Marvel Rivals Version 20251010 Balance Post

October 02, 2025

Balance Post

The Marvel Rivals universe never stands still! With new buffs, nerfs, and team-up tweaks, the meta is evolving once again. Suit up and see which heroes are rising and who's getting knocked down a peg!

Greeting Rivals！

ADJUSTMENTS

VANGUARD

The Hand of Heven receives a slight boost to her sustained fighting power. - After activating Divine Judgement, increase Axes of Ichors Angela's Bonus Health from 30 per enemy hit to 40 and allies from 15 to 20.

Venom's Ultimate Ability becomes even more menacing for his foes. - Feast of the Abyss (Ultimate Ability) now applies a 30% Healing Reduction to enemies hit, lasting 4 seconds.

DUELIST

The Daywalker gets a slight boost to his offensive prowess。 - Increase Daywalker Dash secondary attack range from 4.5m to 6.5m. - Increase the duration of each slash speed attack gained during Bloodline Awakening from 0.7s to 1. New Effect: Landing all four hits of Whirlwind Slash grants 1 slash speed stack.

The Goddess of Death gets a slight survivability buff. - Reduce Astral Flock start-up cast time; after casting, Hela gains 25 Bonus Health.

Johnny sees a slight reduction in damage and mobility. - Reduce Fire Cluster hit Damage per projectile from 5.5 to 5. New: Fire Cluster now has a 0.5s delay before ammo begins to replenish. - During Plasma Body, reduce movement speed from 900 to 850.

Lin Lie's threat against high-health enemies slightly increases. - Lower fixed damage of Yat Jee Chung Kuen from 9 to 8, but increase the percentage damage of the enemy's Max Health per strike from 2.7% to 3.1%.

Reed Richards gains a bit more crowd-control over mobile heroes. - After successfully pulling an enemy with Distended Grip, the target is now afflicted with a 1-second immobilize effect.

Jean Grey's burst potential has been toned down. - Melee attacks no longer stack Sparks. - Primary Weapon ammo no longer replenishes during Dark Ascent. New: Added 1s of cooldown to Dark Ascent.

Sai's Ultimate Ability now has slightly more float and more sting. - Reduce self-slow rate during Dance of the Butterfly (Ultimate Ability) from 30% to 15%. Increase each strike's damage from 150 to 170.

STRATEGIST

Ty and Tandy's Ultimate Ability now takes a bit more energy to unleash their Eternal Bond! - Increase the energy cost of Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability) from 4300 to 4500.

Our beloved Jeff's survivability takes a slight hit. - Reduce the crit damage reduction from the Oblivious Cuteness passive 70% to 50%.

Rocket's Ultimate Ability utility gets a boost: - Increase Damage Boost granted by C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 25% to 40%.

The dials on Ultron's healing and Ultimate Ability uptime are being slightly turned back. - Reduce Imperative: Patch healing amount from 35 to 30 and healing bonus to the followed ally from 10 to 5. - Increase the energy cost of Rage of Ultron (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700.

TEAM-UP ABILITIES

NEW

As the Team-Up Anchor, Daredevil gains a maximum health increase of 25 and a 5% boost in damage output. - The Punisher unlocks a new Justice Sense ability through his Team-Up with Daredevil.

Namor now gains the Tidal Dirge ability through his team-up with Hela.

ADJUSTED OR REMOVED

We're slightly reducing Magik's threat level on her side of this Team-Up. - Increase the cooldown of Chain of Cyttorak from 15s to 20s and slow effect at maximum range from 60% to 40%.

Namor loses the Gamma Monstro ability previously gained from his Team-Up with Hulk.

The Ragnarok Rebirth Team-Up is being banished to Hel.

The Marvel Rivals universe is ever-evolving, and we have plenty more surprises and updates on the horizon. Stay tuned to our official announcements for more!