Marvel GamesMarvel Rivals’ brand new patch promises to bring tons of new features from Twitch Drops, key bug fixes, and of course, a few buffs and nerfs to your favorite characters.
One of the best things about Marvel Rivals is that it’s forever changing, with every new character, we get new ways to play, and with every update, we see changes to those overpowered fighters or the ones that struggle to be seen, or win a match.
The March 13 patch is no different, with plenty of heroes seeing changes, as well as a few surprising buffs to already deadly characters.
Marvel Rivals March 13 update sees major changes to heroes
Cloak and Dagger
NetEase GamesCloak and Dagger have received a small buff to their Lightforce Dagger, which increases the healing effect on hit allies from 10 to 16. However, they’ve also seen a reduction to the spell field healing amount generated by that hit, reducing it from 18 to 16.
So overall, it’s really just a case of balancing for the Strategist heroes, meaning they’re unlikely to move from their S-tier ranking.
Their changes have been listed below:
- Increase the healing effect from Lightforce Dagger on hit allies from 10 to 16; Reduce the spell field healing amount generated by the hit from 18 to 16.
Human Torch
Human Torch is one of the most overpowered characters in Marvel Rivals right now, sitting comfortably at the top of our tier list and dominating most matches he’s in. Interestingly, despite this, he’s received even more buffs in the March 13 patch.
His Fire Cluster projectile speed has increased from 120m/s to 150m/s and his count for this has increased to 14, where it was previously 12. He has had a slight nerf to his ultimate, with the energy cost of Supernova increasing to 4,000 from 3,400 but the damage from his activation wave has gone up from 70 to 80. Lastly, his Flame Tornado damage will now be 120 per second, instead of 100 per second.
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His changes have been listed below:
- Increase Fire Cluster projectile speed from 120m/s to 150m/s and projectile count from 12 to 14.
- Increase the energy cost of Supernova (ultimate ability) from 3400 to 4000; Increase activation wave damage from 70 to 80 and Flame Tornado damage from 100 per/s to 120 per/s.
Iron Man
NetEase GamesIron Man sits at A-tier on our tier list currently but could shift after these nerfs. His Repulsor Blast stage 1 and 2 direct hit damage has been reduced from 55 to 50, and his stage 3 damage has gone from 50 to 65. That being said, the spell field damage for both of these has gone up from 35 to 50 for the stage 1 and 2, and from 40 to 60 for stage 3.
He’s also seen a damage decrease from 55 to 50 for his Repulsor Blast (Armor Overdrive), but with an increase in spell field damage to 65 from 55. Of course, these feel like minor balancing adjustments, though it could change the way you play, given the damage changes.
His changes have been listed below:
- Decrease Repulsor Blast stage 1 and 2 direct hit damage from 55 to 40; Increase spell field damage from 35 to 50. Decrease stage 3 direct hit damage from 65 to 50; Increase spell field damage from 40 to 60.
- Decrease Repulsor Blast (Armor Overdrive) direct hit damage decreased from 55 to 50; Increase spell field damage from 55 to 65.
All character bug fixes
Loki
After receiving his highly anticipated President Loki skin, this Strategist has finally had a key bug fix. The March 13 update has resolved an issue in which Loki’s transformation during his ultimate caused the camera to shift incorrectly in the Past Lives replays.
Namor
Namor’s most frustrating bug, which stopped his Ultimate from dealing damage if he was spat out by Jeff the Land Shark mid-air has also been fixed, allowing players to destroy the pesky shark once and for all… until it happens again.
NetEase GamesPeni Parker
Peni Parker has two major bug fixes in this update. Her Arachno-Mines now stay visible even when landing outside Cyber-Webs, so be sure to remember that enemies can now spot them. Then, Netese has resolved the bug where Spider-Drones could bypass floors when webs were stacked above and below.
The Thing
The Thing previously suffered from inconsistent Embattled Leap speeds for players under poor network conditions. Though this has now been fixed.
Venom
Venom isn’t meant to float, and Netease has made sure of that by addressing a bug in which he would remain stuck in the air shortly after using his Ultimate.
Winter Soldier
NetEase GamesWinter Soldier mains can finally revel in the fact that his Tainted Voltage will now correctly auto-reload once you use Trooper’s Fist. On top of this, his Bionic Hook previously caused arm model issues during slow motion match endings, this has now been resolved.
Wolverine
Lastly, Wolverine has had his dive attack animation fixed. Previously, the animation didn’t sync properly at maximum height.
Those are all the buffs and nerfs for the Marvel Rivals March 13 patch. While figuring out what’s changed with your favorite character, be sure to check out the best controller settings, all free skins & how to get them, and all currencies.
