Marvel Rivals Season 2 and 2.5 Team-Ups: What Changed
Marvel Rivals Season 2 team-ups changed twice. Season 2 (April 11, 2025) added Arcane Order, Stars Aligned and Mental Projection. Season 2.5 (May 30, 2025) added six more: Chilling Assault, Jeff-nado, Operation: Microchip, Rocket Network, Stark Protocol and Symbiote Shenanigans, and the same patch removed Allied Agents, Ammo Overload, Chilling Charisma and Symbiote Bond.
Everything below comes from NetEase’s official balance posts for versions 20250411 and 20250530. One warning before you read on: this page records what happened back in 2025. Marvel Rivals is in Season 10.5 as of October 2026, and NetEase has reshuffled team-ups many times since, so check the in-game hero page before you build a comp around any pairing listed here.
What team-ups were added in Marvel Rivals Season 2?
Three, and all of them came with the Hellfire Gala launch patch on April 11, 2025. Emma Frost, the new Season 2 hero, anchored one of them.
| Team-up | Anchor | Bonus for the anchor | Who gets a new ability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane Order | Doctor Strange | +100 max health | Scarlet Witch (Mystic Burst) |
| Stars Aligned | Captain America | +100 max health, +5% damage | Winter Soldier (Stellar Impact) |
| Mental Projection | Emma Frost | +100 max health | Magneto (Magnetic Resonance), Psylocke (Soul Resurgence) |
Mental Projection was the one people actually ran. It was a three-hero team-up, so it fired more often than duos did, and Emma could anchor it for either a Magneto or a Psylocke player.
Which team-ups were cut or changed in Season 2?
Six older team-ups lost pieces. Voltaic Union (Thor with Captain America and Storm) and Metallic Chaos (Scarlet Witch with Magneto) disappeared outright, anchor bonus and all. The rest lost a piece each:
- Ammo Overload: Winter Soldier lost Infinite Grit.
- Chilling Charisma: Namor lost Frozen Spawn.
- Dimensional Shortcut, where Psylocke lost the Psionic Disc she had from Magik.
- Gamma Charge swapped partners. Doctor Strange lost Gamma Maelstrom, and Namor picked up Gamma Monstro from Hulk instead.
What changed with team-ups in Season 2.5?
A lot more. The version 20250530 balance post, which launched Ultron as a new hero, added six team-ups at once. Jeff the Land Shark ended up in two of them, which is rare for a single hero in one patch.
| Team-up | Anchor and bonus | New ability |
|---|---|---|
| Chilling Assault | Luna Snow, +15% healing | Hawkeye: Ice Arrow |
| Jeff-nado | No anchor bonus listed | Storm: Shark Surge; Jeff: It’s Jeff-nado! |
| Operation: Microchip | The Punisher, +25 max health, +5% damage | Black Widow: Pulse Rifle |
| Rocket Network | Rocket Raccoon, +5% healing, B.R.B. becomes a Web Beacon | Peni Parker: Armored Spider-Nest |
| Stark Protocol | Iron Man, +5% damage | Ultron: Nano-Ray |
| Symbiote Shenanigans | Venom, +150 max health | Jeff: Healing Tendrils |
Honestly, Jeff-nado got most of the attention because it’s the funniest thing in the patch. Symbiote Shenanigans did more for actual games, though: 150 extra health on a tank is a lot, and Jeff got a second healing tool on top. Funny enough, the same patch also took one away from him (Frozen Spitball, see below).
Which Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 team-ups were removed?
NetEase deleted four completely, with both the anchor effect and the ability gone. Why cut so many at once? The balance post doesn’t say.
- Allied Agents (Hawkeye with Black Widow), so Widow lost Supersensory Hunt.
- Ammo Overload. Rocket’s anchor bonus and The Punisher’s Infinite Punishment both went away.
- Chilling Charisma: Luna Snow’s anchor effect and Jeff’s Frozen Spitball.
- Symbiote Bond, which took Suit Expulsion from Spider-Man and Armor Expulsion from Peni Parker.
NetEase trimmed Gamma Charge again too: Iron Man lost Gamma Overdrive, leaving Hulk paired only with Namor. Notice the pattern? Most heroes who lost an ability got a new pairing with the same anchor. Rocket, Luna Snow and Venom each lost one team-up and got another in the same patch.
Which Season 2 team ups got nerfed in 2.5?
Four got number changes rather than removal:
- Atlas Bond (Iron Fist with Luna Snow): anchor damage boost cut from 15% to 10%.
- Fantastic Four: Storm Siblings, Wedded Harmony and Cooperative Comrades went from a 20 to a 25 second cooldown.
- Gamma Charge (Hulk with Namor), where Gamma Monstro’s cooldown rose from 15 to 20 seconds.
- Mental Projection lost damage on its illusions: Magnetic Resonance and Soul Resurgence went from 30% to 20%.
So the team-up that Season 2 introduced as its headline got nerfed seven weeks later. That’s fairly normal for Marvel Rivals, to be fair: strong new pairings usually get a cooldown or damage trim in the next balance post.
Do the Season 2 team-ups still work in 2026?
Some, not all. NetEase rotates team-ups almost every season, and many balance posts have edited the Season 2.5 list since. Short version? The in-game hero screen shows the current team-ups for each hero, and it’s the only list that’s always right. Put simply, use this page to understand what happened in 2025, not to plan a 2026 comp.
If you play the support side of these pairings, our Marvel Rivals healers overview covers how Luna Snow, Rocket and Jeff fit into a team. For one hero in depth, the Jeff the Land Shark guide goes through his kit, and our ranks guide explains where team-up picks start to matter in Competitive. The full original notes are in the official version 20250530 balance post, the best source if you want every Marvel Rivals Season 2 team ups number in one place.
FAQ
What new team-ups came in Marvel Rivals Season 2?
Season 2 (version 20250411, April 11, 2025) added Arcane Order (Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch), Stars Aligned (Captain America and Winter Soldier) and Mental Projection (Emma Frost with Magneto or Psylocke).
What team-ups were added in Season 2.5?
Six: Chilling Assault (Luna Snow and Hawkeye), Jeff-nado (Storm and Jeff), Operation: Microchip (The Punisher and Black Widow), Rocket Network (Rocket Raccoon and Peni Parker), Stark Protocol (Iron Man and Ultron) and Symbiote Shenanigans (Venom and Jeff).
Which team-ups were removed in Season 2.5?
Allied Agents, Ammo Overload, Chilling Charisma and Symbiote Bond were removed. Iron Man also lost Gamma Overdrive from the Gamma Charge team-up.
When did Season 2.5 start?
Season 2.5 started with version 20250530 on May 30, 2025. It added Ultron as a playable hero along with the six new team-ups.
Are Season 2 team-ups still in the game?
Not all of them. Team-ups have been changed in many balance posts since 2025. Check each hero’s page in the game client for the current list.
