Marvel Rivals Patch Notes

Balance changes and game updates, hero by hero and grouped by role — summarised from the official posts and checked against the game files once the patch ships.

Balance

Patch 10

11 September 2026 Verified

38 heroes changed · 21 buffed · 12 nerfed · 5 adjusted · 2 team-ups touched

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Balance

Patch 10

38 heroes changed · 21 buffed · 12 nerfed · 5 adjusted · 2 team-ups touched

Checked against the game files on 11 September 2026. 9 of 38 hero entries are confirmed by what shipped. 2 disagree and are marked below. 3 things changed that the notes never mention.

Read the full official patch notes

Hero changes

Vanguard 13

AngelaVanguard Nerf
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Loki, reduce the maximum damage the illusions can take250150
Captain AmericaVanguard Buff
  • Base Health300350
  • Remove Vibranium Energy Saw bounce damage falloff
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Thor, increase Voltaic Union duration7s10s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Winter Soldier, slightly increase movement speed after using Stars Aligned
DeadpoolVanguard Buff
  • Dual Desert Eagles & Dual Desert Eagles - Upgraded Damage Falloff: Adjust maximum Damage Falloff at 30m50%75%
  • Healing gained during The Ban Hammer and The Ban Hammer - Upgraded25/s35/s
  • Bonus Health gained when releasing The Ban Hammer (Ultimate Ability) and The Big Test (Ultimate Ability)200300
  • Upgrade!
  • Experience required for every "Upgrade!" of the original values75%
Devil DinosaurVanguard Buff
  • Bleed duration stacked on enemies per Impact Beam hit0.5s1s
  • Bleed damage0.75%1.2%
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Punisher, increase Primal Punishment projectile speed120m/s150m/s
Doctor StrangeVanguard Buff
  • Daggers of Denak projectile speed60m/s80m/s
    • Attack interval between casts0.9s0.8s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Hulk, remove Gamma Maelstrom spell field damage falloff
Emma FrostVanguard Buff
  • Base health650675
  • Range of Telepathic Pulse18m20m
  • Carbon Crush dash distance7m8.5m
GrootVanguard Buff
  • Bonus Health gained when awakening an Ironwood Wall4050
MagnetoVanguard Nerf
  • Base health650600
  • Metal Bulwark and Iron Bulwark Shield Value250200
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Scarlet Witch, increase Metallic Chaos cooldown12s18s
  • During Metallic Chaos, reduce Chaos Greatsword spell field damage4035
    • Total single-strike damage reduced8580
  • Enhanced Effect: Reduce Mag-Cannon single projectile damage2010
    • Total single-shot damage reduced4535
Peni ParkerVanguard Buff
  • Cyber-Web Cluster firing interval0.3s0.25s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Black Panther, reduce Vibranium Mech cooldown20s15s
RogueVanguard Buff
  • Regenerative Shield capacity250275
  • Energy regeneration speed while Defensive Stance is inactive15/s25/s
  • Energy consumption speed while Defensive Stance is active50/s60/s
    • Increase Defensive Stance effect coverage rate23%30%
  • The Maximum Health gained when using Ability Absorption on a Vanguard125150
The HoodVanguard Nerf
  • Base health600550
  • Mantle of Oblivion cooldown10s12s
  • Abyssal Veil Damage Reduction ratio against enemy projectiles35%20%
  • Damage to Bonus Health conversion during Demon of the End (Ultimate Ability)60%50%
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Moon Knight, Enhanced Effect: Increase the detection range for The Hood's bullets bouncing off enemies after passing through the Lunar Barrier when the Team-Up is active3m6m

The post says base health ends at 550; the game files ship 1000.

