All leaked and upcoming Marvel Rivals characters
Marvel Rivals features a huge roster of iconic heroes and villains, and the lineup is only going to grow over time, but which characters are yet to be released?
In many ways,Marvel Rivalsis the multiplayer shooter that comic book fans have been calling for, taking the structure and format ofOverwatchand sprinkling in popular heroes and villains from across the Marvel multiverse.
The game initially launched with 33characters, and since then, the roster has been growing rapidly, adding Fantastic Four characters,Emma Frost,Ultron, andPhoenix.
With that in mind, there are still plenty of otherfamiliar faces that players would love to see. So, here’s a look at all the leaked ones we know about so far.
Upcoming characters for Marvel Rivals
According to a well-known dataminer, five new X-Men characters have been found in the game files, including Forge, Hive, Amarath, White Fox, and Armor.
White fox abilities:Life DrainLife TransferRapid HypnosisFox Shadow Evasionhttps://t.co/ez4Nw9w6wy
However, it wasmentioned in another postthat these newly found characters aren’t “fleshed out and ready” just yet, which means that it’s likely we won’t be seeing them arrive in-game anytime soon.
Of all the characters on this list,Bladeis the one we were expecting to see after Ultron. The iconic vampire hunter was shown off in a trailer for Season 1.5 and canbe seen on the Central Park map. In the previous season, he was essentially captured and imprisoned by Dracula.
However, things took a different turn as soon as Season 2 started. Devs have added a new detail regarding him by having him rest in the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda map.
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Meanwhile, the rest in this list are based solely on leaks and should be taken with a grain of salt.
DataminerX0XLEAKwas the first to break the news on most of these leaks, though their claims have evidence, actual images from game files, and are often corroborated by other dataminers. And, according to what they’ve found, Professor X may also be coming a lot sooner than expected.
New Hero: Professor XWith Season 2, Professor X got updated in a way that shows a pattern, meaning he’s likely the next entry.He’s listed as a Support and here his Early WIP Abilities again (CN translated):“X-Men Collection"“Potential stimulation"“Mind projection"While…pic.twitter.com/G5XKkea2gR
With a statue of him also being spotted in-game, it’s likely that he’ll be headlining Season 4.
There’s a healthy mix of popular and lesser-known heroes across all these leaks, making it clear the dev team wants to play the hits just as much as they want to bring more obscure Marvel heroes and villains into the spotlight.
Are the devs baiting players with leaks?
Marvel Rivals has been subject to an unusual number of leaks, revealing many characters that are seemingly not due to arrive for many months. This led to speculation thatNetEase might be deliberately planting fake heroesto throw leakers off the scent.
However, this was later debunked when the devs insisted they’drather spend their time working on the gamethan conjure up fake leaks. So, while this doesn’t prove that all of the characters listed above will arrive, it does at least make the reports more credible.
Is Doctor Doom coming to Marvel Rivals?
Doctor Doom is in Marvel Rivals, but not as a playable character – at least for now. Instead, he was the main antagonist ofSeason 0which started on the same day as the game’s worldwide launch.
But while the legendary villain played a key role in the first few months of Marvel Rivals, he isn’t joining the fight himself as far as we know. It’s too early to rule him out as a playable character in the future, but given that he hasn’t featured in any of the leaks, he’s unlikely to arrive anytime soon.
We’ll be sure to update this page with details on other heroes joining the character roster in the future as soon as we know.
In the meantime, check out ourtier list of the best characters to use,how to get the Twitch Drop rewards, andthe best controller settings.
