will no longer shoot directly at the crosshair target; instead, they will bombard the area around the target. The bombardment area matches Ultron’s, but with slightly lower values. With this adjustment, the coverage area of Rage of Ultron is increased from a 3m radius to a 6m radius.
• After activating Rage of Ultron (Ultimate Ability):
  •    Increase Ultron’s Encephalo-Rays Damage from 8 to 18.
  •    Increase the Drones’ Encephalo-Rays Damage from 8 to 12.
  •    New Spell Field Damage Falloff: Starts at 1.5m after Encephalo-Rays explode, with a max falloff to 50% at 3m.
  •    Increase healing effect on allies from 25 to 40.
  •    (Damage and healing effects on targets within the original 3m radius remain roughly the same).

Marvel Rivals will bring Chain-CC protection

Marvel Rivals Season 7.5 will reduce the effectiveness of crowd control effects. NetEase will implement this global change to ensure that the combat remains fluid and fair. Here are all the details:

• The Trigger: If a Hero suffers 5.5 seconds of total CC duration or is hit by 6 CC effects within a 7-second window, Chain-CC Protection activates. This instantly purges all active CC effects and grants the Hero 30% Tenacity for 3 seconds.
• Scaling Tenacity: Tenacity proportionally reduces the duration of incoming CC. While active, every new CC effect applied to the Hero increases their Tenacity by 10% and extends the buff’s duration by 0.5 seconds.
• Total Immunity: If Tenacity reaches 100%, the Hero becomes completely CC Immune until the buff expires. During this window, incoming CC will not grant further Tenacity or extend the Immunity duration.
• Cinematic Exceptions: Certain animation-driven CC effects (such as Emma Frost’s Carbon Crush and Monster Hulk’s World Breaker) bypass this system. Tenacity cannot reduce their durations, nor will they be interrupted if Chain-CC Protection triggers. Any standard CC effects applied during these cinematic moves will be cleared, and Tenacity applied, only after the cinematic ability concludes.
• Cooldown: The Chain-CC Protection system has a 5-second cooldown, which begins the moment the final Tenacity effect expires.

Team-Up changes in Marvel Rivals Season 7.5

Guardian of the Deep (Jeff the Land Shark)

• Reduce excess healing converted to Bonus Health from 100 to 50.
• Reduce healing efficiency from 70/s to 60/s

Lucky Loan (Black Cat – White Fox/Captain America)

• As the Team-Up Anchor, Black Cat gains a 5% boost in damage output.
• White Fox unlocks the new Nine-Tailed Aura ability through her Team-Up with Black Cat.
• Captain America unlocks the new Vibranium Bastion ability through his Team-Up with Black Cat.

If you are eagerly waiting for these balance changes to go live, check out the Marvel Rivals Season 7.5 countdown. Don’t forget to also check all the active Marvel Rivals codes to get free cosmetics before they expire.

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