Marvel Rivals July 10, 2026 Patch Adds Season 9 Durability System

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The July 10, 2026 patch for Marvel Rivals is now live, and it’s a broad balance pass that touches multiple classes, plus a brand-new durability system tied to Season 9. If you’ve been waiting for the next meta shift—especially around energy conversions and how long supports can keep allies standing—this update is a big one.

Patch date and where it applies

This update is the July 10, 2026 Patch for Marvel Rivals. It includes global balance adjustments across several roster categories (notably Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist), and introduces a new health-related mechanic for Season 9.

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This page is structured as a full breakdown of the July 10 Patch for Marvel Rivals, including mention of a way to access the complete patch notes.

Global Changes

  • Vanguards & Duelists:
    • Reduce damage-to-energy conversion from 70% to 55%.
  • Strategists:
    • Reduce healing-to-energy conversion from 75% to 60%.
    • Reduce damage-to-energy conversion from 75% to 55%.
  • Reduce damage-to-energy conversion from 70% to 55%.
  • Reduce healing-to-energy conversion from 75% to 60%.
  • Reduce damage-to-energy conversion from 75% to 55%.

Season 9 also brings a new health type: Regenerative Shields. These shields follow the same underlying rules as base Health. That means any system that scales off base Health—such as percentage-based healing or percentage-based damage—will interact with Regenerative Shields in the same way.

  • Regenerative Shields use the same logic as base Health, so percentage healing and percentage damage will apply identically to this new shield resource.
  • Regenerative Shields have a distinct recovery rule: if you avoid taking any damage for 5 seconds, the shields automatically begin regenerating and fully restore all chargeable shield points over the following 5 seconds.

Hero Adjustments

Vanguard

  • Angela
    • Reduce base Health from 450 to 350, and add 200 Regenerative Shield.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
  • Captain America
    • Reduce base Health from 600 to 300, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 700 to 600.)
  • Deadpool – Vanguard
    • Increase Dual Desert Eagles – Vanguard single-shot damage from 34 to 36 (standard) and from 39 to 40 (upgraded).
    • Deadpool In Your Area – Upgraded (Vanguard): increase the Damage Reduction granted to allies from 20% to 25%, and from 30% to 35% for Deadpool.
    • Increase base Health from 450 to 500.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 50 bonus Health.
  • Devil Dinosaur
    • Increase base Health from 750 to 850.
    • Increase the critical hit damage reduction from Prehistoric Plating (Passive) from 50% to 60%.
    • Increase the reduced Ultimate Energy gain for enemies damaging or allies healing Devil Dinosaur from 35% to 40%.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
  • Doctor Strange
    • Increase base Health from 575 to 650.
    • Increase the shield value of Shield of the Seraphim from 700 to 850.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
    • When Invisible Woman is chosen as a Team-Up partner, Doctor Strange’s Shield of the Seraphim gains an extra 150 shield value (Total: 1000).
  • Groot
    • Increase base Health from 700 to 850.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 150 bonus Health.
  • Hulk
    • Increase Heavy Blow Damage from 40 to 45.
    • Reduce base Health from 650 to 400, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
    • Increase the energy cost of Hulk Smash! (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 750 to 700.)
  • Peni Parker
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 50 bonus Health.
  • Rogue
    • Reduce the Damage Reduction during Defensive Stance from 60% to 55%.
    • Reduce the maximum bonus damage added to Southern Brawl at full energy from 90 to 75.
