The highly anticipated Marvel Rivals patch notes for Season 3: The Abyss Awakens officially launch in July 2025, bringing a wave of balance adjustments, hero updates, and new team-up abilities that will reshape the competitive landscape. With the ongoing battle against Knull intensifying, NetEase Games has rolled out the latest balance patch (Version 20250711) to ensure gameplay remains fresh, strategic, and competitive.
🆕 What’s New in Marvel Rivals Season 3?
- Season Title: The Abyss Awakens
- Release Date: July 11, 2025
- New Heroes: Blade and Phoenix Force
- New Team-Up Combos: Multiple new and adjusted synergy-based abilities
- Major Hero Balance Changes: Over 20 heroes adjusted for meta balance
- Server Downtime: Starts 5 AM ET, July 11 (Expected 2-3 hours)
⚔️ Hero Balance Changes (Patch v20250711)
Vanguard Class Changes
🔹 Emma Frost
- Nerfed:
- Telepathic Pulse Damage at 99 energy → 120/s to 110/s
- Diamond Form Damage Reduction → 30% to 25%
- Buffed:
- Psionic Seduction (Ultimate) energy cost → 3700 to 3400
🔹 The Thing
- New Ability: Battle Blitz – 25% damage reduction, leap up to 20m
- Added Effect: Stone Haymaker now knocks down flying enemies
🔹 Venom
- Cellular Corrosion slow effect increased → 15% to 25%
Duelist Class Updates
🔹 Human Torch
- Fire Cluster projectile damage reduced → 6 to 5.5
- Supernova shockwave damage reduced → 80 to 75
- Fire Tornado DoT reduced → 120/s to 110/s
- New Team-Up Anchor Buff: +5% damage output
🔹 Iron Man
- Repulsor Blast damage reduced in Armour Overdrive → 40 to 35, 50 to 45
- Invincible Pulse Cannon (Ultimate) energy cost increased → 2800 to 3400
🔹 Mister Fantastic
- Inflated state bonus health reduced → 400 to 350
🔹 Namor
- Trident of Neptune Damage → 70 to 75, Speed → 120m/s to 150m/s
- Wrath of the Seven Seas Speed → 120m/s to 150m/s
🔹 Scarlet Witch
- Max slow during Reality Erasure (Ultimate) reduced → 35% to 25%
- Damage increased → 750 to 850
🔹 Spider-Man
- ‘Get Over Here!’ kick damage → 50 to 55
- Midair Spider-Power → 50 to 55
- Amazing Combo → 55 to 60
- Removed Team-Up Anchor Buff
- New Ability: Inferno Blast with Human Torch
🔹 The Punisher
- Culling Turret projectile damage reduced → 12 to 10
- Spell Field damage reduced → 12 to 10
- Final Judgement (Ultimate) energy cost → 3400 to 3700
🔹 Winter Soldier
- Roterstern damage falloff max range penalty increased → 60% to 70%
🔹 Wolverine
- Feral Leap duration → 4s to 5s, Cooldown → 12s to 15s
Strategist Class Adjustments
🔹 Invisible Woman
- Orb Projection healing on launch → 40 to 45, Damage → 20 to 25
- Orb return healing reduced → 40 to 35, Damage → 20 to 15
🔹 Loki
- God of Mischief (Ultimate) energy cost → 4000 to 4300
🔹 Mantis
- Healing Flower: Now heals 2.5%/s, base healing reduced to 12.5/s
- Soul Resurgence (Ultimate): Energy cost → 3700 to 4300, Bonus HP → 100 to 150
🔹 Ultron
- Dynamic Flight acceleration duration → 8s to 6s
- Firewall Bonus Health → Self: 75 to 65, Allies: 55 to 50
🤝 Team-Up Abilities – Additions, Removals & Reworks
🆕 New Team-Ups
🔥 Ever-Burning Bond (Human Torch + Spider-Man)
- Human Torch: +5% damage
- Spider-Man: Unlocks Inferno Blast
🔥 Primal Flame (Phoenix + Wolverine)
- Phoenix: +10% damage
- Wolverine: Unlocks Phoenix Warrior
❌ Removed/Adjusted Team-Ups
- ESU Alumnus (Spider-Man + Squirrel Girl) – Removed
- Storming Ignition (Storm + Human Torch) – Removed
- Stark Protocol (Iron Man + Ultron/Squirrel Girl) – Squirrel Girl added
- Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom + Jeff the Land Shark) – Buffed Jeff’s Bonus HP from 50 to 100, tendril link from 3s to 5s
- Guardian Revival (Adam Warlock + Star-Lord/Mantis) – Cooldown increased from 120s to 135s
🌟 Meta Impact and Community Feedback
With these sweeping changes, Season 3 looks set to redefine hero viability and encourage new duo strategies in both casual and ranked matches. Heroes like Venom and Namor see increased threat potential, while nerfs to Iron Man, Punisher, and Emma Frost aim to flatten out the over-dominant picks.
Meanwhile, community calls for further balancing—especially for characters like Hela and Hulk—are growing louder, as seen in early forum feedback. Whether future patches will address these concerns remains to be seen.
📥 How to Download Marvel Rivals Season 3 Update
- Launch your Marvel Rivals client on PC or console
- Download the Version 20250711 update after maintenance ends (~8 AM ET)
- Restart the game to experience all the new content.
Stay tuned to our site for daily Marvel Rivals meta breakdowns, character tier lists, and upcoming leak coverage. Whether you’re a Strategist main or flying high as Human Torch, Season 3: The Abyss Awakens promises a darker and more intense battlefield ahead!