Marvel Rivals Season 11 Doomsday Launch Time, Nightcrawler Kit, and Balance Changes
Season 11 maintenance starts November 13 at 9:00 a.m. UTC and is expected to last about two hours (1:00 to 3:00 a.m. PT, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. UTC+8). Nightcrawler joins as a Strategist, The Incursion Battle Pass opens with the season, and Twitch Drops run from 12:00 p.m. UTC that day to December 11.
Marvel Rivals Season 11, Doomsday, begins on November 13, 2026. Maintenance starts at 9:00 a.m. UTC and is expected to last about two hours. Nightcrawler joins after the update as a new Strategist, with The Incursion Battle Pass and a new round of Twitch Drops arriving the same day.
When does Season 11 go live?
Maintenance begins at 9:00 a.m. UTC on November 13 and is estimated to last two hours, which would run through 11:00 a.m. UTC (1:00 to 3:00 a.m. PT, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. UTC+8). Servers are offline during that window, and return times may vary. The season is playable after servers come back. Official social channels will post when they are up.
| Region | Maintenance starts | Estimated end |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | 9:00 a.m., Friday, Nov 13 | 11:00 a.m., Nov 13 |
| US Pacific (PST) | 1:00 a.m., Nov 13 | 3:00 a.m., Nov 13 |
| US Eastern (EST) | 4:00 a.m., Nov 13 | 6:00 a.m., Nov 13 |
| United Kingdom (GMT) | 9:00 a.m., Nov 13 | 11:00 a.m., Nov 13 |
| Central Europe (CET) | 10:00 a.m., Nov 13 | 12:00 p.m., Nov 13 |
| India (IST) | 2:30 p.m., Nov 13 | 4:30 p.m., Nov 13 |
| China, Singapore, Hong Kong (UTC+8) | 5:00 p.m., Nov 13 | 7:00 p.m., Nov 13 |
| Japan, South Korea | 6:00 p.m., Nov 13 | 8:00 p.m., Nov 13 |
| Sydney (AEDT) | 8:00 p.m., Nov 13 | 10:00 p.m., Nov 13 |
Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is available with the Season 11 launch. He is a Strategist for the first half of the season, built around blink and teleportation.
He can blink in and out of fights, pressure enemies at close range with fencing attacks, and throw Brimstone bombs that heal allies and damage enemies. He can also blink to an ally's side to support them, or carry them through the Brimstone dimension to get a teammate out of danger or dive in together. His ultimate teleports allies one by one to a target location, then pulls nearby enemies to him.
The seasonal story event The Acts of Kurt Wagner also starts with the season: team up with Nightcrawler, work through Destiny's prophecy, and take on disaster relief ops for event rewards.
Battle Pass: The Incursion
The Season 11 Battle Pass is called The Incursion. It includes 10 new heroic costume sets. The named highlights are Emma Frost - Seat of Winter, Mantis - Chronal Harmony, and Daredevil - The Man Without Fear.
Twitch Drops
Season 11 Twitch Drops run from November 13 at 12:00 p.m. UTC to December 11 at 9:00 a.m. UTC (8:00 p.m. on November 13 to 5:00 p.m. on December 11, UTC+8; 4:00 a.m. PT on November 13 to 1:00 a.m. PT on December 11). Watch-time rewards for Devil Dinosaur:
| Watch time | Reward |
|---|---|
| 30 minutes | Will of Galacta Spray |
| 1 hour | Will of Galacta Nameplate |
| 2 hours | Dino Treat Emotes |
| 4 hours | Will of Galacta Costume |
To claim them, link your Marvel Rivals and Twitch accounts, then watch a Marvel Rivals category livestream with Drops enabled. Redeem each reward in your Twitch Drops inventory before it expires, then collect it from in-game email. Those emails expire in 30 days. Each Twitch account can claim a given drop once, and watching more than one channel at a time does not speed this up.
Season 11.0 roadmap
Season 11.0 runs from November 13 through December 11:
- November 13: Nightcrawler, The Incursion Battle Pass, The Acts of Kurt Wagner, the Pickles Plush accessory, and store costumes for Nightcrawler (Steadfast Swordsman), Gambit (Versatile Valet), and The Hood (Astral Oblivion).
