Max Mayfield is not declared dead, but anything can happen as twists and turns are expected.
The group devises a plan as Vecna searches for a fourth victim to build a new doorway that will finish his mission of bringing the Upside Down to our world.
Vecna has already marked Max, so she will use that to her advantage by turning off her music and luring him into attacking her.
Her companions attempt to assault him from all directions as this is happening, with Eleven attacking him in the astral plane and Steve, Nancy, and Robin going for his human form.
As Vecna ties Eleven up and begins to kill Max, things don’t exactly go as planned. Max levitates Eleven, breaks her limbs, and begins to pop her eyeballs.
Although Max appears to have passed away along with Barb, Bob, Alexei, and Eddie, it is later found that she is still alive and receiving medical care, with the idea being that Eleven’s astral projection restarted her heart and saved her.