Marvel Rivals season 3 is nearly upon us, bringing with it the blessing of the Phoenix Power. Jean Gray, unique member of the X-Males and generally terror of the cosmos, is becoming a member of the roster as a brand new duelist. As common, we’re additionally getting a brand new map, some stability modifications and several other high quality of life modifications in relation to cosmetics.
And dangle in there, Daywalker devotees — Blade is coming in Season 3.5 subsequent month.
Phoenix’s talents in Marvel Rivals
Phoenix joins as yet one more duelist — an already oversaturated position, however one which feels applicable for her. She brings a mixture of area-of-effect injury that may assist chew by way of teams of enemies in addition to mobility that lets her flit across the battlefield to search out flank angles.
Phoenix’s major fireplace applies instantaneous injury to enemies (also called hitscan fireplace) and applies Spark stacks to opponents, represented by as much as three flame icons above their characters. Heroes detonate at full stacks, releasing a burst of further injury round them and therapeutic Phoenix over time.
Her alternate fireplace sends a rapid-fire burst of flame that creates a sequence of small explosions, just like Hela’s alternate fireplace. The primary blast briefly stuns enemies whereas the opposite apply a slowing impact. This potential additionally applies Spark stacks.
I am unable to inform you precisely what’s occurring right here, however no matter it’s, it seems enjoyable.
Her first potential is a fast sprint that leaves behind an exploding phantasm, which might apply a Spark stack to any enemies hit.
Her second potential grants Phoenix limited-duration flight, pace enhance and ammo regeneration, permitting Phoenix to freely fly across the battlefield for just a few seconds. The flight is on a useful resource meter that recharges whereas Phoenix is not flying.
Phoenix’s final has just a few completely different results. After she leaps into the air, you intention towards a degree of influence the place the last word applies a burst injury in an space and provides a Spark stack to anybody hit. It additionally destroys any deployable objects — suppose Peni nests, Rocket beacons, Namor squids — within the space. Maybe most importantly, it removes all bonus well being (represented by blue parts of a hero’s well being bar), permitting Phoenix to extra successfully reduce by way of the overhealth utilized by Venom’s Symbiotic Resilience potential or assist ultimates like Luna Snow’s Destiny of Each Worlds and Mantis’s Soul Resurgence.
Lore correct Phoenix?
A cell hitscan hero with a stacking mechanic and a meteoric final? Yeah, signal me up. Between this and Overwatch 2’s Freja, this longtime assist/strategist foremost might have formally was a injury/duelist foremost.
When does season 3 begin?
Marvel Rivals season 3.0 is scheduled to begin on Friday. Sometimes, this entails servers happening for just a few hours round midnight PT earlier than being turned again on for the brand new season within the very early morning.
What about Blade? Have not we waited sufficient?
Rivals continues to make Blade followers wait, since that hero will not be added to the roster till season 3.5. However a minimum of that is solely a month away beneath the brand new season construction.
Rivals season 3 stability modifications
Within the Dev Visions vol. 7 video, Rivals devs gave us a fast breakdown of the upcoming stability modifications, and we now have the official patch notes.
Phoenix provides some literal firepower to Wolverine’s assaults with the brand new team-up.
Crew-up modifications
Rivals is including two new team-ups, tacking heroes onto two current ones and eradicating two others (Storming Ignition and ESU Alumnus) from the sport. It is also nerfing one other. This is the fast rundown:
- New — Primal Flame: Phoenix anchors so as to add injury over time and lifesteal to Wolverine’s assaults after his leap.
- New — Ever-Burning Bond: Human Torch anchors to let Spider-Man shoot a burning net with a flaming tracer. (The flaming tracer stacks with Spidey’s common tracers, devs stated.)
- Up to date — Symbiote Shenanigans: Provides Hela, giving her Soul Drainer Hel Sphere slowing tendrils.
- Up to date — Stark Protocol: Provides Squirrel Woman, giving her an explosive, homing gauntlet.
- Up to date — Guardian Revival: Devs stated they’d be nerfing some component of the Guardians’ team-up.
Different issues coming in season 3
The battle go is getting some changes to account for shorter seasons. Battle passes nonetheless supply 10 skins, however you may earn tokens at a quicker fee to make it simpler to progress by way of all the battle go in a shorter time interval. Every day missions are additionally going away, with weekly missions shifting to everlasting quests as a substitute of being time-limited. Seasonal missions that supply giant batches of tokens are additionally being added.
Rivals devs additionally introduced a brand new aggressive mode coming in season 3.5 however stated we would have to attend for any particulars about it.
The sport can also be including equipment (which look like animated stickers that float above the KO notifications), new chroma choices and visible results for final talents. Maybe the nicest high quality of life change is the power to combine and match MVP animations with any skins, as a substitute of getting sure MVP animations locked to particular skins.
I am already excited
I had been falling off Rivals for the previous few months, however the trailers for Phoenix and the brand new season received me excited yet again. I’ve performed extra Rivals prior to now week than within the earlier month, and that is simply to shake off the rust earlier than Phoenix will get right here. As soon as the season really begins on Friday, I am planning to spend much more time within the sport.
