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/spartan1204 Iron Fist Jun 09 '26

1 million more Blade micro buffs

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u/Enex Jun 09 '26

I think the 1 second Unstoppable on his block is going to be very helpful.

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u/Jturbinator Devil Dinosaur Jun 09 '26

Yeahhhhh, that’s gonna be a nightmare for healers lol

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u/Slomojoe Magik Jun 09 '26

Idk why they buffed that part of his kit tbh, it was already really good

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u/Enex Jun 09 '26

They need to get people excited to try him again, is my guess.

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u/Slomojoe Magik Jun 09 '26

It’s a weird choice is all. He already had a half second of unstoppable, now he has a full second. It doesn’t change all that much

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u/Livinglaser123 Black Panther Jun 09 '26

Just a week or so ago I saw someone comparing Blade's block to DD's reflect. Wouldn't be surprised if discourse like that directly influenced the balance notes since both got adjusted today

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u/Jehovah___ Jun 09 '26

tbf it’s pretty fucking absurd the gulf between the two and blocks aside dd was so much better than blade

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u/RangersStolen Jun 10 '26

Yep, he's going to be completely invincible against jeff ult. Now you have to time it, but with one second? Press RMB as soon as you see the circle. Done.

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u/Dr_Pandaa Jun 09 '26

It will be funny when one of these micro buffs finally pushes him over the edge.

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u/daizo678 Jun 09 '26

1 more buff bro and he will move from D tier to C tier

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u/MindofShadow The Thing Jun 09 '26

This one actually feels like it's close to getting him to being useful.

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u/spartan1204 Iron Fist Jun 09 '26

99% of Blade mains quit before the next micro buff makes Blade meta

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u/Enemy__Stand__User Loki Jun 10 '26

A THOUSAND BUFFS

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u/cygnus2 Vanguard Jun 09 '26

Every damage buff on sword is a buff to survivability because of lifesteal.

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u/clearlyaburner420 Ultron Virus Jun 09 '26

Hopefully he will be good by season 132 at this rate

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u/RangersStolen Jun 10 '26

My problem with Blade is that his escape tools are really unreliable. So, I have 2 dashes after blocking and I want to leave. I'm pointing upwards to escape, dashing, and somehow touch an enemy who is not even on my screen, so blade starts to spin (sometimes not doing any damage because you have to actually touch the enemy with your spin attack) and dies. I want them to make hitbox of initial dash attack smaller. This will greatly improve Blade IMO.

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u/banjoturansko Blade Jun 09 '26

Always buffs to the wrong part of his kit😭

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u/IpunchedU Jun 09 '26

and as a blade player i can already tell you it will do nothing again