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Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 Release Date and Global Launch Times


Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 Ultron

The wait is nearly over! Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 is just hours away from launching, and fans of the hero shooter are counting down the minutes to jump into the action-packed mid-season update.

Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 is scheduled to launch on May 30, 2025, with servers going offline for maintenance at 2 AM PDT for approximately 2-3 hours, meaning the update should be playable around 5 AM PDT. 

Below is a breakdown of the release times across various regions, based on the official announcement from Marvel Rivals & NetEase.


Global Release Times

Here’s when you can expect to dive into Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 in your region:

Americas

  • 🇺🇸 5 AM PT

  • 🇺🇸 8 AM ET

  • 🇧🇷 9 AM BRT

Europe

  • 🇬🇧 12 PM GMT

  • 🇩🇪🇫🇷 2 PM CEST

Asia

  • 🇮🇳 5:30 PM IST

  • 🇨🇳 7 PM CST

  • 🇰🇷🇯🇵 9 PM KST / JST

Oceania

  • 🇦🇺 10 PM AEST

  • 🇳🇿 12 AM NZST (May 31)


What’s New in Season 2.5?

Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 is packed with fresh content, including:

  • New Hero: Ultron (Strategist Role)

    • Role: Ultron is the 39th playable character and the first flying support hero, joining as a Strategist with abilities focused on healing and dealing damage.

    • Abilities:

      • Encephalo-Ray (LMB): Fires a burning energy beam for damage.

      • Imperative: Firewall (RMB): Summons drones to grant bonus health to allies within range, centered on Ultron and an ally marked with Imperative: Patch.

      • Imperative: Patch (E): Commands a giant drone to follow an ally, providing constant healing to allies in its radius, with additional healing for the designated ally.

      • Dynamic Flight (Left Shift): Allows Ultron to fly quickly in the direction of movement, then enter free-flight mode.

      • Rage of Ultron (Ultimate, Q): Summons Ultron drones to fire Encephalo-Rays, damaging enemies and healing allies.

    • Team-Up: Ultron pairs with Iron Man for the Stark Protocol Team-Up, enabling a modified Uni-Beam that deals piercing damage and heals allies.

  • New Map: Arakko (Convoy Mode)

    • A new Convoy map set on Arakko, a living island from X-Men lore and sister to Krakoa.

    • Features a lush, dense forest environment with strategic routes and Ultron-themed structures, including sculptures and an assembly factory for his minions.

    • Players escort a payload through this map, offering new tactical opportunities.

  • New Game Mode: Ultron’s Battle Matrix Protocol

    • Launching on June 6, 2025, this experimental mode is an autochess-like experience where players assemble a team of six characters, customize traits, and battle other players’ lineups on a chessboard-style battlefield.

    • Includes a shop system to enhance hero traits, offering a break from traditional team brawls.

  • New Team-Up Abilities

    • Six new Team-Up abilities are introduced, with four existing ones removed (Ammo Overload, Allied Agents, Chilling Charisma, and one other unspecified). Over 50% of Team-Ups have been revamped since Season 0.

    • New Team-Ups:

      • Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom & Jeff the Land Shark): Venom gains +150 max health; Jeff gains Healing Tendrils to heal allies using symbiote tethers.

      • Operation: Microchip (The Punisher & Black Widow): Punisher gains +25 max health and +5% damage; Black Widow unlocks a Pulse Rifle ability, firing a piercing energy beam.

      • Rocket Network (Peni Parker & Rocket Raccoon): Rocket gains +5% healing; his B.R.B. upgrades to a Web Beacon that acts as a mini-Spider-Nest. Peni gains an Armored Spider-Nest.

      • Chilling Assault (Luna Snow & Hawkeye): Luna Snow gains +15% healing; Hawkeye unlocks an Ice Arrow ability.

      • Jeff-Nado (Storm & Jeff the Land Shark): Storm gains Shark Surge; Jeff gains It’s Jeff-nado!, combining their Ultimates to create a damaging tornado that pulls and devours enemies.

      • Stark Protocol (Iron Man & Ultron): Ultron uses a modified Uni-Beam for piercing damage and ally healing.

    • Adjustments to existing Team-Ups:

      • Gamma Charge: Iron Man is removed from the Hulk and Namor synergy, losing Gamma Overdrive.

      • Increased cooldowns for Storm Siblings, Wedded Harmony, and Cooperative Comrades (20s to 25s).

  • Hero Balance Changes

    • Buffs:

      • Doctor Strange: Daggers of Denak damage falloff adjusted (10m, 80% at 20m from 62.5%); Maelstrom of Madness range damage falloff removed.

      • The Punisher: +25 max health and +5% damage output via Operation: Microchip Team-Up.

