Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 Leaked Patch Notes Detail Extensive Hero Balance Adjustments by Role

Marvel Rivals players, prepare for a deep dive into potential Season 1.5 balance changes! Leaked patch notes have emerged, offering a detailed breakdown of hero adjustments seemingly organized by their roles within the game: Vanguard, Duelist, Strategist, and Team-Up Abilities. Dataminer @Helldivers资讯站, a source with a solid track record, shared the alleged notes on X (formerly Twitter), and the ever-helpful community, spearheaded by Reddit user u/SnooDoodles2212, provided a translated English version on the Marvel Rivals subreddit, allowing for close scrutiny of the potential shifts coming to the meta.

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If these leaked notes prove accurate – and again, it’s important to remember these are not official – Season 1.5 promises to be a significant balance patch, touching almost every corner of the hero roster. Here’s a breakdown of the rumored changes, organized by hero role as presented in the leaked notes:

VANGUARD

Captain America

Steve Rogers is potentially in line for a suite of buffs aimed at enhancing his frontline presence. Leaked notes suggest:

• Enhanced Survivability: General boosts to his ability to withstand damage.
• Vibranium Energy Saw Improvement: Projectile speed increase for his signature weapon, making it feel more responsive.
• Freedom Charge (Ultimate) Buff: Reduced energy cost, allowing for more frequent use of his impactful ultimate ability.
• Combat Experience Enhancement: Separation of Sentinel Strike from melee attacks, allowing for greater flexibility in combat and shield-focused gameplay.

Doctor Strange

The Sorcerer Supreme is facing a modest nerf to his durability:

• Base Health Reduction: Slight decrease in base health, potentially making him more vulnerable.

Groot

Everyone’s favorite Flora Colossus is set to see a buff to his area control:

• Thornlash Wall Range Increase: Extended placement range for his Thornlash Wall, enhancing his ability to zone and control space.

Magneto

The Master of Magnetism is potentially seeing a trade-off, with reduced survivability but increased offense:

• Base Health Reduction: Slight decrease in base health.
• Iron Volley Buff: Increased projectile damage for his primary ranged attack.
• Metallic Curtain Nerf: Increased energy consumption and reduced maximum duration for his defensive ability, Metallic Curtain.

Thor

The God of Thunder is poised for a quality-of-life improvement:

• Awakening Rune Cooldown Adjustment: Removal of the shared cooldown after Awakening Rune ends, improving the flow and user experience of this ability.

Venom

The symbiote menace is slated for changes aimed at making him more aggressive and efficient:

• Frenzied Arrival Adjustment: Knockback effect changed from vertical to inward, potentially making his arrival into combat more impactful and disruptive.
• Feast of the Abyss (Ultimate) Buff: Reduced energy cost for his Ultimate, allowing for more frequent use of this powerful ability.

DUELIST

Black Widow

Natasha Romanoff is looking at buffs to her combat effectiveness, particularly after using her Ultimate:

• Red Room Rifle Magazine Capacity Increase: Larger magazine size for her primary weapon, improving sustained damage output.
• Electro-Plasma Explosion (Ultimate) Buff: Enhanced slow effect and the addition of a Vulnerability effect on enemies hit by her Ultimate, increasing her threat level in engagements.

Hawkeye

Clint Barton is potentially receiving a mix of buffs and nerfs, focusing on close-quarters and Ultimate potency:

• Base Health Increase: Slight boost to base health, improving his survivability.
• Blast Arrow Adjustment: Reduced projectile damage but increased spell field damage, shifting the focus of this ability.
• Crescent Slash Cooldown Reduction: Lowered cooldown for his melee ability, Crescent Slash, enhancing his close-range options.
• Hunter’s Sight (Ultimate) Buff: Increased bow draw speed and raised damage multiplier during his Ultimate, making it more impactful.

