Devs Confirm Marvel Rivals’ Team-Up Abilities Will Rotate Each Season

The reception to Marvel Rivals has been largely positive among those who experienced the recent closed beta, and it’s easy to see why. The game offers a wealth of content, featuring a vast array of Marvel characters to choose from, along with some innovative features. One of the standout features is the Team-Up mechanic.

This feature is considered a highlight of Marvel Rivals gameplay, and the developers plan to expand on it by regularly introducing new Team-Ups. Let’s take a closer look at the details of the Team-Up feature and how it will evolve once the game launches.

Marvel Rivals Team-Up Abilities Will Rotate Between Seasons

The Team-Up ability in Marvel Rivals allows you to join forces with a teammate whose character has a relationship with yours, such as Scarlet Witch and Magneto for instance. This unlocks special abilities and passives like Magneto gaining a chaos magic greatsword that can one-shot certain enemies during melee attacks.

This feature is not only fun to experiment with but also encourages players to explore different characters to discover their unique Team-Up abilities. In an exclusive conversation at the NetEase Games booth at Gamescom, Dexerto spoke with Zhiyong Feng, the Lead Combat Designer, and Danny Koo, the Executive Producer, about the Team-Up mechanic.

During the discussion, they explained, "We want to make sure the Team-Up abilities are simple to grasp. We are not pushing someone to use a specific Team-Up with a hero. Each hero has their distinct mechanics that require them to work in tandem with another hero." While this approach seems well thought out, I did have some concerns that the mechanic could become stale or overpowered if a particular Team-Up becomes meta. However, it appears the developers have already considered this potential issue.

Koo elaborated, "With each new season, the story evolves, and the game mechanics, including the Team-Up abilities, also change. As new heroes and storylines are introduced, these abilities will rotate in and out of the game." This means that with the 25 characters featured in the game, the Team-Ups will rotate each season, offering a fresh mix to experiment with and preventing any single Team-Up from dominating the meta.

Overall, it’s clear that the developers of Marvel Rivals are mindful of how their decisions affect the game’s mechanics and special abilities like Team-Ups. We’re excited to dive into the full game when it launches on December 6th, 2024, and we can’t wait to see you all there!