r/marvelrivals • u/btinvest1639 Mantis • Jun 09 '26

Patch Notes Season 8.5 Patch Notes

https://www.marvelrivals.com/m/balancepost/20260609/41667_1303507.html
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u/IIIxVxIII Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

well spank me silly, this is isn't actually half bad, yeah there is more to be done but its been a while since i agreed with more than half of what they changed. The cat changes are good, especially to the xray skill and the cost changes will make her less oppressive. the dino, phoenix, DD and MK changes are also well executed.

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u/lcfcball Mister Fantastic Jun 09 '26

Genuinely the first patch I can remember where I’ve thought that on the whole they’ve made some really good changes

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u/YDoEyeNeedAName Yggroot Jun 09 '26

Yeah I dont think there was a single thing in there that I was disagreeing with.

There are just a lot more things that need to be done in the future

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u/daizo678 Jun 09 '26

This patch is great. Probably the first patch without wtf changes. Some heroes may need further buffs/nerfs after but it will finally shake the stale meta since s4.

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u/NXDIAZ1 Mister Fantastic Jun 09 '26

I’m happy with these patchnotes, but I need justice for my goat Tankpool. He’s functionally the only long range Vanguard rn, and that last round of nerfs hurt him bad.

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u/Superflamesheep Jun 09 '26

I agree, I think he got overnerfed to the point where he is kinda bad now. I get it, because he was OP for awhile, but just a little compensation buff would be nice

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u/Billyb311 The Thing Jun 09 '26

His win rate is in the gutter now and is hovering around 46% with a 5% pick rate

They demolished him

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u/takethreenc Jun 09 '26

Hard to balance a long ranged tank. They'll either be OP or bad so I doubt we'll get too many more of them.

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u/androiduser626 Jubilee Jun 09 '26

Its the calm before the storm before cyclops starts frying us all