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What are seasonal boosts in Marvel Rivals? Seasonal boosts in Marvel Rivals are applied to specific characters during the ongoing season and are removed following the season. The boosts vary depending on the character. For Duelists, seasonal boosts provide increased damage output, while Vanguards benefit from increased health, and Strategists are given a boost in their healing capabilities. With these, characters are much stronger, and the system has proven to be controversial. Confusion has centered around the feature as the characters are listed as a \"Team-up Anchor,\" but the bonus is applied regardless of whether their Team-Up ability is activated. All season 1 seasonal boosts, listed All the seasonal boosts during season one are listed in the table below. When selecting your character before a match, you can view these in-game by viewing the hero overview screen. Character Class BoostBruce Banner\/Hulk Vanguard +150 max health Groot Vanguard +150 max health Venom Vanguard +150 max health Thor Vanguard +100 max health Hawkeye Duelist +15 percent damage boost Hela Duelist +15 percent damage boost Magik Duelist +15 percent damage boost Scarlet Witch Duelist +10 percent damage boost Spider-Man Duelist +10 percent damage boost Iron Fist Duelist +15 percent damage boost Rocket Raccoon Strategist +5 percent healing bonus Invisible Woman Strategist +15 percent healing bonus Adam Warlock Strategist +15 percent healing bonus Luna Snow Strategist +15 percent healing bonus Cloak & Dagger Strategist +15 percent healing bonus","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Marvel-Rivals-Spider-Man.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492548,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477872\/revisions\/1492548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1476538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477872"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1477872"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1477872"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1477872"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1477872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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Marvel Rivals <\/em>has made a swift impact following its launch, but some mechanics are causing confusion. If you’re looking for details on what seasonal boosts are, we’ve got you covered.<\/p>

With a stacked roster of over 30 characters<\/a>, all of whom you can play for free, Marvel Rivals<\/a> <\/em>looks to be here to stay and has attracted over 10 million players in just 72 hours<\/a>. As a live service game, changes will come, and there are already calls for removing seasonal boosts.<\/p>

Whether you’re looking to learn about the mechanic or a list of what heroes have boosts this season, we have all the details you need.<\/p>