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Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Launches With Blade, Resource Rumble and Major Rebalance

This mid-season update reshapes the competitive landscape through sweeping hero adjustments, revamped ranked rewards, strengthened fair play safeguards.

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Overview

  • Blade debuts as a Duelist with a damage-reducing block, dash strike, shotgun attack, katana melee and a Dracula’s Sword ultimate
  • Resource Rumble mode launches on the Throne of Knull map, tasking teams with capturing and holding zones to earn points
  • Season 3.5 implements broad hero balance adjustments including buffs for Star-Lord, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Dr Strange, Groot, Thor and Adam Warlock alongside nerfs for Black Panther, Wolverine, Magneto, Mantis and Cloak & Dagger
  • Ranked play has new rewards including an Emerald Blade costume, updated frames and crests plus tier-based matchmaking restrictions, surrender vote triggers and disconnect penalties with compensation
  • The Queen’s Codex event arrives with free symbiote and Phoenix-themed skins, and quality-of-life updates curb toxicity with stricter quit penalties, upgraded chat filters and latency equalisation