Marvel Rivals Season 2.5: Release date, start time, new heroes, balances & more

• Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 arrives on Friday, May 30.
• The newest hero joining the game is Ultron, in the Strategist role
• A new convoy map named Hellfire Gala: Arakko will arrive.
• A new seasonal event, Cerebro Database II, begins.
• There are a lot of balance changes and a Jeff and Thor rework.

• West Coast US – May 30, 5 AM PDT 
• East Coast US – May 30, 8 AM EDT
• Central Europe – May 30, 2 PM CET
• United Kingdom – May 30, 1 PM BST
• Japan – May 30, 9 PM JST

• Encephalo-Ray – R2/RT/LMB – Fire a damaging energy beam.
• Dynamic Flight – R1/RB/LShift – Dash in the current direction of movement, entering an accelerated state.
• Imperative: Patch – L1/LB/E – Commands a healing drone to follow one ally, healing all allies in its radius, with additional healing for the designated ally.
• Imperative: Firewall – L2/LT/RMB – Summons multiple drones that grant bonus health to allies, focused on Ultron and any ally marked with the Imperative: Patch skill. 
• Rage of Ultron [ULTIMATE] – L3+R3/LS+RS/Q – Summons Ultron’s drones to fire multiple Encephalo-Rays, to damage enemies or heal allies.
• Stark Protocol [Team-Up Ability] – Cross/A/C  – With Iron Man, you can enhance Ultron’s Encephalo-Ray to a Nano Ray ability. This Nano Ray effect can pierce characters and inflict damage on enemies while healing allies.

• Base health decreased from 600 to 575.
• Delay of shield recovery increased from 2s to 4s after unleashing Living Legend.
• Higher energy cost on Freedom Charge from 2800 to 3100.

• Daggers of Denak damage fall-off changes from 10m and reduced to 62.5% at 20m, to 10m and reduced to 80% at 20m.
• Maelstrom of Madness ranged damage fall-off removed.

• Increased range for Telepathic Pulse – from 15.5m up to 18m.
• Lower shield value of Mind’s Aegis –  from 500 to 400.
• Carbon Crush gets a higher cooldown from 5s to 6s.
• Crystal Kick damage reduced from 50 to 40, and propelled-to-wall damage from 100 to 90.

• Lowered damage for Vine Strike per hit from 70 to 65.
• Increase for Ironwood Wall’s cooldown from 8s to 12s.

• Increase to the charging speed on rings from 4s per stack to 3s per stack.

• Hammer Throw ability effect is now a standard ability. Thorforce cost and universal cooldown removed, and ability cooldown is now 6s. Thor gains 1 Thorforce from each enemy hit with Hammer Throw. Throw hit damage is reduced from 70 to 45, and return damage from 30 to 20.
• Reduced shield value gained from consuming Thorforce. Bonus health gain per Thorforce consumed decreased from 100 to 75, and maximum bonus health decreased from 200 to 150.

• Increased base damage of arrow from 32 to 34.
• Reduce projectile damage of Blast Arrow from 15 to 16. Increased spell damage from 32 to 34.
• Higher maximum focus from 70 to 75. Charging speed when aiming at enemy increased from 100/s to 108/s – charge falloff speed up from 30/s to 32/s.

• Charge capacity of Nightsword Thorn increased from 8 to 10.

• Lowered damage of Fire Cluster – 7 per hit down to 6 per hit.
• Charge speed of Blazing Blast up from 2s to 3s.
• Lower shield amount gained with Flaming Meteor from 75 to 50. Increases cooldown from 15s to 20s.

• Dragon’s Defense damage blocked bonus health conversion rate reduced from 1.5 to 1.3. Maximum Bonus Health converted from damage blocked down from 200 to 175. Dash-distance of Yat Jee Chung Kuen in the z-axis direction reduced when no target is available.
• Lower Dragon’s Defense cooldown reduction from Jeet Kune Do hits from 1.5s to 1s.

• Removed – Iron Man’s Gamma Overdrive from the Gamma Charge Team-Up. Added – new Team-Up Anchor effect from the Stark Protocol Team-Up.
• Lower projectile damage of third Repulsor Blast from 50 to 45, with decreased Spell Field Damage from 60 to 55.
• Lower Armor Overdrive maximum Bonus Health from 100 to 50.