    • Reduce base Health from 650 to 350, and add 225 Regenerative Shield (Total Health reduced from 650 to 575).
  • The Thing
    • Increase the Bonus Health cap from Stone Haymaker from 100 to 150.
    • Slightly increase the vertical detection height of the anti-movement zone created at the end of Yancy Street Charge, preventing Launched enemies from unexpectedly using movement abilities.
    • Slightly reduce the backswing animation time when using Clobberin’ Time (Ultimate Ability) immediately after Battle Blitz or Embattled Leap.
  • Thor
    • Slightly increase the travel distance of an uncharged, quick-cast Storm Surge.
    • Increase Hammer Throw damage from 45 to 50 on throw, and increase the return damage from 20 to 25.
    • Increase the Bonus Health granted on hit from 50 to 75.
    • Reduce base Health from 600 to 300, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
  • Venom
    • Reduce base Health from 675 to 500, and add 250 Regenerative Shield.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 150 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 825 to 750.)
  • Reduce base Health from 450 to 350, and add 200 Regenerative Shield.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
  • Reduce base Health from 600 to 300, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 700 to 600.)
  • Increase Dual Desert Eagles – Vanguard single-shot damage from 34 to 36 (standard) and from 39 to 40 (upgraded).
  • Deadpool In Your Area – Upgraded (Vanguard): increase ally Damage Reduction from 20% to 25%, and from 30% to 35% for Deadpool.
  • Increase base Health from 450 to 500.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 50 bonus Health.
  • Increase base Health from 750 to 850.
  • Increase the critical hit damage reduction from Prehistoric Plating (Passive) from 50% to 60%.
  • Increase the reduced Ultimate Energy gain for enemies damaging or allies healing Devil Dinosaur from 35% to 40%.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
  • Increase base Health from 575 to 650.
  • Increase the shield value of Shield of the Seraphim from 700 to 850.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health.
  • When Invisible Woman is selected as a Team-Up partner, Shield of the Seraphim gains an additional 150 shield value (Total: 1000).
  • Increase base Health from 700 to 850.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 150 bonus Health.
  • Increase Heavy Blow Damage from 40 to 45.
  • Reduce base Health from 650 to 400, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
  • Increase the energy cost of Hulk Smash! (Ultimate Ability) from 3400 to 3700.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 100 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 750 to 700.)
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 50 bonus Health.
  • Reduce the Damage Reduction during Defensive Stance from 60% to 55%.
  • Reduce the maximum bonus damage added to Southern Brawl at full energy from 90 to 75.
  • Reduce base Health from 650 to 350, and add 225 Regenerative Shield (Total Health reduced from 650 to 575).
  • Increase the Bonus Health cap provided by Stone Haymaker from 100 to 150.
  • Slightly increase the vertical detection height of the anti-movement zone generated at the end of Yancy Street Charge to prevent Launched enemies from unexpectedly using movement abilities.
  • Slightly reduce the backswing animation time when using Clobberin’ Time (Ultimate Ability) immediately following Battle Blitz or Embattled Leap.
  • Slightly increase the travel distance of an uncharged, quick-cast Storm Surge.
  • Increase Hammer Throw damage from 45 to 50 on throw and increase the return damage from 20 to 25.
  • Increase Bonus Health provided upon hit from 50 to 75.
  • Reduce base Health from 600 to 300, and add 300 Regenerative Shield.
  • Reduce base Health from 675 to 500, and add 250 Regenerative Shield.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor 150 bonus Health. (Total Health reduced from 825 to 750.)

