A brand-new update for Marvel Rivals has just arrived, as the devs prep for the upcoming Season 2.5 release. This update is focused on squashing bugs and rebalancing Heroes to adjust the current meta. In terms of major changes, Strategists are receiving significant buffs across the board to help stop the rampant Vanguard and Duelist meta. With this in mind, here are the Marvel Rivals April 30 update patch notes.
Marvel Rivals April 30 Update Patch Notes
New costumes, balancing changes, and map fixes are the highlights of the Marvel Rivals April 30 Update. Thankfully, there will be no server downtime for these changes. That said, check out the full patch notes to learn more:
All-New Event – Hellfire Gala: Moments
- Join the party and earn Wolverine’s “Patch” series costume rewards—completely FREE!
Event Duration: 2025/05/02 09:00:00 ~ 2025/05/23 09:00:00 (UTC)
New Store Bundles
- Winter Soldier – Thunderbolts* Bundle
- Black Panther – Damisa-Sarki Bundle
Costume Optimizations
- Thor’s “Lord of Asgard” costume has been refined to improve visibility and ensure that the crosshair is not obstructed.
- Doctor Strange’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” costume now boasts enhanced visual details and voice effects to more accurately capture the essence of the costume theme.
New Content
- You can now switch all costume-specific sound effects back to the default ones via Settings.
- Using the latest S2.0 data, we have recalibrated the baseline data to calculate each hero’s performance scores.
- Locked accounts can now initiate the account deletion process, even when logged out.
Fixes (All Platforms)
Map & Modes
- Squashed a bug in Competitive where an occasional map glitch incorrectly displayed checkpoint gate statuses.
- Reined in some mischief in the final part of the Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown map, where Loki’s illusions could be placed in unexpected locations.
- Fixed an issue in Giant-Size Brain Blast where destroying enemy summons would also count toward enlarging heroes’ heads.
Heroes
- Stealth Special Breaker: We’ve sliced through a glitch where if Wolverine responds to a Fastball Special request while within Invisible Woman’s ultimate, it would sometimes result in abnormal invisibility effects.
- An Unexpected Thing: We’ve rocked out a fix for an issue that allowed The Thing’s Embattled Leap to target teammates within an enemy Invisible Woman’s ultimate. Now, he’ll be as clueless as he should be.
- Cloak & Dagger’s Shield Shenanigans: We’ve zapped a bug where their ultimate would sneakily still do damage to foes protected by Magneto’s Iron Bulwark or Hulk’s Indestructible Guard—talk about an unexpected plot twist!
- Wolverine’s Aerial Annihilator: Fixed a flaw in the second stage of his ultimate, where midair knockbacks lost their bite and dealt no damage. Now, when Wolverine soars into the fray, every strike is felt with the raw power of a true berserker!
- Star-Lord’s Rocket Revamp: Eliminated an occasional speed decay glitch in his Rocket Propulsion ability, impacting his smooth movement. Now, every blast-off is as snappy and daring as a mixtape drop from the Milano!
- Mister Fantastic’s Fantastic Flex Fix: We’ve untangled an issue in his Flexible Elongation ability where hitting targets inside portals caused unexpected displacement. Now, when Mister Fantastic bends the limits of physics, his moves are as smart and precise as his genius!
- Ascender’s Altitude Assurance: Fixed a network instability-related bug that could sometimes abruptly yank wall-climbing heroes back to the ground after reaching the highest point. Now, every climb is as steady and heroic as your soaring ambitions!
Marvel Rivals April 30 Update Hero Balance Adjustments
As mentioned earlier, Strategists are the biggest winners from this Marvel Rivals update, but changes have also been made to Duelists and Vanguards. Here are all the balance adjustments made to the game’s meta:
Vanguards
| Hero Name | Changes |
|---|---|
| Captain America | Nerf: Reduce base health from 650 to 600. |
| Doctor Strange | Nerf: Decrease the energy cost to unleash the Eye of Agamotto (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3100. |
| Groot | Nerf: Reduce the health of Ironwood Wall from 700 to 600. |
Duelists
| Hero Name | Changes |
|---|---|
| Spider-Man | Nerf: Decrease the damage range of Amazing Combo from a 5m radius to a 4m radius. |
| Winter Soldier | Buff: Adjust the Tainted Voltage ability to have 2 charge levels, while keeping the cooldown time unchanged. |
Strategists
| Hero Name | Changes |
|---|---|
| Adam Warlock | Buff: Add a new effect to Quantum Magic: When a critical hit lands on an enemy, reduce the cooldown time of Avatar Life Stream by 1s. |
| Cloak & Dagger | Buff: As Cloak, increase the damage of the Darkforce Cloak from 75/s to 80/s; As Dagger, increase the damage of the Lightforce Dagger on hit from 15 to 18. |
| Luna Snow | Buff: Adjust the Damage Falloff of Light & Dark Ice from 60% at 40m to 75%. |
| Mantis | Buff: Increase the hit damage of Life Energy Blast from 50 to 55. |
Marvel Rivals April 30 Update: Team-Up Ability Changes
The latest update brings just one Team-Up Ability change, and it’s a buff to Stars Aligned.
- Stars Aligned (Captain America – Winter Soldier): Upon leaping to a teammate, Stellar Impact will provide 50 Bonus Health to allies within range.
That is everything to know about the new features and changes in the Marvel Rivals April 30 update. What are you most excited to test out in this patch? Let us know in the comments below.
