Marvel Rivals Season 4 patch notes, release date, and details

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, also known as "Heart of the Dragon," will arrive on Sept. 12.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.