List of all Marvel Rivals seasons in order

Latest update: October 2025 for Season 4.5

Since its launch, Marvel Rivals has become one of the most popular games in the world. Within the game, each major patch in the game is known as a Season. Following the launch of the season, there are quite a lot of changes and additions in the game. The sole purpose of each season is to patch the game while also adding new game modes, heroes, and cosmetics within the game. Since the game’s launch in December 2024, it has had four full seasons. Let’s take a look at all seasons in Marvel Rivals to date.

All Marvel Rivals Seasons in Order

More on Season 4:

• Marvel Rivals Season 4  release
• Marvel Rivals Season 4 announced, two new heroes, game mode added, new gameplay features

Other resources:

• Read our commentary on the latest Marvel Rivals patch notes

Season 0: Dooms Rise

From all the seasons of Marvel Rival, Season 0 was the shortest. Marvel Rivals Season 0: Dooms Rise was live from December 6th, 2024, to January 10, 2025. This season marked the global launch of Marvel Rivals. The theme of the first season in Marvel Rivals was the fight between Dr Doom and his 2099 counterpart. The chaos caused by Doctor Doom’s experiments on time results in the formation of the four Chronoverses.

Within Season 0, we saw the fewest number of events released in the game. The first primary game mode added in this season was known as Jeff’s Winter Splash Festival. There were also five limited-time skins available in Marvel Rivals. Below is a list of them:

• Jeff the Land Shark – Cuddly Fuzzlefin
• Groot – Holiday Happiness
• Rocket Raccoon – Wild Winter
• Venom – Snow Symbiote
• Magik – Frozen Demon

In addition to the new game mode, the Practice Range mode was also released during this season.

Season 1: Eternal Night Falls

Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls was the first major season launched within the game. The season lasted from January 10 to February 21. The Eternal Night Falls season was themed all around the Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four is one of the most popular groups within Marvel Comics. Seeing their popularity, Marvel even released their standalone movie in 2025.

Within Season 1, we saw the first set of major nerfs and buffs to multiple heroes within Marvel Rivals. The game also released two new heroes: Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman. Mister Fantastic is the leader of the Fantastic Four and the husband of Invisible Woman. Following the launch of Season 1, two new maps were added to the game. They are as follows:

• Empire of the Eternal Night: Sanctum Sanctorum
• Empire of the Eternal Night: Midtown

The first season of Marvel Rivals introduced a new rank to the game’s competitive ladder. This rank was called Celestial. This rank was one after Grand Master but before Eternal. We also saw the first set of rank resets in the ranked ladder. Players would drop seven divisions to their previous standing during Season 0.

Season 1.5

Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 was the second half of Eternal Night Falls. Season 1.5 lasted from February 21st until April 11. Each season of Marvel Rivals is scheduled to last 13-14 weeks. In Season 1.5, we saw new heroes get released in the game. They were the Human Torch and The Thing from the Fantastic Four. Thus, now all heroes within the Fantastic 4 were available to play in the game. Three new team-up abilities were released in the game during this period. Below is a list of the new abilities:

• Fantastic Four: Human Torch, The Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Invisible Woman
• Fastball Special: Wolverine, Bruce Banner, The Thing
• Storming Ignition: Human Torch and Storm

In the Convergence game mode, a new map, Empire of the Eternal Night: Central Park, was added. Season 1.5 was the first season where we saw Marvel Rival give fans rank-up rewards. These rewards included exclusive skins for Heroes like Invisible Woman and Human Torch. The Blood Shield skin was given to players who reached a rank of Gold or higher in Season 1. Players who played at least 10 competitive matches during the season received the Blood Blaze skin of Human Torch.

Season 2: Hellfire Gala

Season 2: Hellfire Gala was the second major season within Marvel Rivals. Following the success of Season 1, Marvel Rivals made quite a few changes leading into Season 2. The season was primarily themed around the Hellfire Gala, an event showcased in the Marvel Comics. This is an annual event where the mutant nation of Krakoa opens itself to the world for celebrations. The celebration is hosted by the new hero being launched this season: Emma Frost.

Marvel Rivals Season 2: Hellfire Gala took place from April 11th, 2025, to May 30, 2025. With the launch of the new season, the Season 1 battlepass wasn’t available to be purchased anymore. Within the second season, there were two new heroes released in the game. This is half of the number of characters that were released during season 1. During this season, Marvel Rivals announced that from Season 3 onward, one new hero would be added each month in the game.

