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I too want more Ultron lore bro, I hope he doesn’t wind up in the same spot as Ramattra in OW
Important characters for each season:
season 1-F4, Moon knight, iron man, squirrel girl, blade (captured), strange, Wanda, whoever got gothic skins
Season 2- X-men, Ultron, captain America, Hawkeye, iron fist
Season 3- Jean, blade, Venom, Wanda, Rocket, whoever else got symbiote and phoenix skins
Season 4- daredevil, Angela, iron fist, whoever else got immortal beast skins
Season 5- gambit and rogue, maybe rocket and C&D because thieves guild
Season 6- Deadpool, Elsa, card skins, pirate skins
Season 7-white fox, black cat, whoever is getting ESU skins and whoever got arrested by kingpin (somehow Adam)
This feels like the theme for a marvel rivals show
thx, its very easy fo make my vids now
I might have missed someone but I think I said the most important ones

Venom might come back either during mephisto season or when we get the beyonders because of his third lore referencing the ivory kings
Most if not all locked lore tabs have placeholder names that get replaced when characters get new lore
What then what’s the point I wanted marvel rivals to go deep cosmological
But beyonders or something to do with them might still be true since mephisto now has those pipes he got from the collector
We are probabmy getting a new spidey skin in s 7.5 bc he appears in a gallery card
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What's the lore of Venom in this?
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Balance and double dps season aside
Season 3 had the best story conclusion where rocket was the one that killed Knull
yeah rocket's had a surprising amount of story involvement/relevance
Revived Magik too after Ultron killed her
Idk what’s going on in the rivals comics (not the gallery cards one), were we supposed to have a hydra season or something? We had designs for zola and hive in it
I have so much lore to learn 🥲
Same
Wow
What was the agency called that white fox worked at
Tiger division i think
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That what it was called
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS)
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Justice for jeff, when he throws people off the map during his ultimate, it counts as his kills.
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Are these people bots or something why are people just spamming emojis or saying unrelated stuff

Cap's new lore page talks about Parker Robbins. that means we're getting something to do with The Hood.
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Probably not next season as there’s no hints for him, maybe later season but me personally I’d rather not for the rest of the year after getting Elsa, white fox and depending who we get in season 8 with cyclops. I’m not against obscure characters I just wish they picked better ones like dr voodoo and nova
bro this channel is just dead internet theory
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To gain points for the new challenge I’m guessing
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So like when a character gets its 3 lore slots filled they stop being relevant?
No they can still be in the lore
Maybe they’ll add more, just that they chose 3 as the minimum for each but could add more later with a scroll bar or something
Jeff is a shark👍
Jeff is not human👍
For those who didn’t know, Jeff the Land Shark is a genetically altered “land shark” in the Marvel Comics universe who first appeared in 2018, created by Kelly Thompson and Daniele Di Nicuolo, and comes from experiments likely done by groups like A.I.M., where animals were modified with advanced science to survive outside their natural environments, explaining what he is and how he exists as a shark that can walk on land; his exact origin location isn’t clearly shown but is implied to be secret labs used by villain organizations, placing his creation in the modern Marvel timeline after events like Secret Wars, when strange new beings became more common; Jeff’s life really begins when he’s found and adopted by Gwenpool, who names him and becomes his caretaker, turning him from an experiment into a companion and answering the key “who” in his story; he later joins the West Coast Avengers in Los Angeles alongside heroes like Kate Bishop and America Chavez, where he helps in missions using his durability, agility, and weird ability to swallow things way bigger than himself, showing how he contributes despite not having typical powers; after the team splits, Jeff keeps appearing with characters like Deadpool and eventually stars in It’s Jeff!, where his adventures take place in different locations and focus on his chaotic, curious, food-obsessed personality, often solving problems by accident; overall, Jeff’s story is about how a lab experiment became one of Marvel’s most loved and wholesome characters, known for loyalty, resilience, and cartoon-like abilities that let him survive almost anything while bringing humor and heart to the Marvel Universe.
any1 wanna play ranked im silver rn…
Because of the Season Challenge I assume
I’d love to see more lore about White Fox
She’s the nepo child’s friend
Can I ask something about the Twisted Nightmare stuff without sounding odd?
Okay:
Everyone’s nightmare skins make sense.
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Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch are nightmare mages who rule over a dark reality of nightmares
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Cap is fighting an endless battle without rest or humanity
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Moon Knight is grappling with darkness dominating and Khonshu’s apparent absence.
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Those last two make sense as nightmares, but… what is Peni’s supposed to be?
If I had a Twitch (not saying I do) but it would be tashields and drops would in fact be on….IF I had one ofc as a vanguard main
That’s a cool read on the skins, I didn’t think about it like that, I just thought it was generic spooky theme. Maybe something like fear of losing her sense of self, being a symbol of fear and no Peni, existing as an accessory to SP//DR than its pilot
I mean… if you read the flavor text, there’s clearly a lore they’re doing tied to a cursed video tape in the Collector’s custody.
I haven’t read those yet, might later
They haven’t rereleased season 3 battlepass right? I bring this up because given black cat likes the black suit we might see its rerelease in 7.5, maybe even accessory changes to the black suit like fixing the logo and eyes. That or straight up a new black suit that’s not the symbiote version
Nah they haven’t, I think the last battle pass they rereleased was the Season 1 battle pass. But the devs do plan on rereleasing more battle passes as the seasons progress
Working on reading all the lore for rivals.. all is going well, gonna dig into some comics too



buff hulk
indeed, hulk is quite buff
Anyone know who that skeleton guy is in one of the new picture thingys I forgot the name of? Seems like fisk is making a deal with them in the new maps ending screen things
I had to look up white fox, didn't know the lore or anything lol. These korean heros are popping up like crazy.
The gilded saint, patron god of the thieves guild I think. I can’t say how I know but I feel he’s involved with black cats upcoming kit
She’s only in the game because she’s friends with Luna the nepo child
I won't be suprise if she get popular. skin galore incoming 🤣
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Oh cool so the thieves guild skins kind of tie in with this season
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Someone more knowledgeable than me about gambit will have to verify that but the vibe I got is that there’s like different branches of the thieves guild. Gilded saint appeared in black cat Vol 2 I don’t think gambit was in it/related to it
I haven’t actually read the black cat comic I just looked up gilded saint and spouting what I found
Watch gambit and black cat get a stupid busted teamup

Will Rogue lose her chronovium powers (yellow vfx) in the future when the chronovium storyline is over? (pls say yes)
the new map looks promising
So... is Hela related to Loki and Odin or not?
No? Chronovium isn’t a storyline, Chronovium is a material
Right..! But will the storyline focus on chronovium forever?
when are they going to release new Strange stories its been the entire games existence since hes gotten anything new. sad.
it doesnt? chronovium is just a resource that was made by the Entanglement
Oh. I’m so out of it 💀 but my point is, will Rogue have the chronovium in her forever? Or will they be able to change it up in the future since she doesn’t hold onto powers forever
no, theres no reason to
I dont like some of her stuff. Like her being able to absorb damage and release it. They should’ve given that to Bishop or Captain Marvel.
