All hero buffs and nerfs in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update

Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 brings lots of new content, including a Duelist hero, skins, and an event. Apart from these additions, there are also many balance changes being made to enhance the gameplay experience, especially for competitive players.

On that note, here’s a full breakdown of every hero buff and nerf in the Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update.

Every hero buff and nerf in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update

According to the official website, 13 heroes are receiving changes in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5, and most of them are from the Duelist class. There are also several team-up abilities adjustments, but they don’t affect individual hero stats.

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Vanguard changes in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update

Angela and Venom have received some minor changes:

Angela

After activating Divine Judgement, increased Axes of Ichors Angela's Bonus Health from 30 per enemy hit to 40 and allies from 15 to 20.

Venom

Feast of the Abyss (Ultimate Ability) now applies a 30% Healing Reduction to enemies hit, lasting 4 seconds.

Duelist changes in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update

Seven Duelists have received some important balance changes:

Blade

Increased Daywalker Dash secondary attack range from 4.5m to 6.5m.
Increased the duration of each slash speed attack gained during Bloodline Awakening from 0.7s to 1s.
New Effect: Landing all four hits of Whirlwind Slash granted 1 slash speed stack.

Hela

Reduced Astral Flock start-up cast time; after casting, Hela gained 25 Bonus Health.

Human Torch

Reduced Fire Cluster hit Damage per projectile from 5.5 to 5.
Fire Cluster now has a 0.5s delay before ammo begins to replenish.
During Plasma Body, reduced movement speed from 900 to 850.

Iron Fist

Lowered the fixed damage of Yat Jee Chung Kuen from 9 to 8, but increased the percentage damage of the enemy's Max Health per strike from 2.7% to 3.1%.

Mister Fantastic

After successfully pulling an enemy with Distended Grip, the target is now afflicted with a 1-second immobilize effect.

Phoenix

Melee attacks no longer stack Sparks.
Primary Weapon ammo no longer replenishes during Dark Ascent.
Added 1s of cooldown to Dark Ascent.

Psylocke

Reduced self-slow rate during Dance of the Butterfly (Ultimate Ability) from 30% to 15%. Increased each strike’s damage from 150 to 170.

Strategist changes in Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update

A few support heroes have also received some balance changes:

Cloak & Dagger

Increased the energy cost of Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability) from 4300 to 4500.

Jeff the Land Shark

Reduced the crit damage reduction from the Oblivious Cuteness passive from 70% to 50%

Rocket Raccoon

Increased Damage Boost granted by C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 25% to 40%.

Ultron

Reduced Imperative: Patch healing amount from 35 to 30 and healing bonus to the followed ally from 10 to 5.
Increased the energy cost of Rage of Ultron (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700.

For more details regarding the team-up abilities adjustments in the Marvel Rivals Season 4.5 update, visit the official blog here.

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Harshit Singh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda, with Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, and Marvel Rivals being his areas of specialization. A final-year B.Des (Visual Communication) student at Delhi Technological University, he is always eager to pursue creative endeavors. Harshit aims to deliver news and up-to-date content promptly to players around the globe. To that end, he acquires information from reliable forums and social media pages and religiously tracks the latest coverage of Fortnite — a game he has been playing since 2018. He is often found testing the new meta in-game or spectating competitive tournaments.

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