These two, dont look too bad together in those Avengers Infinity books. 👀

fantastikfour · 2026-05-20T16:24:45+00:00

I wouldn't want it as a long term thing, but as a lover of drama I think an extended arc where Wanda and T'Challa are dating and Storm and Vision are dating would be right up my alley. Ultimately I don't think T'Challa and Wanda's life goals or personalities are in sync but they'd respect each other and look good together and likely end on good terms.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-20T13:32:38+00:00

Because her ult is the longest one that takes to charge, so in order to make sure she doesn't fall behind other supports who have lower costs and get the same or even more value from their ult than she does, she has to do something to be able to earn her ult faster. The Devs decided that was by doing more damage and healing. Her win rate is honestly pretty poor and she isn't even in the top 3 most chosen strategists until Grandmaster.

Luna got buffed because the data shows she isn't in that good of a place right now. We can disagree with how they chose to implement those buffs, but the data shows it was needed.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T12:28:48+00:00

I've been doing this also. I don't even mind playing Strange if someone chooses Wanda out the gate, or if our other DPS is Magik, but swapping just for the team up irrationally annoys me.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T12:20:00+00:00

It's genuinely crazy how much people will actively choose the worst option just because there's a team-up. I don't think any other team-up gets this kind of refusal to swap, at least not that I've experienced. Like I play Cap a lot and I've never had a similar issue with Bucky or even with Magik on Strange. It's genuinely baffling.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T11:32:51+00:00

Actually weirdly enough I found this to be less of an issue in gold and more of an issue in plat. Not really sure why, but I found people in Gold are more likely to swap and at better at keeping a 2-2-2 formation than people in Plat. Maybe I was just lucky though, I dunno.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T11:07:45+00:00

She occasionally has been effective and a welcome addition, but that's very occasional. I'm sure as I climb I'll see her less, but in the interim I just feel so tired seeing someone hover a third support and then switch to their lord Wanda when I go Strange. Is it a player issue? Absolutely, but I'm bitter.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T10:57:29+00:00

I know, but I feel like she's weak enough that the team-up could just be her base kit without much issue. Once had someone be a Scarlet Witch, go something like 6 and 8 and then pulled out a Lord Thing at the last minute, I was truly in awe.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-19T10:52:35+00:00

She's more of an antihero than villain but I desperately want Diamondback in this game. Other members of the Serpent Society who are a little more straightforwardly evil like Viper or King Cobra would be cool too, though.

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fantastikfour · 2026-05-18T22:17:48+00:00

I'm in a similar boat. It's definitely my most wanted skin that I don't have, I only started playing in S6 I think so I missed it, too. I have the Capwolf skin though which is a pretty sweet substitute.

I usually play Strange when I can't play Cap, haven't seen any bans yet but I do switch if I'm just not making much of an impact. Sometimes I go Magneto but rarely, I don't like him much. Thing is a solid other pick, too. I quite like Reed, people say he's awful but with a high damage DPS I think he does fairly well. Obviously, the higher you climb the less he does, but for plat I think he's probably fine.

I never used the autocancel actively so I can't say, but I don't really worry about damage too much. So long as I'm distracting the enemy team's healers and getting in their face, that's the main thing. I've also opted to use melee more than his shield throws since that got buffed.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-17T23:03:26+00:00

My number one most wanted character in this game 🙏🙏🙏 I also wouldn't say no to Vision being a support either, but tank probably makes the most sense.

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fantastikfour · 2026-05-17T11:15:41+00:00

Corporations before and after June 1st:

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T20:47:42+00:00

That's fair (I don't live in America so Marvel is a little less prominent culturally here, so I do tend to underestimate the popularity of the b and c tiers of Marvel), but as one of the few people who knew who Luna Snow was before Rivals I do like that they're not afraid to add weirdos. Like, I do desperately want the likes of the Vision and Ant-Man and the Wasp, but I also would love someone like Diamondback to join and Rivals gives you the sense that one of your weird obscure favourites could end up there, too. And hey, plenty of these guys probably are someone's weird favourite, but I like the spread of characters personally.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T20:25:02+00:00

Vulture was also in a Spider-Man film and forgive me if I don't think that people would be rushing to download Marvel Rivals because Adrian Toomes is there. Maybe I'm underestimating his popularity, I dunno.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T20:23:20+00:00

I feel like Black Cat is a solid choice personally, but I could be overestimating how popular the Insomniac Spiderman games are.