The answer too that is when was the last time he was in the story
basically what you're asking is if they're gonna rework her kit, and that's somethng they've yet to do for any hero, not even black widow
so I don't see them ever reworking a hero's kit just for story reasons, especially because that effort could just go into making a brand new character instead
What about a vfx rework? If they just removed the yellow energy she’d look like her comic and animated series version. Where she has super strength and flight without vfx
the game initially used the MCU lore of Hela being their sister, but when Angela released, they retconned it and updated the relevant stories to use the comic lore
So does Hela have no relatives now?
she still has the same connections to the same characters
Really cause Angela and Loki still call hela sister
i guess they dont outright say her exact relations, they just removed mentions of her being their sister, but presumably its the same as comics with Loki being the (adoptive) father
theyre probably being intentionally ambiguous with the exact relations
it's possible they could release a skin for Rogue that has different visual effects, but beyond that, they wouldnt randomly just remove them - only situation I can think of where that would happen would be if the entire community started complaining about it, which as that didn't happen at launch, it's not going to happen at all
I recall the Alchemax was front and center in some early images
all I know about that company is that Norman Osborn controls from the background
well, it's 2099 alchemax, so he's not in the picture
But like ugh I have so many questions for their dev team regarding their choices for rogue that affect future characters like captain marvel, bishop and photon
well, it doesn't really affect them 🤷
like, Rogue having a single ability hit where she blocks hits to charge up a punch doesn't affect Bishop who his whole kit would presumably be designed around absorbing and sending back damage
well there is the Galactic Goblin who is indeed Norman Osborn himself
We thought Rogue’s whole kit would be ability absorption focused so.. I doubt it. They’ll probs give Bishop one move similar to Rogue’s.
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well tbh it would be really complex if Rogue could absorb more than she does, but also Rogue falls into the category of being a character with super strength but not much else - Colossus, most Hulks/Abomination, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, etc fall into this category
They needed to give Rogue a unique kit but couldn’t just have her be entirely focused around stealing abilities because it’s just too complex, hence they have her absorb chronovium so she’s doing more than just basic punches and kicks
similarly, this is why they had jeff eat a bunch of powerful objects to explain him having abilities, because he’s normally much smaller and literally just a shark that can walk on land
or why Black Cat has been given the ring of zona by the Kingpin
Bishop has enough going for him that they can work with that they don’t need to give him something more - between advanced future tech, time travel, and energy absorption, it’s already enough on their own
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Will the new cnd skin be legarndy ?
Deadpool
If gambit and rocket weren’t I don’t see C&D being legendary
Are the rivals comics any good?
what is this chat
There's a rival comics?
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Discussing lore/story beats of rivals, like now season 7 is about kingpin arresting heroes blaming or scapegoating them for the 2099 incursion that’s happening (parts of 2099 neuva York appearing in present timeline New York), told black cats to steal lifeline tablet from the sanctum sanctorum. White is trying to stop her and save the nepo bab- I mean her friend Luna Snow. Rivals heroes are cosplaying as college students or staff to hide from kingpin or something and try to break out whoever kingpin arrested
Is all the lore within Rivals?
Or is it scattered across YouTube and socials like some other games do for some reason
Usually the gallery cards (they have text associated with them) you get from the events, you get some context from the maps. There are rivals infinity comics but I haven’t been following those tbh half the time it feels its doing its own thing but presumably it’s still related
Thank you! I've read them but not actually looked if there was more outside available, I'm kind of glad you don't need outside sources to understand whats going on, and that what is available outside is additional info
I didn’t read the lore yet as I started playing two days ago, but I think that cloak and dagger are lovers.. but I heard some people saying that they’re siblings? So what’s the truth
I think they’re literally married in the comics, but definitely in a relationship at least
ohhh okay thank uuu
Definitely not siblings!😭
I forgot but their accessory ko animation is literally them kissing
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They're whole schtick is that they're the opposites attract mechanic
There are, but they’re not canon to the game
Xemnu’s my favorite vanguard!
Is Kingpin really trying to fight Adam Warlock in the map Cinematics 😭
I have a lore question. Tf happened to the Iron Fist tournament in season 4? We were there, then we're suddenly at Gambit and Rogue's wedding, then we're in space again, and now we're back in new york, and we didn't get closure for the tournament? Who won? What happened?
the tournament hasnt happened yet
Got paused for some reason
Tournament got delayed until we come back to it basically
in white fox's hero story its mentioned its not even delayed, its just that preparations for the tournament are still happening
I thought was delayed for a bit for zhulou to try to find some evidence or something to get rid of Doom I’ll have to read it again and the new white fox when I can
If the game is very lore accurate who would be the best just based on how powerful they are in series/movies/comics?
hulk, thor, adam warlock, phoenix
Isn’t Loki god of stories or something
yes, but it's a bit difficult to quantify
The tournament hasn't happened yet, the heros are still preparing for it
Besides that, has anyone identified or figured out the identity of the hand who Fisk is making a deal with?
Me and some friends discussed it and besides realizing that we may get ghost rider soon, they mostly thought it was Lady Death
it's the gilded saint
patron god of thieves or something like that
entirely unrelated to ghost rider or lady death
really?
Feels weird because of Cap's lore, they pratically spelled it out that we were getting ghost rider there
How did king pin become the mayor of New York?? Did he actually like win it fairly or did he rig the election?? I don’t see how he became the mayor if he’s an infamous villain.
Probably both
And why is he locking up hero’s?
Villain
Fair point, I feel dumb for asking that 😭 😭
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Wanda, Phoenix, Thor, and Adam, SG (Sg doesn’t really count bcs she’s a gag character but…)
what happened in s0 cus i started playing in s6 😭
parker robbins is The Hood, not ghost rider
he's both
nothing really happened in season 0, it was more just setting the stage, explaining the backstory of the maps and the events leading to the timestream entanglement, stuff like that
he was a ghost rider once temporarily; he's always been the Hood. He is very low on the list of the possible characters they would have be the ghost rider - the only real options are Johnny Blaze or Robbie Reyes as the ghost rider
It feels like something they would do though,
At the same time the way he talks feels in line for a ghost rider more than the hood.
yeah I mean it's like, imagine spider-man wasn't in the game, and you were speculating that they would add Norman Osborn as spiderman just because in a recent comic run, he filled in as spiderman when peter parker was missing in space (which is true, i'm not making that up)
this is the same kind of thing
What I mean is that I know very little of Parker Robbins, but the way he talks in the new lore, is far away from some two bit villain.
He wants revenge, wants those who are truly evil to suffer, and sees any in the ladder as ambiguously evil. He also sees the good in Cap and even agreed to work with him for a time.
yeah you do know very little
Rude.
You have to admit the way he talks is far from the way he acts as the hood.
i really dont know what to tell you
Let’s just agree to disagree and leave it there.
(Though I’m gonna @ you if I’m right)

Guys who’s your money on on who’s coming? Captain Marvel or Moon Girl? Or mystery third option
They've been teasing cyclops a bit too!
you obviously just really want to see Ghost Rider in the game which is fine, you're just coping a bit too hard about it when there hasn't been any hints to Ghost Rider so far. It would be a crazy decision from NetEase for them to make Ghost Rider not one of the "main" ones (blaze, ketch, or reyes), but yeah I'll leave it at that
So far Netease has been consistent with releasing at least 1 woman every season
none of the above, and up until season 7, each season has had 1 man and 1 woman (with exception of season 1 having the whole fantastic four), so I could easily see season 8 having two men (or 1 man and 1 dinosaur)
Cyclops is a given hence why I said captain marvel or moon girl (with devil Dino)
I don’t want them to release devil Dino without moon girl
Moon girl, they already did the art for her in a side game as well
Yh mystic mayhem, her and dd have been together in a bunch of games
Though not in season 8, maybe nine or ten.