The ThingVanguard Nerf
  • Base health750725
  • Stone Haymaker damage + 8% target's Maximum Health55 + 10% target's maximum Health55
    • When attacking a 600 Health enemy, damage is reduced115103
  • Yancy Street Charge cooldown10s12s
    • Spell field duration5s4s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Human Torch, increase Two-in-One cooldown15s18s
    • Its duration10s8s
ThorVanguard Buff
  • Base Health300325
  • Damage to enemies crossing the boundary after casting Lightning Realm4050
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Angela, reduce Divine Armory cooldown20s15s

Duelist 15

Black CatDuelist Nerf
  • Remove the invincibility effect during Phantom Pursuit
  • New Effect: Now grants 50% Damage Reduction and Unstoppable while casting Phantom Pursuit
  • Reduce Fortune consumed to cast Phantom Pursuit from 300 to 250, and reduce Fortune gained when hitting enemies from 150 to 125
  • Helmet of Hades duration2s3s
    • Movement Boost decay2s3s
  • New Effect: When using the Helmet of Hades, Black Cat's movement trail will now be visible, and her full form will be revealed periodically
  • Increase the volume of Black Cat's footstep sound effects
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Black Panther, add New Effect: Upon hitting an enemy with the ability, gain 50 Fortune per enemy hit, capped at 100
Black WidowDuelist Nerf
  • Red Room Rifle Damage Falloff: Adjust maximum Damage Falloff at 40m75%65%
  • Energy cost of Assassin's Focus (Ultimate Ability)28003100
BladeDuelist Buff
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Captain America, Base Effect: Gain 2 additional maximum stacks of Bloodline Awakening
  • Enhanced Effect: Increase the extra maximum stacks gained during Bloodline Awakening24
Elsa BloodstoneDuelist Nerf
  • Monster-Piercer damage per shot + 0.8% of Maximum Health13 + 0.8% of Maximum Health12
  • Bonus Health gained after casting Helix Advance and Ruthless Pursuit3025
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Devil Dinosaur, increase Smoky Snare cooldown12s15s
DeadpoolDuelist Buff
  • Dual Desert Eagles - Duelist single shot damage3842
  • Upgrade!
  • Experience required for every "Upgrade!" of the original values75%
Iron FistDuelist Buff
  • Damage for the first four strikes of Jeet Kune Do3538
    • Fifth hit5560
  • When selecting the Team-Up with The Thing, Iron Fist can now chain the existing Enhanced Effect follow-up after his first hit without needing The Thing present
  • The Team-Up skill cooldown8s12s
  • Enhanced Effect: Increase the damage dealt to enemies by the enhanced second hit4550
  • Energy cost of Living Chi (Ultimate Ability)34003100
MagikDuelist Nerf
  • When selecting the Team-Up with The Hood, increase Void Pentagram cooldown15s20s
  • Enhanced Effect: Reduce the Limbo Demon Health Boost10025
    • Total Health reduced200125
Mister FantasticDuelist Adjusted
  • When selecting the Team-Up with The Thing, adjust Clobberin' Research Dept. to be a toggle ability, allowing Mister Fantastic to turn it on and off freely
  • After entering the brawler stance, reduce Brawling Punch full charge time from 1s to 0.75s, increase damage at 0 charge from 55 to 65, and remove the Launch effect from the fully charged punch
NamorDuelist Buff
  • Trident of Neptune damage per shot7580
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Hulk, reduce Gamma Monstro cooldown30s25s
    • Its single-hit damage55.5
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Luna Snow, replace Namor's Monstro Spawn with Frozen Spawn
  • Damage remains the same, but the Frozen Spawn attacks apply a 15% slow effect on hit, lasting 1s
PsylockeDuelist Buff
  • Slightly reduce Psionic Crossbow projectile spread
  • Wing Shurikens projectile speed120m/s150m/s
    • Damage per individual shuriken910
Scarlet WitchDuelist Adjusted
  • New Ability - Scarlet Hex: Upon casting, Scarlet Witch unleashes a magic shockwave in a 20m long, 8m wide rectangular area in front of her, dealing 40 damage to enemies caught inside and applying a Chaos Mark
  • Add New Passive Ability: When Scarlet Witch deals damage to enemies bearing a Chaos Mark, 25% of the damage converts into Bonus Health for herself, up to a cap of 50
  • Chaos Control damage85/s75/s
  • Chaos Control now deals identical damage to all enemies bearing a Chaos Mark within a 20m, 120° cone shape in front of her
  • Chthonian Burst cast interval0.5s0.4s
    • DPS to enemies increased160200
  • Adjust Dark Seal effect: Instead of periodically stunning enemies within range, it will now only apply a stun effect upon the initial detonation, lasting 0.3s
  • While the Dark Seal spell field is active, it continuously deals 20/s damage and applies a 30% slow effect to enemies inside it
  • Simultaneously, the Dark Seal constantly applies Chaos Marks to enemies within the field
  • Movement speed boost gained during Mystic Projection50%35%
  • Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability): During the cast wind-up, continuously deal damage to enemies within a 15m radius, scaling up over 4s5080
  • Additionally, during this time, she has a small chance to be immune to incoming damage
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Jubilee, Enhanced Effect: Reduce healing received during Mystic Projection42/s30/s
Spider-ManDuelist Buff
  • Amazing Combo cooldown2s1s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Peni Parker, reduce Parker Power-Up cooldown15s10s
Star-LordDuelist Buff
  • Regenerative Shield capacity100125
  • Element Guns Damage Falloff: Adjust maximum Damage Falloff at 20m50% at 25m60%
  • Increase energy regeneration speed for Rocket Propulsion
  • Time needed to fully recharge energy18s15s
  • Blaster Barrage damage75/s80/s
Winter SoldierDuelist Nerf
  • Time required for a single charge of Tainted Voltage5s6s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Elsa Bloodstone, Enhanced Effect: Reduce Bonus Health generated by Ceaseless Charge while the Team-Up is active7055
WolverineDuelist Buff
  • Increase Savage Claw base damage dealt per hit from 15 to 18 and increase Percentage Damage for each point of Rage from 1.5% + 0.057% to 1.5% + 0.062%
  • Adjust Bonus Health provided upon triggering Regenerative Healing Factor to be no longer affected by current Rage, standardizing to a flat 300 Bonus Health
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Cyclops, increase Percentage Damage dealt per Kinetic Claws hit for each point of Rage0.01%0.012%