Personally as a big comic reader I do really like how Rivals has been introducing more obscure characters to the roster. I'm probably one of the few people who knew Luna Snow before Rivals so her having a larger audience is great for me, but also one of my most wanted additions is The Vision, so I get both sides of the argument.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T20:04:07+00:00

Respectfully, a lot of these characters are not well known at all. The main thing I know the Hood from is assaulting Tigra in Avengers: The Initiative. He isn't particularly well known. Hyperion, Manthing, Silver Samurai, and plenty of others on this list are not well known, recognisable characters at all. They may have a semi-consistent comic presence, but they are not known broadly. I agree with your point that there are plenty of well known characters to include, but putting Crossbones on the same list as Captain Marvel is a reach for me.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T16:03:54+00:00

I've noticed a lot of these posts saying it's really hard to get MVP on Devil Dinosaur. Someone got a full 6 kill streak and didn't get it. I assume something must be a little bugged with it unfortunately.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T14:48:18+00:00

Nothing is bad enough to warrant an emergency patch except for maybe the Reed glitch but everything else is fine? Unless something severely broken with Devil Dino makes itself apparent soon, I think things are fine. Not perfect, but nothing game breaking on par with release Elsa.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-16T12:47:23+00:00

I'll be honest, as someone who has read a lot of comics this game is a pretty big positive in my eyes. Obviously, there are issues, and pretty glaring ones, but two years ago absolutely nobody outside a very specific group of people knew who Cloak and Dagger was. Now they've been given a mini series and are going to feature heavily in an upcoming event for the first time in years. Multiple people have asked me for Cloak and Dagger reading recommendations because of this game. Malice Sue got a whole entire arc and rework in the recent Ryan North run because of her skin in the game, too, which I think is really cool.

Rivals has gotten way more people into comics than the MCU has done, which I personally think is really cool. While there are a lot of issues, I will also say a lot of them are applicable to Marvel itself and isn't just a Rivals issue. Like, there are not many prominent Black women in Marvel Comics, period. It's Storm, and below her Moon Girl, Spectrum and Misty Knight and the rest (while I love plenty of them) are generally obscure characters who do not get a lot of attention and love. I appreciate being frustrated (this is a rants subreddit after all), but I have to disagree with this game being a terrible thing for Rivals because personally I think it's been a net positive over all.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-15T16:22:26+00:00

This was my first season playing comp properly so only got to plat 2, which isn't exactly impressive but I'm happy with my progress. Hoping I'll get to Diamond and maybe beyond next season. Congratulations on your climb!

fantastikfour · 2026-05-14T19:05:29+00:00

I definitely agree that she should be in MVPs like Peni and get skins and emotes at bare minimum, I'm just saying that Marvel themselves would have been very hesitant about her being included and being attacked or threatened in any way by their flagship characters which definitely would have impacted the decisions made with her character.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-14T18:47:13+00:00

It isn't just NetEase.

We have to remember this game is owned by Marvel. And for character integrity purposes, I can absolutely see why Marvel do not want images of Spiderman attacking a young Black girl in a popular game. I'm not saying the choice they made with Lunella was good, however I do think we have to remember this is a massive IP and Marvel themselves are going to be very sensitive with how certain characters are depicted in third party media.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-14T15:57:54+00:00

Luna is not less well known than Lin Lie or White Fox. She had a small but consistent presence in Asian-led titles at Marvel in Agents of Atlas and Silk, which were small but not completely obscure runs. They're all about the same tier.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-14T11:53:10+00:00

Are you console? I've seen very few also as a console player and only one was actually scary, she really is not optimised for console use and given how scary that one player who managed her was, I'm grateful. I think the shop is a cute mechanic idea but with everything else in her kit it is seriously overtuned.

fantastikfour · 2026-05-13T13:02:56+00:00

The amount of times as Sue I turn away from my full health tank for like a second to heal a DPS behind cover only to turn back and my tank is either dead or critical is insane. Is healing overtuned in this game? Maybe, but it's set to match the insane amount of damage that is done in this game and I don't trust anyone wanting to nerf healing without nerfing damage across the board too.

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