Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 patch notes outline balance changes, which includes a completely new additional ability for Luna Snow.
The midway of the season is here, and that means another round of balance updates! Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 is taking some heavy swings at Strategists in particular. Read the full details of the Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 patch notes below and see if your favorite support hero is getting affected by this update.
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Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 patch notes
Maintenance will begin on Dec. 12, 9 AM UTC, and is expected to take 2 hours. That means, if the schedule is followed, these changes will be live by Dec. 12, 11 AM UTC.
You can read about the team-up changes for this patch here.
Rogue
Rivals' newest Vanguard hero, Rogue, joins the front lines this patch. Read how they implemented her power absorption ability into the game here.
Vanguard changes
There are slight taps to Vanguards this update.
Emma Frost
Note that since her team-up is now gone, her changes equate to a nerf overall.
- Remove the 100 Bonus Health from the Team-Up Anchor buff.
- Increase Base Health from 550 to 600.
Peni Parker
This nerf follows a big buff in the Season 5 update that allowed her webs to heal her allies.
- Reduce Base Health from 750 to 700
The Thing
- Increase Stone Haymaker Bonus Damage equal to enemies' max Health per hit from 8% to 10%.
- Increase the duration of the lingering anti-mobility field after Yancy Street Charge from 3s to 5s.
Thor
- During Storm Surge, instead of being unable to change the direction of movement, Thor can now freely adjust it while dashing and move in any direction.
Duelist changes
Slight nerfs and buffs to select Duelists.
Blade
- Increase Ancestral Sword single-hit Damage from 24 to 26 and Whirlwind Slash single-hit Damage from 15 to 16.
- Reduce Bloodline Awakening Reduced Healing from 35% to 25%.
Daredevil
- Remove the Team-Up Anchor 25 Bonus health.
Human Torch
- Fire Cluster:
- Slightly reduce projectile spread.
- Increase single-cast projectile Damage from 5 to 5.5.
- Adjust maximum falloff from 60% at 30m to 60% at 20m.
- Blazing Blast:
- Reduce single charge speed from 3s to 2.5s.
- Increase hit Damage from 40 to 45.
Phoenix
- During Ultimate - Endsong Inferno, increase Phoenix summon Health from 400 to 500.
Psylocke
- Increase the energy cost of Dance of the Butterfly (Ultimate Ability) from 2800 to 3400.
Scarlet Witch
- Increase the charge to Chthonian Burst by Chaos Control hits from 0.08 to 0.1.
- Increase Dark Seal Projectile Speed from 40m/s to 60m/s and remove Spell Field generation delay.
- Increase Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability) enemy pull speed during cast from 2.4m/s to 3m/s.
The Punisher
- Increase Adjudication damage per hit from 19 to 20
Wolverine
- Ultimate - Last Stand can now target walls as a landing point.
Strategist changes
The most notable one here is Luna Snow's new ability.
Gambit
- Increase Ultimate - Ragin' Royal Flush energy cost from 4300 to 4500.
Invisible Woman
- Increase Ultimate - Invisible Boundary energy cost from 4300 to 4500.
Loki
- Increase Damage and Healing Ration from Loki's Doppelgängers from 80% to 90%
Luna Snow
Luna is getting a completely new ability.
She's never beating the allegations, is she?
- Reduce Absolute Zero start-up time and increase Projectile Speed from 60m/s to 80m/s.
- New Ability: Luna can apply Number One Idol to herself. While this is active, 10% of Healing to allies is converted to healing for Luna. She also gains a 10% Healing and Damage boost.
Rocket Raccoon
- Increase Ultimate - C.Y.A. energy cost from 4000 to 4300.
Ultron
- Imperative: Patch can now deploy 2 drones at the same time.
- Imperative: Firewall now requires a target with Imperative: Patch. After use, Ultron gains 65 Bonus Health, nearby allies get 50 Bonus Health, and the selected ally gets 20% Movement Speed and 10% Damage boost.
- Increase Ultimate - Rage of Ultron energy cost from 3700 to 4000.
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