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Nov 12, 2026
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Marvel Rivals: Squirrel Girl and Hero Balance

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Squirrel Girl gains Acorn Rain and a Mammal Bond attack-speed effect, while Devil Dinosaur, Mantis and many other heroes receive balance changes.

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Key Changes

  • 1Squirrel Girl's Squirrel Blockade gains a damaging, slowing Acorn Rain, alongside projectile speed and damage adjustments.
  • 2Devil Dinosaur's Buddy Barrier loses its Slow and has less duration and shield value.
  • 3Mantis gains Life Orbs from non-critical hits, while Spore Slumber's sleep duration drops from 3.5s to 1.5s.
  • 4Luna Snow's Absolute Zero freeze duration drops from 2.7s to 1.5s.
  • 5Doctor Strange's Shield of the Seraphim loses shield value and recovery speed.
  • 6Human Torch's Fire Cluster switches from random to fixed projectile spread.
  • 7White Fox's Spectral Surge no longer grants allies Invincibility and has a smaller Charm radius.

All Changes

🛡️Vanguard(28)

  • buffAngela: Angela's first three Axes of Ichors strikes deal 35 damage instead of 30.
  • changeAngela: Divine Judgement grants Angela Movement Speed and Bonus Health for 6s without requiring her to remain in the domain; Wingblade Ascent removes the buffs.
  • buffAngela: In dual-axe form, Angela gains 55 Bonus Health per Axes of Ichors hit instead of 50, and Divine Judgement's continuous damage increases from 12.5/s to 15/s.
  • nerfDeadpool (Vanguard): The Big Test no longer grants nearby allies 50 Bonus Health, and its Upgraded version no longer grants them Bonus Health on each strike.
  • buffDeadpool (Vanguard): The Big Test's self Bonus Health increases from 300 to 400, and its Upgraded version's self damage-to-Bonus Health conversion ratio increases from 1 to 1.5.
  • nerfDevil Dinosaur: Savage Predation's control duration drops from 0.8s to 0.6s, and the subsequent launch duration drops from 1.5s to 1.2s.
  • nerfDevil Dinosaur: Buddy Barrier loses its 15% Slow, lasts 4s instead of 6s, and has 400 shield instead of 450.
  • nerfDevil Dinosaur: Apex Advantage grants Bonus Health equal to 125% of Bleed damage instead of 150%.
  • nerfDevil Dinosaur: With The Punisher Team-Up, Primal Punishment's cooldown increases from 12s to 18s.
  • nerfDoctor Strange: Shield of the Seraphim's shield value drops from 850 to 800 and recovery speed from 60/s to 50/s.
  • nerfDoctor Strange: With Invisible Woman, Shield of the Seraphim's bonus shield drops from 150 to 100, and enhanced Psionic Vortex no longer grants allies Bonus Health.
  • buffDoctor Strange: With Invisible Woman's enhanced Team-Up, Psionic Vortex's self damage-to-Bonus Health conversion ratio increases from 0.5 to 0.7.
  • nerfDoctor Strange: With the Hulk's enhanced Team-Up, minimum Gamma Maelstrom energy retained drops from 50 to 25.
  • nerfEmma Frost: Mind's Aegis shield value drops from 400 to 350 and recovery speed from 80/s to 65/s.
  • changeEmma Frost: Psychic Spear's damage after extracting a sentience changes from 25% Maximum Health to 60 +10% Maximum Health.
  • nerfEmma Frost: With Luna Snow, Iced Out Diamond's shield value drops from 350 to 300.
  • buffGroot: Thornlash Wall's Flora Colossus damage increases from 60 to 65.
  • nerfGroot: Ironwood Wall's health drops from 600 to 550.
  • buffGroot: With Mantis, Wild Wall is now affected by the Flora Colossus passive like Thornlash Wall.
  • nerfPeni Parker: Cyber-Web Cluster explosion damage drops from 15 to 12, and Arachno-Mine's detonation delay increases from 0.6s to 0.7s.
  • buffRogue: The first two Power Surge Punch hits deal 40 damage instead of 35.
  • buffRogue: With Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X's cooldown drops from 30s to 15s.
  • nerfRogue: With Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X's kinetic explosion damage drops from 5+1% Maximum Health to 3+1% Maximum Health, and ally healing drops from 15 to 10.
  • nerfRogue: Defensive Stance's damage absorption radius drops from 2m to 1.2m.
  • buffRogue: Defensive Stance's damage-to-Energy conversion ratio increases from 0.55 to 0.6.
  • buffVenom: Dark Predation's detection radius slightly increases.
  • changeVenom: Frenzied Arrival's damage falloff starts at 3m instead of 2m and reaches 60% instead of 40% at 6m.
  • nerfVenom: Symbiotic Resilience's base Bonus Health drops from 100 to 75, and its lost-Health scaling drops from 110% to 100%.

