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‘Marvel Rivals’ Patch Leaks: Storm, Luna Snow Nerfs, Black Widow, Adam Warlock Buffs

February 19, 2025

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Marvel Rivals’ mid-season patch launches on Friday, February 21 with the arrival of Human Torch and The Thing, but we have an early preview of how the heroes are going to be balanced courtesy of leakers and their datamining ability.

This specifically comes from XOXLeak, who I have not seen really be wrong about anything yet, though some of these may be tweaked or adjusted before launch. It’s a lot of nerfs and buffs given the current state of the game, so here’s what’s happening.

NERFS

Storm – Wind blade Damage at 30m reduced from 70% to 60%, Aura: Self-boost from 16% to 12%, Teamboost from 8% to 10%, Goddess Boost (thunder) Self-boost dmg increased from 30% to 25%
Star Lord – Ultimate cost: from 1200 to 1800
Spider-Man – Web-Shooters: Recharge time decreased from 3s to 2.5s
Moon Knight – Ultimate: Khonshu’s fist speed reduced, Corrected the damage logic, removed 75 dmg for being in the middle of the spell field, Each fist now does 150 (up from 75)
Hela – SOUL DRAINER: damage falloff at 30m from 70% to 80%
Luna Snow – Ultimate cost increased from 4000 to 4500
Mantis – Ultimate bonus HP reduced from 100 to 75
Invisible Woman – Ultimate cost increased from 4000 to 4300
Doctor Strange – Base HP: 650 to 600

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BUFFS

Venom – FRENZIED ARRIVAL has been changed from vertical Knockback to inwards knockback at a 75° angle, Ultimate cost: 2800 -> 2500
Captain America – Added the ability to use absolute will for defense during jumping, Vibranium energy saw: Projectile speed increased from 60m/s to 80m/s. ejection speed after a hit increased from 100m/s to 150m/s
Thor – Removed cooldown after the Rune Awakening skill duration ends
Groot – Groot walls can be placed up to 18m (up from 15m)
Scarlet Witch – Ultimate: 100 bonus HP applied on cast, Decays at 50/s after interrupt/end
Black Widow – Rifle Capacity increased from 8 to 15, Ultimate: Slow down effect reduced from 80% to 55% (there will be a new hit affect on enemies but it’s not yet known)
Adam Warlock – Primary Fire damage increased from 55 to 60, 60% damage falloff at 40m (up from 50% dmg falloff), SOUL BOND: healing increased from 10/s to 15/s

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NERF/BUFF MIX

Magneto – Primary 35 to 40, Curtain: energy cost 50 to 65, Maximum duration 2 to 1.5
Iron Fist – Base HP increased from 250 to 300, Jeet Kune Do’s 1st, 2nd, and 5th attack damage reduced from 32 to 30, 3rd and 4th damage reduced from 16 to 15, 6th damage reduced from 55 to 50. The cooldown time of each hit to reduce the combo attack increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds, and the damage of each hit of the Sun Punch decreased from 19 to 10.
Iron Fist (2) – HARMONY RECOVERY: Bonus HP provided increased from 50 to 150 with HP decay at 25/s, DRAGON’S DEFENSE: HP converted from block increased from 150 to 200
Loki – Ultimate Cost increased from 3400 to 4000, Ammo increased from 10 to 12
Magik – ELDRITCH WHIRL (normal): dmg decreased from 45 to 40, DEMON’S RAGE (normal): dmg decreased from 80/s to 72/s, Ultimate: cost reduced from 3700 to 3400
Mr. Fantastic – FLEXIBLE ELONGATION: Spell Field increased from 2.5 to 5m, Now knocks enemies outwards after landing, Charge increased from 8s to 10s
Mr. Fantastic (2) – BRAINIAC BOUNCE: Damage increased from 50 to 70, Energy cost increased from 2800 to 3400, Damage fall off: dmg starts decaying at 3m to a max of 50dmg at 10m
Cloak and Dagger – Ultimate: cost increased from 3400 to 4000, “Dash lanes/Fog that heals” duration reduced from 10s to 8s, Pause between dashes reduced from 1s to 0.67s, Healing effect of the dash lanes no longer STACK, only 1 lanes works when overlaid on each other,
Cloak and Dagger (2) – TERROR CAPE: Vulnerability on enemies increased from 20% to 28%