      • Squirrel Girl: Burst Acorn capacity increased (10 to 12); Mammal Bond cooldown reduced (12s to 10s); improvements to Squirrel Blockade, Tail Bounce, and Ultimate.

      • Storm: Omega Hurricane (Ultimate) damage increased (150/s to 160/s).

      • Jeff the Land Shark (Rework):

        • Joyful Splash: Now deals 70/s damage to enemies, heals through allies (not enemies), reduced healing (150/s to 100/s), damage falloff at 20m (65% at 40m).

        • Aqua Burst: Changed to a charge ability (max 3 charges, 3s per charge), direct hits launch enemies, spell field damage increased (40 to 45).

        • Healing Bubble: Changed to healing over time (120 over 4s from instant 85), max charges reduced (6 to 3), enemy launch effect removed.

        • Hide and Seek: Added energy cap (max 120, drains 20/s submerged, restores 15/s when not), reduced healing while submerged (35/s to 15/s).

        • It’s Jeff! (Ultimate): Overflow healing grants 45 Health/s as Bonus Health (up to 150).

    • Nerfs:

      • Captain America: Base health reduced (600 to 575), shield recovery delay increased (2s to 4s) after Living Legend, Freedom Charge (Ultimate) energy cost increased (2800 to 3100).

      • Groot: Reduced survivability (specific details not fully listed).

      • Emma Frost: Diamond Form nerfed (reduced damage and defenses), range increased.

      • Human Torch: Fire Cluster damage reduced (7 to 6 per hit), Blazing Blast charge speed increased (2s to 3s), Flaming Meteor shield reduced (75 to 50), cooldown increased (15s to 20s).

      • Iron Fist: Dragon’s Defense damage blocked conversion rate reduced (1.5 to 1.3), max Bonus Health reduced (200 to 175), dash distance slightly reduced, cooldown reduction from Jeet Kune Do hits reduced (1.5s to 1s).

      • Namor: Blessing of the Deep cooldown increased (15s to 20s), Horn of Proteus (Ultimate) outer circle damage reduced (200 to 180), Monstro Spawn damage falloff adjusted (50% at 40m from 30%).

      • Psylocke: Wing Shurikens return damage reduced (14 to 12), Psychic Stealth invisibility duration reduced (3s to 2s).

      • Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic, The Thing, Human Torch, Invisible Woman): Team-Up abilities nerfed (e.g., longer cooldowns for Fantastic Four combos, reduced Atlas Bond bonuses).

      • Iron Man: Third Repulsor Blast damage reduced (50 to 45), Spell Field damage reduced (60 to 55), Armor Overdrive max Bonus Health reduced (100 to 50), removed from Gamma Charge Team-Up.

  • New Skins and Cosmetics

    • Free Costume: Hawkeye – Binary Arrow (earned via Cerebro Database II event).

    • Ranked Reward: Ultron – Golden Ultron for reaching Gold rank.

    • Shop Skins:

      • Ultron – X-Tron

      • Ultron – Mechanical Phantom

      • Groot – Yggroot (Legendary)

      • Jeff the Land Shark – Chibi Jeff

      • Additional skins inspired by Infinity Comics for Doctor Strange, Magik, Iron Fist, and others.

    • Twitch Drops: Emma Frost – Will of Galacta costume and related bundle content (event starts May 30, 12:00 PM UTC).

  • New Features and Systems

    • Mood System: Players can add an icon to their Nameplate to display their current vibe.

    • Emoji System: New bubble emojis for expression during combat and on the PLAY interface.

    • Combat Chest: A limited-time feature where players earn experience by playing matches to level up and unlock milestone rewards (costumes, emojis, Mood icons). Premium Combat Chest offers additional rewards and is permanently available once activated.

    • Recommendation Feature: Added to the team lobby for better clarity and style in Nameplate information.

    • Performance Test: A new feature in Display Settings to stress-test GPU, CPU, and hardware for performance bottlenecks.

    • Tournament Enhancements:

      • Auto-Select server node for optimal network conditions (experimental).

      • New room name and password copy functions.

      • “Host Only” Move Permissions setting for rearranging player spots.

      • Captain icon during ban/pick phase in Tournament Mode.

      • Spectator settings for controlling visibility of character outlines, health bars, and names; free-cam collision toggle.

  • Quality-of-Life Improvements

    • Revamped Nameplate layout for better clarity.

    • Enhanced cursor snapping in the pre-match hero selection screen (must be manually activated).

    • Fixed issues from previous patches (e.g., Doctor Strange’s portal interactions, Emma Frost’s Diamond Form texture glitches, Mister Fantastic’s portal navigation).


Whether you're ready to dominate with Ultron, try your hand at the Battle Matrix, or just want that Chibi Jeff skin, Season 2.5 is packed with content and quality improvements that are sure to shake up the meta.

Let the battle begin.


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