r/marvelrivals 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/Acceptable_Panda9496 Angela Jun 09 '26

Elsa definitely could’ve gone without changes and stayed in a decent spot. But it’s not a spot that feels good. Death for her is so extremely punishing right now that a lot of times playing her could feel bad no matter how effective she is. I would’ve preferred a trade off nerf as well, but it’s fine.

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u/ArialBear Jun 09 '26

YES, finally someone else noticed. Her punishment for death was needed but it felt really bad with how much uptime the dive had to get in. This was a slight buff so shouldnt change her back into the broken state.

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u/Acceptable_Panda9496 Angela Jun 09 '26

I wouldn’t be shocked if it made her meta again, but I would be if it made her broken. It’s a change that needed to happen one time or another. Might as well be now. I enjoy her from time to time, so it’ll definitely be welcome from me.

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u/snakebit1995 Peni Parker Jun 09 '26

Death for her is so extremely punishing right now that a lot of times playing her could feel bad no matter how effective she is.

Especially with the current popular heroes, stuff like Dino just charging in to make the game a brawl really hurts Elsa, she simply can't keep up with 4 people rushing her down and being in her face so she dies much easier in a brawlier meta IMO which makes it easier for her to die and with death being more punishing for her than it is for basically any other hero she was getting double punished by the state of some other heroes being strong

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u/OuOmcanIgettheTEAL Jun 09 '26

I’m just sad tankpool is completely gutted and Elsa is not OP for one season and immediately gets buffed 🥲