Season 4.5 is next on Marvel Rivals, with its respective update arriving soon. As usual, the developers have already shared the patch notes for this mid-season update, revealing in detail all the new additions to the title and adjustments to the different elements.
While we wait for the mid-season to kick off and for Daredevil to arrive, here is all the information about this upcoming patch.
When does Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 start?
The Season 4.5 update for Marvel Rivals is scheduled to come out on Friday, October 10, for all platforms. A maintenance is set to take place at 2:00 AM PT (10:00 AM BST) and will last between 2 and 3 hours.
During this period, servers will go offline and players will be able to update their game with the new patch. Once the downtime is over, users will be able to start enjoying the new content.
Patch notes
Here are the complete patch notes for the Season 4.5 update of Marvel Rivals that were posted on the official website:
All-New Content
New Hero
- Daredevil
New Stories
- New Daredevil Lore - The Long Road Back
New Systems and New Content
- Home Background Switch: Change the background to your liking!
- Volleyball Bash Emote: Now supports interaction between three heroes.
Factions
Inactive factions will be cleared automatically. Factions where all members haven't played in matchmaking for two consecutive seasons will be disbanded due to inactivity. However, factions with a historical honor of MRC256 or higher will remain intact. If a faction is disbanded, any member can log into the game during that season and use the "Revive Faction" feature to bring the faction back as the Captain.
Rank Adjustments
Rank Rewards
New Rank Settlement Rewards: Reach Gold for the cool Daredevil - Shenloong's Creed costume. Earn all-new Nameplate Frames at Diamond and Platinum, plus rock fresh Crests of Honor for Grandmaster, Celestial, Eternity, and the illustrious Top 500.
Hero Adjustments
Vanguard
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
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 1.
- 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.
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%.
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.
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.
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
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%.
Rocket Raccoon
Rocket's Ultimate Ability utility gets a boost:
- Increase Damage Boost granted by C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 25% to 40%.
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
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.
Fixes and Optimization
All Platforms
- The team invitation interface now shows if the invited player is a friend.
- Resolved an issue where players could still receive messages from those they've blocked upon logging into the game.
- Fixed a bug where logging in from another device might accidentally turn on the microphone that was previously turned off.
Maps and Modes
- Improved the fog effects in the map K'un-Lun - Heart of Heaven.
- Enhanced the AFK detection in Doom Match Practice. Now you can chat and enjoy group emotes to your heart's content without any worries!
Heroes
- Jeff the Land Shark's Stall Shutdown: We've optimized Jeff's Ultimate Ability to ensure he interacts smoothly with the terrain. If he gets temporarily stuck in a fall and uses his ultimate, he'll seamlessly transition into the dive phase after some time, complete with an extra audio cue for his ultimate when landing. Now everyone will be aware when Jeff is about to make a big splash!
- Doctor Strange's Cloak Conundrum: Resolved a bug where Cloak of Levitation would sometimes lead to erratic movement patterns in poor network conditions. Now, with the mystic arts fully aligned, Strange glides through the chaos like a true master of the multiverse!
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