• Higher cooldown of Blessing of the Deep from 15s to 20s.
• Larger Horn of Proteus inner circle radius – up from 3m to 3.5m. Outer circle radius up from 8m to 9m. Reduced outer circle radius hit damage from 200 to 180.
• Tweaked Monstro spawn damage falloff from 20m, reducing to 30% at 40m, to 20m, reducing to 50% at 40m.

• Lower retrieval damage of Wing Shurikens from 14 to 12 per hit.
• Lowered Invisibility duration of Psychic Stealth from 3s to 2s.

• Lowered the capacity of Burst Acorn from 10 to 12. 
• Lowered the cooldown of Mammal Bond from 12s to 10s
• Optimized user experience of Squirrel Blockade, Tail Bounce, and Unbeatable Squirrel Tsunami (Ultimate Ability).

• Higher energy cost for Galactic Legend, from 3100 to 3400. Increased maximum target range from 30m to 40m. Tweaked damage falloff from reducing to 60% at 40m to reducing to 75% at 40m.

• Increased damage of Omega Hurricane from 150/s to 160/s.

• Reduced movement slow rate of Final Judgement from 20% to 10% (not firing), and from 40% to 30% (firing).
• Higher Adjudication magazine size – from 30 to 40, single-hit damage up from 18 to 19, and fire spread slightly reduced

• Added new effect to Joyful Splash: Now also deals damage to enemies at 70/s, can heal allies through other allies/enemies. Damage falloff begins at 20m, moving to a maximum of 65% at 40m; reduced healing per second from 150 to 130.
• Tweaked Aqua Burst to a charge ability (max 3 charges, and 3s per charge); New effect added: direct hits launch enemies upwards; Higher spell field damage, up from 40 to 45.
• Healing Bubble moves from One-Time Healing to Healing Over Time. Increased heal amount from instant 85 to 120 over 4s. Reduced charges from 6 to 3, and the enemy launch-up effect removed.
• New effect for Hide and Seek with an energy cap (max 120). This drains by 20/s while submerged, restoring 15/s when not. Reduced healing while submerged from 35/s down to 15/s.
• It’s Jeff!’s healing on swallowed allies now grants 45 health per second as bonus health, up to a max of 150.
• Increased damage reduction received when taking a critical hit, from 50% to 70%.
• Increased energy cost of It’s Jeff from 4000 up to 4500.

• Increased Light & Dark Ice healing amount, damage from 20 per round to 22.
• New effect for Absolute Zero: grants 50 Bonus Health per enemy hit.
• Higher energy cost of Fate of Both Worlds to 5000 from 4500.

• Lower Repair Mode direct hit healing from 55 to 50.

• Luna Snow (anchor) gains a 15% increase in healing effects, and Hawkeye unlocks an Ice Arrow ability.

• Storm gains (anchor) Shark Surge ability. Jeff gains It’s Jeff-nado!

• The Punisher (anchor) gains maximum health increase of 25 and a 5% boost in damage output. Black Widow unlocks new Pulse Rifle ability.

• Rocket Raccoon (anchor) gains 5% increase in healing effects. When active, Rocket’s B.R.B. is upgraded to a Web Beacon. Peni Parker unlocks new Armored Spider-Nest ability.

• Iron Man (Anchor)  gains a 5% damage output boost, and Ultron gains new Nano-Ray ability.

• Venom (anchor) gains a max health increase of 150. Jeff gains Healing Tendrils ability.

• Hawkeye’s anchor effect is removed, as is Allied Agents Team-Up Ability. Black Widow loses the Supersensory Hunt ability.

• Rocket Raccoon anchor effect removed, asis Ammo Overload Team-Up Ability. The Punisher loses Infinite Punishment ability

• Luna Snow anchor effect removed, as is the Chilling Charisma Team-Up Ability. Jeff the Land Shark loses Frozen Spitball ability.

• Iron Man loses the Gamma Overdrive ability. 

• Venom anchor effect removed, as is Symbiote Bond Team-Up Ability. Spider-Man loses Suit Expulsion ability. Peni Parker loses the Armor Expulsion ability

• Decreased Atlas Bond Team-Up Anchor damage boost from 15% to 10%.

• Increase cooldown of Storm Siblings, Wedded Harmony, and Cooperative Comrades from 20s to 25s.

• Higher Gamma Monstro cooldown from 15s to 20s.

• Reduced proportion of damage from Magnetic Resonance and Soul Resurgence illusions – from 30% to 20%.

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