- Angela received massive weapons and abilities buffs.
- Phoenix and Ultron get hit with the nerf hammer.
- Daredevil with his abilities is about to be the next meta.
Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 has arrived, and after a month of adventurous battles in the heart of K’un L’un, players are pumped for the new additions that are coming with the latest update. The previous Season 4 brought Rivals to PS4 consoles and also drastically nerfed the strategists, making way for the latest Vanguard, Angela.
However, her might was powerful during her debut that NetEase nerfed her midway through the season. Now, with the arrival of Daredevil as a new Duelist who is a dive-heavy character and can easily drain off enemy health, NetEase once again went back to the drawing board and has announced its latest round of balance adjustments coming to Season 4.5. So here are all the nerfs and buffs that are live in Marvel Rivals with the latest update.
All Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 Hero Buffs
Vanguard Buffs
Angela
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
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 Buffs
Blade
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 1s.
New Effect: Landing all four hits of Whirlwind Slash grants 1 slash speed stack.
Hela
The Goddess of Death gets a slight survivability buff.
- Reduce Astral Flock start-up cast time; after casting, Hela gains 25 Bonus Health.
Mister Fantastic
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.
Psylocke
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 Buffs
Rocket Raccoon
Rocket’s Ultimate Ability utility gets a boost:
- Increase Damage Boost granted by C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 25% to 40%.
All Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 Hero Nerfs
Duelist Nerfs
Human Torch
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.
Iron Fist
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%.
Phoenix
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.
Strategist Nerfs
Cloak & Dagger
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.
Jeff the Land Shark
Our beloved Jeff’s survivability takes a slight hit.
- Reduce the crit damage reduction from the Oblivious Cuteness passive 70% to 50%.
Ultron
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 in Season 4.5
New
Bestial Hunt (Daredevil – The Punisher)
- 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.
Deep Wrath (Hela – Namor)
- Namor now gains the Tidal Dirge ability through his team-up with Hela.
Adjusted or Removed
Arcane Order (Doctor Strange – Scarlet Witch/Magik)
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%.
Gamma Charge (Hulk – Namor/Black Panther)
- Namor loses the Gamma Monstro ability previously gained from his Team-Up with Hulk.
Ragnarok Rebirth (Hela – Thor)
- The Ragnarok Rebirth Team-Up is being banished to Hel.
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