Strategist 10

Cloak & DaggerStrategist Nerf
  • In Cloak form, reduce the Vulnerable effect applied to enemies hit by Terror Cape28%20%
  • In Dagger form, reduce the area healing provided after a Lightforce Dagger hits2520
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Luna Snow, reduce Frozen Haven ice shield duration2.5s2s
DeadpoolStrategist Buff
  • Base Health250275
  • Deadpool In Your Area - Strategist and Deadpool In Your Area - Strategist Upgraded cooldown12s10s
  • Upgrade!
  • Experience required for every "Upgrade!" of the original values75%

The post says base health ends at 275; the game files ship 500.

GambitStrategist Nerf
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Magneto, adjust the Favorable Odds ability effect: it now only triggers a Launch effect once upon exploding against the environment or a character, removing the previous persistent Launch effect while the spell field is active
Invisible WomanStrategist Nerf
  • Orb Projection healing on return4540
  • Adjust Veiled Step: For the first 1s after entering Invisible state, taking damage will no longer break stealth
Jeff the Land SharkStrategist Buff
  • Joyful Splash healing amount130/s140/s
  • Aqua Burst projectile speed100m/s150m/s
    • Projectile damage2530
  • After casting It's Jeff! (Ultimate Ability), increase the healing pool's provided healing amount100/s130/s
LokiStrategist Buff
  • Mystical Missile healing amount1015
  • After casting Deception, increase continuous self-healing during stealth20/s30/s
Luna SnowStrategist Adjusted
  • Self-healing provided by Cryo Heart30/s35/s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with White Fox, remove the self-cleanse effect applied when summoning the spirit fox
MantisStrategist Adjusted
  • Charge time for a single Life Orb3s4s
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Star-Lord, reduce Healing Flower's healing amount + 3% target's Maximum Health per/s12 + 3% target's Maximum Health per/s10
  • Enhanced Healing Flower's healing + 3.5% target's Maximum Health per/s15 + 3.5% target's Maximum Health per/s10
  • When selecting the Team-Up with Adam Warlock, increase Healing Flower's healing amount + 3% target's Maximum Health per/s10 + 2.5% target's Maximum Health per/s12
  • In the soul form, increase area healing provided5/s30/s
    • Healing field radius5m8m
UltronStrategist Adjusted
  • After casting Imperative: Firewall, reduce Bonus Health provided to Ultron from 65 to 40, and reduce Bonus Health provided to nearby allies from 50 to 40
  • Add New Effect: Post-cast, it provides Ultron with a continuous 20/s self-heal effect lasting for 3s
White FoxStrategist Buff
  • Yeowoo Guseul direct hit healing amount5055
    • Bounce hit healing3540
  • During Fox Form Awakening, increase the healing provided by the surrounding healing field3540

Team-up changes

The official notes list these only sometimes, so anything the post skipped is filled in from the game files.

