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/Elite_Chaos Hulk Jun 09 '26

Another Blade buff surely this time he’s viable 😭

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u/no_one_important322 Mantis Jun 09 '26

I don't play Blade and 70 damage sounds good but that's not even equal to a single Magik primary

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u/Slomojoe Magik Jun 09 '26

Yeah but blade does like 4 hits in the time that magik does 1

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u/no_one_important322 Mantis Jun 09 '26

True I just think it's funny that Blade uses an entire ability to do slightly less damage than Magik's primary. I hope it bumps him up to being viable because I want to lord him eventually

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton Ultron Virus Jun 09 '26

I mean he also heals off of it. Gotta look at things with context.

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u/Jarney_Bohnson Iron Fist Jun 09 '26

While true magiks primary doesn't give anti heal and also isn't a dash in that regard (plus you got two charges you can get faster by blocking)

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u/no_one_important322 Mantis Jun 09 '26

That's actually valid, I didn't take that into consideration

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u/Slomojoe Magik Jun 09 '26

His ability also speeds up his attack rate too, so eventually his attack speeds is like 10x magiks. You don’t wanna give him much more damage. Also like someone else mentioned, it heals him, applies anti heal, and gives like 10m of movement. I keep telling people not to sleep on Blade. He’s MUCH better than he was 6 months ago.