Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 Drops: Massive Patch Changes Revealed!

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Welcome, Rivals! The crippled is getting a large update called Season 9.5, and it brings a brand-new hero, a chill caller mode to bargain costumes, a escaped event, and tons of bug fixes. Think of this similar a "mid-season refresh"—new toys to play with and immoderate cleanup nether the hood.

Here is your easy-to-read usher to everything coming connected August 7th, 2026, astatine 09:00:00 (UTC).

Important Note: The crippled volition spell down for maintenance for astir 2 hours starting astatine that time. You won’t beryllium capable to play during this window.

All-New Content

New Hero: The Hood

Dark magic meets thoroughfare hustle!
A caller playable character, The Hood, is joining the roster. He uses acheronian mystical powers mixed with a street-smart warring style. If you similar characters who teleport, sprout pistols, and usage spooky magic, he’s your guy.

New Lore Stories

Love the backstory? Two caller lore entries are being added to the game’s archive:

The Hood: "Carved successful Stone" – Learn however helium got his powers.
Moon Knight: "Faces of the Moon" – A deeper look astatine Marc Spector’s galore personalities.

The Big Store Change: PYO Bundles (Pick Your Own)

This is the most important alteration for your wallet.

What is simply a PYO Bundle?

Imagine walking into a candy store. Before, you had to bargain a pre-made "Mystery Box" of 5 candies for $10, adjacent if you lone wanted 2 of them.

Now, with PYO (Pick Your Own):

You spot a database of disposable items (costumes, emotes, emojis).
You check the boxes lone for the circumstantial things you want.
The price automatically updates to lucifer your selection.
The full terms is precisely the same arsenic buying the aged modular bundle—you conscionable don’t wage for worldly you don’t want.

Pro Tip: This week’s 3 caller costumes are launching utilizing this caller PYO system. Go physique your cleanable bundle!

New Items successful the Store (Available Aug 7th)

Here is the afloat buying database dropping with the update:

Character Bundles (Outfits + Extras):

The Hood – Sinful Blackout Bundle
Iron Fist – Furious Flow Bundle
Moon Knight – Fist of Khonshu Bundle

Individual Costumes:

The Hood – Oblivion’s Whisper

Emoji Bundles (Fun chat stickers):

Furious Flow Emoji Bundle
The Hood Emoji Bundle

Cool Extras:

Iron Fist – Furious Flow Chroma Variants (Blackened Rage & Cobalt Cruiser) + Ultimate Ability VFX (Special ocular effects for his ult).
The Hood Accessory – Madrecita Plush (A cute backpack charm).

Season Event: Creed of Akabba

Play the crippled → Complete Missions → Get a Free Legendary Skin!

Reward: The Punisher – Sandstorm Soldier Costume (Totally Free!).
How it works: Log successful during the season, cheque the "Events" tab, and decorativeness the circumstantial missions listed there.
Premium Track: There is besides a paid way you tin unlock with Units (premium currency) for other rewards, but the Punisher tegument is connected the Free track.

Times Square Event: Movie Night!

Head to the Times Square map and find the viewing area.

What to do: Stand and ticker clips from Captain America: The Winter Soldier (and Avengers: Age of Ultron alternating hourly).
The Challenge: Watch continuously for 2 minutes.
Reward: An Exclusive Spray (graffiti tag for your profile/maps).
When: Aug 7th, 09:00 UTC → Aug 27th, 09:00 UTC.

Why it’s cool: It’s a escaped cosmetic conscionable for hanging retired successful the crippled world!

Twitch Drops: Watch Streams, Get Loot

Link your Marvel Rivals relationship to Twitch, ticker participating streamers, and gain rewards automatically.

Main Prize: Elsa Bloodstone – Will of Galacta Costume (+ related bundle goodies).
When: Aug 7th, 12:00 UTC → Sept 4th, 09:00 UTC.
How: Go to Settings → Account → Link Twitch. Then ticker immoderate streamer with "Drops Enabled" for the required clip (usually 30-60 mins per reward).

Fixes & Optimizations (The "Boring" But Important Stuff)

The devs squashed a clump of annoying bugs and made the crippled instrumentality up little abstraction connected your hard drive!

Smaller Install Size (All Platforms)

They compressed textures better. Your hard thrust volition convey you:

PC: ~30% smaller instal size!
Xbox Series X|S & PS5: ~20% smaller.
PS4: ~7% smaller.

Hero Bug Fixes

No much "wait, that wasn’t expected to happen" moments.

Hero The Bug (Simplified) The Fix

Peni Parker	Showed incorrect "KO" icon erstwhile defeating enemies with Cyber-Web Cluster + Black Panther Team-Up.	Fixed. Clean clusters only.
Rocket Raccoon	Repair Mode charges refilled abnormally aft utilizing Planet X Pals Team-Up.	Fixed. Tech is "up to spec."
Cloak & Dagger	Still got frozen/controlled by Emma Frost’s Ult even after utilizing Frozen Haven Team-Up to frost themselves (which should marque them immune).	Fixed. They tin present "chill successful peace."
Namor	His Monstro Spawns (minions) chased Rocket’s healing acorns alternatively of enemies.	Fixed. Eyes connected the existent prizes.
Cloak & Dagger	Cloak couldn’t usage Terror Cape quality erstwhile The Hood Team-Up was selected.	Fixed. Darkforce channels restored!

Map Fixes

Thebes (Angela): Fixed a spot successful a corridor wherever Angela would get stuck and incapable to move. She’s backmost connected the hunt!
Times Square: Fixed a bug wherever Team-Up statuses disappeared aft leaving a party/team successful the lobby. Synergy stays beardown now.

Summary: Your Season 9.5 Checklist

Mark Calendar: Update drops Aug 7th, 09:00 UTC (2hr maintenance).
Try The Hood: New hero, acheronian magic playstyle.
Check the Store: Use the caller PYO Bundle strategy to bargain only the costumes/emotes you want.
Grind the Event: Play matches → Finish Creed of Akabba missions → Get Free Punisher Skin.
Visit Times Square: Watch movie clips for 2 mins → Get Free Spray (Ends Aug 27).
Link Twitch: Watch streams → Get Free Elsa Bloodstone Skin (Ends Sept 4).
Enjoy More Space: Game instal is importantly smaller (especially connected PC!).

FAQ: Your Questions Answered

1. Do I person to wage for the Punisher "Sandstorm Soldier" skin?

Nope! It is connected the Free Reward track of the "Creed of Akabba" event. You conscionable request to play the crippled and implicit the lawsuit missions earlier the play ends.

2. Will the caller PYO Bundles marque costumes much expensive?

Definitely not. The developers stated clearly: "The adaptive terms of the PYO Bundle remains precisely the aforesaid arsenic the erstwhile modular bundles for equivalent content." You are conscionable paying for precisely what you pick, alternatively than a fixed package.

3. I play connected PC. How overmuch abstraction volition I save?

Approximately 30%. If the crippled took up 100GB before, it mightiness lone instrumentality ~70GB now. A immense triumph for SSD space!

4. How bash I get the Twitch Drop tegument for Elsa Bloodstone?

Go to Settings > Account successful Marvel Rivals and Link your Twitch account.
Between Aug 7 – Sept 4, ticker any streamer playing Marvel Rivals with the "Drops Enabled" tag.
Watch for the required clip (usually 30-60 mins), assertion the driblet successful your Twitch inventory, and it appears successful your game.

5. Are the Hero fixes unrecorded close now?

They spell unrecorded after the attraction finishes connected August 7th. If you are speechmaking this earlier then, the bugs inactive exist. Once the servers travel backmost up, they should beryllium gone!