Tips And Tricks For Getting Started In Marvel Rivals

Summary

• Head to Practice Range to learn character movesets efficiently.
• Select heroes carefully to create synergized winning squads.
• Use Team-Up abilities strategically to enhance your team’s power.

Whether players are huge fans of hero-based shooters, avid viewers of the Marvel comics and movies, or brand-new to the genre and universe, Marvel Rivals has a lot for players to learn when they boot up the game for the first time.

It can be a very daunting experience for players to attempt to familiarise themselves with the multitude of characters, abilities, and game modes Rivals has to offer. So, to avoid diving head-first into the game and getting lost in its vast possibilities, here are some tips and tricks to keep in mind when getting started in Marvel Rivals.

10 Head To The Practice Range

The Perfect Place To Warm Up

Once players make it into the main menu for the first time, the first thing they’ll want to do will be to dive head-first into an online game. And while playing against other players is the best form of training one can get, the practice range is a great place for players to familiarise themselves with each character and their movesets.

Marvel Rivals makes it pretty hard to learn how to play each character on the fly thanks to the sheer number of heroes as well as the overly complicated descriptions of each ability. It’s easier to test these out by actually using them, and the practice range provides the perfect environment to see all that each character has to offer.

9 Select Your Heroes Carefully

Don’t Just Pick Your Favourite

With Marvel Rivals featuring some of the most iconic superheroes of all history, most players will be inclined to pick their favorite heroes straight away: Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, and many more. But it’s important for players to evaluate the composition of their team before selecting straight away, as the most synergized squads will be the ones that win.

The game divides heroes into three classes: Vanguards, Duelists, and Strategists. The most obvious decision is to have two of each in a six-person team, but experimenting with different numbers can work in the right situations, too. It’s also important for players to consider the playstyle of the other heroes, and whether their character will work well with the way the team plays.

8 Use Your Team-Ups

Make Your Team A Little Bit Stronger

Perhaps the most important part about selecting a character is the Team-Up abilities. Every character in Marvel Rivals has at least one Team-Up ability, enabled when paired with a corresponding member of the roster. These apply a bonus ability to characters that can only be enabled when said heroes are on the same team.

Selecting heroes that share Team-Ups with teammates can be very important, as they provide a team with yet another tool to win fights with. They range from passive abilities like electrified attacks and infinite ammo to entirely new moves of their own, allowing players to do things like teleport back in time or come back from the dead.

It’s also worth noting that certain characters like Rocket Raccoon and Spider-Man have two Team-Up abilities, allowing players to enable multiple extra abilities at once in the right team compositions.

7 Change Your Settings

Boring, But Necessary

This is a must for most shooter games, as options like sensitivity settings, key bindings, and audio are all things that players should adjust to make the experience smoother. But Marvel Rivals, in particular, has a lot of hero-specific settings that many players may benefit from changing.

For example, Venom and Spider-Man’s webs connect to objects automatically with default settings, but turning Automatic Swing off in settings allows them to aim web swings manually, providing much more freedom. Many other characters have settings like this, and messing around with the settings on each hero can completely change the way they feel to play.

6 Look Out For Your Teammates

The Best Teams Are The Ones Who Work Together

There’s so much action going on during every second of gameplay in Marvel Rivals, making it very easy for players to lose track of what’s not going on right in front of them, or playing at full volume in their ears. But paying attention to the locations of teammates is crucial to success, as players won’t win very often playing on their own.

As Vanguards are the tanks of the game, it’s important for them to make sure they protect the squishier characters from damage, whether that be by blocking sightlines or distracting enemies. Strategists are the most vulnerable members of the team, and should usually look to play in safer positions while the Duelists and Vanguards keep an eye on them and watch for flankers.

5 Focus On The Objective

Don’t Forget What You’re Here For

Getting kills is undeniably fun, and is important in helping players charge their ultimate and win fights, but not losing sight of the task at hand is just as important. Marvel Rivals features three game modes: Convoy, Domination, and Convergence, all with unique objectives that are displayed at the top left of the screen.

Ensuring not to stray too far from the capture point or payload in search of that coveted next kill can be so important in ensuring victory. Getting too greedy can wind players up in the middle of a freshly-respawned enemy team, leaving their allies a player down once the opponents make their way back to the objective.

4 Destroy Enemy Gadgets

Take Out All Of Their Tech

Many characters in the Marvel Rivals roster have devices in their inventory that they can place down across the map. These may be hidden in certain locations or deployed behind the entire enemy team, making it hard to shoot or even spot them in the middle of a team fight. Leaving these up for too long can be detrimental to the player’s team, as many won’t stop working until they’re wrecked.

Knowing which characters have gadgets and what they do is a very useful skill. For example, Rocket Raccoon has a range of devices including one that revives allies and produces armor and rocket packs. Peni Parker is another one to look out for, as her webs, mines, and drones pose a serious threat to any hero looking to dive into the enemy team.

3 Watch Out For Ultimates

Don’t Let Them Catch You Off-Guard

Every character in Marvel Rivals has a unique ultimate ability that they can charge by healing allies or damaging enemies. Don’t underestimate how powerful these can be. Most of them are strong enough to completely change the tide of the fight and become even more deadly when multiple opponents use theirs at the same time.

That being said, most can be countered through intelligent and effective play, such as by blocking or stunning them, using an ultimate in return, or simply moving far enough away to avoid their effects. It’s important to pay attention to when enemies last used their ultimate, as if they haven’t used theirs in a good while, they’ve probably got it back.

2 Talk To Your Teammates

Don’t Be Shy!

The phrase “communication is key” is said all the time. When it comes to multiplayer games like Marvel Rivals, this statement has never been more true. This ties into the importance of things such as team compositions, as players and their allies won’t synergize nearly as well if they don’t know what they’re all doing.

Don’t be afraid to speak in voice chat, as it’s the easiest way to talk to teammates in the heat of the battle. But typing in text chat is also a good option for those unable to use a mic. The game’s communication wheel is also a great way to communicate and strategize, which can be fully customized in Settings.

1 Don’t Just Play One Hero

Adapt To New Scenarios

It’s natural to have a favorite character to play. Every player will eventually find out there’s one member of Rivals’ roster that they like more than many others, and the temptation to lock them in for every game can be tempting. But knowing how to play a few different heroes is what will make players truly valuable members of any team.

Learning a couple of characters for each of the three classes in Marvel Rivals will help players adapt to any situation, especially if someone takes their favorite character before they have a chance to lock them in. And sometimes, if things aren’t working out with one hero, the best thing they can do is head back to the spawn room and swap to another.