Marvel Rivals Season 11 adds Nightcrawler

Marvel Rivals is set to begin Season 11 on November 13, 2026, at 09:00 UTC. The update will be accompanied by maintenance that is currently expected to take around two hours.

The season’s new playable hero is Nightcrawler. The update also brings new story content, including the Doomsday serial and a Nightcrawler lore entry titled Leap of Faith. Store additions include cosmetic bundles for Nightcrawler, Gambit and The Hood, along with other cosmetics and a new Nightcrawler animation.

Season content and technical changes

Season 11 introduces The Incursion Battle Pass, which contains 10 new costume sets. The announcement specifically highlights looks for Emma Frost, Mantis and Daredevil.

A seasonal narrative event, The Acts of Kurt Wagner, will run alongside the new season. It follows Nightcrawler as players work through Destiny’s prophecy and take on disaster-relief operations. The developer confirms that the event has rewards, but does not provide a full reward list in the announcement.

A new Twitch Drops campaign starts on November 13 at 12:00 UTC and ends on December 11 at 09:00 UTC. Its listed items include the Devil Dinosaur — Will of Galacta costume and related bundle content. Players who reach Gold tier in Season 11 can earn the Nightcrawler — Hope Soared costume reward.

Controller players will receive an optional Aim Assist Target Prediction setting. According to the patch notes, it is intended to make target changes between several opponents feel more natural, while remaining disabled unless the player turns it on. The in-game chat is also gaining a feature that recognizes game-specific proper nouns and localizes them for the player’s language.

For PC, the team is adding an experimental CPU optimization option through the launcher. Enabling it downloads an optimized client build. The developers estimate a CPU performance improvement of about 10%, with the goal of steadier frame rates during busy encounters. A client version optimized for NVIDIA RTX Spark devices is also launching, with support for DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Frame Generation and NVIDIA Reflex.

The patch further addresses issues affecting several heroes, maps, visual effects, sound and interface elements. The published notes mention fixes connected to The Thing, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Strange, Blade, Winter Soldier, Storm and White Fox.

What this means if you plan to buy

Season 11 offers new reasons to revisit Marvel Rivals whether you are interested in trying Nightcrawler, progressing through a Battle Pass, completing the seasonal event or following Twitch Drops. Keep the planned maintenance window in mind before the update begins.

For players considering in-game currency, see Marvel Rivals — Lattices, top-up by ID. Check the current price and order terms on the product page.