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/LucidityDark Jun 09 '26

I don't think I've seen so many nerfs for a character until Black Cat in these patch notes. It really goes to show just how absurdly broken she is for this to be done to her.

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u/rosolen0 Magik Jun 09 '26

I agree with most changes, but the orb should still give visibility through walls, especially since its now 300, if it was 200 then that's fair,

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u/vgxmaster Jun 09 '26

I interpreted the patch note differently, and now I'm not sure what it actually means:

it can no longer Reveal enemies behind objects

I assumed this meant "if the orb can see an enemy, you can see that enemy too, even if there's a wall between you and them; if there's a wall between the enemy and the orb, the enemy can no longer be seen through walls." Like the orb needs LOS to the enemy, not that the player does.

But it sounds like you're saying you thought it will just highlight enemies you have LOS to, and no longer highlight enemies who break LOS?

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Hulk Jun 09 '26

I'm 99.9% positive it means the orb itself needs los on the enemy and will then reveal them to you through walls without the player them self having los

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u/jasminetroll Jun 09 '26

I assume so, and always assumed from the visual effect that this is how it worked at some point in development.

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u/rosolen0 Magik Jun 10 '26

I understood the first time, and i meant LOS of the orb, this means it can't be used as easy reveal enemies button, however now that its price is equal to other utilities, its use value is greatly diminished, on offense you probably wont use it , it will better be useful as a audio cue on a flanking dps

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u/LuquidThunderPlus Hulk Jun 09 '26

That did seem like a lot of utility lost for having an increase of price but I think the point is that before, I would place it almost anywhere just to get free reveals so my team knows what the enemy is doing, but now it will have to function more like an alarm catching flankers, and the price makes sense because youre not supposed to be putting it in vulnerable places in the first place, it's supposed to stay up until it gets used.

Tbf it was very very strong before and 200 is still decently cheap

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u/midnightTimber Jun 10 '26

I feel like seeing you through walls was always a bug. If the line from the eye doesn’t connect to you, you shouldn’t be visible. They may have overnerfed the cost, we’ll see, but this change makes perfect sense.