NewHIVE MINDGorr The God Butcher + Venom
  • Found in the game files; the official notes don't mention it.
NewRAGNARÖKGorr The God Butcher + Hela
  • Found in the game files; the official notes don't mention it.

Changed without a mention

These moved in the game files this patch, but the official notes don't list them. Structural changes only — a renamed ability, a rewritten description, a health value — never a damage figure, because those are indicative in the datamined files and a wrong number is worse than no number.

Gorr The God Butcher
  • Joined the roster
  • New team-up: HIVE MIND
  • New team-up: RAGNARÖK
Venom
  • New team-up: HIVE MIND
Hela
  • New team-up: RAGNARÖK
Game update

Marvel Rivals Version 20260917 Patch Notes

The balance changes are in their own section above.

All-New ContentNew Stories1 item
  • New Moon Knight Lore - New Moon Rising
All-New ContentNew In Store4 items
  • Moon Knight - Eternity Knight Bundle
  • New Jeff the Land Shark - Jeff-Pool costume chroma: Gwenpool
  • Rogue & Gambit - X-Men '97 Season 2 MVP: Sugah, the MVPs are now officially live and have been added to their respective bundles, with bundle prices remaining unchanged. Eligible players who previously owned everything in the corresponding bundles will automatically receive the matching MVPs for free
  • Available From: September 17th, 2026, at 9:00:00 (UTC)
All-New ContentAll-New Events2 items

Rogue recently threw a totally radical pajama party! However, after the party wound down, Jeff fell into a terrifying nightmare. Guided by Mantis's telepathic expertise, the crew dove straight into Jeff's dream, only to discover a giant star suspended in the sky, surrounded by a chaotic flurry of bizarre thoughts.

  • Event Period: September 17th, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 15th, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC)
  • Event Period: September 17th, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 9th, 2026, 09:00:00 (UTC)
All-New ContentPop & Win1 item

Pop & Win keeps bringing the absolute goodies! This week, we're spotlighting Jubilee's Vampy Jammies and Magneto's Master of Slumber. Step right up and test your luck for a chance to snag these two nap-tacular Pajama Party costumes for a wildly discounted price!

  • Event Duration: September 17th, 2026, 09:00:00 to October 16th, 2026, 02:00:00 (UTC)
Fixes and OptimizationsGameplay1 item
  • Deadpool's Clone Conundrum: Fixed an issue in Clone Rumble where players were unable to switch Team-Ups when randomized as Deadpool. Wade got a little too attached, but we've untangled the Merc with a Mouth so he can swap his besties at will!
Fixes and OptimizationsOther4 items
  • Jeff's Ducky Dip Details: Fixed a missing texture issue with Jeff the Land Shark's Ducky Dip emote. Our favorite land shark's bath time is back to being picture-perfect. Splish splash, Jeff!
  • Peni Parker's Portrait Polish: Fixed a visual inconsistency between the physical eye models and the 2D portrait artwork for Peni Parker's Liquid Shell costume. The SP//dr suit's optic sensors are fully synced, and Peni's looking sharply aligned in every dimension!
  • Doctor Strange's Astral Smile: Fixed a teeth texture display issue on Doctor Strange's Astral Arcana costume. The Sorcerer Supreme shouldn't have to battle multiversal dental issues; his mystic grin is now totally flawless. By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!
  • Emma Frost's Telepathic Tunes: Fixed an issue where the sound effects for Emma's Psychic Spear ability would sometimes play incorrectly while she was wearing her Glittering Goddess costume. The White Queen demands absolute perfection, and her psychic broadcasts are now perfectly clear

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Earlier posts

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