Here's everything to know about the Heart of the Dragon update.
NetEase Games has revealed Marvel Rivals Season 4 patch notes. This update includes adjustments to Captain America, Doctor Strange, Emma Frost, Thor, Blade, Scarlet Witch, Squirrel Girl, Loki, Mantis, Jeff, and so much more. Read on for our quick rundown of the patch notes plus the latest in Marvel Rivals’ Team-Ups.
Marvel Rivals Season 4 release date
Marvel Rivals Season 4, also known as “Heart of the Dragon,” will arrive on Sept. 12.
Marvel Rivals Season 4 patch notes: Vanguards
In terms of Vanguard heroes, the nerfs will go to Captain America and Emma Frost. While Captain America’s damage will be reduced, Emma Frost will have an increased cooldown for her Diamond Form. The amount of Telepathic Pulse energy gained will also go from 10 per second to 5 per second.
As for buffs, Doctor Strange will cast faster with a reduced cooldown on Maelstrom of Madness. However, his base health will drop slightly. Meanwhile, Peni Parker will gain extra utility thanks to her Spider-Drone applying a stacking slow effect and firing faster during her ultimate. Finally, Thor’s ultimate will get an upgrade.
– Remove Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% damage boost.
– Reduce Maelstrom of Madness cooldown from 8s to 6s.
– Reduce base health from 600 to 575.
– Increase Diamond Form cooldown from 15s to 18s.
– Reduce Telepathic Pulse energy gained when hitting shields from 10/s to 5/s.
– Spider-Drone New Effect: Now slows hit enemies by 8% for 2s, each hit stacks the effect and resets the slow period, stacking up to 40%.
– Reduce Spider-Drone release interval during ultimate ability from 0.7s to 0.5s.
– Increase movement speed during ultimateability from 600 to 700.
– After ultimate ability lands, Stun surrounding enemies for 1s.
Marvel Rivals Season 4 patch notes: Duelists
Among the Duelists, a few of them will receive nerfs to their survivability and damage. Black Panther, for example, will lose some base health and gain less bonus health from Spirit Rend. Meanwhile, Psylocke will deal less retrieve damage with Wing Shurikens and Squirrel Girl will have reduced Burst Acorn damage plus a longer Mammal Bond cooldown. Her hit damage of Squirrel Blockade will increase, however.
Next, Blade will deal more damage with his Ancestral Sword, Moon Knight will get two charges of Moon Blade, and Scarlet Witch will gain major upgrades with increased Reality Erasure damage plus healing by teammates during Mystic Projection, and more. As for Magik, she will lose her Team-Up Anchor bonus but will gain faster charge times, buffed abilities, piercing for Magik Slash, and boosted Darkchild damage. Additionally, Winter Soldier’s Trooper’s Fist will apply a debuff that blocks enemies from using mobility abilities.
– Reduce Bonus Health gained when striking Vibranium Marked enemies with Spirit Rend from 30 to 25.
– Reduce base health from 300 to 275.
– Increase Ancestral Sword damage per single slash from 22 to 24.
– Remove Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% damage boost.
– Reduce charge time required for Magik Slash maximum damage from 1.8 s to 1.2s.
– Magik Slash New Effect: Projectile now pierces enemies and reduces Stepping Discs cooldown by 1s per enemy pierced.
– Increase Soulsword damage from 65 to 75.
– Increase Eldritch Whirl damage from 45 to 50.
– Increase Demon’s Rage damage per hit from 18 to 20.
– Increase melee normal attack damage from 30 to 40.
– During Darkchild, increase Eldritch Whirl single-hit damage from 35 to 45 and Umbral Incursion damage from 135 to 140.
– Moon Blade now holds up to 2 charges, each taking 6s to recharge.
– Decrease the retrieve damage of Wing Shurikens per hit from 12 to 8.
– Can now be healed by teammates during Mystic Projection.
– Increase Reality Erasure damage from 800 to 9999.
– New Effect: Now pulls in nearby enemies (within 15m radius) during cast charge. Max pull speed up to 2.4m/s.
– Reduce Burst Acorn damage from 110 to 100.
– Increase the hit damage of Squirrel Blockade from 35 to 50.
– Increase Mammal Bond cooldown from 10s to 15s.
– Trooper’s Fist New Effect: Second strike now applies a 1s debuff to enemies hit, preventing them from using mobility abilities.
Marvel Rivals August 12 patch notes: Strategists
Now onto the Strategist heroes. Firstly, Invisible Woman will gain stronger control and sustain with a buffed slow effect on Guardian Shield, more healing from her ultimate, plus a new area slow effect. Our favorite shark, meanwhile, will create a healing pool with his ultimate. Marvel Rivals Season 4 patch notes will also see Mantis with a movement boost and Ultron with extra ultimate damage. Next, Loki’s illusions will deal less damage and healing while his ultimate shapeshift period will last for a shorter time. Finally, Luna Snow will get a reduced ultimate duration.
– Increase slow effect to enemies passing through Guardian Shield from 30% to 35%.
– Increase Invisible Boundary healing per second from 165 to 180.
– New Effect: Slows enemies within range by 20%.
– It’s Jeff! now leaves an 8m radius Healing Pool at the point of activation that heals allies within range by 100/s. Healing Pool lasts for 8s.
– Reduce illusion’s damage and healing ratio from 100% to 80%.
– Reduce God of Mischief shapeshift period from 15s to 12s. If using an active duration ability, then reduce shapeshift residual period after the ability ends from 5s to 3s.
– Reduce Fate of Both Worlds duration from 12s to 10s.
– Movement boost from Nature’s Favor now decays to 0 over 2s after being hit, instead of instantly disappearing.
– Ultimate New Effect: Deals 125% damage to bonus health.
Marvel Rivals Team-Up abilities
The Season 4 update will also grant Angela health as a Team-Up Anchor while Thor will gain the new Thunderstrike Pike ability. Meanwhile, Magik will join Doctor Strange’s Arcane Order and receive the new Chain of Cyttorak ability, Black Panther will gain the Gamma Vibranium Armor ability through his team-up with Hulk, and the Dimensional Shortcut Team-Up between Magik and Psylocke will be removed from the game.
– As the Team-Up Anchor, Angela gains 100 health.
– Thor gains the new Thunderstrike Pike ability from his Team-Up with Angela.
– Magik joins the order and unlocks the new magical Chain of Cyttorak ability through her team-up with Doctor Strange.
– This team-up has been banished to Limbo and removed from the game.
– Black Panther loses the Wakandan Master ability previously attained from his team-up with Magik.
– Black Panther joins the gamma fun and gains the Gamma Vibranium Armor ability through his team-up with Hulk.
Looks like the arcane magic is getting a bit weaker for Scarlet Witch.
– Reduce Sorcery Surge explosion damage upon hit from 12 to 6.
That’s all for now. Are you excited about Heart of the Dragon? Stick around on esports.gg for more Marvel Rivals news and updates.