{"id":1688001,"date":"2026-09-09T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/76HGxdpHMQhzTYzhxS57Be"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:06:34","slug":"marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals breaks its 17 month streak of adding 2 heroes per season, but its creative director reassures fans it&#8217;s not &#8216;the new normal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/marvel-rivals\/\">Marvel Rivals<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-growing-roster-of-heroes-scares-me-but-the-games-director-seems-sure-that-all-is-under-control-everything-is-progressing-smoothly\/\">massive hero roster<\/a> and regular character additions are some of its defining features. So it comes as a huge surprise that NetEase has decided to forgo tradition for the sake of focusing on improving its foundations. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time in eight seasons\u2014that&#8217;s 17 months\u2014Marvel Rivals will just be getting one hero, Gorr the God Butcher, in a season. &#8220;We&#8217;re locking our crosshairs on just Gorr the God Butcher,&#8221; creative designer Guangyun Chen says in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XfuHC-3hbyk\" target=\"_blank\">dev diary<\/a>. &#8220;In the first half of the season we&#8217;ll be rolling out one new hero and one new map. In the second half our focus will shift to phase 3 and phase 4 of the Path to Doomsday events. These will feature two brand-new game modes, with specific details dropping closer to the start of season 10.5.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XfuHC-3hbyk\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marvel Rivals doesn&#8217;t have a creative block when it comes to inventign new heroes\u2014it&#8217;s got a huge backlog of characters at its disposal. But two new heroes per season does put considerable strain on the game&#8217;s balance. Traditionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-is-carrying-on-the-tradition-of-chaotic-patches-after-buffing-two-of-the-most-annoying-heroes-but-i-main-one-of-them-so-im-not-complaining\/\">new heroes are completely busted<\/a> when they&#8217;re first added to Marvel Rivals. This is due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/we-balance-for-fun-first-and-foremost-marvel-games-executive-producer-discusses-marvel-rivals-priorities-and-why-competitive-balancing-comes-second\/\">NetEase&#8217;s &#8220;fun first&#8221; approach<\/a>, but also because of the serious backlog of fixes that preoccupies the devs. <\/p>\n<p>Only adding one new hero in season 10 will hopefully ease this strain a bit so the team can focus on polishing existing heroes, without worrying about anyone new for at least half a season. It also gives the devs a chance to focus on improving other areas of the game like adding more game modes for variation&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good move from NetEase, but Chen stresses that this isn&#8217;t a permanent change: &#8220;We want to reassure the community that a single-hero season isn&#8217;t the new normal.&#8221; In fact, they&#8217;ve already decided what two new heroes will be coming to Marvel Rivals in season 11.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We hope this adjustment adds more strategic depth to the banning phase.<\/p>\n<p>Zhiyong<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The devs are not waiting until the second half of season 10 to get stuck into the balance, however. Marvel Rival&#8217;s lead combat director, Zhiyong, runs through the list of hero changes for this season, which is so vast it involves &#8220;about 70% of the roster&#8221;. The current changes aren&#8217;t groundbreaking, with Strategists still getting their ults faster than everyone else, and many heroes only getting minor tweaks, but it&#8217;s a start. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a significant change coming to Marvel Rivals&#8217; competitive ban system. &#8220;The opposing teams will now take turns banning and revealing heroes in the following order,&#8221; Zhiyong explains. Bans in competitive Gold 3 lobbies and above will now take the following structure:<\/p>\n<p>The first team bans a hero, it is revealed. The second team bans two heroes which are revealed. The first team bans two heroes which are revealed. The second team bans one hero which is revealed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"63JKawy8iZa6eETcv3EjVP\" name=\"marvel rivals zombies\" alt=\"The Queen of the Dead rises above a horde of zombies in Marvel Rival's new zombies mode.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NetEase \/ Marvel)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Double banning heroes will also no longer come into play as &#8220;regardless of which team bans them, that hero will become unplayable for both sides for the rest of the match.&#8221; This means players will get six hero bans for each game. &#8220;We hope this adjustment adds more strategic depth to the banning phase,&#8221; Zhiyong adds. <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this small pause on new heroes will give the devs a little bit of breathing room to get stuck into some of the more complicated pain points like power creep and the Strategist&#8217;s massive healing output. If Marvel Rivals could get its balance under control, then it could actually stop what has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-needs-to-pick-a-lane-and-either-fully-embrace-balancing-for-fun-long-term-or-stick-to-some-serious-changes\/\">muddled few seasons<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-ON92mW\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/ON92mW.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"cb37f064-ac4e-11f1-8c23-9182229abba7\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"cb37f064-ac4e-11f1-8c23-9182229abba7\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel Rivals&#8216; massive hero roster and regular character additions are some of its defining features. So it comes as a huge surprise that NetEase has decided to forgo tradition for the sake of focusing on improving its foundations. For the first time in eight seasons\u2014that&#8217;s 17 months\u2014Marvel Rivals will just be getting one hero, Gorr the God Butcher, in a season. &#8220;We&#8217;re locking our crosshairs on just Gorr the God Butcher,&#8221; creative designer Guangyun Chen says in a dev diary. &#8220;In the first half of the season we&#8217;ll be rolling out one new hero and one new map. In the second half our focus will shift to phase 3 and phase 4 of the Path to Doomsday events. These will feature two brand-new game modes,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marvel-rivals-breaks-its-17-month-streak-of-adding-2-heroes-per-season-but-its-creative-director-reassures-fans-its-not-the-new-normal\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1688002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,787],"class_list":["post-1688001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-third-person-shooter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marvel Rivals breaks its 17 month streak of adding 2 heroes per season, but its creative director reassures fans it&#039;s not &#039;the new normal&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marvel Rivals&#039; massive hero roster and regular character additions are some of its defining features. 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