Marvel Rivals season 6 patch notes: Deadpool, hero proficiency overhaul, new Team-Up abilities, and more

Deadpool enters the stage in Marvel Rivals season 6 alongside a major overhaul to the hero proficiency system and a couple of balancing changes. There’s a lot to go through with more content arriving in the coming weeks.

Here’s everything coming to Marvel Rivals in season 6, Night at the Museum, launching on Jan. 16.

Biggest changes in Marvel Rivals season 6

• Deadpool is the first triple-role hero, with abilities varying depending on the role you choose him in.
• Hero proficiency now has 70 levels for you to grind through, with rewards like Units and nameplate frames.
• Invisible Woman and Gambit receive nerfs to their shields and healing, respectively.

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Marvel Rivals season 6 patch notes

Merc with the mouth, Deadpool

Caught in 4k. Image via NetEase Games

In Marvel Rivals, Deadpool not only breaks the fourth wall but also the entire role system by being the first triple-role hero. You can select him as a Vanguard, Duelist, or Strategist, with abilities varying depending on the role.

The gameplay trailer showed him wielding double pistols and double swords, using a sword throw, a unicorn plushie to give out shields (when playing as a Vanguard), and more. But the most important part is Deadpool’s skill book, which you can use to upgrade his skills as the match goes on, as if it were an RPG.

Deadpool’s Ultimate requires maximum effort for you to fight as fancy as possible and increase its tier from E to S. The Ultimates vary depending on the role. However, all of them require you to hit a certain number of abilities within a timeframe to get a buff.

Some of the other things shown in the gameplay reveal include an ability that obstructs the enemy’s vision with cartoon Deadpools all over the screen, an AoE field with different effects, and the ability to take a selfie with the defeated player, during which Deadpool is seemingly immune. All of them feature 4th-wall-breaking animations and quips, just as you’d expect from Wade.

Hero proficiency overhaul

More free stuff for you to earn. Image via NetEase Games

In season 6, the proficiency system in Marvel Rivals is getting an overhaul. Every hero now has 70 levels (level 20 is the current Lord) for you to go through, with rewards like Units, nameplate frames, badges, and more, awaiting you as you showcase your mastery.

New and updated Team-Up abilities

Heal your allies and annoy your enemies. Image via NetEase Games

As always, there are a few changes to Team-Up abilities. Some have been changed while others have been completely removed. With Deadpool entering the scene, there’s also a new Team-Up, featuring the merc and Jeff.

Here are all the Team-Up ability changes in Marvel Rivals season 6:

• Deep Wrath (Hela – Namor)
  • Increase Tidal Dirge cooldown from 20s to 30s.
  • Reduce Undead Monstro Damage from 12 to 10.
  • Reduce Berserk state Undead Monstro Damage from 7 to 6.
• Vibrant Vitality (Mantis – Groot/Loki)
  • Reduce Deific Blessing ally Damage Boost effect from 25 percent to 15 percent.
• Ever-Burning Bond (Human Torch – Spider-Man)
  • Team-Up removed.
• Rocket Network (Rocket Raccoon – Peni Parker/Star-Lord)
  • Peni Parker removed from the Team-Up.
• Mr. Pool’s Interdimensional Toy Box (Deadpool – Jeff the Land Shark)
  • Jeff gains the Jeff’s Cuddle Buddy ability through his Team-Up with Deadpool.
  • As the Team-Up Anchor, Deadpool gains: 50 health (when Vanguard), five percent increased damage (when Duelist), or five percent increased healing (when Strategist)
• Parker Power-Up (Peni Parker – Spider-Man)
  • Spider-Man unlocks the new Sticky Spider-Bomb ability through his team-up with Peni Parker.
  • As the Team-Up Anchor, Peni Parker gains a Health increase of 50.

Hero balancing

With the triple-Strategist meta dominating the scene, Marvel Rivals is addressing the solo strength of some Strategists, including Gambit and Invisible Woman. On the other hand, multiple heroes that were slightly underperforming are receiving buffs.

