This article is a patch notes compilation of Marvel Rivals. Read to learn more about the recent hero balancing changes, Quality of Life improvements, and other fixes.
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Spring Festival Patch Notes
Marvel Rivals Version 20250122 Patch Notes announces the Spring Festival and Fortune & Colors event which started on January 23 and will end on February 14, 2025. There's also plenty of map fixes, hero bug fixes, and system adjustments across all platforms.
System Adjustments for All Platforms
| General |
|---|
| Optimized the alternate name feature in Streaming Mode, allowing players to define their own alternate names instead of relying on system-generated ones. |
| Added a season dropdown menu to the Leaderboard for easy access to different season rankings. |
Bug Fixes for All Platforms
| General |
|---|
| Resolved an issue where the game would freeze after battles under certain conditions. |
| Fixed an inconsistency with avatars when switching heroes while defeated in the Doom Match. |
| Addressed an issue where if Winter Soldier's used his ultimate ability to defeat a shapeshifted Loki, it wouldn't count towards the ultimate ability consecutive KO achievement. |
| Corrected a delay in synchronizing certain data on the Friends Leaderboard. |
| Map and Gameplay |
| Implemented a series of fixes for various performance issues related to destructible environments. |
| Resolved multiple instances where players could get stuck in unique terrain. |
| Addressed an issue where if Winter Soldier's used his ultimate ability to defeat a shapeshifted Loki, it wouldn't count towards the ultimate ability consecutive KO achievement. |
| Addressed several Reverse-Destruction performance issues after destruction repaired in Empire of Eternal Night maps. |
| Character Bug Fixes |
| Hawkeye's Precision: Fixed an issue where Hawkeye's passive ability Focus progress would sometimes display incorrectly. It's now as accurate as he is. |
| Wolverine's Unyielding Berserk Claw Strike: Frame rate no longer affects the number of attacks in the enhanced Savage Claw after using Feral Leap. |
| Invisible Woman's Psionic Stranglehold: Mobility abilities for specific heroes are now fully operational within the range of Invisible Woman's Psionic Vortex - no more containment issues! |
| Mister Fantastic Double Trouble: Addressed a bug where having two Mister Fantastic (like Loki in transformation) sometimes allowed one to reuse the second part of Distended Grip. |
| Namor and Invisible Woman: Fixed an issue preventing Namor and Invisible Woman from unleashing their ultimate abilities at certain door locations—now they can break through any barrier! |
| Storm's Doppelganger: Resolved a problem where under low frame rate conditions, activating Storm's ultimate ability as Loki after transforming into her would be canceled. |
| Wolverine's Fury Corrected: Fixed an issue where Wolverine's ultimate ability occasionally wouldn't end properly after landing after being pulled back. |
| Heroic Hint Harmony: Corrected abnormal ping prompts for some heroes. |
| Magik Misstep: Addressed a bug where Magik could not use Stepping Discs after activating her ultimate ability in certain situations. |
| Peni Parker's Precision: Fixed an issue where Peni's Bionic Spider-Nest would be unintentionally lifted along with the Klyntar device when raised—now, her tech remains grounded and ready for action! |
| Loki's Transformation Tweaked: Resolved a problem where Loki, after using his ultimate ability to shapeshift into the Punisher, if Warrior's Gaze was triggered when the transform was about to end its effects lingered too long. The Warrior's Gaze effect will now fade as soon as the ultimate concludes—no more lingering vision trickery! |
| Web-Slinging Adjustments: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations in Convoy Mode, if Peni Parker fired a Cyber-Web below the vehicle, her web would move with the vehicle. Now, her webbing sticks like it should. |
| Mister Fantastic's Resilience Restored: Resolved a bug where if Mister Fantastic was knocked offline while in his inflated state and then rejoined, Mister Fantastic might be unable to use some abilities after reconnecting. He's now back in action and ready to stretch into battle! |
| Webbing Dynamics Corrected: Corrected an issue where Peni Parker's web being pulled back could be blocked by enemy heroes, leading to positional anomalies. Now, her webbing will behave as intended. |
| Camera Alignment Fixed: Fixed a camera misalignment issue that could occur while KO'd and revived by Adam Warlock while spectating Hela just as she rises up to launch her Ultimate Ability. |
Console
| General |
|---|
| Fixed an issue where the crosshair movement would automatically stop at extremely low pushing angles on the Xbox controller. |
| Resolved a problem where the camera would automatically move for Xbox controller users after being KO'd in certain situations. |
Season 1 Patch Notes
Storm Is Now S-tier
The most impactful change of the January 9 patch lifted Storm to finally become an S-tier character. Additionally, heroes such as Namor and Magik received buffs and fixes while nerfing Black Panther and The Hulk. Here's the entire list of Marvel Rivals Version 20250110 patch notes.