The first hero within this season was Emma Frost. She is a mutant that is also been a part of the X-Men. The second hero to be released this season was Ultron. Ultron is one of the most popular villains in the Marvel Comics universe. Within this Season, we saw the addition of new Team-Up abilities. At the same time, we saw some abilities undergo drastic changes, and others were removed from the game. Below is a list of all new and changed Team-Up abilities:

New Team-Up Abilities:

• Mental Projection: Emma Frost, Magneto, Psylocke
• Stars Aligned: Captain America, Winter Soldier
• Arcane Order: Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch

Changed Team-Up Abilities:

• Ammo Overload: Removes Winter Soldier
• Dimensional Shortcut: Psylocke removed
• Chilling Charisma: Namor removed
• Gamma Charge: Includes Namor, removing Doctor Strange

Removed Team-Up Abilities:

• Metallic Chaos: Magneto and Scarlet Witch team-up
• Voltaic Union: Thor, Storm, and Captain America team up

A new map, known as Hellfire Gala – Krakoa, was added to the Season 2 competitive Map rotation. Within this season, players ranked dropped by nine divisions from their finish in Season 1. The minimum level for players to play in Competitive was increased to Level 15. Within this season, players could now gift skins and in-game cosmetics to their friends on Marvel Rival. Within this season, there were over 13 skins that were released in the game, with some of them being free as well.

Season 2.5

Marvel Rivals Season 2.5: Hellfire Gala took place from May 30th until July 11th. Within Season 2.5, we saw the launch of Ultron in the game. Ultron was a much-awaited hero in the game. The hero was leaked back in December 2024. He was introduced in the game as a Strategist.

Season 2.5 saw the release of the new map Arakko. This was another map for the Convoy game mode. This season’s update included some significant adjustments to heroes. Below is a list of all heroes that received nerfs and buffs during Marvel Rivals Season 2.5:

Buffs:

• Magneto
• Doctor Strange
• The Punisher
• Storm
• Squirrel Girl

Nerfs:

• Groot
• Captain America
• Emma Frost
• Iron Fist
• Human Torch
• Psylocke

Season 3: The Abyss Awakens

Marvel Rivals Season 3: The Abyss Awakens is one of the most decisive updates within the game to date. The new season introduced numerous changes to the game’s meta. Season 3 of Marvel Rivals started on July 11. Within the trailer of this season, we see the king and creators of the symbiotes, Knull, give the Goddess of Death, Hela, a symbiote to fuse with her. In the same trailer, we see the two new heroes that will be added during Season 3 of Marvel Rivals. These heroes are Phoenix from the X-Men and Blade.

Within the month of July, we saw Phoenix released in the game, while Blade was added in the game in the month of August. Season 3 also saw the addition of the new map called Klyntar: Celestial Husk. In the middle of the season, a new game mode was added to the game, called Resource Rumble. This gamemode was released on August 21st. Within Season 3.0, there were significant changes to specific Team-Up abilities in the game. Below is a list of some of them:

New Team-Ups

• Ever-Burning Bond: Human Torch & Spider-Man
• First Steps S3.0: Human Torch & The Thing
• Primal Flame S3.0: Phoenix & Wolverine

Adjusted Team-Ups

• Stark Protocol S2.5: Squirrel Girl added
• Symbiote Shenanigans S2.5: Hela added

Removed Team-Ups

• ESU Alumnus
• Storming Ignition

Within Season 3, we saw new features such as Accessories, Ultimate VFX, and Nameplate Frames. Based on the player’s Season 2.5 rank in the competitive ladder, ranks will be demoted by seven divisions. Finishing in a rank of Gold or higher in season 3 would obtain players the Emerald Flames skin for Phoenix.

Season 3.5

Season 3.5 is the second half of the previously discussed Season 3: The Abyss Awakens update. Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 started on August 8 worldwide. Within this update, we saw the release of the hero Blade in Marvel Rivals. As seen in the Season 3.5 trailer, the Queen’s Codex skin for the hero Hela was available for free within the game.

Within this season, the feature of muted words was added to the game. Players now had the option to select words that they did not want to see in the chat. If players finished the Season 3 ranked ladder with a rank higher than Gold, they would receive the Emerald Blade skin for free this season.

Within Season 3.5, there were significant changes to specific Team-Up abilities in the game. Below is a list of some of them:

New Team-Ups

• Duality Dance: Adam Warlock & Luna Snow
• Vibrant Vitality: Mantis – Groot / Loki

Adjusted Team-Ups

• Chilling Assault: Luna Snow &Hawkeye /Iron Fist
• Lunar Force: Cloak & Dagger &Moon Knight / Blade
• Rocket Network S2.5: Rocket Raccoon & Peni Parker / Star-Lord
• Ragnarok Rebirth: Removed Loki

Removed Team-Ups

• Atlas Bond
• Guardian Revival

Season 4: Heart of the Dragon

Season 4 of Marvel Rivals will be the latest season within the game cycle. The next season of the game will go live worldwide on September 12th. This will be one of the most significant updates in the game to date due to the amount of nerfs and buffs to various heroes. Additionally, two new Heroes will be released in Season 4.

