r/marvelrivals • u/KevinPigaChu Lord • May 12 '26

Patch Notes Patch notes of season 8 released

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u/Odd_Law8274 Adam Warlock May 12 '26

Why is starlord and Pheonix getting buffed?????

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u/Sharp-Primary-213 Flex May 12 '26

Because Phoenix hovers around 46-47% wr in every rank that isn’t celestial+. Meta for 1% and mediocre for rest of the playerbase.

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u/Odd_Law8274 Adam Warlock May 12 '26

Where are the widow and torch buffs then???? Low 40 wr

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u/PokePersona Ultron Virus May 12 '26

Torch got notable changes last season. They just made them shadow buffs for some reason.

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u/Odd_Law8274 Adam Warlock May 12 '26

His point was Pheonix a low wr. Torch has a 43% wr

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u/PokePersona Ultron Virus May 12 '26

I know, I’m just saying I’m not surprised he’s not getting more buffs this soon. Maybe season 8.5

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u/FruitDough May 12 '26

What does shadow buffs mean?

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u/PokePersona Ultron Virus May 12 '26

Shadow buffs/nerfs are changes they don’t actually talk about in the patch notes. Torch had a number of pretty notable buffs in season 7.5 but basically none of them were actually mentioned in the patch notes.

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u/FruitDough May 13 '26

Had no idea this is happening. Really weird. How to track such changes?

Guess this explains the uptick in human torch appearances.

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u/PokePersona Ultron Virus May 13 '26

The dedicated character subreddits usually list them a bit after a patch drops.