Marvel Rivals Season 11 Guide: Roadmap Dates, Start Time and Every Big Balance Change

NetEase posted the full Season 11 roadmap for Marvel Rivals on November 11, two days before the season goes live, a day after the season’s balance post. Together they tell you what to expect for the next four weeks: what arrives each week, which costumes to save Units for, and which heroes are about to feel very different. We already covered Nightcrawler’s kit and the Dracula tease. This guide covers the schedule and the patch.

When Season 11 starts

• Launch day: November 13, 2026 (UTC). NetEase says maintenance begins that day.
• Likely time: recent Marvel Rivals patches went live at 09:00 UTC, which is 3 a.m. CT, 4 a.m. ET and 1 a.m. PT. Expect servers to come back shortly after maintenance ends.
• Season length: about four weeks. The roadmap puts Season 11.5 on December 11.
• Preview stream: NetEase is hosting a Season 11 creator livestream on November 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. PT (4 to 6 p.m. CT).

Marvel Rivals Season 11 roadmap, week by week

Here is everything on the official Season 11.0 roadmap image, by date.

November 13: launch

• New hero: Nightcrawler (Strategist)
• New event: The Acts of Kurt Wagner
• New battle pass: The Incursion
• New accessory: Pickles Plush
• New costumes: Nightcrawler Steadfast Swordsman, Gambit Versatile Valet and The Hood Astral Oblivion

November 20: Rivals’ Day 2026

• New event: Rivals’ Day 2026, the game’s second anniversary celebration
• New costumes: White Fox Shining Moment, plus Rocket Raccoon and Jeff the Land Shark in the Gaming Life line

November 27: new map and Galactic Center

• New map: Incursion Point
• New area of Times Square: Galactic Center
• New event: Van Dyne: Idea Matrix
• New costumes: Loki Shining Moment, plus Scarlet Witch and Moon Knight Gaming Life

December 4: more costumes

• New costumes: Magik and Storm Shining Moment, Star-Lord Gaming Life and Human Torch Incursion

December 11: Season 11.5

The roadmap only says “coming soon.” The Season 11 trailer ended on Dracula waking up, so he is the obvious guess for the next hero, but NetEase has not confirmed that.

Season 11 balance changes: the biggest buffs and nerfs

The balance post for version 20261113 is long. These are the changes most players will notice, grouped by role. Numbers are straight from NetEase’s notes.

Vanguards

• Devil Dinosaur (nerf): NetEase calls him “a dominant force.” Savage Predation control drops from 0.8s to 0.6s, Buddy Barrier loses its slow and drops from 6s to 4s and from 450 to 400 shield, and Apex Advantage bonus health falls from 150% to 125% of bleed damage.
• Doctor Strange (nerf): Shield of the Seraphim drops from 850 to 800, and it recovers at 50/s instead of 60/s. His Hulk Team-Up is also toned down.
• Emma Frost (nerf): Mind’s Aegis drops from 400 to 350. Psychic Spear’s extracted hit changes from 25% of max health to 60 plus 10% of max health, which hurts tanks less.
• Venom (mixed): easier close range hits on Dark Predation, but less bonus health from Symbiotic Resilience (595 down to 525 when cast at 300 health).
• Angela, Groot and Rogue (buffs): Angela’s ground axes go from 30 to 35 damage, Groot’s Thornlash Wall hits harder, and Rogue’s Power Surge Punch opener goes from 35 to 40.
• Peni Parker (small nerf): Cyber-Web Cluster explosion damage from 15 to 12, and mines take slightly longer to detonate.

Duelists

• Phoenix (nerf): Spark detonations drop from 45 to 40 direct and 20 to 15 area damage, and her ultimate applies one Spark stack instead of two.
• Wolverine (nerf): Feral Leap cooldown rises from 12s to 15s, and his ultimate’s rage damage drops (150 to 125 against a 250 health target at max rage).
• Elsa Bloodstone and Winter Soldier (nerf): both lose long range damage. Elsa’s falloff now starts at 10m instead of 20m.
• Squirrel Girl (rework): lower Burst Acorn damage (110 to 95), but a faster Squirrel Blockade that now drops a damaging Acorn Rain, and Mammal Bond adds a burst of attack speed.
• Black Widow, Black Cat and Star-Lord (buffs): Black Widow’s Electro-Plasma Blast goes from 50-70 to 55-75 damage, Black Cat gains Fortune faster, and Star-Lord’s ultimate gets 50 rounds instead of 40.
• Human Torch: his primary fire now uses a fixed spread instead of a random one.

One correction from NetEase: a Black Widow change that cut Focus stacks from 3 to 2 is not in this patch, the official account said on November 11.

Strategists

NetEase says it touched “almost all Strategists,” trimming survivability while boosting their combat tools. The headline changes:

• Luna Snow: Absolute Zero freeze falls from 2.7s to 1.5s, and her White Fox Team-Up loses its charm.
• Mantis: Spore Slumber sleep drops from 3.5s to 1.5s, and Allied Inspiration now costs two Life Orbs.
• White Fox: weaker base form (Spirit Sanctuary shield halved to 100, no more invincibility from Spectral Surge), stronger Fox Form Awakening that lasts up to 12s.
• Invisible Woman: Veiled Step cooldown rises from 6s to 8s.
• Loki: Deception cooldown rises from 15s to 18s.
• Adam Warlock, Cloak and Dagger, Gambit, Jubilee, Rocket Raccoon and Ultron: self-healing and ally buffs come down, with new tools in return, such as Rocket’s Jetpack Dash granting 25 bonus health.

What it means for your next four weeks

If you main Devil Dinosaur, Phoenix or a sleep and freeze heavy Strategist, expect your best tricks to be weaker on day one. Angela, Groot and Black Widow players get a real window. Nightcrawler arrives into a meta where enemy healers have less staying power, which suits a hero built around rescuing teammates. If you are saving Units, the second anniversary on November 20 and the Galactic Center update on November 27 are the two dates to watch.

Sources: official Marvel Rivals Season 11.0 roadmap and maintenance notice (Marvel Rivals on X, November 11, 2026); Marvel Rivals Version 20261113 Balance Post (marvelrivals.com, November 10, 2026); Marvel Rivals livestream announcement and Black Widow update notice on X. Image: official Season 11.0 roadmap. © 2026 Marvel, NetEase Games.