But the devil Dino plushy
i do honestly think they could be released as separate heroes, and if she was coming with Devil as one hero, I feel like there would've been a mention or hint about her by now
They’ve been teasing her a LOT, but I’m just not sure what the next season will be focused on.
We got the tournament, the intergalactic tour, a few other areas of focus.
I think though that the next one will either be a continuation of New York, or the intergalactic tour.
right now it's looking like season 8 will be mutant focused - it's almost been a year since the last hellfire gala and we know there's gonna be another, they're hinting at cyclops coming in season 8, and the 2nd Rogue being a clone created by Mr. Sinister is one of the best explanations ive heard for who she is, plus the rumors that season 8 will have a bunch of clone skins lines up with that
WHERE it's gonna take place, idk, but the Savage Land is the obvious link between X-Men/mutants and Devil Dino, so at least part of the season could take place there
I mean, we have yet to get the manor. A clone takeover of the x-men manor does make sense.
Though from the gallery card, it may also be the Alchemax building.
yeah and they seem to be hinting that Cyclops is being held captive inside Alchemax
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So assuming Moon Girl is involved in season 8 with Devil Dinosaur (given the the collar), how exactly would the two be implemented in the battlefield?
Would Lunella stay behind to help from afar in the lore while Devil Dino joins the actual fight, or could two be “2 in 1” type character?
Is there lore about the odinforce Ultron skin?
They’ll probtably be like CnD and switch forms, or maybe devil Dino will have an ultimate where Moon girl rides him and they stomp on the ground.
I’m thinking rider type character, moon girl on top of dd shooting rockets or something and dd does melee attacks
yes, in the comics, Ultron was imprisoned in a vibranium casket sealed with Asgardian runes, which due to circumstances ended up getting shot with an aging ray that inadvertently sent Ultron into the future in a new form made of vibranium with asgardian magic, and in this future he was able to defeat Odin and beoame the all-father
he came back to conquer the present, but was defeated when he was hit with the aging ray set to reverse, and as a result it also brought back Hank Pym as an old man, as Ultron had previously merged with him
This season’s story about this ancient tablet reminds me of one of Spider-Man’s early comics where Spiderman and Kingpin basically go to war over a tablet and Spiderman becomes a wanted fugitive again, I think this was after he had amnesia and temporarily allied Doc Oc, he got his memory back after fighting Khazar and Zabu. Anyways, Silvermane ends up getting the tablet im pretty sure, and kidnaps Dr. connors to unlock the secrets of the tablet, he creates a potion of eternal youth from it, and it instantly makes silvermane young, Spiderman shows up and fights silvermane, but silvermane keeps on getting younger until he disappears under a pile of his clothes
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I’m new to marvel, why does gambit talk in third person? I couldn’t figure out why. Is it a personality disorder? Or is it just the way he’s written
He does?
Yea, an example is “I got you” instead he says “gambits got you” if that makes sense.
It might just be because he is a theif or sum about how ia real name isn't gambit
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It's just a character quirk, he's cool like that
Might be bc he got lobotomized
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thats just how gambit talks
I see the description of the Tablet of Life and Time mentions a Tablet of Death and Entropy, possible season 9 being set in Hell and the antagonist being Mephisto? Doom has been out of the lore for the past few seasons but the last collectible was the Soul Contract of Cynthia Von Doom.
Would only make sense that the next seasons collectible be the Tablet of Death and Entropy to build up to it
That works but dang mephisto soon he’s got that once pipe machine from the beyond I thought he’d be a big threat for later
oooh mephisto has been hinted a lot, and that leads to highest likely for the GOAT Ghost Rider
Mephisto is a large threath but it's not like he would be the largest we're dealing with, Double Doom is a huge threat already due to how much influence one Doom can have, but even without the Dooms Knull is a Multiversal level threat already as a primordial force of destruction
I mean we have kingpin as the season villain now so not like scale matters
That too
Def siblings lmaooo nah they lovers
Wasn't that the same tablet that in marvel zombies return, zombie Spidey was after to cure himself of his zombie infection only got it to not work out well
Who else do you think would be a season villain (usually not playable besides Ultron)?
I’m thinking: Mojo, High evolutionary, Annihilus, arcade, nightmare, leader, any hydra leader
This is the kind of stuff that puts my comprehension skills to the test
Bullseye or maybe taskmaster
How would bullseye be a season villain
Hes like a grunt character, similar to taskmaster
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Oh nvm I read what you meant wrong
Since next season probably will dive back into the x-men probably sinister or somebody i cant think of the top of my head
Any Hydra leader? Give me red skull with the cosmic cube
Zola was in the rivals infinity comics but we’ve yet to get a hydra season, I hope not this year (with hive) since we’re getting a bit too many back to back mid obscure characters.
I’m still waiting for characters like dr voodoo and nova
Mojo would be perfect for rivals
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I would love to see an animated adaptation of the marvel rivals comic series.
It’d be nice if they did something similar to ow with the gallery cards with the voice actors reading their lines in the gallery card texts
At that point just give me a show this game has the lore and story season 0 and before could litterally be like the first few episodes of earths mightiest heroes
Ye lots of people love the animation style, and the Marvel rivals lore is aldready peak
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It’s kinda random but I feel as the last gallery card for the season is Emma mind messing with Jean for cyclops ifykyk
i get your reasoning but the gallery card said the person in the distance has the same mind patterns as Rogue, which means they're either a clone of Rogue (which means Mr. Sinister which would make sense as it seems like itll be a mutant/x-men season) or a variant of Rogue from a different timeline
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An Evil Xmen season would go so hard maybe like a hardened cyclops from the time entanglement with a (rogue)😏 team but personally I wouldn’t know how they would introduce moon girl tho
im honestly not convinced that we'll see moon girl with devil because there's been no mention or hint about her
the savage land is the only connection I can think of between devil dino and mutants/x-men
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Nah, cus then certain morons will want him playable
Tbf they only stated doing proper hints around before season 4, like there was no reference of ultron or blade coming in there respective seasons (blade was seen in season 1 but no one knew that he’d be part of the Knull season)
we knew blade was coming, doesn't really matter that we didn't know when exactly
i dont remember
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Question yall, I don’t get Season 6 how did Jeff is in the lore and saves Deadpool, I know he was captured the first time when with Psy and Mantis but what brought him to Deadpool the 2nd time?