Here are all the hero balancing changes in Marvel Rivals season 6:

• Angela
  • Reduce Shielded Stance Shield Value from 350 to 300.
• Captain America
  • Reduce Vibranium Energy Saw cooldown from 8s to 6s.
• Doctor Strange
  • Increase the Maelstrom of Madness conversion ratio of Dark Magic to damage from 1.2 to 1.3.
  • Cloak of Levitation New Effect: Re-casting during use now interrupts the ability, preserves current movement speed, and allows for new movement input to change trajectory.
• Emma Frost
  • Increase Energy gained: Hero hits from 10/s to 12/s; Sentience hits from 15/s to 18/s; shield hits from 5/s to 6/s.
• Hulk
  • Reduce Hero Hulk Incredible Leap minimum charge time from 0.5s to 04s; maximum charge time from 2s to 1.7s.
  • In Hero Hulk form, reduce Gamma Burst cooldown from 8s to 6s and increase projectile Damage from 70 to 75.
  • In Monster Hulk form, Hulk is now immune to launch and knockback effects.
• Black Panther
  • Increase Spear Toss Damage from 45 to 50.
  • Gain 50 percent Damage Reduction during Bast’s Descent (Ultimate Ability) startup animation.
• Blade
  • When wielding Hunter’s Shotgun, Daywalker Dash New Effect:
    Slow enemies by 40 percent for 1.5s. Increase second hit damage from 20 to 50.
  • When wielding Ancestral Sword, Daywalker Dash New Effect:
    Remove Slow effect from enemies and apply 8 percent Healing Reduction per strike (32 percent total if all hit), for 3s. Reduce Damage from 15 to 8 per hit.
  • Reduce pellets fired per round of Hunter’s Shotgun from 12 to 11. Damage falloff now starts at 15m (was 20m); at 30m, damage drops to 50 percent of base (was 40 percent).
• Daredevil
  • Reduce Devil’s Chain high damage range Damage from 80 to 75.
  • Reduce Devil’s Throw single Projectile Damage from 32.5 to 30 (total from 65 to 60 on a single target).
  • Reduce Fury gained from Devil’s Latch when grappling a surface from 2 to 1.
• Iron Fist
  • Increase Jeet Kune Do’s fourth strike damage from 30 to 35.
  • Increase Dragon’s Defense maximum duration from 1s to 1.2s.
• Namor
  • Reduce Aquatic Dominion time for a single charge from 12s to 10s. 
  • Increase default Monstro Spawn Health from 100 to 125 and Damage from 17 to 18.
  • Increase Enhanced Monstro Spawn Damage from 11 to 12.
• Cloak & Dagger
  • Reduce Dagger Storm Healing from 55/s to 45/s. New Effect: When a Spell Field is created, allies in range get a One-Time Healing of 60.
  • Veil of Lightforce & Terror Cape Adjustments:
    These 2 abilities now share charges, capped out at 2, with each taking 12s to recharge. After using either, both abilities enter a 2s cooldown.
• Gambit
  • Reduce Big Easy Impact Healing Amount per explosion from 25 to 15 (total from 75 to 45).
  • Reduce Ragin’ Royal Flush’s Healing from 75/s to 55/s.
  • Bridge Boost bounces on a single target are now set to a maximum of 2.
• Invisible Woman
  • Reduce Guardian Shield value from 250 to 200.
  • Reduce shield restoration rate after reclaiming from 42/s to 34/s (total time unchanged).
  • Reduce Guardian Shield healing to Invisible Woman from 50/s to 25/s.
• Rocket Raccoon
  • Reduce Movement Speed during Wild Crawl from 10m/s to 8m/s.

All this, alongside a new battle pass, skins, and events, is coming to Marvel Rivals on Jan. 16. More content, including a new map and The Clobberin’ Club area for Times Square, is coming a little later on Jan. 29, so there’s plenty to look forward to this season.

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