TL;DR
Marvel Rivals’ Version 20260911 balance post brings broad tuning across all roles, with a global reduction to Strategists’ Ultimate Energy generation and many hero-specific adjustments. Scarlet Witch, Black Cat, Wolverine, Captain America, and several others received notable kit changes, while some team-up effects were strengthened or reduced.
What Changed
- Global Strategist change: healing-to-energy conversion drops from 70% to 65%, and damage-to-energy conversion drops from 55% to 50%.
- Vanguard updates include:
- Angela’s Loki team-up illusions take less maximum damage.
- Captain America gains more base Health, no bounce damage falloff on Vibranium Energy Saw, longer Thor team-up duration, and a small movement-speed increase with Winter Soldier.
- Deadpool (Vanguard) gets higher damage falloff at range, stronger self-healing during The Ban Hammer, more Bonus Health from ultimates, and cheaper Upgrade! progression.
- Doctor Strange’s Daggers of Denak travel faster and cast faster; his Hulk team-up removes Gamma Maelstrom spell field damage falloff.
- Magneto loses base Health and shield value, with additional reductions to Scarlet Witch team-up effects.
- Peni Parker fires Cyber-Web Clusters faster, loses the self-slow while firing, and gets a shorter Black Panther team-up cooldown.
- Thor gains base Health and stronger Lightning Realm boundary damage.
- Duelist updates include:
- Black Cat loses invincibility during Phantom Pursuit but gains damage reduction and Unstoppable instead.
- Black Widow’s long-range damage falloff is reduced and her ultimate costs more energy.
- Deadpool (Duelist) deals more damage and levels up faster through Upgrade!.
- Iron Fist hits harder, can chain a follow-up without The Thing present in the team-up, and costs less energy for Living Chi.
- Scarlet Witch receives a new ability, a new passive, damage and utility changes across multiple skills, and an updated ultimate.
- Spider-Man’s Amazing Combo cooldown is shorter, and his Peni Parker team-up cooldown is reduced.
- Wolverine’s base damage and Rage scaling increase, while his Bonus Health from Regenerative Healing Factor becomes a flat value.
- Strategist updates include:
- Cloak & Dagger’s enemy vulnerability and healing are reduced, with a shorter Luna Snow team-up shield duration.
- Deadpool (Strategist) gains base Health and a shorter cooldown.
- Invisible Woman’s return healing is reduced, but Veiled Step now resists stealth break from damage for the first second.
- Jeff the Land Shark’s healing and projectile output increase.
- Loki, Luna Snow, White Fox, and Ultron all receive healing or self-sustain adjustments.
- Mantis’s orb timing changes, with team-up healing tuned in both directions depending on partner.
- Gambit’s Magneto team-up launch behavior is changed to trigger only once.
Player Impact
These changes point to a broad balance pass rather than a single-hero overhaul. Strategists should expect slower Ultimate Energy gain from healing and damage, which may affect how quickly support ultimates come online in longer fights.
Several heroes appear to be getting clearer combat identities:
– Scarlet Witch gains a new offensive-and-sustain loop through Scarlet Hex, Chaos Marks, and Bonus Health conversion.
– Black Cat shifts away from full invulnerability toward damage reduction and visibility changes, which may make her easier to track during Phantom Pursuit and Helmet of Hades.
– Wolverine and Deadpool (Duelist) both receive damage increases, suggesting stronger baseline pressure.
– Captain America, Thor, Jeff the Land Shark, and White Fox all gain durability or healing-related improvements that may make them more reliable in their roles.
Some team-up effects were also adjusted in ways that could matter immediately in coordinated play, especially where cooldowns, duration, or damage falloff changed. The patch notes do not provide ranked outcomes or meta conclusions, so any broader shift should be treated as a cautious implication rather than a confirmed result.