Character Balancing Adjustments
Vanguard Characters: Latest Buffs and Nerfs
| Character | Adjustments |
|---|---|
| Captain America | - Reduce the delay time for shield restoration after releasing Living Legend from 3s to 2s. - Reduce Liberty Rush cooldown from 12s to 10s. - Increase base health from 650 to 675. - Reduce the energy cost for releasing Freedom Charge (ultimate ability) from 3400 to 3100; Reduce the additional health provided per second to self after releasing it from 110 to 100. |
| Doctor Strange | - Add damage falloff to Maelstrom of Madness and Gamma Maelstrom. Starting at 5 meters and reducing to 70% at 8 meters. - Slightly decrease the shield value recovery rate after releasing Shield of the Seraphim from 80/s to 70/s. |
| Thor | - Increase base health from 500 to 525. - Added immunity to control effects during God of Thunder (ultimate ability). |
| Hulk | - Reduce the Indestructible Guard gamma shield value for Hero Hulk from 250 to 200. - Added immunity to control effects during God of Thunder (ultimate ability). |
| Venom | - Increase the Symbiotic Resilience bonus health ratio gained per lost health point from 1 to 1.2. - Increase the base damage of Feast of the Abyss (ultimate ability) from 40 to 50. |
Duelist Characters: Latest Buffs and Nerfs
| Hero | Details of the adjustments |
|---|---|
| Black Panther | - Reduce the additional health provided to self after refreshing Vibranium Marks with Spirit Rend from 40 to 30, and the upper limit of additional health provided from 120 to 75. |
| Black Widow | - Increase the range of the first effect of Edge Dancer from a 3-meter radius to a 5-meter radius. - Reduce the time required for Fleet Foot to recover from 0 stamina to full from 12s to 4s. - Reduce the time required for Electro-Plasma Explosion (ultimate ability) to reach maximum power from 1s to 0.6s. |
| Hawkeye | - Slightly reduce the spread angle between every two Blast Arrows. - Added immunity to control effects during God of Thunder (ultimate ability). |
| Hela | - Reduce base health from 275 to 250. |
| Magik | - Increase Umbral Incursion damage in Darkchild form from 115 to 135. |
| Moon Knight | - Increase the number of talons generated by Hand of Khonshu (ultimate ability) from 10 to 14. - Increase the explosion radius of each talon from 4 meters to 5 meters. |
| Namor | - Adjust the throwing feel of Monstro Spawn and Frozen Spawn. Now, Namor can more accurately throw them to the desired location. |
| Psylocke | - Now Dance of the Butterfly (ultimate ability) will check for barriers (including Magneto's Metal Bulwark, Hulk's Indestructible Guard, etc.). |
| The Punisher | - Slightly reduce the spread of Deliverance and Adjudication |
| Scarlet Witch | - Increase Chaos Control's fixed damage from 50/s to 60/s. - Reduce the percentage damage per second from 5% to 3%. - Increase Chthonian Burst's projectile damage from 30 to 35. |
| Storm | - Increase Wind Blade projectile speed from 100m/s to 150m/s and left-click damage from 50 to 55. - Increase Bolt Rush damage from 70 to 80. - After releasing Omega Hurricane (ultimate ability), the bonus health provided for herself will be increased from 350 to 450. Moreover, following its conclusion, the extra health will no longer vanish instantly but will instead diminish at a rate of 100 per second. |
| Squirrel Girl | - Addition of a new effect to the Unbeatable Squirrel Tsunami (ultimate ability): the squirrels will rush towards the nearest enemy after bouncing instead of bouncing randomly. - Reduce the squirrel tsunami health from 600 to 300. |
| Winter Soldier | - Increase the bonus health provided by Bionic Hook and Tainted Voltage from 30 to 40. - Increase Roterstern's projectile damage from 70 to 75. - Reduce the area damage from 70 to 65 and reduce damage decay from 65% at 40 meters to 60%. - Increase base health from 250 to 275. |
| Wolverine | - Increase base health from 300 to 350. - Reduce the damage reduction ratio provided by Undying Animal from 50% to 40%. |
Strategist Characters: Latest Buffs and Nerfs
| Hero | Details of the adjustments |
|---|---|
| Cloak & Dagger | - Reduce Dagger Storm cooldown from 15s to 12s. - Increase the number of dashes in Eternal Bond (ultimate ability) from 3 to 4. |
| Jeff The Land Shark | - Adjust It's Jeff! (ultimate ability) range from a 10m sphere to a 10m radius, 5m high cylindrical spell field. - Increase the healing of Joyful Splash from 140/s to 150/s. |
| Luna Snow | - Increase the interval for switching between healing and damage in Fate of Both Worlds from 0.1s to 0.5s. |
| Mantis | - Reduce Nature's Favor (passive) movement boost from 2.5m/s to 1.5m/s. |
| Rocket Raccoon | - Increase the healing of Repair Mode from 60 per/s to 70 per/s. |
Updates on Team-Up Abilities
The January 9 patch skyrocketed Storm's damage capabilities with Thor in the team while Namor's team-up ability with Luna Snow makes his turrets a more potent threat against flankers.
| Hawkeye – Black Widow | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hawkeye | Black Widow | |
| - Reduce Hawkeye's season bonus from 20% to 15%. | ||
| Hela – Thor – Loki | ||
| Hela | Thor | Loki |
| - Reduce Hela's season bonus from 20% to 15%. | ||
| Luna Snow- Namor | ||
| Luna Snow | Namor | |
| - Increase Frozen Spawn damage from 25 to 27. - Increase Frozen Spawn slowing effect applied to hit enemies from 25% to 30%. - Increase berserk state Frozen Spawn damage from 16 to 18. | ||
| Rocket Raccoon – The Punisher – Winter Soldier | ||
| Rocket Raccoon | The Punisher | Winter Soldier |
| - Reduce the cooldown of Ammo Invention from 45s to 40s. | ||
| Scarlet Witch - Magneto | ||
| Scarlet Witch | Magneto | |
| - Increase Metallic Fusion projectile damage from 55 to 60. - Increase Metallic Fusion spell field damage from 30 to 35. | ||
| Thor – Storm – Captain America | ||
| Thor | Storm | Captain America |
| - Reduce the cooldown of Charged Gale from 20s to 15s. - Increase the damage of Charged Gale from 50 to 55. | ||
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Hero Profile Guide
Store Guide
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How to Change and Select Servers
How to Save Highlights
How to Change Your Name
How to Use Redeem Codes
How to Play Ranked
How to Surrender
How to Disable Easy Swing
How to Use Emotes and Sprays
How to Get MVP
How to Play With Friends
How to Change Crosshair
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