August 7, 2026 Balance Update

The tactical landscape is constantly shifting, and a new wave of priority changes is on the horizon. Wolverine's rage is gaining momentum, Moon Knight unleashes his sharp tools with greater flair, and Peni Parker's control becomes slightly less sticky.

Review the changes below and prepare to take the field.

Vanguard

• F Frenzied Feast: increased percentage damage based on maximum health for the first four attacks from 5% to 8%, and for the fifth attack from 10% to 12%.
• Team-Up with Jeff the Land Shark: maximum duration of Surf & Turf increased from 4s to 5s, ally healing increased from 40 to 60.

• LMB Daggers of Denak: single-shot damage increased from 16 to 18, ammo count increased from 10 to 12.
• Team-Up with Hulk: cooldown of Gamma Maelstrom reduced from 8s to 6s.

• Team-Up with Scarlet Witch. Enhanced effect: hits from the Metallic Chaos projectile now slightly launch enemies upward.

Developer Note: We are slightly reducing Peni's control and survivability. In particular, the Immobilize effect from Cyber-Web Snare was triggering too frequently and exerting too much pressure, making it difficult for opponents to play against her. We have decided to increase the cost of this control, but in return grant more freedom to her alternative fire.

• RMB Cyber-Web Snare: the direct Immobilize effect on enemy hit has been removed. New effect: applies a Web-Tracer stack and 30% slow for 1s. Web-Tracer persists for 5s. If an enemy with a Web-Tracer stack is hit by the web again, they are immobilized for 0.7s.
• RMB Cyber-Web Snare: the ability has been converted to charges, maximum 2 charges.
• Reduced the maximum bonus health that Peni receives from Cyber-Webs, from 200 to 150.

• RMB Defensive Stance: damage reduction multiplier increased from 55% to 60%.
• Regenerative shield capacity increased from 250 to 275.

• E Symbiotic Resilience: bonus health reduced from 120% of lost health to 110%.
• Shift Venom Swing: cooldown increased from 8s to 10s.

Duelists

• Team-Up with Storm: area damage reduced from 40 to 30, cooldown increased from 12s to 15s.

• E Ricochet Force: cooldown reduction per Optic Blast hit increased from 0.15s to 0.25s.
• Team-Up with Gambit: attack speed bonus of Concussive Beam increased from 10% to 15%.

• Team-Up with Devil Dinosaur: the health of the activated Smoky Snare trap is reduced from 100 to 50, and the duration of control is decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s.

• Team-Up with Namor: damage of a single hit from Undead Monstro is reduced from 15 to 10.

• LMB Crescent Dart and RMB Moon Blade: ricochet damage falloff reduced from 30% to 20% per bounce.
• Team-Up with Cloak & Dagger: cooldown of Luminous Moon reduced from 15s to 12s.
• Base effect: dash duration increased from 0.3s to 0.35s, dash distance — from 12m to 15m.
• Enhanced effect: upon exiting Phase State, Moon Knight gains healing of 20 HP/s for 3s.

• Detonation damage of Sparks increased from 35 to 40, area damage — from 12 to 15.
• Team-Up with Rogue: damage of Telekinetic Beatdown increased from 45 to 55.

• Passive Berserker Rage: Rage generation from taking damage increased from 5 to 8. The Rage decay timer now begins after 5s of no generation instead of 4s. At maximum Rage, the decay rate is reduced from 15/s to 10/s.

• Team-Up with Doctor Strange:
• Base effect: an ability with an 8s cooldown and 8s duration. Upon activation of RMB, Chthonian Burst is replaced by Mystic Burst, allowing freely fired magical projectiles without energy cost.
• Enhanced effect: the ability becomes toggleable. While toggled on, Mystic Burst replaces Chthonian Burst, allowing freely fired magical projectiles without energy cost.

Strategy

• Team-Up with Magneto: the frequency of tossing spells into the field has been changed from 0.5s to 1s.

• LMB Energy Plasmoids: single-hit damage increased from 10 to 11, healing per hit — from 14 to 15.

• LMB Mystical Missile: projectile speed increased from 100m/s to 120m/s.

• Q Kumiho Unleashed: the ultimate energy cost has been reduced from 4800 to 4300. After activation, all allies within 10m automatically gain the Blessed by the Nine effect for 3s.

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The changes take effect with Season 9.5. Stay tuned to official Marvel Rivals announcements.