Rivalii Marvel season 3 is almost upon us, bringing with it the blessing of the Phoenix Force. Jean Grey, original member of the X-Men and sometimes terror of the cosmos, is joining the roster as a new duelist. As usual, we’re also getting a new map, some balance changes and several quality of life changes when it comes to cosmetics.
And hang in there, Daywalker devotees — Blade is coming in Season 3.5 next month.
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Phoenix’s abilities in Marvel Rivals
Phoenix joins as yet another duelist — an already oversaturated role, but one that feels appropriate for her. She brings a mix of area-of-effect damage that can help chew through groups of enemies as well as mobility that lets her flit around the battlefield to find flank angles.
Phoenix’s primary fire applies instant damage to enemies (also known as hitscan fire) and applies Spark stacks to opponents, represented by up to three flame icons above their characters. Heroes detonate at full stacks, releasing a burst of additional damage around them and healing Phoenix over time.
Her alternate fire sends a rapid-fire burst of flame that creates a series of small explosions, similar to Hela’s alternate fire. The first blast briefly stuns enemies while the other apply a slowing effect. This ability also applies Spark stacks.
I can’t tell you exactly what’s happening here, but whatever it is, it looks fun.
Her first ability is a quick dash that leaves behind an exploding illusion, which can apply a Spark stack to any enemies hit.
Her second ability grants Phoenix limited-duration flight, speed boost and ammo regeneration, allowing Phoenix to freely fly around the battlefield for a few seconds. The flight is on a resource meter that recharges while Phoenix isn’t flying.
Phoenix’s ultimate has a few different effects. After she leaps into the air, you aim toward a point of impact where the ultimate applies a burst damage in an area and adds a Spark stack to anyone hit. It also destroys any deployable items — think Peni nests, Rocket beacons, Namor squids — in the area. Perhaps most significantly, it removes all bonus health (represented by blue portions of a hero’s health bar), allowing Phoenix to more effectively cut through the overhealth applied by Venom’s Symbiotic Resilience ability or support ultimates like Luna Snow’s Fate of Both Worlds and Mantis’s Soul Resurgence.
Lore accurate Phoenix?
A mobile hitscan hero with a stacking mechanic and a meteoric ultimate? Yeah, sign me up. Between this and Overwatch 2’s Freja, this longtime support/strategist main may have officially turned into a damage/duelist main.
Când începe sezonul 3?
Marvel Rivals season 3.0 is scheduled to start on Friday. Typically, this involves servers going down for a few hours around midnight PT before being turned back on for the new season in the very early morning.
What about Blade? Haven’t we waited enough?
Rivals continuă să-i facă pe fanii lui Blade să aștepte, deoarece eroul respectiv nu va fi adăugat în echipă decât în sezonul 3.5. Dar cel puțin asta mai este peste doar o lună, conform noii structuri de sezon.
Schimbări de echilibru în sezonul 3 al Rivals
În Dev Visions vol. 7 video, Rivals devs gave us a quick breakdown of the upcoming balance changes, and we now have the official patch notes.
Phoenix adaugă o putere de foc literală atacurilor lui Wolverine cu noua echipă.
Schimbări în echipă
Rivals adaugă două noi echipe, adăugând eroi la cele existente și eliminând alți doi (Storming Ignition și ESU Alumnus) din joc. De asemenea, îi slăbește pe alții. Iată o scurtă prezentare generală:
- Nou — Flacăra Primordială: Phoenix ancorează pentru a adăuga daune în timp și fura de viață atacurilor lui Wolverine după saltul său.
- Nou — Legătură în flăcări veșnice: Torța Umană anunță că Spider-Man va putea trage într-o pânză arzătoare cu un trasor în flăcări. (Trasorul în flăcări se cumulează cu trasoarele obișnuite ale lui Spidey, au spus dezvoltatorii.)
- Actualizat — Simbiotice Shenanigans: Adaugă Hela, oferindu-i Sfera Hel a Sufletului Drenător, care încetinește tendonul.
- Actualizat — Protocolul Stark: Adaugă Fata Veveriță, oferindu-i o mănușă explozivă de localizare.
- Actualizat — Renașterea Gardienilor: Dezvoltatorii au spus că vor reduce anumite aspecte ale echipei Gardienilor.
Alte lucruri care vor apărea în sezonul 3
The battle pass is getting some adjustments to account for shorter seasons. Battle passes still offer 10 skins, but you’ll earn tokens at a faster rate to make it easier to progress through the entire battle pass in a shorter time period. Daily missions are also going away, with weekly missions shifting to permanent quests instead of being time-limited. Seasonal missions that offer large batches of tokens are also being added.
Dezvoltatorii Rivals au anunțat și un nou mod competitiv care va fi disponibil în sezonul 3.5, dar au spus că va trebui să așteptăm detalii despre acesta.
The game is also adding accessories (which appear to be animated stickers that float above the KO notifications), new chroma options and visual effects for ultimate abilities. Perhaps the nicest quality of life change is the ability to mix and match MVP animations with any skins, instead of having certain MVP animations locked to specific skins.
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I’m already excited
I had been falling off Rivals for the past few months, but the trailers for Phoenix and the new season got me excited all over again. I’ve played more Rivals in the past week than in the previous month, and that’s just to shake off the rust before Phoenix gets here. Once the season actually starts on Friday, I’m planning to spend even more time in the game.
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