TL;DR
Marvel Rivals’ Version 20260417 balance post adds a new Chain-CC Protection system and adjusts a wide set of heroes, including Emma Frost, Deadpool, Peni Parker, Elsa Bloodstone, Human Torch, Winter Soldier, Adam Warlock, Cloak & Dagger, Jeff the Land Shark, Luna Snow, and Ultron. It also changes the Guardian of the Deep Team-Up and introduces the new Lucky Loan Team-Up.
What Changed
- New Chain-CC Protection system
- Triggers if a Hero suffers 5.5 seconds of total CC duration or is hit by 6 CC effects within 7 seconds.
- Clears active CC and grants 30% Tenacity for 3 seconds.
- Tenacity increases by 10% with each new CC effect and extends by 0.5 seconds.
- At 100% Tenacity, the Hero becomes CC immune until the buff expires.
- Certain cinematic CC effects, including Emma Frost’s Carbon Crush and Monster Hulk’s World Breaker, bypass the system.
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The system has a 5-second cooldown after the final Tenacity effect expires.
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Vanguard
- Emma Frost: Psionic Seduction energy cost reduced from 3400 to 3100.
- Deadpool: The Ban Hammer bonus health per hammer hit reduced, hammer-hit damage reduced, and bonus attack speed from his Team-Up reduced from 60% to 40%.
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Peni Parker: Base health reduced from 700 to 650; Cyber-Web limit increased from 3 to 4; Cyber-Web bonus health cap increased from 150 to 200; Cyber-Web Cluster projectile speed increased from 120m/s to 150m/s.
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Duelist
- Elsa Bloodstone: Helix Advance cooldown increased from 8s to 10s; Monster-Piercer percentage damage per pellet reduced from 1.2% to 0.8%.
- Human Torch: Plasma Body now immediately dashes 10m, lasts 4s, has 2 charges, recharges in 10s per charge, and has a 4s cooldown between casts.
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Winter Soldier: Trooper’s Fist no longer applies Grounded; its cooldown is reduced from 12s to 10s. Bionic Hook cooldown increases from 12s to 15s. Roterstern projectile damage increases from 75 to 80, Spell Field damage decreases from 55 to 45, Tainted Voltage energize time drops from 6s to 5s, Kraken Impact culling threshold rises from 15% to 20%, and base damage drops from 80 to 70.
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Strategist
- Adam Warlock: Cosmic Cluster now reduces Avatar Life Stream cooldown by 0.4s per hit on an enemy, up from 0.3s.
- Cloak & Dagger: Eternal Bond duration reduced from 13s to 11s.
- Jeff the Land Shark: Joyful Splash damage falloff starts at 15m instead of 20m and reaches 60% of base at 30m instead of 65% at 40m; failed It’s Jeff! recovery time drops from 1s to 0.4s.
- Luna Snow: Light & Dark Ice damage and healing increased from 22 to 24.
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Ultron: Rage of Ultron now covers a 6m radius instead of 3m, changes drone targeting to area bombardment, increases Encephalo-Rays damage for Ultron and his drones, adjusts spell field falloff, and raises ally healing from 25 to 40.
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Team-Up abilities
- Guardian of the Deep: Excess healing converted to Bonus Health reduced from 100 to 50, and healing efficiency reduced from 70/s to 60/s.
- Lucky Loan: New Team-Up added. Black Cat gains a 5% damage boost as the anchor, White Fox unlocks Nine-Tailed Aura, and Captain America unlocks Vibranium Bastion.
Player Impact
The biggest gameplay change is the new Chain-CC Protection system, which is designed to stop long stun chains from locking Heroes down repeatedly. That should matter most in fights where CC is layered quickly, since the system can purge effects and build Tenacity toward full immunity.
Several heroes are being pushed toward different combat patterns:
– Deadpool, Elsa Bloodstone, and Winter Soldier lose some burst, control, or survivability-related pressure.
– Peni Parker, Human Torch, Adam Warlock, Luna Snow, and Ultron gain tools that improve positioning, mobility, healing, or area coverage.
– Jeff the Land Shark and Cloak & Dagger see reductions to some of their pressure or ultimate uptime.
The Team-Up changes also matter for coordinated play. Guardian of the Deep is less rewarding in terms of extra bulk, while Lucky Loan adds a new Team-Up package with new abilities for White Fox and Captain America.
Sources
- https://www.marvelrivals.com/balancepost/20260414/41667_1295988.html