Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Release Date Blade Abilities and Key Updates

Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 is set to launch on Friday August 8 2025. Servers will be down for a few hours for the update but once complete players will get access to all the new features. Following the fast update schedule Season 4 should arrive just a month after this mid season refresh.

The big highlight of Season 3.5 is the debut of Blade a fan favorite vampire hunter. Blade brings both sword and shotgun combat to the game. His special abilities include sword attacks with his ancestral blade and firing his shotgun pistol for range. His ultimate move Sword of Dracula lets him dash through enemies and strike with powerful sword blows. With Blood Liberation Blade heals himself when attacking but cannot be healed by allies during that time. He also has a block that reduces damage and a Step and Chop ability for quick dashes and strikes. Blade has a health pool of 350.

A brand new game mode called Resource Rumble arrives on August 22 two weeks after Season 3.5 launches. In Resource Rumble players will battle for control of resources on a fresh map called Throne of Knull. The mode will begin in quickplay for feedback before being added to competitive matches.

Season 3.5 brings many changes to team up abilities. New combos are being added while some old ones are being tweaked or removed. For example Duality Dance lets Luna Snow damage an enemy and heal herself by tethering to them. Vibrant Vitality gives Mantis new healing effects while Groot and Loki share healing and damage bonuses. Several heroes gain new or updated synergies for unique strategies.

The update also improves game fairness and community experience. Penalties for quitting ranked matches are becoming stricter with longer bans and more points lost. Players who stay will receive some bonus points to soften the blow of a poor match and surrendering will require fewer votes. To make social play friendlier NetEase is updating its chat monitoring tools. In game voice chat will be automatically screened and there are more options for muting certain words in text chat.

In summary Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 brings a new hero Blade an exciting team up refresh fresh game modes and important quality of life changes to the game. Stay tuned for more new heroes and features in the next season.

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