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Was Jeff captured by Deadpool the same that psy and mantis were first captured in preseason 0? If so I know they all escaped before season 0. So how is Jeff saving Deadpool is season 6 lore? Like did he go alone and save them I’m kinda confused about that
I think it's stated that Jeff was working alongside Deadpool and helped capture Mantis and Psylocke (though perhaps not them specifically but other members of the collection) and lost his memory of that due to a deal to heal an injury, as for season 6, how he is there we have no idea but he is kinda weird and canonically has the Infinity stones inside his belly so he could have teleported in somehow

Deadpool captures Mantis and Sai drops them off with the Collector, captures/saves a whole bunch of other (Throg, Cosmo, Devil, etc) and then finally he kidnaps Jeff from Gwenpool and took him with him on his adventurers to collect various powerful items for the Collector. Jeff gets injured fighting the Brood and Deadpool saves him, the Collector heals Jeff at the cost of his memories due to healing the mental trauma
Mantis, Sai, and Jeff escape some time after, while Deadpool continues to work for the Collector until encountering Rogue and Gambit
In season 6, Jeff is with Emma and the New Marauders (iron man, psylocke, punisher, venom), and he uses the pym particles he ingested when he first escaped the collector to shrink down everybody that Deadpool, Gambit, and Rogue helped rescue from the Collector
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thats lowkey been known
Spider-Man forgot the tablet works too well lol
read the 3rd gallery card from the event, turns out the tablet given to the gilded saint is a forgery, which means either
- the tablet in the sanctum was fake
- black cat gave fisk a fake
or - fisk kept the real tablet and gave a fake to the saint
regardless, im guessing the gilded saint is the power that parker robbins found in the vault, as in that he's given parker the hood and empowered him to go get revenge
Imma restart this argument because I’ve seen it float around again: characters like goblin queen and Betsy Captain Britain should be skins for Jean psy respectively
people who care more about those characters are going to tend to want them to be their own characters, people who don't care as much would rather them be skins
I’m generally biased against x-men anyways because there’s too many so it’s already annoying enough to hear people want a clone of Jean and a second psylocke
Most rivals players don’t care about the lore but suddenly do when it’s to do with their favourite character
my hot take is that this applies to miles morales too
My hot take is that I agree with you
My main gripe with Miles is that his abilities are just Peter+extra abilities. I’d be slightly less annoyed if they got rid of the invisibility because electricity is at least established by characters like Jessica Drew
brian braddock should be a tank/support duo role like dp
A lot of these clone characters wouldn't even be in consideration if they weren't clones of actual popular or unique characters
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i dont get the lore for this season
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They can all be a big family now
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I’m the good guy
I am the good guy
I am not the bad guy
The lore be tuff but I wish I got more Dd lore
Fact✅
Captain America isn't a supersoldier and doesn't have a vibranium shield. The avengers put him in a muscle suit, gave him a big plastic frisbee, and acted like they took damage from his hits, because they feel bad for Captain America being delusional.
More fun facts✅ The walls throw the plastic frisbee back to Captain America because they feel bad.
Ultron actually is just a puppet and everyone acts like he's a big villain because they feel bad for Tony Stark/Hank Pym.
This is the kind of slander that AniDiscourse makes about Jujutsu Kaisen’s main characters and it feels like it belongs in the Rivals Memes channel.
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Parts of 2099 chronoverse are showing up/spreading in “present” New York chronoverse, kingpin blames/scapegoats the hero’s hopping across timelines and arrests some of them, he tasks black cat to steal the lifeline tablet possibly to make a deal with the gilded king (skeleton in gallery cards, god of thieves) to stop the spread, white fox is trying to save the nepo bab- i mean her friend Luna Snow
nepo baby is wild
It's a part of the lore, though?
the lore is that doom is causing doom
in lore of marvel rivals, did Loki become God of stories or no? lowk wondering
There’s hints that he may be trying to
Cual será el próximo personaje en la temporada 8 🤔
Whats the current lore of this season
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When are we getting black cat?!!,
Next month
If they’re going to add devil Dino then that means they’re adding Moon girl but my question is, will she remain a minor in the game? If they make her an adult ima be so disgusted, I don’t need this game appealing to a weird minority of people.
Ughhhhhh
Nooo I think they should add moon girl and the ultimate should be moon girl riding devil Dino
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It’s more of a legality thing
Is iron fist with white fox or luna?
in rivals lore, neither, but in the comics, iron fist and white fox are sorta implied to be dating in a very recent comic
Dead in a ditch, Luna personally shot him out back
Are they not allowed to add minors in the game? If they can’t keep look girl the same age then they might as well not add her into the game.
it's more about having them fight and "die"
Something about not shooting at children
Ohhh, well then maybe we’ll only get moon girl in the devil dinosaur ult???
Aging her up like Peni I feel works, id like to have her riding dd into battle
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Eating eggs on Thursday for choir practice was recommended.
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Can someone uhh tell me me the lore of season 4 because like I missed it
Hela after her and Knull were defeated in season 3 takes refugee in the Eighth City which is being protected by Daredevil, but she is hunted down by Angela because she kidnapped Laussa, the baby sister of Thor and Angela
Present day Doom wants to claim the power of Shou-Lao and instigates a tournament because Iron Fist (Lin Lie) did not "earn" the Iron Fist by defeating Shou-Lao the same way that past Iron Fists did, and this tournament is still being prepared for
Chiyou, the god of war, is sealed in the Eighth City and is promising Daredevil that he'll put an end to the wars in the collapsed timeline, but he needs the Sword of Fu Xi to escape, and the fragments of the sword are embedded in the arms of Lin Lie (he used to wield the sword and went by the name Swordmaster before becoming Iron Fist), so there's a potential conflict between Daredevil and Iron Fist coming
Nothing happened tbh, there was supposed to be a tournament to recieve the power of iron fist but it got cancelled/delayed
HERESY RAAAAAAAAAAAAH
What?
Didn’t they say that it’s still happening just it got delayed
its not even delayed, the preparations are just still in progress
Cool thing is parts of this are heavily inspired by MacKay's fantastic Black Cat run from a couple of years ago, with Felicia being tasked with stealing an artifact from Strange's house in order for it to be offered to the Gilded Saint
marvel nerds who is this brett hendrick, i thought we steve rogers!
White Fox has given heroes false identities so they can hang out at ESU undercover because Kingpin is arresting all the heroes
ohh ok
But it may also be a reference that I don't recognise 😅
but wont the odin kids stick out, like whos not gonna see thor and go 'hmmmm'
at least some of the cover names are references, like Helen Angerboda for Hela, the Helen part is obvious but Angerboda is the name of her adoptive mother
Thx
idk if the Cap name is a reference to anything in the comics but Brett is probably a reference to Brett Favre who is a famous football player
actually it’s an alias he used during Civil War apparently
Deadpool tank ult still doesn’t make sense to me
What do yall think is going to happen next?
season 8, Mr. Sinister is the villain and is making clones (including one of Rogue), Cyclops is imprisoned in Alchemax and gets rescued
Hello
Could the person the looks like rogue be mystique
no, because the gallery card says the person has the same brain patterns as rogue, so it's not just that they look like Rogue, but that they are Rogue, but clearly not the same Rogue we know
Ok👍
Can someone explain to my why Thor and Loki are hiding as students at ESU?? Aren’t they like really powerful I don’t see why they would need to hide themselves, I mean Loki might just to start messing with people because it’s Loki and that’s what he does but why is Thor hiding?
