Last updated: January 2026
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero shooter that is available on console and PC. The game consists of some of the most famous characters from Marvel Comics. These include the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, and Dr Strange. Currently, the game is in season 3.5. This season has seen the release of multiple heroes and game modes. In this article, we provide commentary on the the latest Marvel Rivals patch notes and their impact within Marvel Rivals.
On Sept. 4, 2025, Marvel Rivals released the patch notes for the latest update: Version 20250912. One aspect of Marvel Rivals that is widely appreciated is its constant flow of content. This includes new skins and cosmetics for all characters in the game. At the same time, the game ensures that new game modes are added. The sole purpose of this is to minimize player fatigue. The upcoming Patch Version 20250912 will go live on September 12th, 2025, at 09:00:00 (UTC). Within each patch, there are new cosmetics released within the game. Sometimes, new maps are also released within the game.
Within this patch, fans will have new game modes added to the Arcade mode of the game. Previous limited-time game modes that were launched during previous Marvel Rivals seasons. Games launched temporarily in Season 3, like for example Clone Rumble and Giant Size Brain Blast mod, will be returning. These game modes will be available in the upcoming patch.
There will be two new game modes added to Arcade mode. These will be the Free Fight and Conquest game modes. Within the Free Fight game mode, players will have no restrictions on selecting duplicate heroes, i.e., two players on one team can both pick a hero like Iron Man. During the Conquest game mode, players will need to rack up points by securing KOs to secure their team the win.
Regarding heroes within Marvel Rivals, the patch notes for Version 20250912 primarily focus on revamping the game’s meta. Within each hero class, multiple heroes will be receiving changes in the upcoming update 20250912. Let’s take a look at all the heroes according to their class:
| Captain America | Captain America will be receiving a slight nerf to his damage reduction. His Team-Up Anchor bonus, a 5% Damage boost, will now be removed from the game. |
| Doctor Strange | The Sorcerer Supreme, following this patch, will be able to use his abilities a lot more with a slight reduction to his total health. His ability, Maelstrom of Madness, will have its cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds. His base health has been reduced from 600 to 575. |
| Emma Frost | The White Queen’s skills will be nerfed a bit after seeing her impact on the overall meta. Her ability Diamond Form will now have its cooldown increased from 15 seconds to 18 seconds. Her passive ability to gather Telepathic Pulse energy while hitting shields has been reduced drastically from 10/s to 5/s. |
| Peni Parker | The fan favourite Peni Parker will finally be receiving a buff in the game. Her Spider-Drone will have a new effect. From this patch, it will slow down enemies that are hit by 8% for 2s. Each hit from this ability can stack up the impact and resets the slow period, stacking up to reducing their speed by 40%. The abilities release interval during Ultimate Ability has also been reduced from 0.7s to 0.5s. |
| Thor | The God of Thunder’s Ultimate ability is finally getting a buff within the game. Thor’s movement speed during the Ultimate Ability will increase from 600 to 700. After landing his Ultimate Ability, surrounding enemies will be stunned for 1 second. |
| Black Panther | The Black Panther will have his ability to resist damage reduced a bit. The Bonus Health gained when striking Vibranium Marked enemies with Spirit Rend will be reduced from 30 to 25. Black Panther will have his base health reduced from 300 to 275. |
| Blade | Blade will receive a slight damage output buff. Damage from his Ancestral Sword per single slash will now increase from 22 to 24. |
| Magik | One of the heroes with significant changes during this Patch is Magik. She will have her Team-Up anchor bonus 15% damage boost completely removed from the game. The charge time required for Magik Slash’s maximum damage has been reduced from 1.8s to 1.2s. Magik will have a new Slash effect. Her projectiles can now pierce enemies. This will reduce the cooldown for her ability, Stepping Discs, by 1 second per enemy pierced. Her ability’s Soulsword damage output is increased from 65 to 75. Her ability, Eldritch Whirl, increases damage output from 45 to 50. Magik’s ability Demon’s Rage damage per hit has been increased from 18 to 20 health points. Finally, her Melee Normal Attack Damage has been increased by 30% from 30 to 40. During her Ultimate Ability, Eldritch Whirl’s single-hit damage output has increased from 35 to 45, while her second skill, Umbral Incursion’s damage output has increased from 135 to 140 health points. |
| Moon Knight | Marc Spector’s Moon Blade will now hold up to 2 charges, each taking 6s to recharge post Marvel Rivals Patch 20250912. |
| Psylocke | Sai’s burst damage output has been nerfed a bit. The damage of Wing Shurikens per hit has been reduced from 12 to 8. |
| Scarlet Witch | Wanda will be receiving some significant buffs within this patch. Teammates can now heal her during Mystic Projection. Her abilotu Reality Erasure damage has increased from 800 to 9999. This skill will also have a new effect. It can pull in nearby enemies (within a 15m radius) during the cast charge, with a maximum pull speed of 2.4m/second. |
| Squirrel Girl | Squirrel Girl will have her Burst Acorn damage reduced from 110 to 100 health points. While the hit damage of Squirrel Blockade has been increased from 35 to 50, Mammal Bond’s cooldown will finally be increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds. |
| Winter Soldier | The Winter Soldier is receiving a new effect in Marvel Rivals called Trooper’s Fist. The Second strike by Winter Soldier will now apply a 1s debuff to enemies hit, preventing them from using mobility abilities. |
| Invisible Woman | Within this Patch, Invisible Woman is getting some significant buffs. The slow effect on enemies passing through Guardian Shield has been increased from 30% to 35%. Invisible Boundary (Ultimate Ability) healing per second has increased from 165 to 180 health points per second. |
| Jeff the Land Shark | Jeff’s Ultimate Ability will now create an 8-meter radius Healing Pool at the point of activation, healing allies within range by 100 health points per second. Healing Pool lasts for only 8 seconds. |
| Loki | Loki’s illusion’s damage has been reduced, and the healing ratio has been decreased from 100% to 80%. His ability, God of Mischief (Ultimate Ability) shapeshift period has reduced from 15s to 12s. |
| Luna Snow | Seol Hee’s Fate of Both Worlds (Ultimate Ability) duration has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. |
| Mantis | Mantis’s movement Boost from Nature’s Favor now decays to 0 over 2 seconds after being hit, instead of instantly disappearing. |
| Ultron | Ultron’s Ultimate Ability will now deal 125% damage to the Bonus Health of enemies. |
Patch Version 20250821 went live on August 21st, 2025, at 09:00:00 (UTC). Within each patch, there are new cosmetics released within the game. Sometimes, new maps are also released within the game. Within this patch, the new game mode, Resource Rumble, and the new map Klyntar: Throne of Knull will be released in the game. Alongside that, the Ancient Powers Awaken event will be available to play. Players will be able to gain XP in the game and unlock free skins in the game. The new Extrembiote Armor Skin Bundle for Iron Man will be available from August 22nd.
Concerning heroes within Marvel Rivals, the patch notes for Version 20250821 primarily focus on Blade, Human Torch, and Loki.
The sole reason for these changes was that Human Torch was slightly overpowered in Marvel Rivals ranked matches. At the same time, Blade was a recent release within the game. It did look like the developers at Marvel Rivals believed that he deserved a bit of a nerf and buff to specific abilities.
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