Marvel Rivals Season 11 adds Nightcrawler and aim assist option in version 20261113
Marvel Rivals version 20261113 starts Season 11 on 13 November with new hero Nightcrawler, a new Battle Pass, an aim assist option and bug fixes.
Marvel Rivals Season 11 arrives with version 20261113, bringing Nightcrawler as the new hero. NetEase says the update begins at 9:00 UTC on 13 November 2026, which is 8:00pm AEDT in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart that Friday night (7:00pm in Brisbane, 7:30pm in Adelaide and 5:00pm in Perth). NetEase estimates the maintenance will last 2 hours.
New content
- Nightcrawler is the new hero, alongside a new serial, Doomsday, and Nightcrawler lore called Leap of Faith.
- Battle Pass: The Incursion has 10 new costume sets, with Emma Frost, Mantis and Daredevil among the highlights.
- Season event: The Acts of Kurt Wagner has you team up with Nightcrawler to decipher Destiny’s prophecy and run disaster relief ops for rewards.
- Rank rewards: the Season 11.0 Gold-tier costume is Nightcrawler - Hope Soared.
- Store: new bundles for Nightcrawler, Gambit and The Hood, plus emoji bundles and a Nightcrawler Pickles Plush accessory.
- Twitch Drops run from 13 November to 11 December, including the Devil Dinosaur - Will of Galacta costume.
Controls and performance
- Aim Assist Target Prediction is a new optional setting that makes switching aim assist between enemies smoother. It only applies if you switch it on, so current habits aren’t disturbed.
- Chat translation now spots game-specific proper nouns and localises them into your language.
- Experimental CPU optimisation: PC players can enable it in the launcher. NetEase expects roughly a 10% CPU performance boost and steadier frame rates in busy fights.
- NVIDIA RTX Spark: there’s a client version optimised for these devices, with support for DLSS Super Resolution, DLSS Frame Generation and NVIDIA Reflex.
Esports
The Marvel Rivals IGNITE 2026 Grand Finals take place from 23 to 29 November in Stockholm, Sweden, with 12 teams. After maintenance, the in-game Esports system opens match predictions and event missions that reward sprays and Chrono Tokens.
Season 11 of the Marvel Rivals Championship also starts. Completing at least 6 Open Qualifiers matches earns your roster Units and loot.
Fixes
- Heroes: the Thing’s Unbreakable Forces bonus health no longer vanishes when it ends, Mister Fantastic can’t cast two abilities at once in brawling stance with the enhanced Clobberin’ Research Dept. Team-Up, Doctor Strange’s portal no longer sends you the wrong way, and Blade’s Daywalker Dash stutter is fixed.
- Maps: Overtime music no longer cuts out in certain situations, and a spatial glitch in Birnin T’Challa that caused positioning errors is fixed.
- Other: Blood Hunt effects reactivate after reconnecting, and several costume glitches for Doctor Strange, Winter Soldier, Storm and White Fox are fixed.