story wise I don't think they're actually involved, probably same with Rocket and maybe even Luna (because she's suppose to be arrested) - see the Homecoming gallery card for example, it shows reed, sue, strange, peter, and white fox being undercover and there's no mention in the story of any others
it's more that they just wanted to make skins for thor, loki, hela, etc in this theme - it especially wouldnt make any sense for Hela to be here undercover lol
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I hope Netease never listens to the type of people who suggest to stop caring about the lore
I think the story has become a lot less interesting because the villains have less of a presence now
I think this has become more of a build up and world building right now stretching to different places instead of fighting a big bad like season 1, 2, and 3
Season 4 was doom trying to steal xhulou’s heart but instead has to win through the tournament
Season 5 learning gambit and rogue were on their honeymoon in the grand garden and trying to steal from the collector
Season 6 trying to escape from the collectors museum along with some locked up creatures
And now season 7 focused on New York manhattan. The lore is something I really like and like how much of an impact it has to how the hero releases since we at least get teases for something to come since it’s a good story and I feel rewarded for liking it
i definitely preferred when the season stories were more self-contained
season 4 ended unfinished, season 5 blurred into season 6
Omg crazy
I like how the story continued from 5 to 6, it's more interesting than them being self contained
But I do wish the villains were more involved like the first few
I mean if it’s to be believed that they’re gonna do similar events like the upcoming Loki vs avengers events for the movie tie ins for each movie then it’s feasible to believe Thanos and Doom could come
My prediction is Thanos comes by season 9.0 and Doom 11.0
Yeah I absolutely expect those two
It would be interesting to see how they write the story around them. Ultron had a canon explanation for why he's on the roster, that he got reprogrammed to help. No idea how they'd do that for Thanos
Thanos has been known to join heroes for the greater good before, maybe it'll be he fights against Doom? But then the question is how they justify Doom
Hardddd agree
Lore is so good in this game
What if the Rival storyline for the Avengers tie in is...Infinity Doom
Well with incursions being teased we might get god emperor doom again
What i meant is that Dracula felt like he had an impact. Same with Ultron. I don’t feel like the kingpin plot has a lot of weight to it
Makes sense, though I'm hoping for something with an original twist
yeah the consequences of that though is that its been neglecting the whole chronoverse thing if we're just sticking around in one timeline
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But doom I think can easily be implemented to the roster at any time once they know what dooms reason is for doing all this they can work around it he’s proven to be reasonable a bunch of times
The thing if your gonna suggest these villains be in the game you have to trade them for someone else given they prioritise which character to make kits for, so if you wanted Dracula and Knull, who shouldn’t they have added that would take their slot
for Doom, they could simply have a 3rd Doom be the playable one, separate from the other two
I’m not talking about them being playable.
I misread what you said mb
If we do ever get a doom I’d say it would be 2099 since he lost some memories and would join us to get them back
I feel it’s kinda obvious we’d get greeen doom as playable and 2099 be his debut shop skin
The second Dr. Doom is added to the game it’s on sight for Reeds
yeah i dont really see them making the default Doom the 2099 version
But dang so many things are being plotted in the back ground why cant this be a show we got
Loki with the grand garden and his deal with doom for the Pheonix feather to be god of stories
Doctor doom who’s gotten blood chronovium and the tournament
Mephisto with the beyonders pipe engine thing
Apocalypse going against the gods
I feel like I forgot someone
I’ve been thinking it’d be easy to make apocalypse both a season villain + Playable, given Magik seems to want to side with him we could have teams like Apocalypse + horsemen (Magik maybe as war) vs X-men
Apocalypse has lore reasons he’d side with heroes anyways given rivals pulls from krakoan era
If they do I hope he’s a vanguard who can buff himself or others with his ult being the death seed and not strategist since I can see how that seems like a strategist
I feel anyone who has the obvious sillouette of a tank should be a tank
In my opinion, this season's lore is pretty mediocre.

My ranking for every season lore from best to worst might be: 2,3,1,5,6,4,7
5+6 were basically 1 season and 4 is basically incomplete. I wasn’t looking forward to white fox and black cat so that probably affects my judgment but I do think it’s interesting they’re pulling inspiration from Black cat’s comic run (specifically black cat vol 2) I haven’t read it tho
True this is how I rank them
where zero
My Ranking:
6°:Kun lun
5°:klyntar
4°:eternal night
3°:hellfire gala
2°:Museum
1°: Gambit and rogue
Love is a Battlefield and A night at the Museum It's a two-part season in terms of lore.
0 is mostly set up, too many different stuff that’ll probably get their own seasons like how klyntar got more maps
I hope this happens in future seasons.
in adam's tribunal skin mvp, he holds a multiverse shard with someone's face on it. who is that, does anyone know?
isnt it his own face
it doesnt look like it. i have the screenshot but dont have image perms yet (not level 30)
It is
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You mean more 2 parters?
More 2-part seasons in the lore.
I honestly just want more return to previous scenes, the map gimmicks are very fun and I want more exploration of existing gimmicks rather than strain themselves with coming up with new gimmicks every season
Bring back Wakanda's God's Wraths, Hydra Ever Shifting/Progress Based Terrain changes and have more maps in K'un Lun with Fog and the Collection for the Shield Walls
They are such a fun way to implement the lore of the map (like Empire's Blood Chronovium having Time properties leading to recall Terrain) and a nice gameplay gimmick that allows for funny moments both in game and in lore (you can't tell me Klyntar's Symbiote Platforms did not mess with a character's movement mid combat at least once)
It's funny that the only one they revisited was the ugly Klyntar one
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Hydra pretty sure we’ll come back to so we might get another map like that and also kunlun. Wakanda tho that will have to be up to the writers to come up for a reason to go back
every map's destruction effect is more fun than anything on klyntar frfr
yeah the Intergalactic Empire's storyline is pretty wrapped up after season 3
Intergalactic was very tied to the Knull story line, that is true
I think Wakanda might be one of the Incursion Locations actually, Manhattan is getting invited by 2099, but what about the Mosaic/Cosmic and Unstable/Destroyed Chronoverses, with Shuri actively trying to figure out a way to fix the Multiverse they might be prone to an Incursion and get their own Invasion season
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What’s the slowmode like
is there a slow mode here
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1 minute slow mode FAAH
I honestly think that they should remove black widow for the entire avengers end game season, rework her, and add her back. Cuz rn she sucks. So. I think that’s a great idea.
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IS THAT. A FELLOW MOON KNIGHT FAN!?!?
That's a new term, but I'd rather call my self Lunar Crusader
Yo
Awwww nightcrawler
He’s my wife, moon knight is amazing too
That’s MY wife back off
Wakanda
Forever.
Ay I didn’t say he’s my wife, just that he’s cool. U have a beautiful wife
Icl there’s too many characters they haven’t done anything with like hulk and Peni. Ultron also hasn’t done anything since season 2. Peni was at the hellfire gala in the rivals infinity comics but nothing more
Peni should’ve gotten an ESU skin
Ikr she is literally in high school in the game timeline
So ultron rn is currently at the hellfire gala
So its not confirmed if peni is in the run from the kingpin or she is still in the galaxy
Lowkey, Ultron can work in a 2 support comp
Yes
In season 4 the tournament is still havent completed the story, yet since we just focus a different plot with rogue and gambit
Ultron/X-tron got defeated and a reprogrammed version has just been hanging around
So basically good ultron is hanging around at the gala right?
i don’t see why he would still have to be at krakoa but possibly
The gala is finished, he just hasn’t done anything since
actually wait I think Ultron was part of the season 3 story, helping fight against the symbiotes on Klyntar wasn’t he
Idk what next season villain is but if we’re going back to 2099 (Alchemax) Ultron and Peni better have at least a smidge of lore relevance
So peni was last seen in season 2 right?
Yes and no? Only in the Rivals infinity comics but no speaking/active role, most characters were probably there.
