Marvel Rivals season 6 early patch notes – Deadpool ‘triple role’ hero, new map, and more

Oh yeah, this one’s gonna get weird. Welcome to Marvel Rivals, Deadpool! Make yourself at home. Oh, you already have.

Everyone’s favorite “Merc with a Mouth” officially joins the roster for season six of Marvel Rivals on Jan. 16, and NetEase Games has begun to pull back the curtain on what all can be expected from the latest iteration of the hero shooter.

Here’s a peek at what’s coming in the Marvel Rivals season 6 patch notes.

Marvel Rivals season 6 patch notes

New hero: Deadpool

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One of Marvel’s most popular heroes of late finally joins the roster as the game’s first three-in-one character. Deadpool uses his dual pistols and dual katanas to deal damage as a Duelist, a unicorn plushie to defend allies as a Vanguard, and he can also play as a Strategist to use his pistols and swords to heal teammates.

You can choose which role to play Deadpool as at any given time in-game, but only one Deadpool is available on each team. His Ultimate sounds special, too, as he will have to “rank up” to earn it, and there seems to be an element of randomness to what it does. Yeah, this is definitely Deadpool.

Coming soon: Elsa Bloodstone

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The monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone will be the next hero to join Marvel Rivals in the season 6.5 update, likely some time in February.

New map: Museum of Contemplation

The Collector’s Museum is a new location for the new Convoy map in Marvel Rivals, launching later after the season launch in a new update coming on Jan. 29.

Hero buffs and nerfs

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Official details on changes are coming soon, including more even more tweaks to other heroes, but here’s what to expect from the patch based on what we know so far.

• Vanguards
  • Buffs
    • Hulk, Captain America, Doctor Strange
  • Nerfs
    • Angela
• Duelists
  • Buffs
    • Iron Fist, Blade
  • Nerfs
    • Daredevil
  • Changes
    • Namor
• Strategists
  • Buffs
    • Cloak and Dagger
  • Nerfs
    • Gambit, Invisible Woman

New Team-Up Abilities

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• Parker Power-Up
  • Peni Parker and Spider-Man
    • Spider-Man gains a bomb from Peni Parker that he can use to throw at enemies.
• Mr. Pool’s Interdimensional Toy Box
  • Deadpool and Jeff the Landshark
    • Jeff spits out a toy that sprays water, healing allies and visually interfering with enemies.

Adjusted Team-Up Abilities

• The Ever-Burning Bond (Removed)
  • Spider-Man and Human Torch
• Rocket Network (Peni Parker removed)
  • Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord

Times Square photo mode

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Group up with buddies to take pics in Times Square, which is also getting a new area to explore where you can duel other players and even have your match broadcast on the big screens.

New Hero Proficiency levels

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Got Lord on every hero? Well, now you can continue to rank them up with a whole bunch of new hero proficiency levels. You can unlock Units, Unstable Molecules, new titles, avatars, badges, and more by doing so.

New PvE mode soon

A new PvE mode on top of Marvel Zombies is promised “for the first half of 2026,” but no other details were revealed thus far.

New Accessories

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New equippable Accessories are being added for Deadpool, Rogue, Doctor Strange, Blade, Squirrel Girl, Iron Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Black Panther, and Storm.

Resource Rumble removed

The game mode that seemingly nobody liked is being removed to be iterated on and improved upon so it can return in a future season.

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The full list of patch notes is coming soon ahead of season six’s launch on Jan. 16

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