⚔️Duelist(20)

  • buffBlack Cat: Feline Fury's maximum Fortune per cast increases from 50 to 75.
  • buffBlack Cat: With Black Panther, Feline Alliance's Bonus Health increases from 25 to 50, Fortune per enemy hit from 50 to 100, and its cap from 100 to 200.
  • buffBlack Widow: Electro-Plasma Blast damage increases from 50-70 to 55-75, and from 70 to 75 with Phoenix.
  • buffBlack Widow: With Hawkeye, Allied Agents grants Black Widow Bonus Health equal to 50% of damage dealt during Focused state, capped at 75.
  • nerfElsa Bloodstone: Double-Barrel Blaster's damage falloff starts at 10m instead of 20m.
  • changeElsa Bloodstone: With Devil Dinosaur's enhanced Team-Up, Elsa loses one ability charge, while Smoky Snare's cooldown is reduced from 15s to 12s.
  • changeHuman Torch: Fire Cluster's projectile spread changes from random to fixed.
  • nerfPhoenix: Spark detonation direct damage drops from 45 to 40 and area damage from 20 to 15.
  • nerfPhoenix: Endsong Inferno's shockwave applies 1 Spark stack instead of 2.
  • changeSquirrel Girl: Burst Acorn damage drops from 110 to 95, while maximum damage falloff at 3m changes from 70% to 60%.
  • buffSquirrel Girl: Squirrel Blockade projectile speed increases from 20m/s-60m/s to 60m/s-90m/s, and a hit creates a 5m-radius Acorn Rain dealing 30/s for 2s and applying 20% Slow.
  • nerfSquirrel Girl: Squirrel Blockade's Imprison Duration drops from 1.3s to 0.8s and its hit damage from 50 to 25.
  • buffSquirrel Girl: Mammal Bond grants an additional 100% Attack Speed for 5s, increases projectile speed from 80m/s to 150m/s and removes gravity; Burst Acorn damage during the effect is 65% of normal.
  • buffSquirrel Girl: Tail Bounce grants 25 Bonus Health on cast.
  • buffStar-Lord: During Galactic Legend, Element Guns ammo capacity increases from 40 to 50.
  • buffStar-Lord: With Human Torch, Cosmic Soul's cooldown drops from 30s to 25s and its resurrection cooldown from 120s to 105s.
  • changeWinter Soldier: Roterstern's maximum damage falloff changes from 70% at 40m to 65% at 30m.
  • nerfWinter Soldier: Roterstern spell field damage drops from 45 to 40.
  • nerfWolverine: Feral Leap's cooldown increases from 12s to 15s.
  • nerfWolverine: Last Stand's impact bonus damage drops from 0.3% of Max Health per Rage point to 0.2%.

✨Strategist(33)

