Marvel Rivals’ new patch will mercifully nerf Elsa Bloodstone, the game’s newest and most overpowered hero

Marvel Rivals’ constant hero additions can sometimes make for a balancing nightmare, none more prevalent than last week’s Elsa Bloodstone launch.

Elsa is a powerful Duelist, dual-wielding guns and moving quickly around the battlefield, but her Apex Predator ultimate ability has come under massive scrutiny from players across social media for how powerful it is.

NetEase Games heard the cries, and Marvel Rivals will be releasing a quick, unscheduled balance patch in a few days to bring her monstrous brother back down to size just a bit. This is an uncommonly quick patch, a testament to just how strong Elsa’s ultimate has been in its first week.

“To keep S6 feeling stable for the entire season and ensure that players can join in at any point during these two months without compromising their consistent experience, the S6.5 changes were designed to be restrained, with a smaller impact on the overall meta,” the dev said. “But no worries! We’re tracking your feedback as always and testing the proposed changes internally. Patch 0219 will target a subset of high-performing heroes that have drawn stronger feedback.”

Here’s a peek at the patch notes coming in the Feb. 19 update, along with some other hero changes to keep an eye on.

Marvel Rivals patch notes – Feb. 19

Elsa Bloodstone

• Apex Predator (Ultimate)

  • Reduced Glartrox’s health from 500 to 400.
  • Reduced Dash Duration from 6s to 3.5s.
  • Adjusted the enemy grab hitbox from 6m (L) × 6m (W) × 3.5m (H) to 5m (L) × 5m (W) × 3.5m (H).

Hawkeye

• Reduced Piercing Arrow’s Base Damage from 34 to 28.
• Reduced the Base Damage of a fully charged arrow from 85 to 70.
• When boosted by Archer’s Focus, the damage of a charged arrow is down from 175 to 160.

Hela

• Damage falloff of Nightsword Thorn still starts at 18m.

  • At 30m, the maximum falloff drops to 70 percent of the base (was 80 percent).
  • Beyond 25m, two critical hits will not KO a 250 HP target.

Gambit

• Reduced base health from 275 to 250.
• Breaking Spades now grants 10 percent Damage Boost (was 15 percent).

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This update will go live on Feb. 19 at 3am CT.

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Fantasy FC Team 1 is coming soon to FC 26, and you can expect some fantastic cards in Ultimate Team.

So far, EA Sports has been tight-lipped about what’s coming after Knockout Royalty. It appears that the ongoing promo will be a one-team affair, and Fantasty FC (or FC Fantasy) is all set to be the replacement. Let’s look at all the information that has already crept onto social media ahead of the official launch.

All FC 26 Fantasy FC Team 1 players

A few names have already popped up on social media who are expected to be part of the first team.

• Rafael Leao
• Salma Paralluelo
• Endrick
• Bruno Fernandes
• Antoine Semenyo

While the names are few as of writing, more leaks will appear closer to the release date. Fantasy FC will feature dynamic cards eligible for upgrades. The upgrades will be based on certain stipulations that will likely depend on real-life football. If you have played Ultimate Team in the last few years, you’ll have a fair idea about what to expect.

Fantasy FC will once again feature special cards for Heroes and Icons, along with cards of active footballers. A few of them have been leaked on social media.

• Stam
• Yaya Toure
• Antonio Di Natale
• Al Owairan
• Brolin

FC 26 Fantasy FC Team 1 release countdown

The first team of the Fantasy FC promo will go live on Friday, Feb. 20. The new promo will replace the ongoing Knockout Royalty cards from packs. The following countdown will expire once the first set of Fantasy FC cards is added to the packs.

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The countdown is based on the following times.

• 10am PT
• 12pm CT
• 1pm ET
• 6pm UTC
• 7pm CET

This is the usual schedule EA Sports follows with promo launches. While most of the cards will be available in packs, we should get new SBCs and objectives to complete. These will be alternate options to get the promo cards without relying on pack luck. We will know which cards eventually make it to the first week of the new promo on Friday.

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