I think Peni was last seen in season 0 or season 1 recruiting spider-man to help with the web of life and destiny
Season 1 peni helped herbie to go to friday
Hulk better get his 2099 skin
So in season 7 who is currently in jail and who is currently on the run from kingpin
I mean everyone does if you’re on attack, Peni herself wasn’t really part of the main plot
Hulk has been last never basically since he’s only been involved in the hero stories at launch and he’s yet to have been part of any season’s story
He is tangentially related to Elsa’s lore
the end screen of the new map shows cap, punisher, adam, luna, and I think one more I’m forgetting being freed from the Kingpin’s vault
I think that was thor and speaking of which what is the guardians of galaxy doing i know they were last active at season 2 but after season 3 where are they now
yeah he was part of Thor’s hero story as Thor ends up in the collapsing timeline after escaping the tower loki imprisoned him in
The hood was released from the fat man’s vault in which he is gonna be a upcoming character
I hope hood gets relegated to npc because I don’t care about him
yeah parker robbins was there too and it sounds like it's where he's first becoming the hood in rivals - would guess that the gilded saint is giving him the hood
or he just... dies in the vault and Mephisto shows up to make him the hood
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What?
Like the Batman tune
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Yo how can I do the “Complete 1 prediction(s) before the Preseason Group stage” quest?
I honestly think that they should remove black widow for the entire avengers end game season, rework her, and add her back. Cuz rn she sucks. So. I think that’s a great idea. Also NERF PHEONIX.


I feel like the lore team forgot about him lol
eh he was the focus and villain of a whole season
So the new animations from Disco part 2 has revealed that Fisk arresting some of the superheroes happened right as Luna was celebrating her disco birthday anniversary
That has to stings to the core to get arrested during your own birthday party
“For your birthday, Ms. Hee, I give you a fair trial.”
lmao yeah I just noticed in the the mvp animation for Magik, Luna is on her knees in handcuffs at the beginning
Yeah, I think Iron Man rewired Ultron to prevent them from targeting humanoids or something. I remember reading a lore story about that I think.
that sounds right
He blackmailed Ultron if he ever betrayed them he’d erase his memories of Hank Pym
Yo when is Ghost Rider coming??
I just hope he is either tank or dps.
there's been no hints to ghost rider so far
We don’t have any hints to when he’ll come. Just a few references to Mephisto and that one mural on the kun lun map
oh true the 1 million BC ghost rider
Marvel more X-Men '97 skins PLEASEEEE i love the magneto one, gambit crop top , and uhhhh
Something I noticed with the new disco skins mvps is them fighting armed guards so I wonder if right after or during Luna’s 8th Anniversary if Fisk/Kingpin started arresting the heroes.
^
Also cosmic ghost rider (frank castle) was mentioned in Punishers Pirate skin
Pretty much, before the season trailer they released a newspaper looking advert saying kingpin is gonna start arresting people and at the same time Luna’s show was ongoing
Oh yeah I forgot about that newspaper
So helpful thank you, but follow up pls. I thought Jeff wasn’t with Emma and the marauders to begin with but they found him through venom. It seemed that from the map Jeff was escaping with Deadpool so how did Jeff find Deadpool this time if he doesn’t remember him?
Also they didn’t explain how does Jeff later remember Deadpool cause in season 6.5 Jeff and Deadpool interact again but they didn’t interact in season 6.0
yeah i reread the gallery cards and i think it doesnt actually say how jeff ended up with rogue/gambit/deadpool at the collector's place again
so idk how jeff is there in the first place
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who tryina explain the lore to me in under 2 minutes?
If someone does explain lore to u can u summarize it for me
gotchu
IS IT IN THE LORE THAT HULK GETS NO SKIN EVERY SEASON
Yeah no Hulk has more unique designs already existing than like 90% of the roster they can pull from for skins, I think the main issue is when designing a skin for Hulk, they ALSO have to design a Banner and Ult form, and make animations for them transforming in and out of each other. Tbh, if Hulk was a more popular choice, I think they'd put in the effort. At the same time, characters like Rogue, Angela Emma have really taken the spotlight from base roster tanks, so as much as Id love more Hulk skins, I just dont think theyre gonna put in 3x the effort to give Hulk more skins when hes not that popular to play as
S1: Dracula used the darkhold to make it permanently night in New York and was able to turn everyone into vampire, moon knight’s team wanted to kill every vampire (including turned innocents) with the montesi formula, F4 (and squirrel girl) wanted to save everyone by breaking the curse with the help of Ratotoskr (I think F4 side won)
S2: Ultron attacks during hellfire gala on krakoa, infects the likes of iron fist, Hawkeye and magneto. Manages to hijack krakoan resurrection protocols and be revived as X-tron. Infects/controls all of Arakko. Iron man reprograms a fallen Ultron and blackmails him that he’ll delete his memories of Hank Pym if he doesn’t help. I think Doom 2099 beats Ultron anyways
S3: Knull is back with Hela at his side as his Queen in Black. Jean and Blade join the fight, something about a Phoenix egg that gave certain characters Phoenix powers. Some people got symbiotes. Some people got both. Knull is ultimately defeated by a plan of: 1. Venom attaches a band to Knull during their clash, 2. Jean lets Knull end her/send her to white room (with a band on her), 3. Rocket with the power of scarlet witch swaps Jean and Knull ending Knull in white room
S4: Doom manhandled Lin Lie/Iron Fist and called him a fraud, so a tournament was started to compete who’d be worthy to receive the powers of the iron fist. Or at least there was SUPPOSED to be one, but it got delayed
S5: Grandmaster hired gambit to steal the deed to dooms mother soul given to the Collector by Mephisto offering him a chronovium d20 and also reversed Gambit’s lobotomy so he can heal people now. Gambit did steal something but it was a fake but then rogue got chronovium powers that bypassed the collectors protection of the deed (was in a chronovium vault)
S6: Collector hires Deadpool and Elsa to recapture the deed from gambit and rogue. Deadpool betrayed him immediately. They escaped and Gambit and rogue got to have their wedding
S7: ongoing but from what I could gather: present timeline New York is facing a weird incursion where parts of 2099 Nueva York are appearing in it. Kingpin arrests/scapegoats the timeline hopping heroes and tasks black cat to steal the lifeline tablet from the sanctum. Kingpins plan seems to be to give it to the gilded saint (skeleton god) to reverse the spread.
Also cyclops is teased
I might’ve gotten some stuff wrong as this was all from the top of my head what I could remember
Does anyone else know?
as for why Jeff remembers Deadpool
Anyway, Jeff may not fully remember our time together, but I’ve binged enough Shark Weeks to know that guys like him are all about instinct. And I can see it in those big, black eyes of his that, deep down, he knows he can trust me. That’s a good start. And I’m gonna do everything in my power to prove his instincts right.
thank you goat
ive looked through all the relevant gallery cards and stories, and i just dont see anything about how Jeff got there
Yeah that’s why I struggled to understand that lol
It’s just like opp he’s here that’s it
I'm Kate to the conversation on where Peni is but for Season 3 every single character is participating in the fight as Knull is a literal primordial being, wether they get blessed by one of the 2 empowering forces in conflict or are otherwise involved in the plan to win is dependant on the character, Season 4 only really mentions the chosen champions but it's implied many others are there to help their allies in the tournament/defend it from Doom, Season 5 and 6 yeah anyone not mentioned isn't really doing anything, and now Season 7 Peni is likely dealing with the fallout of the invasion back in 2099, wether that means sabotaging forces or getting a breather of less surveillance allowing to gather allies is a separate question
For season 8, got some theories. As much as I’ve seen hints at Cyclops and Devil Dinosaur, I think we’ll be getting Madelyne Pryor and Ghost Rider next season. The main item in current lore is the Tablet of Life and Time, which can bring someone’s soul back from hell. Who do we know who wants to bring someone back? Doom. Doom wants to bring back his mother. Who’s the king of hell? Ghost Rider. Madelyne was hinted at by a woman on top of a roof which Jean got a psychic signal from. Could her clone, Madelyne Pryor.
fun theory but completely wrong considering the person on the roof had the same brain patterns as Rogue, not Jean
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There’s been a correction, similar to rogue not Jean
which is why she’d be a vanguard 🙂
What
Who is Brett Hendrick. All the other ESU names are based on their actual names, but this is completely different. Couldn't find anything on Google
It's listed as an alias on his actual marvel website profile so it is from the comics
alias during civil war
Similar body type to rogue, vanguard.
