Marvel Rivals Update: Scarlet Witch Nerfed, Moon Knight Debuts

Marvel Rivals' Version 20260917 update went live on September 17 at 09:00 UTC with no server downtime, and it packs a lot into a patch billed as a quiet week: a targeted nerf to Scarlet Witch's ultimate, a new Moon Knight lore drop with a matching cosmetic bundle, MVP animations for the X-Men '97 Season 2 Rogue and Gambit skins, two limited-time Jeff the Land Shark events, and a handful of bug fixes. Here's everything that changed and how it affects Season 10.

01Scarlet Witch's Reality Erasure Gets Reined In

The update's only balance change targets Scarlet Witch. NetEase Games' patch notes state the team "significantly reduced the probability of the Scarlet Witch being immune to incoming damage during Reality Erasure (Ultimate Ability) wind up." In plain terms, the brief damage immunity she flashed while starting her ultimate was firing far more often than intended, letting her shrug off burst damage that should have interrupted the cast. That window should now close far more often, giving Duelists and Vanguards a real chance to punish the wind-up instead of watching their combo evaporate.

It's a narrow fix rather than a full ultimate rework, and Scarlet Witch's damage output and cooldown are untouched. Treat this as a survivability nerf: expect slightly fewer Reality Erasures to go off uncontested in ranked, especially against dive compositions that were already committing cooldowns to interrupt her.

02Moon Knight's New Moon Rising Story Drops

The bigger content beat is a lore expansion called New Moon Rising, which pushes Moon Knight's in-game story forward and ships alongside the Eternity Knight Bundle. The bundle follows Marvel Rivals' usual structure for a hero cosmetic set: a full outfit, portrait, and four matching weapon skins built around Moon Knight's Egyptian-god motif, distinct from his launch look. There's no word yet on a permanent price for players who miss the current rotation, so treat this as a limited window if you want the set at whatever it's currently listed for in the shop.

03X-Men '97 Season 2 MVPs Arrive for Rogue and Gambit

The Rogue and Gambit costumes tied to the X-Men '97 Season 2 crossover, which launched with the Version 20260903 update, finally get their MVP animation named Sugah. NetEase Games confirmed bundle prices are unchanged and that players who already own everything in the corresponding Rogue or Gambit bundles receive the new MVP automatically, at no extra cost. If you bought either costume in September expecting the animation later, this patch is that promised follow-up.

Two smaller cosmetic touches round out the update: a Jeff-Pool chroma variant for Jeff the Land Shark's Gwenpool costume, and gifting support for PYO Bundles through the game's Lattice currency, so those bundles can now be sent to friends rather than bought only for yourself.

04Two New Jeff Events and the Pop & Win Rotation

Version 20260917 also opens two limited-time Jeff the Land Shark events. Jeff's Dream Eater runs September 17 through October 15 and offers a free Venom "President Ozzy" costume as a login or progression reward. Jeff's Superstar Search runs the shorter September 17 to October 9 window and has players collecting stars that unlock sprays, titles, and nameplates rather than a full costume.

Alongside the events, the Pop & Win storefront rotation is spotlighting a pajama-party pairing: Jubilee's Vampy Jammies and Magneto's Master of Slumber, both discounted through October 16. None of this is mandatory content, but the Dream Eater costume is free for anyone who logs in and plays during the window, which makes it the one item worth prioritizing if your Season 10 time is limited.

05Bug Fixes and Quality-of-Life Changes

The patch also closes out four smaller issues: a bug that prevented switching Team-Ups while playing as a randomized Deadpool in Clone Rumble, a texture problem on Jeff's Ducky Dip emote, an inconsistent eye model on Peni Parker's Liquid Shell costume, a teeth texture glitch on Doctor Strange's Astral Arcana skin, and missing audio on Emma Frost's Psychic Spear ability while wearing her Glittering Goddess costume. None of these affect competitive balance, but they're worth knowing if you'd noticed the visual glitches in previous Season 10 matches.

06What This Means Going Into Season 10

With Season 10's Gorr the God Butcher content and Godbomb Battle Pass already live from the Version 20260911 update, this patch reads as a maintenance pass rather than a meta shakeup: one narrow survivability nerf, a story and cosmetic drop for Moon Knight, and loose ends tied off for the X-Men '97 crossover. If you're grinding ranked, the Scarlet Witch change is the only line that should change how a match plays out; everything else is worth checking only if you care about the cosmetics or the free Dream Eater reward.