Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 Patch Notes – Rogue, Team-Ups Changes, Buffs and Nerfs, and More

Season 5.5 is upon us, ushering in yet another exciting wave of new content for Marvel Rivals. With this update, Rogue is finally here, as are plenty of other additions and changes you can learn about in the patch notes.

This is the last major update we’ll see for Marvel Rivals in 2025, but luckily, it’s a big one packed with plenty to enjoy. If you want to know what you can expect to enjoy, here are the patch notes for season 5.5 of Marvel Rivals, arriving on Dec. 12.

Season 5.5 Marvel Rivals Patch Notes

Here’s everything that’s been revealed for Marvel Rivals season 5.5 so far. We’ll likely learn more leading up to the official release, so as any additional information is unveiled, we’ll update all relevant details here.

New Vanguard Hero – Rogue

Rogue is here, and she’s an imposing Vanguard unit ready to lead the charge into battle and tank damage to keep her team safe. She accidentally touched the Chronovium die, and as a result, her powers have gone a bit haywire since she absorbs the power of what she touches.

Her skillset combines her immense strength with her newfound Chronovium energy. These abilities allow her to charge fearlessly into enemy frontlines with deadly melee moves. Her power absorption lets her take down enemies and absorb abilities from them, granting her a basic buff based on the role of the character she executed. She can also steal signature abilities, though, so you may find her wielding powers like Doctor Strange’s Shield of Seraphim or Loki’s Regenerative Domain.

When Rogue uses her ultimate move, she continuously drains ultimate ability energy from nearby enemies. This helps her team gain an edge over the opposition, and she also gains them further buffs based on their respective roles.

Team-Up changes

In season 5.5, one Team-Up is being removed, while three others are receiving changes.

• Mental Projection, which is the Team-Up between Emma Frost and Psylocke, is being removed.
• Chilling Assault, which is the Team-Up with Luna Snow and Iron Fist, is gaining Emma Frost as a new member. With this new collaboration, Emma Frost gains the Iced Out Diamond ability, which allows her to unleash a cone of frost to slow enemies. She can also use her diamond form to create a wall of diamond ice, hindering enemy movement.
• Sword of Duality, which is the Team-Up between Hawkeye and Cloak & Dagger, is gaining Psylocke as a new member. She gains access to both light and dark energy with this Team-Up. With light energy, Psylocke can now throw a shuriken that damages enemies and heals allies. When it comes back to her, it heals Psylocke, too, based on the number of targets hit. With dark energy, Psylocke scatters a ring of darts, damaging nearby foes and entering a phased invisible state like Cloak.
• Explosive Entanglement, which is the Team-Up between Magneto and Gambit, is gaining Rogue as a new member. Gambit channels his Kinetic Energy to Rogue, allowing her to activate an ability that causes every attack she makes to damage enemies nearby while also healing allies.

Jeff’s Winter Splash Festival

The Jeff’s Winter Splash Festival event, which first debuted back in 2024, is back, starting on Dec. 18. It’s coming back on a brand new map called Jeffland, which, as the name implies, is all about Jeff.

This time around, there’s a new three-way brawl system, with three unique Jeff builds, all of which have their own unique skillsets. The Cuddly Fuzzlefin outfit for Jeff the Land Shark also has some new unlockable color customization options this time.

Holiday Skins and Events

Some festive new holiday outfits are on the way for quite a few characters, including Squirrel Girl, Daredevil, Winter Soldier, Star-Lord, Peni Parker, and Cloak & Dagger. Some additional holiday events will unfold during 5.5, too, although exact details on them aren’t known just yet.

Mystery Burger

Starting on Dec. 18, all players can head to Pym’s Test Kitchen on the Times Square map to interact with a special Mystery Burger. The devs haven’t revealed what this will do, but it’s been mentioned as a new feature, so it’s certainly worth checking out.

Marvel Rivals Season 5.5 Hero Buffs and Nerfs

Season 5.5 will see lots of buffs and nerfs for characters all across the hero roster. Here are all of the changes you need to know about.

• Vanguard
  • Peni Parker’s base health is being nerfed from 750 to 700.
  • Emma Frost’s base health is being buffed from 550 to 600.
  • The Thing is being buffed. His Stone Haymaker bonus damage is being increased equal to the enemies’ max health per hit from eight percent to 10 percent. The duration of the lingering anti-mobility field after Yancy Street Charge is being increased from three seconds to five seconds.
  • Thor is being buffed so he can now change his direction of movement during Storm Surge.
• Duelist
  • Blade is being buffed. His Ancestral Sword single-hit damage is being increased from 24 to 26, and Whirlwind Slash single-hit damage is changing from 15 to 16. Additionally, his reduced healing during Bloodline Awakening is decreased from 35 percent to 25 percent.
  • Daredevil’s Team-Up anchor 25 bonus health is being nerfed.
  • Human Torch is being slightly buffed. The projectile speed of Fire Cluster is being reduced, but single-cast projectile damage is increasing from five to 5.5 to make up for it. The maximum falloff is being changed from 60 percent at 30 meters to 60 percent at 20 meters. For his Blazing Blast ability, the single charge speed is being reduced from three seconds to 2.5 seconds, but his hit damage is increased from 40 to 45.
  • Phoenix is being buffed, as she will now gain 500 health instead of 400 during her ultimate.
  • Psylocke’s ultimate is being nerfed, and now costs 3,400 instead of 2,800.
  • Scarlet Witch is being buffed. The charge to Chthonian Burst by Chaos Control hits has been increased from 0.08 to 0.1. Dark Seal Projectile Speed has been increased from 40 meters per second to 60 meters per second, and Spell Field generation delay has been removed. Her Reality Erasure ultimate enemy pull speed during cast has been increased from 2.4 meters per second to three meters per second.
  • The Punisher’s Adjudication damage per hit is buffed from 19 to 20.
  • Wolverine is buffed and can now target walls when using his ultimate.
• Strategist
  • Gambit’s ultimate has been nerfed and now costs 4,500 instead of 4,300.
  • Invisible Woman’s ultimate has been nerfed and now costs 4,500 instead of 4,300.
  • Loki is being buffed, increasing the damage and healing ratio of Loki’s Doppelgängers from 80 percent to 90 percent.
  • Luna is being buffed, gaining a new ability that allows her to apply Idol Aura to herself separately from Share the Stage. When this ability is active, 10 percent of healing to allies is changed into healing for Luna herself, and she gains a 10 percent healing Boost and damage boost. Absolute Zero start-up time was also reduced, and projectile speed was increased from 60 meters per second to 80 meters per second.
  • Rocket Raccoon is being nerfed, and his ultimate now costs 4,300 instead of 4,000.
  • Ultron is being massively buffed, but also slightly nerfed. His Imperative: Patch ability can now deploy up to two drones, allowing him to assist two teammates at once. Imperative: Firewall now requires a target with Imperative: Patch to use. After he’s used it, Ultron gains 65 bonus health, the target and nearby teammates gain 50 bonus health, and the selected ally gains a 20 percent movement speed increase and a 10 percent damage boost. Ultron’s ultimate will now cost 4,000 instead of 3,700.