To announce the launch of Marvel Rivals season 4, Marvel Rivals released a trailer on their social media platforms and YouTube channel.

• Angela, a new Vanguard hero: The first hero to be introduced in the YouTube video is Angela. She is known as the one-winged angel of Asgard. She is known as the sister of Hela, Loki, and Thor and the daughter of Odin. The interesting part about her is that Angela wasn’t originally from Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics bought her rights, and then she was added this year to Marvel Rivals. Angela will be released on September 12th on the launch of Marvel Rivals Season 4.
• In the trailer, another hero was announced, Daredevil: One point to note is that Daredevil will be released in the game during Season 4.5 in October. For those not aware, Daredevil is blind, and while not being a hero, he is a lawyer.

New map added: Heart of the Heaven

Within this season, a new map was added to the game. This map is known as Heart of the Heaven. It will be available in the Convergence game mode from September 25th.

New gameplay features

It must be added that within the Arcade mode of the game, a lot of new features were added. Firstly, two new game modes, called Free Fight and Conquest, will be added to Arcade mode as well.

• Free Fight: Players will have no restrictions on selecting the same heroes, i.e., three players in one team can both pick a hero like Human Torch.
• Conquest game mode: Players must rack up points by securing knockouts; the team that earns the most points wins.

Additionally, game modes like Clone Rumble and Giant Size Brain Blast will return permanently in Season 4 within the Arcade game mode.

New Team-Ups & Hero Nerfs And Buffs

We have covered all the major nerfs and buffs to heroes in our in-depth article about the upcoming patch update (link to article in the more resources section at the top of the article).

• Within the latest Patch Notes, Marvel Rivals announced the launch of the new team-up ability: Divine Armory. This is a team-up between the siblings from Asgard, Angela and Thor.
• Additionally, the Dimensional Shortcut team-up will be removed in Marvel Rivals Season 4.
• Finally, the Team Up ability Gamma Charge will now include Black Panther. His vibranium armor will now get a boost when this ability is active. After reaching a certain amount of HP, he will automatically have a gamma shield surrounding him, protecting him from all forms of damage for a limited period.

Season 4.5

Season 4.5 of Marvel Rivals will be the latest season within the game cycle. The next season of the game will go live worldwide on October 10th. Similar to previous mid-season patches, we will be seeing quite a few changes to heroes within the game. The primary focus of the update is to implement the necessary adjustments within the game to maintain a more balanced experience.

To announce the launch of Marvel Rivals season 4, Marvel Rivals released a trailer on their social media platforms and YouTube channel. In the trailer, the second hero to be announced was Daredevil. For those not aware, Daredevil is blind, and while not being a hero, he is a lawyer. Daredevil will be available within Marvel Rivals following the launch of Season 4.5 on October 10th. The hero will be a part of the duelist class. This ultimate will result in enemies looking at him having their vision reduced, and becoming fearful of Daredevil. Similar to the comics, we will also see Daredevil use his radar sense to locate his enemies.

New Team-Ups & Hero Nerfs And Buffs

A major change within Team Up abilities is that Ragnarok Rebirth has been removed from the game in the upcoming patch. In the Team Up ability Gamma Charge, Namor has been removed from it. To make up for these changes, there are two new Team Up abilities added to the game. They are as follows:

• Bestial Hunt: Punisher and Daredevil
• Deep Wrath: Namor and Hela

There will be a new game mode added into Marvel Rivals. This will be announced on October 17th during the Thailand Game Show. There will also be a special Halloween-based event and new skins for various heroes, including Blade, Spiderman, and Scarlet Witch. Another event, known as the Jade Scrolls of K’un-Lun, will be released on the launch of Season 4.5. Within this, players will be able to receive the Storm – Judicator XieZhi skin for free by completing Jade Scrolls missions in the game.

Another feature that will be added to the game is cross-platform progression. While in Season 4.5, only a small batch of players will be able to try it out. It would be fully available during Season 5.0. There is a new ranked reward as well for players. If players reach Gold or higher during Season 4.5 ranked ladder, they would receive the Daredevil – Shenloong’s Creed skin in Marvel Rivals.

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