Hela

The Asgardian goddess of death is in line for a buff to her long-range effectiveness:

• Nightsword Thorn Falloff Adjustment: Reduced damage falloff at long range for Nightsword Thorn, increasing her consistent damage output at mid-to-long ranges.

Iron Fist

Lin Lie is set for a complex set of adjustments, seemingly aimed at rebalancing his damage and survivability:

• Jeet Kune Do Damage Reduction: Slightly reduced damage for most strikes in his Jeet Kune Do combo, with minor adjustments across various hits.
• Yat Jee Chung Kuen Rework: Significantly reduced flat damage per hit but the addition of %-health damage per strike, potentially shifting its effectiveness against different health targets.
• Dragon’s Defense Buff: Extended cooldown reduction for Dragon’s Defense, potentially improving its uptime.
• Harmony Recovery Buff and Decay: Increased bonus health granted by Harmony Recovery, but the introduction of a decay mechanic for this bonus health over time.
• Dragon’s Defense Bonus Health Conversion Buff: Increased maximum Bonus Health conversion from damage blocked during Dragon’s Defense.
• Base Health Increase: Boost to base health, improving his overall survivability.

Iron Man

Tony Stark is poised for a straightforward buff to his signature attack:

• Unibeam Buff: Increased damage for both regular Unibeam and Unibeam (Armor Overdrive) versions, making his core damage ability more potent.

Magik

The Queen of Limbo is potentially seeing a slight power shift, with reduced damage but more accessible Ultimate:

• Demon’s Rage Damage Reduction: Slight decrease in damage for her regular state Demon’s Rage.
• Darkchild (Ultimate) Buff: Reduced energy cost for her Ultimate, Darkchild, allowing for more frequent transformations.

Mister Fantastic

Reed Richards is in line for buffs to his Ultimate and area control:

• Flexible Elongation Buffs: Increased spell field radius after landing and the addition of a knockback effect to Flexible Elongation, enhancing its utility and area denial. Increased recharge time for single use.
• Brainiac Bounce (Ultimate) Buff and Decay: Increased spell damage for Brainiac Bounce, but also increased energy cost and the introduction of a damage decay mechanism over distance for the spell field.

Moon Knight

Marc Spector is slated for adjustments aimed at improving enemy reaction times and damage logic for his Ultimate:

• Hand of Khonshu Fall Speed Reduction: Reduced falling speed of his Hand of Khonshu talons, potentially making them easier for enemies to react to.
• Hand of Khonshu Damage Logic Correction: Removal of the previous center-based damage logic and increased damage per hit for Hand of Khonshu, aiming for more consistent and optimized damage output.

Scarlet Witch

Wanda Maximoff is potentially receiving a survivability buff during her Ultimate:

• Reality Erasure (Ultimate) Buff: Gain of additional Bonus Health upon activating Reality Erasure, improving her resilience while in Ultimate form, with a decay mechanic for the bonus health after the ability ends.

Spider-Man

Peter Parker is in line for a minor buff to his offensive pressure:

• Web-Cluster Cooldown Reduction: Reduced energize time for Web-Cluster, potentially allowing for more frequent use of this offensive ability.

Star-Lord

Peter Quill is poised for a buff to his mobility:

• Rocket Propulsion Buff: Increased maximum energy for Rocket Propulsion, enhancing his sustained mobility and movement options.

Storm

Ororo Munroe is potentially seeing a rebalancing of her damage and team utility:

• Wind Blade Falloff Adjustment: Reduced damage falloff at long range for Wind Blade, improving her consistent damage output at range.
• Weather Control Adjustment: Reduced self-damage increase from Thunder and Enhanced Thunder during Weather Control, but increased damage increase for allies within range, shifting her focus slightly towards team support over self-buffing damage.

STRATEGIST

Adam Warlock

Adam is slated for buffs aimed at increasing both his damage and healing capabilities:

• Quantum Magic Buff: Increased damage for Quantum Magic and adjusted damage falloff at long range, enhancing his offensive potential.
• Soul Bond Buff: Increased healing amount provided by Soul Bond to linked allies, improving his support and sustain role.

