NetEase has finally pulled the curtain and revealed what's coming to Marvel Rivals with the Season 2.5 update. From a completely new hero to an experimental game mode inspired by a title from Riot Games, this mid-season update has several additions in store.
While we wait for its release, we have compiled all the information about the major additions so you keep track of everything.
Release date
Season 2.5 for Marvel Rivals is scheduled to come out on Friday, May 30th for all platforms.
A maintenance will take place at 2:00 AM PT (9:00 BST) and is set to last between two to three hours. Once it's over, players will be able to install and enjoy all the new content.
New character: Ultron
The mid-season will introduce Ultron as a new playable character in the Marvel Rivals roster. The villain was briefly shown in the trailer for Season 2 and will become the 39th playable character in the game.
You can visit this article to read all the available information about Ultron, including details from official sources and leaks about its abilities.
New Team-Ups
Season 2.5 will introduce six new Team-Up abilities, including one with Ultron. Here is the list of Team-Ups along with the heroes involved and their effect:
- Chilling Assault (Luna Snow- Hawkeye)
- As the Team-Up Anchor, Luna Snow gains a 15% increase in healing effects.
- Hawkeye unlocks a new Ice Arrow ability through his Team-Up with Luna Snow.
- Jeff-nado (Storm - Jeff the Land Shark)
- Storm gains the Shark Surge ability through her Team-Up with Jeff the Land Shark.
- Jeff gains the It's Jeff-nado! ability through his Team-Up with Storm.
- Operation: Microchip (The Punisher - Black Widow)
- As the Team-Up Anchor, The Punisher gains a maximum health increase of 25 and a 5% boost in damage output.
- Black Widow unlocks a new Pulse Rifle ability through her Team-Up with The Punisher.
- Rocket Network (Rocket Raccoon - Peni Parker)
- As the Team-Up Anchor, Rocket Raccoon gains a 5% increase in healing effects. When the Team-Up is active, Rocket's B.R.B. is upgraded to a Web Beacon.
- Peni Parker unlocks a new Armored Spider-Nest ability through her Team-Up with Rocket Raccoon.
- Stark Protocol (Iron Man - Ultron)
- As the Team-Up Anchor, Iron Man gains a 5% boost in damage output.
- Ultron gains a new Nano-Ray ability from his Team-Up with Iron Man.
- Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom - Jeff the Land Shark)
- As the Team-Up Anchor, Venom gains a maximum health increase of 150.
- Jeff gains the Healing Tendrils ability through his Team-Up with Venom.
New map: Arakko
The mid-season also brings a new map called Arakko, the sister island of Krakoa. This is a Convoy map, and you can take a look at most of its areas in the following trailer:
As you can see, Ultron is in full control of this area, with sculptures and structures based on the villain present in several areas, and we can even find an assembly factory for its minions.
New mode: Ultron's Battle Matrix Protocol
A new experimental mode called Ultron's Battle Matrix Protocol is also coming to the game. Players will have to assemble a team of six characters to face other players' lineups in what looks like a chessboard.
The mode will allow users to create unique builds and enhance certain traits through a shop system.
As you can see and probably already thought, this game mode looks heavily inspired by Teamfight Tactics, the companion strategy game for League of Legends.
The mode will go live on Friday, June 6th, exactly a week after Season 2.5 kicks off, and it's unclear at the moment if it will remain permanently available after that.
Other details
Here are other minor details and expectations we have for the Season 2 mid-season content:
- A new cosmetic ranked reward for reaching Gold is expected.
- A new feature called Moods and Emojis will let players equip an emoji out of the ones available for it to appear on the nameplate, career profile, and friends list.
- Lord Icons will now appear on the hero selection wheel.
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