Marvel Rivals’ constant hero additions can sometimes make for a balancing nightmare, none more prevalent than last week’s Elsa Bloodstone launch.
Elsa is a powerful Duelist, dual-wielding guns and moving quickly around the battlefield, but her Apex Predator ultimate ability has come under massive scrutiny from players across social media for how powerful it is.
NetEase Games heard the cries, and Marvel Rivals will be releasing a quick, unscheduled balance patch in a few days to bring her monstrous brother back down to size just a bit. This is an uncommonly quick patch, a testament to just how strong Elsa’s ultimate has been in its first week.
“To keep S6 feeling stable for the entire season and ensure that players can join in at any point during these two months without compromising their consistent experience, the S6.5 changes were designed to be restrained, with a smaller impact on the overall meta,” the dev said. “But no worries! We’re tracking your feedback as always and testing the proposed changes internally. Patch 0219 will target a subset of high-performing heroes that have drawn stronger feedback.”
Here’s a peek at the patch notes coming in the Feb. 19 update, along with some other hero changes to keep an eye on.
Marvel Rivals patch notes – Feb. 19
Elsa Bloodstone
- Apex Predator (Ultimate)
- Reduced Glartrox’s health from 500 to 400.
- Reduced Dash Duration from 6s to 3.5s.
- Adjusted the enemy grab hitbox from 6m (L) × 6m (W) × 3.5m (H) to 5m (L) × 5m (W) × 3.5m (H).
Hawkeye
- Reduced Piercing Arrow’s Base Damage from 34 to 28.
- Reduced the Base Damage of a fully charged arrow from 85 to 70.
- When boosted by Archer’s Focus, the damage of a charged arrow is down from 175 to 160.
Hela
- Damage falloff of Nightsword Thorn still starts at 18m.
- At 30m, the maximum falloff drops to 70 percent of the base (was 80 percent).
- Beyond 25m, two critical hits will not KO a 250 HP target.
Gambit
- Reduced base health from 275 to 250.
- Breaking Spades now grants 10 percent Damage Boost (was 15 percent).
This update will go live on Feb. 19 at 3am CT.
