Marvel Rivals Season 5 is giving out nothing but buffs to a lot of heroes! Check out every change in Marvel Rivals Season 5 patch notes.
Marvel Rivals Season 5 is here, and with it comes the usual balance changes. However, this time, the buffs heavily outnumber the nerfs. Read the details of the Marvel Rivals Season 5 patch notes below, and whether your main was one of the chosen ones to get a giga-buff this season.
Marvel Rivals Season 5 patch notes
These balance changes (mostly buffs) are now live. This patch also changes the way getting a rank works with the implementation of Placement Matches, which you can read about here.
Gambit
The newest Strategist, Gambit, goes live with this update. Check out what his multi-purpose deck can do here.
Vanguard changes
These changes are aimed at giving Vanguards more utility to make them more versatile.
Angela
- Assassin's Charge dash speed from 16m/s to 18m/s.
- Ultimate - Heven's Retribution spear Health from 600 to 800.
Captain America
- Ultimate- Freedom Charge now grants 30% Ultimate Energy charge efficiency to allies in its path.
Groot
- Ironwood Wall now grants Unstoppable to Groot when he is within 15m.
Hulk
- Direct hits with Gamma Burst now reduce the cooldown of Indestructible Guard by 1 second.
Magneto
- Metal Bulwark and Iron Bulwark now have separate cooldowns.
- Shields for both lowered from 250 to 200.
Peni Parker
- Peni's Cyber-Webs now grant the same Healing over Time and Movement Boost effects to allies within it.
- Ally Movement Boost: 25%
- Healing: 15/s
- Excess healing converted to Bonus Health: 25
The Thing
- Embattled Leap now grants 20% Damage Reduction to all allies within 5m.
Duelist changes
Some Duelists who have been struggling are getting a little pick-me-up. In some cases, like Storm and Hawkeye, the buffs may cause them to shoot up in priority once again.
Hawkeye
- Archer's Focus maximum Bonus Damage increased from 75 to 90.
Mister Fantastic
- Reflexive Rubber is now usable while Inflated.
- Remove 350 Bonus Health upon being Inflated. Instead, gain 350 Maximum Health and a one-time heal of 350, removed upon exiting Inflated.
Phoenix
- Cosmic Flames maximum falloff at 30m adjusted from 60% to 75%
Spider-Man
- Web-Cluster cooldown reduced from 2.5s to 2s.
- Amazing Combo damage increased from 60 to 70.
Squirrel Girl
- Burst Acorn damage increased from 100 to 110.
Storm
- Weather Control - Thunder damage boost to allies increased from 10% to 12%.
- Goddess Boost - Thunder damage boost to allies from 12% to 15%.
The Punisher
He lost his Team-Up Anchor bonus.
- Base health increased from 275 to 300.
- Adjudication maximum falloff at 40m adjusted from 70% to 85%
- Pellets fired per Deliverance round increased from 14 to 16.
Wolverine
- Savage Claw and Vicious Rampage's percentage damage per Rage stack increased from 0.045% to 0.057%.
- Feral Leap cooldown reduced from 15s to 12s.
Strategist changes
Strategists are getting a lot of QoL updates to make their gameplay feel smoother, too.
Adam Warlock
- Soul flight speed doubled from 6m/s to 12m/s.
- Ultimate - Karmic Revival Energy cost lowered from 4700 to 4500. Effective range increased from 30m to 35m.
Cloak & Dagger
- Base health increased from 250 to 275.
Invisible Woman
- Orb Projection buffs:
- Hit damage increased from 25 to 30
- Projectile range increased from 35m to 35m
- Projectile speed increased from 120m/s to 150m/s.
- Force Physics length increased from 30m to 35m.
- Pressing the recall key when no Guardian Shield is present now deploys it in front of Invisible Woman.
Loki
- Base health increased from 250 to 275.
- Mystical Missile damage falloff at 3m adjusted from 50% to 80%. Now heals an extra 10 health to allies directly hit.
Rocket Raccoon
- B.R.B. cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s.
- Repair Mode maximum count increased from 5 to 7. Projectile speed increased from 60m/s to 80m/s.
- Bombard Mode projectile speed increased from 150m/s to 180m/s.
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