That’s not what it said tho
Yes
Some of you huff too much copium to the point of delusion
It's similar to Rogue we've been over this
Expecting most rivals players to read is too much
it was an alias Cap used during the civil war comic event
just let me have hope for a tank madelyne, can’t even hope anymore 😞
“A second Jean grey has hit the game”
season 7 gallery card #1
The Worst of Times
- incursion began with Alchemax Tower
- Ben Urich exists
- "space wrinkles" appear around affected areas, disappearing structures and replacing them with future (2101) counterparts
- lower manhattan put on lockdown and evacuated
- Mayor Fisk uses this incident to enact his hero ban, arresting multiple heroes and trapping them in a prison called the Vault
gallery card 2
Catch Me If They Can
- James Wesley, Wilson Fisk's right hand man, exists
- planning to bomb an "affected area", likely Lower Manhattan (this may be the destruction affect on the map)
- Fisk hires the Black Cat to steal an artifact from inside the Sanctum Sanctorum
- Artifact is The Tablet of Life and Time, supposed to provide ultimate power to its owner
- Fisk gives Felicia the Ring of Zona, a sling ring
fun fact, thats not the first mention of urich:
And during my research, I found a Daily Bugle article by Ben Urich that claimed the citizens of Krakoa were already applying a similar process to make themselves all-but immortal.
from sg's 2nd story
betty brant is also mentioned in the hellfire gala event gallery card
gallery card 3
Homecoming
- a log by White Fox, director of Tiger Division
- Tiger Division reached out to Fisk to help with the Incursion, but it was refused
- When Fisk imprisons Luna Snow, a member of Tiger Division, White Fox is forced to take action
- Tiger Division establishes a secret base on Empire State University campus where some heroes take up civilian identities to hide
- Doctor Strange, Spider Man, Mister Fantastic, and Invisible Woman (notably, not thor, loki, hela, or luna who all got skins for ESU)
gallery card 4
Fallen Saint
- The Gilded Saint, patron god of the Thieves Guild (of which Gambit is a member) speaks
- the Tablet is a Talokanil (Namor's people, Atlantean) artifact
- the Saint made a deal with Fisk for him to retrieve the Tablet for the Saint and he would reverse the damage caused by the Incursion
- Black Cat is a former member of the Thieves Guild
- The Gilded Saint's magic turned out to have no effect on Alchemax Tower, despite it normalizing the rest of the city
- the Tablet given to the Saint was a forgery, probably kept by Fisk for his own purposes
Deja vu from the Cynthia soul contract being a fake
The Tablet can bring someone’s soul back from hell, which I think Doom will do…
Oh atleast she getting lore
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Ffs can they move back pov for monster Hulk?
wah wah
womp womp
So I was reading the wiki as I do, looking at Cosmetic Themes because I like seeing how effective a Team of people sharing a cosmetic can be as one does, and I noticed Wade's ESU Skin ... all characters use fake names for the ESU skins to go undercover and not call attention ... Deadpool's Skin Name? Wade Wilson
The street level season stories but still with the main theme of the game is so damn good
So, has anyone else seen Dylan Brock playing Rivals in the newest Amazing Spiderman? Rivals exsists within earth 616
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Ok lore wise, cosmological wise, or anything wise how does marvel rivals being in earth 616 affect it
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marvel rivals being a video game in universe doesnt affect anything cosmologically
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Cosmology wise, is it still possible for Rivals to still actually exist in the larger marvel multiverse as comics 616?
Wasn’t sure if timelines constantly collapsing due to the time stream entanglement in Rival’s lore makes that difficult.
Though then again Rivals Deadpool does seem aware of his original 616 variant.
It was never possible
it is very much possible, just means that the timestream entanglement isnt something affecting the entire multiverse
there's nothing stopping it from being its own separate thing localized to one part of a infinite multiverse
I don’t think that the version Dylan is playing is the same version we play
Tons of heroes’ secret identities are present in the game
What unresolved plots do you want explored? For example the presumed apocalypse stuff with Magik or whether the tournament will ever happen
I do actually want more exploration of the Unstable Chronoverse, K'un Lun is apparently stranded there now but besides having an extra City it doesn't actually seem to have any impact at all
yeah the collapsing chronoverse has been heavily neglected when it's the most interesting one
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lore wise who is actually with iron fist lol i see luna x iron fist and now white fox x iron fist - even white fox x luna snow 
depend on comics there are a lot of
Saw Magik's new MVP. So S.H.I.E.L.D Agents were responsible for taking everyone down? Since when did S.H.I.E.L.D do Fisk's dirty work?!
omg i feel like it’s like this for all the ships haha
yes it is like strange said
Okay cool
I want to monkey bird un Marvel Rivals
in the comics, iron fist is sorta with white fox, they went on a date in a very recent comic
he's interacted a bunch with white fox previously in the comics, and the backstories of both characters seem to be heavily based on the comics versions
never been here before hi
Who is Brett Hendrick. All the other ESU names are based on their actual names, but this is completely different. Couldn't find anything on Google
It's listed as an alias on his actual marvel website profile so it is from the comics
yeah the google searches all go to the skin now but its his alias during civil war
I honestly think that they should remove black widow for the entire avengers end game season, rework her, and add her back. Cuz rn she sucks. So. I think that’s a great idea. Also NERF PHEONIX.
Wait this game has lore
Does nobody really wanna talk about S.H.I.E.L.D taking sides? I mean, where's Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and the entire command staff?
in the comics SHIELD has been gone for like 10 years now, and rivals takes a lot from the comics
What if the real Marvel Rivals Lore was the friends we made along the way
Most literate rivals player
Do you think we’ll see some of the prisoners as Easter eggs in the upcoming map like orb and lizard
Probably not. Wouldn't they be in a jail cell in a prison
i dont think the map has us enter the vault, it just ends at the entrance
Doesn’t it end at the prison
thats what i said yea it ends outside the building
If Marvel Rivals Lore is your power, what are you without it?
Could be third defence spawn tho
I just got the game bro😭
That would be sick
how to level up to play ranked in marvel rivals?
what do
When does the bite of 87 happen?
83
Jeff
I want to make some new friends.
Someone's having trouble with the Krakoa map; there's audio lag and a delayed screen load in the second round.
shaneboy98, the darkness, the arrival of the wicked one, the one who thinks and sees of the pitch black folks… the one who came back from the abyss of nothingness..
