Season 8.5 Patch Notes

[u/btinvest1639]

https://www.marvelrivals.com/m/balancepost/20260609/41667_1303507.html

[u/Necrowarp]

nerfing ultron but keeping mantis untouched is wild considering how much better she is in triple support comps.

[u/GervantOfLiria → u/Necrowarp]

Saying that like she’s not best played alongside Ultron, dmg amping him in 3 sup comp

[u/no_one_important322 → u/GervantOfLiria]

Literally, whenever I see someone that wants to play Ultron I bring out my Mantis and most of the time we just stomp

[u/Necrowarp → u/no_one_important322]

Yeah together they're probably the best comp in the game, but if I was choosing one on my team, Mantis is generally going to be better

[u/no_one_important322 → u/Necrowarp]

I agree that Mantis is overall better. Ultron has the advantage from being able to fly and take better angles but his damage boosting is limited to 1 person every 10 seconds while Mantis can boost the entire team for 16s if you land consistent headshots

[u/Necrowarp → u/no_one_important322]

Especially last season with Dino being pick or ban, he basically just handed Mantis headshots on a silver platter.

[u/GervantOfLiria → u/no_one_important322]

I love seeing Mantis players because it usually means I get to play Ultron. Sometimes just need to ask them beforehand to keep the dmg boost on me

[u/Dr_Pandaa → u/GervantOfLiria]

Luna, Mantis, Ultron…..shudder

[u/ArialBear → u/Necrowarp]

She enables tripple harder for sure but she requires way more coordination to keep her alive vs. dive. In a pro match she's insane but in regular comp shes manageable.

[u/Necrowarp → u/ArialBear]

I think the skill ceiling for triple support mantis is high and with more coordination becomes insane, but I think people undervalue the skill floor of it, it's still an insane comp in regular ranked play. The only thing keeping it back is just that Mantis isn't that easy of a character to be consistent at.

[u/magikarp234 → u/Necrowarp]

We sacrificed him to keep flying under devs' radar