Marvel Rivals Will Never Be Comic-Accurate Thanks To These Characters

Marvel Rivals crosses over characters from multiple universes to create an exciting match-up. This is because if the heroes and villains were comic-accurate their powers would be on drastically different levels. NetEase would be in a difficult spot if half the Duelist characters couldn’t put a dent in most of the Vanguards, or if personal weaknesses could be triggered. Thankfully, Marvel has allowed for creative freedom and doesn’t restrict the game to just Earth-616 and other character origin worlds.

It is actually rather fun how inaccurate Marvel Rivals is compared to the main Marvel Comics line-up. You are likely to wind up with some amazing team compositions that would never interact in the main universe. When would there likely be a story where Venom, Adam Warlock, Magneto, and Jeff the Land Shark all work together? And some of the match-ups are even wilder. Marvel would need a huge excuse for Captain America to start beating up a rising pop star.

Characters That Are Much Weaker In The Comics

Some Heroes Couldn’t Even Compete

Some Marvel characters have noticeable weaknesses or flaws. The Venom symbiote is well known for having vulnerability to both fire and sonic frequencies. It would have been even more amusing as Human Torch is planned to be the next character introduced in the first season of Marvel Rivals. However, Insomniac had already removed the fire weakness in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, giving precedent to cull it in further games.

Many characters also just don’t hit very hard on Earth-616. Both Hawkeye and the Punisher are fine marksmen, but their arrows and bullets wouldn’t even scratch half of the Marvel Rivals roster. Additionally, Magick’s soulsword is meant to primarily disrupt magical powers and creatures, though it still does harm humans and mutants to a lesser degree.

Doctor Strange Opens a portal past the enemy in Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals Characters You Should Be Using To Steal Objectives

Winning objectives is more important than kills in Marvel Rivals. Several abilities will let you get right to the goal without even fighting.

As far as Strategists, Jeff the Land Shark’s entire kit is made up just for Marvel Rivals. He doesn’t have a healing stream or is known for swallowing up whole teams, though his bite is as strong as a normal shark. On the other end, Dagger’s lightforce healing is mainly cleansing to remove toxins and disease. This makes it odd that it doesn’t directly treat negative status effects. Only in the last decade or so did she improve her powers to use it to treat wounds.

Comic Accurate Characters That Are Too Powerful For Marvel Rivals

It Would Be Unfair To Fight Against Them

On the other end of the spectrum, several Earth-616 characters would be absolutely broken in Marvel Rivals. Both Wolverine and Iron Man have way too little health to represent their durability. For Wolverine, his health regeneration should be rampant to the point he respawns directly where he died. In Iron Man’s case, the 60 and 70 armor model lines from the 2000s include force fields, immunity to psychic powers, invisibility, and enough durability to withstand punches from Captain Marvel.

Earth-616 Spider-Man would be the most ridiculous Duelist. Having both Spider-Sense and Superhuman Reflexes would allow him to dodge nearly any attack. However, one of the most iconic moments of the Civil War comic storyline was how Captain America could still out maneuver Spider-Man despite the major physical advantages.

As far as lax offensive power in Marvel Rivals, when Mantis debuted in 1973, her knowledge of martial arts and pressure points allowed her to defeat Thor. She was greatly toned down in 2014, but technically still has the fighting prowess shown in her Natural Anger ability. As far as true powerhouses, the Hulk has unlimited potential strength linked to his level of anger. It is often Bruce Banner who gets in the way of the Hulk, who subconsciously restrains the latter so that they don’t harm bystanders.

Finally, there are, of course, the omega-level mutants featured in Marvel Rivals. Storm has complete weather control and could instantly flood or freeze any map. Magneto can manipulate matter and control photons, with some speculating he may be the most powerful person native to Earth-616. The Scarlet Witch keeps being retconned to either a mutant or genetically enhanced human, but still she and Charles Xavier were able to create an entire reality in the House of M crossover.