NetEase is launching Monster Hunter as part of the main feature for Marvel Rivals Season 6.5, and the mid-season update is scheduled for a February 13, 2026, rollout at 11:00 AM UTC. For players in India, that’s the same day at 4:30 PM IST as the servers come back online after a brief maintenance period. Elsa is coming to the game as the 47th playable hero, joining the already packed roster with another supernatural hero specialist.
Her entry thus marks the culmination of a tease pattern over a months-long stretch. Elsa’s entry into the world beyond the shadows began at The Game Awards 2025, in Season 6’s trailer for “Night at the Museum,” as she faced off against Deadpool as a narrative antagonist in the chaotic museum controlled by the Collector.
Initial reports highlighted Deadpool as the premier season launch character, taking center stage come January 16, 2026, while Elsa was rumored to follow as a drop in mid-February as part of the 6.5 update of Season 6. Industry specialist Miller Ross later further confirmed Elsa as the 47th playable character, directly relating Elsa’s release to the Marvel Rivals 6.5 release in February.
As it were, while NetEase is still keeping her role and ability kit a secret, it is expected that Elsa will be a duelist or a hero focused primarily on dealing damage, in line with her comicbook and multimedia presence as a powerful monster-hunting heroine. The datamining done a few months ago already indicated that a hero featuring Elsa Bloodstone is in the works, and the developer has a precedent for releasing similar gallery card teasers in a future year.