Duelist

  • Black Cat
    • Reduce base Health from 275 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield.
    • Increase maximum Fortune cap from 1,000 to 1,200.
    • Increase the odds of securing a high Fortune payout when using the Tablet of Destinies.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Black Panther
    • Reduce base Health from 275 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield.
  • Cyclops
    • Reduce Optic Blast single-hit damage from 25 to 21.
    • Reduce Ricochet Force damage from 80 to 70.
    • Increase the cooldowns of Propulsion Burst and Optic Ascent from 12s to 15s.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Daredevil
    • Reduce base Health from 300 to 150, and add 150 Regenerative Shield.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Deadpool – Duelist
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Elsa Bloodstone
    • Increase Double-Barrel Blaster ammo capacity from 8 to 12 shells.
    • Increase Helix Advance cooldown from 10s to 11s.
    • When Devil Dinosaur is selected as her Team-Up partner, increase Double-Barrel Blaster individual pellet damage from 4.5 to 5.
  • Hawkeye
    • Slightly increase the damage scaling of Piercing Arrow while charging, while keeping the maximum fully charged damage unchanged. Increase Piercing Arrow base projectile speed from 120m/s to 130m/s, and maximum projectile speed from 180m/s to 195m/s.
  • Hela
    • Increase Nightsword Thorn base damage from 70 to 80.
    • Adjust damage falloff so it starts at 18m and drops to 70% at 30m previously, but now drops to 75% at 35m.
    • Astral Flock Adjustment: Hela can now fly freely in any direction while in Crow form.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Damage Boost.
  • Human Torch
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Iron Man
    • Reduce the spell field damage of a single-handed Repulsor Blast from 50 to 45.
    • Reduce the spell field damage of a dual-handed Repulsor Blast from 55 to 50.
    • While Armor Overdrive is active, reduce Repulsor Blast spell field damage from 65 to 60.
    • Reduce Unibeam (Armor Overdrive) damage from 190/s to 180/s.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Magik
    • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield (Total Health increased from 250 to 275).
  • Moon Knight
    • Increase Crescent Dart damage per hit from 23 to 25.
    • Increase the energy cost of Hand of Khonshu (Ultimate Ability) from 2800 to 3100.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Phoenix
    • Increase Endsong Inferno (Ultimate Ability) explosion damage from 140 to 150.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Damage Boost.
  • Psylocke
    • Increase Psionic Crossbow single-hit base damage from 12 to 13.
    • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 100 Regenerative Shield.
    • When Emma Frost is selected as her Team-Up partner, increase the Bonus Health Psylocke grants upon hitting an enemy with Wing Shurikens from 10 to 15.
    • When Cloak & Dagger are selected as her Team-Up partners, increase Psionic Crossbow single-hit base damage from 13 to 14.
  • Scarlet Witch
    • Dark Seal can now be cast while Mystic Projection is active, but casting it will prematurely cancel Mystic Projection.
  • Star-Lord
    • Remove the 25 Bonus Health gained when using Stellar Shift.
    • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 100 Regenerative Shield.
  • Storm
    • Increase Wind Blade base damage from 55 to 60.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • The Punisher
    • Reduce Adjudication damage per hit from 20 to 19.
    • Reduce Deliverance damage per hit from 10 to 9.5.
    • When Daredevil is selected as his Team-Up partner, increase Adjudication single-hit damage by 1 (from 19 to 20), and increase Deliverance single-hit damage by 0.5 (from 9.5 to 10).
  • Reduce base Health from 275 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield.
  • Increase maximum Fortune cap from 1,000 to 1,200.
  • Increase the odds of securing a high Fortune payout when using the Tablet of Destinies.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Reduce base Health from 275 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield.
  • Reduce Optic Blast single-hit damage from 25 to 21.
  • Reduce Ricochet Force damage from 80 to 70.
  • Increase the cooldowns of Propulsion Burst and Optic Ascent from 12s to 15s.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Reduce base Health from 300 to 150, and add 150 Regenerative Shield.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Increase Double-Barrel Blaster ammo capacity from 8 to 12 shells.
  • Increase Helix Advance cooldown from 10s to 11s.
  • When Devil Dinosaur is selected as her Team-Up partner, increase Double-Barrel Blaster individual pellet damage from 4.5 to 5.
  • Slightly increase Piercing Arrow’s damage scaling while charging, without changing the maximum fully-charged damage. Increase base projectile speed from 120m/s to 130m/s, and maximum projectile speed from 180m/s to 195m/s.
  • Increase Nightsword Thorn base damage from 70 to 80.
  • Adjust damage falloff to start at 18m and reduce to 75% at 35m.
  • Astral Flock Adjustment: Hela can now fly freely in any direction while in Crow form.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Damage Boost.
  • Reduce the spell field damage of a single-handed Repulsor Blast from 50 to 45.
  • Reduce the spell field damage of a dual-handed Repulsor Blast from 55 to 50.
  • While Armor Overdrive is active, reduce Repulsor Blast spell field damage from 65 to 60.
  • Reduce Unibeam (Armor Overdrive) damage from 190/s to 180/s.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 125 Regenerative Shield (Total Health increased from 250 to 275).
  • Increase Crescent Dart damage per hit from 23 to 25.
  • Increase the energy cost of Hand of Khonshu (Ultimate Ability) from 2800 to 3100.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Increase Endsong Inferno (Ultimate Ability) explosion damage from 140 to 150.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Damage Boost.
  • Increase Psionic Crossbow single-hit base damage from 12 to 13.
  • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 100 Regenerative Shield.
  • When Emma Frost is selected as her Team-Up partner, increase the Bonus Health granted to Psylocke on Wing Shurikens hits from 10 to 15.
  • When Cloak & Dagger are selected as her Team-Up partners, increase Psionic Crossbow single-hit base damage from 13 to 14.
  • Dark Seal can now be cast while Mystic Projection is active, but doing so will prematurely cancel Mystic Projection.
  • Remove the 25 Bonus Health gained when using Stellar Shift.
  • Reduce base Health from 250 to 150, and add 100 Regenerative Shield.
  • Increase Wind Blade base damage from 55 to 60.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Damage Boost.
  • Reduce Adjudication damage per hit from 20 to 19.
  • Reduce Deliverance damage per hit from 10 to 9.5.
  • When Daredevil is selected as his Team-Up partner, increase Adjudication single-hit damage by 1 (from 19 to 20), and increase Deliverance single-hit damage by 0.5 (from 9.5 to 10).

