Marvel Rivals Season 11: Nightcrawler Release Time, Battle Pass and Balance
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Season 11 brings Nightcrawler, a 10-costume Battle Pass called The Incursion and a maintenance window of about two hours that begins at 09:00 UTC on November 13, 2026. The patch notes went up on Steam on November 12. The IGNITE 2026 Grand Finals follow ten days later in Stockholm.
Last updated November 13, 2026. Sources: the Version 20261113 patch notes and the balance post on Steam, November 12, 2026.
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Season 11 start time in your time zone
| Region | Update begins (November 13) | Twitch Drops open (November 13) |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| New York (ET) | 4:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
| Los Angeles (PT) | 1:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| London | 9:00 AM | 12:00 PM |
| Paris | 10:00 AM | 1:00 PM |
Maintenance is estimated at 2 hours. The Twitch Drops run until December 11, 2026 at 09:00 UTC and include the Devil Dinosaur costume Will of Galacta plus related bundle content.
Nightcrawler, the Battle Pass and the store
Nightcrawler’s lore story is called Leap of Faith, and the new serial is Doomsday. The Incursion Battle Pass holds 10 costume sets. Emma Frost (Seat of Winter), Mantis (Chronal Harmony) and Daredevil (The Man Without Fear) are the highlights. The Season 11.0 Gold-tier rank reward is the Nightcrawler costume Hope Soared. Players can also team up with Nightcrawler in a seasonal story event, The Acts of Kurt Wagner, to decipher Destiny’s prophecy and lead disaster relief operations.
| Hero | In the store from 9:00 UTC on November 13 |
|---|---|
| Nightcrawler | Steadfast Swordsman bundle, X-Force, emoji bundle, Take a Seat animation, Pickles Plush accessory |
| Gambit | Versatile Valet bundle |
| The Hood | Astral Oblivion bundle |
| Mantis | Chronal Harmony, with a Sundial Shadow chroma and ultimate ability VFX |
Ten College Perk costumes rotate in Season 11.
| Hero | College Perk costume |
|---|---|
| Groot | Yggroot |
| Luna Snow | Mirae 2099 |
| Storm | Goddess of Thunder |
| White Fox | Yoon Ji-Woo: The Leader |
| Black Cat | Urban Predator |
| Captain America | Cursed Captain |
| Daredevil | Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 |
| Moon Knight | Eclipse Knight |
| Emma Frost | Black Queen of the Marauders |
| Loki | Presidential Attire |
Angela and Deadpool in the balance post
| Hero | Change |
|---|---|
| Angela | Axes of Ichors damage on the first three strikes goes from 30 to 35. After Divine Judgement she keeps the Movement Speed and Bonus Health buffs for 6 seconds without staying in the domain, and using Wingblade Ascent in that window removes them. In dual-axe form, Bonus Health per Axes of Ichors hit goes from 50 to 55, and damage to enemies inside Divine Judgement goes from 12.5 to 15 per second |
| Deadpool (Vanguard) | The Big Test no longer gives 50 Bonus Health to nearby allies, and the Bonus Health he gives himself rises from 300 to 400. The upgraded version also drops the ally Bonus Health on each strike |
Angela’s first strikes gain about 17% damage and her domain damage 20%, while Deadpool’s personal Bonus Health rises by a third (ESTNN arithmetic). The developer says Vanguard Deadpool players tend to favor The Ban Hammer over swapping to The Big Test. The change is meant to make the second ultimate competitive again.
IGNITE 2026 Grand Finals and the Championship
| Stage | Dates | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | November 23 to 25 | 12 teams in Groups A and B, 6 each, best-of-3 single round-robin, top 4 of each group advance |
| Main Event | November 27 to 29 | 8 teams in double elimination, cross-group matchups in round one, first two Upper Bracket rounds best-of-3, then best-of-5, best-of-7 Grand Final |
The 12 teams come from the Americas (4), EMEA (4), China (2) and the Pacific (2). In-game predictions for the Group Stage close on November 23 at 12:50 UTC, with one change allowed until November 25 at 12:50 UTC. Main Event predictions close on November 28 at 09:50 UTC, ten minutes before the first match of the second day.
Season 11 of the Marvel Rivals Championship also kicks off with Open Qualifiers, where completing at least 6 matches earns rewards, and it closes the 2026 Championship Points race. The top Factions of the season and the top teams on the points leaderboard are invited to the IGNITE Series Annual Qualifier for a 2027 Pro Circuit spot. More dates sit on our esports calendar.
Controller aim assist
Controller players get an optional aim assist change, switched on with Aim Assist Target Prediction in Settings. It smooths switching between several enemies.
PC and client changes
The PC launcher has an experimental client build, compiled with a new Intel compiler and profile-guided optimization, that the developer expects to lift CPU performance by about 10%. A client version for NVIDIA RTX Spark devices supports DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Frame Generation and NVIDIA Reflex. Chat now localizes game proper nouns automatically.
Bug fixes
| Hero or map | Fix |
|---|---|
| The Thing | Bonus Health no longer vanishes when the Unbreakable Forces effect ends |
| Mister Fantastic | No longer casts Distended Hammer and Stretch Punch at the same time in brawling stance (Clobberin’ Research Dept. Team-Up, enhanced effect) |
| Doctor Strange | Moving toward his portal no longer sometimes sends players the opposite way |
| Blade | Stutter during Daywalker Dash fixed |
| Birnin T’Challa map | An abnormal space that caused character positioning errors was fixed |
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