Cloak & Dagger

The duo is potentially receiving a complex set of adjustments, focusing on their Ultimate, survivability, and Tyrone’s threat level:

• Eternal Bond (Ultimate) Adjustment: Increased energy cost to activate Ultimate, but increased healing per segment, reduced duration, decreased pause time between segments, non-stacking heal effect, and unlocked camera control during Ultimate activation – a multifaceted rework of their Ultimate.
• Terror Cape Buff: Increased Vulnerability inflicted by Terror Cape on enemies, enhancing Tyrone’s offensive support capabilities.

Invisible Woman

Susan Storm is potentially seeing a nerf to her Ultimate frequency:

• Invisible Boundary (Ultimate) Nerf: Increased energy cost to activate her Ultimate, Invisible Boundary, reducing its uptime.

Loki

The trickster god is facing a potential Ultimate frequency nerf but a survivability buff:

• God of Mischief (Ultimate) Nerf: Increased energy cost for his Ultimate, God of Mischief, reducing its frequency.
• Mystical Missile Buff: Increased Mystical Missile charges, potentially compensating for the Ultimate nerf with more frequent use of his standard abilities.

Luna Snow

Seol Hee is also potentially seeing a nerf to her Ultimate frequency:

• Fate of Both Worlds (Ultimate) Nerf: Increased energy cost for her Ultimate, Fate of Both Worlds, reducing its uptime.

TEAM-UP ABILITIES

Atlas Bond (Luna Snow & Supergiant)

Luna Snow’s side of this Team-Up is set for an enhancement:

• Frozen Chi Buff: Increased healing amount of Frozen Chi and enhanced slow effect on enemies, improving its utility and support capabilities.

Dimensional Shortcut (Black Panther & Psylocke)

Both sides of this Team-Up are slated for buffs aimed at enhancing sustained combat:

• Psionic Disc & Wakandan Master Buff: Reduced Rewind Time for both abilities and increased Blue Armor conversion ratio, improving their effectiveness in prolonged engagements.

Gamma Charge (Hulk & Iron Man)

Hulk’s side of this Team-Up is facing a nerf:

• Hulk Team-Up Anchor Nerf: Reduced Team-Up Anchor health bonus provided to Hulk, decreasing his survivability when linked with Iron Man.
• Unibeam (Gamma Overdrive) Nerf: Reduced damage for Unibeam during Gamma Overdrive, slightly lowering the damage output of this Team-Up.

Lunar Force (Moon Knight & Storm)

Moon Knight's side of this Team-Up is potentially receiving a survivability buff:

• Full Moon Buff: New effect added – continuous healing for Moon Knight within the Full Moon spell field, improving his sustain during Team-Up activation.

Symbiote Bond (Peni Parker & Spider-Man)

Both sides of this Team-Up are facing adjustments aimed at re-balancing their invincibility and duration:

• Spider-Man Suit Expulsion Nerf: Reduced Suit Expulsion duration and replaced damage reduction with invincibility, shifting its utility to a shorter burst of invulnerability instead of sustained damage mitigation.
• Peni Parker Armor Expulsion Adjustment: Reduced Armor Expulsion duration and replaced damage reduction with invincibility, similar to Spider-Man, shifting its utility to a shorter invulnerability period.

Awaiting Official Confirmation:

As with all leaked information, these patch notes should be treated with a degree of skepticism until officially confirmed by NetEase. However, @Helldivers资讯站 has proven to be a reliable source for Marvel Rivals leaks in the past, lending credibility to these details. Players eager to see how these potential changes might impact the game's balance and meta should keep an eye out for official announcements from NetEase regarding the Season 1.5 update and its balance adjustments. The evolving landscape of Marvel Rivals continues to be shaped by these ongoing updates, and Season 1.5 promises to bring another layer of strategic depth and gameplay refinement to the hero shooter.