Strategist

  • Adam Warlock
    • Increase base Health from 250 to 275.
    • Reduce Cosmic Cluster projectile damage from 38 to 35.
    • When Ultron is selected as his Team-Up partner, increase Quantum Magic ammo capacity from 15 to 25.
  • Cloak & Dagger
    • Increase Lightforce Dagger direct-hit healing from 12 to 15, and increase lingering spell field healing from 20 to 25.
    • Increase the one-time healing amount of Veil of Lightforce from 45 to 50.
    • Increase Dagger Storm healing output from 45/s to 50/s.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Deadpool – Strategist
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Gambit
    • Increase Kinetic Cards single-hit healing output from 28 to 30.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Invisible Woman
    • Increase outgoing Orb Projection healing from 45 to 50, and increase return healing from 35 to 40.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Luna Snow
    • Remove the 10% Damage Boost from Number One Idol, and raise the Healing Boost from 10% to 20%.
    • Increase the Healing Boost provided to a connected ally via Idol Aura from 35% to 40%.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Mantis
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Healing Boost.
    • When Star-Lord is selected as her Team-Up partner, enhance Healing Flower output from 10 + 2.5% of target max Health per second to 15 + 3% of target max Health per second.
    • When Adam Warlock is selected as her Team-Up partner, enhance the Nature’s Favor passive. After casting Natural Anger (and only while Natural Anger is active), increase her self-healing from 12.5/s to 17.5/s.
  • Rocket Raccoon
    • Increase healing amount when a Repair Mode orb passes through an ally from 50 to 55.
    • Increase the energy cost of C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) from 4000 to 4300. Add distance-based falloff: C.Y.A.’s Damage Boost and Bonus Health generation begin decaying at 8m, reaching a maximum 60% reduction at 20m.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Ultron
    • Increase the area healing output of Imperative: Firewall drones from 30/s to 35/s.
  • White Fox
    • Increase Spirit Sanctuary cooldown from 12s to 15s.
    • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Healing Boost.
    • Upon activating Kumiho Unleashed (Ultimate Ability), increase total Health from 900 to 1,200.
  • Increase base Health from 250 to 275.
  • Reduce Cosmic Cluster projectile damage from 38 to 35.
  • When Ultron is selected as his Team-Up partner, increase Quantum Magic ammo capacity from 15 to 25.
  • Increase Lightforce Dagger direct-hit healing from 12 to 15, and increase lingering spell field healing from 20 to 25.
  • Increase the one-time healing of Veil of Lightforce from 45 to 50.
  • Increase Dagger Storm healing output from 45/s to 50/s.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Increase Kinetic Cards single-hit healing output from 28 to 30.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Increase outgoing Orb Projection healing from 45 to 50, and increase return healing from 35 to 40.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Remove the 10% Damage Boost from Number One Idol and increase the Healing Boost from 10% to 20%.
  • Increase the Healing Boost to an attached ally via Idol Aura from 35% to 40%.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 15% Healing Boost.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Healing Boost.
  • When Star-Lord is selected as her Team-Up partner, enhance Healing Flower output from 10 + 2.5% of target max Health per second to 15 + 3% of target max Health per second.
  • When Adam Warlock is selected as her Team-Up partner, enhance Nature’s Favor after casting Natural Anger (only while active): self-healing increases from 12.5/s to 17.5/s.
  • Increase healing when a Repair Mode orb passes through an ally from 50 to 55.
  • Increase C.Y.A. (Ultimate Ability) energy cost from 4000 to 4300, and apply distance falloff beginning at 8m with up to 60% reduction at 20m for Damage Boost and Bonus Health generation.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 5% Healing Boost.
  • Increase Imperative: Firewall drones’ area healing from 30/s to 35/s.
  • Increase Spirit Sanctuary cooldown from 12s to 15s.
  • Remove the Team-Up Anchor bonus 10% Healing Boost.
  • Upon activating Kumiho Unleashed (Ultimate Ability), increase total Health from 900 to 1,200.

Full Patch Notes

For players who want everything verbatim, the full patch notes are available through the official Marvel Rivals website’s July 10 Patch Notes post.

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