Marvel Rivals Season 1 Breakdown Confirms New Hero Roles, Key Adjustments and Battle Pass Info

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Following the Season 1 trailer reveal of Marvel Rivals, NetEase has released a ton more info about it. Our earlier report on Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman being the first two heroes available at launch has been confirmed.

While there’s no official patch notes available yet, NetEase also confirmed that some heroes will be getting adjustments, and we even have info on the Season 1 Battle Pass as well.

Before diving into the info, check out our first gameplay look at Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic!

Marvel Rivals Season 1 Info Breakdown Reveals New Hero Class Types

Marvel Rivals Season 1 Hero Class Types:

Invisible Woman (Strategist) – Cosmic rays altered Susan Richards on a cellular level, granting her the ability to generate impenetrable force fields and to make herself fade from sight in an instant. Despite her frequent lack of visibility, it has always been perfectly clear that Sue is the force holding her family — the Fantastic Four — together. After the Timestream Entanglement, the Invisible Woman has taken full advantage of her powers, using stealth to explore locations too dangerous for her fellow heroes, especially going on rescue missions for civilians trapped by the creatures of the night.

Mister Fantastic (Duelist) – Reed Richards has one of the universe’s most brilliant minds, but even a genius of his magnitude couldn’t have predicted the interstellar incident that bombarded his friends and family with cosmic rays, granting them each extraordinary abilities. Mister Fantastic’s cellular elasticity allows him to stretch his body beyond all physical limits. But now he’ll have to stretch his mind further than ever to build the Timestream Reintegration Device and end this cross-dimensional crisis…

Human Torch (Duelist) – Teenager Johnny Storm joined his sister on the crew of an experimental space mission in hopes of visiting the stars. Instead, he became one, gaining powers and popularity as a member of the world famous Fantastic Four. Able to generate scorching flames, Johnny is the hottest hero in town – the Human Torch. Since darkness fell on New York City, Johnny has been busy burning Dracula’s legions with flames brighter than the sun.

The Thing (Vanguard) – When Ben Grimm signed up to pilot an experimental spacecraft for his pal Reed Richards, he never imagined he’d return from the flight transformed into a monster. Even though cosmic rays turned him into the Thing, Ben still has a heart of gold beneath his rocky exterior. Since New York City plunged into eternal night, Ben has devoted himself to protecting his home from the monsters plaguing it.

As mentioned, Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman will be available when Season 1 launches, while Human Torch and The Thing will be available mid-season.

New Maps in Season 1:

• Sanctum Sanctorum (start of season)
• Midtown (start of season)
• Central Park (second half of season)

New Game Mode in Season 1:

Doom Match: In this mode, 8 to 12 players will battle on a single map, each belonging to a different faction, with all factions being hostile to each other. Players earn points by knocking out enemies, and at the end of the match, the top 50% of players by default will be considered the winning side.

Season 1 Battle Pass Info:

• Will feature double the content of the Season 0 pass
• The Luxury (paid) Battle Pass for Season 1 will feature 10 costumes and their related content such as emotes and sprays
• The price of the Luxury Battle Pass is at 990 Lattice (around $10), and players will receive 600 Lattice and 600 Units by completing it. You can read more about the game’s monetization here.
• NetEase has designed a unique mechanism for Battle Pass and Chrono Tokens—ensuring that Luxury Battle Passes never expire and that Tokens purchased with Lattice are retained under certain conditions

Miscellaneous Info on Season 1

• Round up of info that was not available in the press release courtesy of Miller.
• Sanctum Sanctorum is an Arcade map with a new game mode, Doom Match
• Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown is a Convoy map and H.E.R.B.I.E. is the payload
• Unique destruction mechanic in Empire of Eternal Night is Recursive Destruction, where time will occasionally reverse to reshape the map
• Season 0 meta saw ranged Duelists and shield Vanguards dominating
• Hela and Hawkeye are getting nerfed
• Captain America, Venom, Wolverine, Storm, and Cloak & Dagger are getting buffed
• Jeff’s ultimate is getting a rework to allow players to better react to it
• Hero Hot List coming to the official website at the end of Season 0, which will show the pick and win rates split by game mode and platform (ranked only)
• Hero Hot List will update every half season
• Players’ competitive ranks will drop 7 divisions at the end of Season 0 (example: Platinum 1 will now be Silver 2)
• New Celestial rank tier between Grandmaster and Eternity in Season 1
• New potato tier graphics settings, a mouse acceleration setting, and Streamer Mode all coming with Season 1

Expect the complete patch notes to be available a day before the Season 1 starts and once we know more about it, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

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