  • changeAdam Warlock: Avatar Life Stream's initial healing drops from 95 to 55, while its bounces increase from 2 to 4 and total healing per cast drops from 285 to 275.
  • changeAdam Warlock: With Storm, Soaring Surge's speed boost increases from 67% to 100%, while enhanced Soul Bond's ally Damage Boost drops from 12% to 8%.
  • nerfCloak & Dagger: Dagger Storm's cooldown increases from 12s to 15s and its self-healing drops from 50/s to 35/s.
  • buffCloak & Dagger: Darkforce Cloak damage increases from 80/s to 85/s.
  • nerfCloak & Dagger: Terror Cape's Blind duration drops from 1.5s to 1s.
  • buffCloak & Dagger: Veil of Lightforce and Terror Cape move at 35m/s instead of 20m/s and reduce Dagger Storm's cooldown by 0.6s for each ally or enemy hit.
  • buffCloak & Dagger: With The Hood, Twilight Veil and Void Veil launch back enemies hit along their path.
  • nerfGambit: Kinetic Cards' outer-card spread increases from 2° to 3°.
  • nerfGambit: Healing Hearts self-healing drops from 30/s to 20/s.
  • nerfInvisible Woman: Veiled Step's cooldown increases from 6s to 8s.
  • changeInvisible Woman: Psionic Vortex's center Slow drops from 50% to 40%, while its edge Slow increases from 0% to 20%.
  • nerfJubilee: Sparkle Mark detonation no longer grants allies a 20% Healing Boost.
  • buffJubilee: Firework Finale's field healing increases from 180/s to 190/s, and outer plasmoid rotation speed from 20m/s to 25m/s.
  • buffJubilee: With Blade, Vampiric Kin's Lifesteal for Jubilee and nearby allies increases from 30% to 40%.
  • nerfLoki: Deception's cooldown increases from 15s to 18s.
  • changeLoki: With Hela, destroying an illusion grants 1s of cooldown for both Doppelganger and Devious Exchange.
  • nerfLoki: With Mantis, Regeneration Domain no longer grants allies a Damage Boost.
  • nerfLuna Snow: Absolute Zero's freeze duration drops from 2.7s to 1.5s.
  • changeLuna Snow: With White Fox, Spirit Fox no longer Charms enemies, but its ally healing increases from 70 to 80 and enemy damage from 35 to 45.
  • buffLuna Snow: With Adam Warlock, Duality Dance's self-healing conversion increases from 25% to 35% when healing linked allies.
  • buffMantis: Life Energy Blast non-critical hits now grant 0.3 Life Orbs.
  • nerfMantis: Spore Slumber's sleep duration drops from 3.5s to 1.5s.
  • nerfMantis: Allied Inspiration's Life Orb cost increases from 1 to 2.
  • nerfMantis: Nature's Favor self-healing drops from 12.5/s to 8/s.
  • nerfRocket Raccoon: Repair Mode healing after passing through allies drops from 55 to 50, and continuous self-healing drops from 30/s to 20/s.
  • buffRocket Raccoon: Rocket Raccoon's damage falloff changes from starting at 10m and reducing to 40% at 20m to starting at 15m and reducing to 55% at 30m.
  • buffRocket Raccoon: Jetpack Dash grants Rocket Raccoon 25 Bonus Health per cast.
  • nerfUltron: Imperative: Firewall's ally Bonus Health drops from 40 to 25, and its selected-ally Movement Speed boost drops from 20% to 10%.
  • nerfWhite Fox: Spirit Sanctuary's shield value drops from 200 to 100.
  • nerfWhite Fox: Spectral Surge no longer grants allies Invincibility, and its enemy Charm radius drops from 0.6m to 0.4m.
  • buffWhite Fox: Fox Form Awakening's base duration increases from 7s to 8s and its bonus per Spirit Tail from 1s to 2s, raising the maximum from 9s to 12s.
  • buffWhite Fox: During Fox Form Awakening, Claw Strike damage increases from 35 to 40 and Predatory Pounce's cooldown drops from 6s to 4s.
  • changeWhite Fox: During Kumiho Unleashed, White Fox can receive ally healing, but her Health drops from 1200 to 1000.

Summary

Vanguard

Devil Dinosaur loses durability and control duration, while Doctor Strange and Emma Frost receive shield reductions. Angela, Groot, Rogue and other Vanguards also have abilities or Team-Ups adjusted.

Duelist

Squirrel Girl's Squirrel Blockade and Mammal Bond gain mechanics, and Human Torch's Fire Cluster uses fixed spread. Phoenix, Elsa Bloodstone and Wolverine receive nerfs, among other Duelist changes.

Strategist

Strategist adjustments redistribute survivability and combat power. Mantis gains another way to earn Life Orbs, Luna Snow's freeze is shorter, and White Fox trades default-form strength for improvements to Fox Form Awakening.

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