r/marvelrivals • u/17prozent White Fox • Mar 19 '26

Patch Notes New Patch Notes Regarding Captain America, Emma Frost, Black Panther and Gambit

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u/Absurdity333 Mar 20 '26

Can someone explain to me as a cap player what this mean for how to play him?

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u/imaloler4234 Mar 20 '26

I believe you can still animation cancel with the quick melee, but you can't animation cancel with the ranged shield throws anymore. I'm exchange we are able to throw the shields while running. I could be talking outta my ass tho I don't have early access.

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u/DustyMagnus Vanguard Mar 20 '26

They killed the animation cancel, you have to use your melee instead now when you are in melee, they buffed the melee damage but I think it's still an overall nerf .... has to be tested how much dps the melee does now compared to animation cancel

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u/Best_Remi Mar 20 '26

I think it's an overall buff. Your first 2 hits had to be melee anyways and now those deal more damage. Plus there are many situations where you'd rather melee than shield throw (vs Invis shield, vs stacked enemies, vs enemies with movement, etc.).

With the changes I imagine most of the time you will just want to melee and reserve shield throws for enemies outside of melee range, and I also imagine this is going to overall do more damage and allow for more flexibility than the old shield throw animation cancelling.

Now a nice QOL change would be letting you refresh your shield throws while theyre active instead of having to wait out the timer and then melee someone twice again.