Overview
- NetEase announced Tuesday that Season 9 launches on July 10 and will introduce Jubilee as the season’s first new hero.
- Jubilee is a Strategist (support) in the game who uses pyrotechnic projectiles that heal through vampiric life‑steal, has a short hover/dash movement, and can create healing zones for teammates.
- The season frames Jubilee as a Horseman of Apocalypse and gives her Team‑Up abilities that pair her with The Hood and Blade; The Hood is scheduled to join in a midseason update in August.
- NetEase is shipping a major rework to Team‑Up Abilities with selectable loadouts and enhanced effects when paired with specific heroes, alongside the studio’s largest balance pass of buffs and nerfs to date.
- Season 9 adds an Egyptian‑themed map and Battle Pass with new skins, and the choice to make Jubilee a vampire echoes a past comic arc where she was briefly turned and later cured, linking the game’s lore to Marvel history.