- November 20: Rivals' Day 2026, plus White Fox (Shining Moment) and Rocket Raccoon and Jeff the Land Shark (Gaming Life).
- November 27: the Incursion Point map, the Galactic Center area in Times Square, Van Dyne: Idea Matrix, Loki (Shining Moment), and Scarlet Witch and Moon Knight (Gaming Life).
- December 4: Magik and Storm (Shining Moment), Star-Lord (Gaming Life), and Human Torch (Incursion).
- December 11: Season 11.5 (coming soon).
Season 11 also marks the game's second anniversary. Dracula is part of Season 11 and arrives after Nightcrawler. He doesn't have a release date yet.
Buffs and nerfs
The Version 20261113 balance post, dated November 10, lands with the season. It is a large pass across Vanguards, Duelists, and almost every Strategist. The update pulls some power out of dominant anchor Vanguards and scales back Strategist survivability a bit, while adjusting combat tools hero by hero.
| Hero | Role | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Angela | Vanguard | Buff to her ground form, including Axes of Ichors damage and Divine Judgement buffs that no longer require staying in the domain. |
| Devil Dinosaur | Vanguard | Nerf. Shorter Savage Predation control, a weaker Buddy Barrier, and less Bonus Health from Apex Advantage. |
| Doctor Strange | Vanguard | Nerf to Shield of the Seraphim (value 850 to 800, recovery 60/s to 50/s), plus Team-Up tweaks. |
| Emma Frost | Vanguard | Nerf to Mind's Aegis and a change to Psychic Spear from 25% max health damage to 60 + 10% max health. |
| Peni Parker | Vanguard | Nerf. Cyber-Web Cluster explosion damage 15 to 12; Arachno-Mine detonation delay 0.6s to 0.7s. |
| Wolverine | Duelist | Nerf. Feral Leap cooldown 12s to 15s, and less Rage bonus damage on Last Stand. |
| Phoenix | Duelist | Nerf to Spark detonation damage and Endsong Inferno Spark stacks. |
| Elsa Bloodstone | Duelist | Nerf. Double-Barrel Blaster damage falloff now starts at 10m instead of 20m, plus a Devil Dinosaur Team-Up nerf. |
| Winter Soldier | Duelist | Nerf to Roterstern falloff and spell field damage (45 to 40). |
| Black Cat | Duelist | Buff. More Fortune from Feline Fury, plus a stronger Black Panther Team-Up. |
| Black Widow | Duelist | Buff to Electro-Plasma Blast, with survivability added to the Hawkeye Team-Up. |
| Star-Lord | Duelist | Buff. Galactic Legend Element Guns ammo 40 to 50, and a shorter Cosmic Soul cooldown on the Human Torch Team-Up. |
| Human Torch | Duelist | Fire Cluster spread is now fixed instead of random. |
| Squirrel Girl | Duelist | Mixed. Lower Burst Acorn damage, a new Acorn Rain from Squirrel Blockade, a Mammal Bond attack speed window, and 25 Bonus Health on Tail Bounce. |
| Ultron | Strategist | Nerf to Imperative: Firewall Bonus Health (40 to 25) and the movement speed boost (20% to 10%). |
| Luna Snow | Strategist | Absolute Zero freeze shortened from 2.7s to 1.5s. The White Fox Team-Up is reworked, and the Adam Warlock Team-Up is buffed. |
| Mantis | Strategist | Mixed. Non-crits now grant 0.3 Life Orbs, but Spore Slumber sleep is 3.5s to 1.5s, Allied Inspiration costs 2 Life Orbs, and Nature's Favor self-heal is reduced. |
| Cloak & Dagger | Strategist | Mixed. Dagger Storm cooldown and self-heal are nerfed; Darkforce Cloak damage is up, veils move faster, and hits reduce Dagger Storm's cooldown. |
| Adam Warlock | Strategist | Mixed. Avatar Life Stream initial heal 95 to 55, but bounces rise from 2 to 4. |
| White Fox | Strategist | Mixed. Weaker default-form tools, a stronger and longer Fox Form Awakening, and Kumiho Unleashed can now receive ally healing. |
Groot, Rogue, Venom, Deadpool's Vanguard kit, Gambit, Invisible Woman, Jubilee, Loki, and Rocket Raccoon also get changes in this update.