Marvel Rivals Season 7,5 has a lot in store, from a new hero, Black Cat, to a new Blood Hunt PvE mode, the Return of Hellfire Gala, and the Path to Doomsday, and more!
Marvel Rivals Season 7.5: The Hunt is On arrives on Friday, April 17, adding Black Cat as a new duelist, a new PvE mode titled “Blood Hunt” featuring an all-new storyline four epic new Boss battles, a fresh hero progression and trait system and a a brand-new loot system will be added on a later date on April 23 via a small update.
In addition to the above new content, Season 7.5 will also introduce new features, team-ups, plenty of quality-of-life updates, and events such as the return of the Hellfire Gala.
The details on these, along with a better look at the contents of Season 7.5: The Hunt is On, were shared via Marvel Rivals’ latest Dev Vision, which aired on Wednesday, April 15.
Black Cat Joins the Battle
Here is how NetEase describes Black Cat’s abilities and playstyle:
Black Cat is an agile Duelist and an elusive master thief. With her exquisite martial arts and incredible mobility, she can infiltrate any location and weave through the battlefield with ease.
In combat, she uses wall-climbing and double-jumps to navigate between friend and foe, waiting for the perfect moment to steal her enemies’ Fortune with her grappling hook.
She then uses this stolen Fortune to buff her own combat power, unleashing enhanced claw strikes to deal heavy damage. Whether the enemy team is holding a tight defensive line or scattered across the map, Black Cat can use her Phantom Pursuit to close the gap, tear through their defenses with razor-sharp claws, and then safely disengage.
When she activates her Ultimate Ability, she issues a calling card to all enemies before striking like a phantom, instantly dashing to any target to deliver lethal damage.
What’s more, she can trade her stolen Fortune with the Gilded Saint, pulling rare treasures from the New York Thieves Guild’s vault, like the Ring of Zona, the Helm of Hades, and even the Mento-Fish once possessed by Namor. These artifacts not only boost her own abilities but also create unexpected tactical advantages for the whole team.
As mentioned earlier, the new mini-Season also adds a brand new Team-Up Ability as Black Cat, White Fox, and Captain America form the new Lucky Loan Team-Up.
Black Cat is the Team-Up Anchor, providing White Fox and Cap with some of her luck to boost their combat capabilities.
White Fox receives a special boost to her life energy and, upon activation, can channel this vitality into her Kumiho powers, launching multiple spectral fox tails in all directions.
These tails automatically seek out nearby targets: granting healing and a movement speed boost to allies, while dealing damage and applying a slow effect to enemies. Meanwhile, Captain America’s Vibranium shield also gets a lucky upgrade.
When raised, the shield’s protective radius is expanded, and its deflection becomes pinpoint accurate, bouncing enemy projectiles exactly where his crosshair is aiming.
The Hellfire Gala Begins
That said, when it comes to the mini-update on April 23 post-Season 7.5’s launch, we will get the 2026 Hellfire Gala event, which will introduce new themed costumes and exclusive cosmetics for Magik, Gambit, Moon Knight, Emma Frost, and Phoenix.
In addition, the Emma Frost - Gala Star costume, for players who don't remember, which was the winner of the 2025 Hellfire Gala community vote, will be given away for free to all players.
On top of that, there will be another community vote for the next Hellfire Gala costume. The hero with the most votes will receive an exclusive costume in next year’s Hellfire Gala, which players will again be able to earn for free.
There will be yet another mini-update on April 30, kicking off Phase 1 of the Path to Doomsday event, where an all-new mode, Path to Doomsday: The Avengers Mode, will let players experience the thrill of asymmetrical combat playing as or against Loki. Meanwhile, Times Square will feature a series of events.
More Optimizations
Running out of Disk Space? No worries. The Marvel Rivals team has optimized the PC client for the game by separating the High-Resolution Texture Pack into its own standalone DLC.
It will still download by default when you install the game, but if you are running low on disk space, you can now choose to uninstall this HD pack separately and free up around 35GB of storage.