Jajaja clasicc, One piece references
Here a shower thought
Since Marvel Rivals is confirm to exist as an actual game in base 616 marvel Universe,and there official comics in the game itself that helps expands the lore.Does that meant those comics count as fan fiction made by the comic version of Netease
Also,the Marvel Rivals clip is in Amasing Spider man #25 2026
Can someone explain to me why Gambits tattoo in rivas says “Anne Marie” instead of “Anna Marie” ?
the game we have and the game in 616 are likely not extremely similar in the lore. multiple secret identities are mentioned in the game as well as stuff that doesnt really work as an in universe game
AND UCM too
probably just a typo
I don't like the ESU skin selection, more specifically the ESU College Life selection, why in the world are Rocket and Hela of all characters going undercover?!
and Wade's not even Undercover! he's just there!
btuh]
yeah they wanted to give skins to popular characters rather than to characters that actually make sense for the theme
actually, you know what, Wade gets a pass "'How do you do, fellow kids?' See? All I have to do is buy one piece of ESU merch and boom, I'm part of the ESU College Life theme!"
i dont give it a pass because obviously the devs were like "quick, we need a skin to give away for free in the event" and they had the idea to just recolor the esports deadpool skin and toss it in there
Fair, I'm also mildly annoyed at how Arbitrary the separation between College Life and Showdown seems, specially considering that the separation only exists in the Theme name itself, they share logo, but it seems there is in fact a reason and it's to do with the imprisoned heroes
i didnt even notice that in the first place
I spend way too much of my time thinking on wether or not a team composed of one skin theme could be viable and if not how a full team Team Up could save them, I spend too much time in the wiki lol
O event of Spider-island
Or civil war
Dare Marvel rivals we are tired of your engagement based matchmaking Please fix that I'm tired of getting matched with people who don't know how to play
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where is Doom in the plot??
My man hasn’t been relevant since season 5
THAT’S why the lore fell off
Dooms been doing so much in the back ground
he was at least slightly involved in season 5 and 6, doom 2099 learns of the soul contract in season 5 and obtains in it season 6, but those two seasons were basically just the same story so it feels like he hasnt done anything in awhile
i would assume that we'll see more from one of the Dooms in one of the 2 gallery cards that release in 7.5
He used to. And that was what made the plots so good
He still is we’ll see in 7.5 at the end tho
Hopefully ur right
Season 11 Doom debut trust 🤞
If doom ain’t dooming marvel ain’t marveling
In November-December around doomsday and 2nd anniversary of rivals
and even in season 4 present day Doom was making moves with the tournament and all, but that hasnt been resolved yet so that also contributes to feeling like they havent been doing anything, especially when compared to season 1 and 2 where they felt a lot more impactful
Season 4 was only when we last saw Doctor doom season 5 & 6 we got Doom 2099
correct
Then it was just this season where it feels off
I hope Ultron comes back as a villain for a season again
season 1, present day doom was making deals with Dracula, helping him set up the eternal night, and then betraying him to get the blood chronovium
season 2, doom 2099 is working with krakoa (even though its for his own gain to get the chronovium from the island), and helping defeat ultron
season 3, the focus is Knull, but both Dooms take advantage with 2099 taking a piece of the celestial codex and present day taking a phoenix feather
season 4, present day doom goes to K'un-Lun to get the chi infused chronovium from Shou-Lao, instigates a tournament to win it, has Loki be his champion and gives him a phoenix feather in exchange
season 5, doom 2099 learns of Cynthia von Doom and the soul contract... and thats it
season 6, doom 2099 obtains the soul contract... and that's it
season 7, nothing so far, but probably we'll see present day doom next
I think the character choices also were better earlier on. Blade abd Phoenix fighting Knull and Hela? That’s dope. Dropped out Fox lady fighting cat themed anti hero? Nah
If they don’t show present day doom they better be setting up more of the other background threats
I know the lore
not a response to you or anyone specifically, im just detailing it all out so its easy to see that it's been 3 seasons since the dooms really did anything
Aight then my bad
If they dont we've still got Loki and Mephisto plotting in the back. Hope they give us a big planned event cause honestly season 3 shouldve been one for it being Knull and a Comsically huge threat.
I guess I don’t know the lore, than. WHEN DID WE GET MEPHISTO
The Soul Contract mentioned for the Elders Seasons is a Mephisto contract
Oh yeah nvm I remember
- Mephisto gave his contract of Dooms mother to The Collector in exchange for an old brale pipe which The Collector doesnt know is a concordance engine from The Beyonders/ Ivory Kings a name from Venoms 3 lore page
Did the tournament get resolved?
I do wonder what Loki and Hela are doing ... they are both scheming an insane amount yet are kind of just ... there? Loki is Doom's Champion and was the instigator of Yggsgard but is otherwise just chilling and Hela had the entire thing with Knull ... and yet she is undercover at ESU?!
The Tournament got postponed
Loki is in the tournament because Doom will give him a Pehonix feather if he wins which loki needs and something else to become God of Stories and he also helped Mantis (if you like the shipping you should read) in The Grand Garden but secretly planted something and Hela well shes jsut been in protection of the eight city for retribution the ESU skin isnt canon to the story more like a what if the Asguardiaqn family went to ESU
also no just delayed till we come back to it
yeah one of the stories from the latest season says that preparations are still under way for the tournament
thing about that latter part is that Low Key Thor and Loki are NOT part of ESU, they are literally "just chilling"
Wasssap
damn this sure is lore chat
Love how all the asguardians got a skin this szn
deadpool and jeff emote when ?
Guys, how many days left for the Jeff rodeo emote to come and when is it leaving the game?
This is a history of The comics
Has marvel rivals lore kinda stopped?
No? Hero release lore has slowed down but season by season lore is still the same as ever since they stopped releasing two maps
I miss when the events used to give lore, last time they did was in season 4 where we got lore about the beasts and their champions, after that they kinda just stopped giving extra lore
Yeah it’s become less a priority but it’s still around
That’s one of the reasons I think they should go back to 3 month seasons
yeah hero stories have slowed, events no longer have associated lore, the story itself has slowed (season 4 unfinished, season 5 and 6 are just 2 parts of the same story), which is certainly a consequence of the breakneck pace theyre pushing out seasons
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What's the lore about the college skins?
I'm still intrigued by Rocket and Hela, since Thor and Loki are not ESU so they don't act against the other ESU canonicity and Luna and Iron Fist although possibly confusing do make sense, remember that the Showdown half of the skin sets includes Invisible Woman and Dr. Strange who are in the Gallery Card
Thanks! had no idea what the pipes were about and didn't know how to research it.
Also didn't know we had a lore chat so that's pretty fun.
Can i be friends with Knull?
What are the chances they’re gonna give cyclops chronovium powers
i doubt hes getting chronovium powers they only give it to those who dont have much that they can do with their powers Like Rogue who was just punching flying and absorbing. If they switch him up all theyll do is give him the gambit treatment adn either unlock a power or make him like his brother vulcan depending on his role.
I ask because I genuinely can’t see him as anything but dps, like I get WHY people want him as a tank, mostly because it’s the most desirable role to be, but unless he makes shields with his beams or heals I don’t see how is kit is gonna be anything other than beam and bigger beam
Like I’ve seen people say he could have DVa matrix but that seems kinda lame imo
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Cyclops is a pretty big guy plus he’s the leader of the X-men so tank is a logical choice
he's not really "big"
Lore accurate jeff solos
I hope they full commit and canonize the Punch Dimension to rivals
i could see cyclops having a beefier health pool for a dps but not being a full on tank
People just want a tanky poke dps
I want a mobile frontline tank
Using his CONCUSSIVE beams for movement and knockback like Emma but mobile
i think this is the only way i could see him being a tank is if he could use his beams to destroy incoming projectiles
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I think cyclops would be a weird tank and I would prefer him as a dps character
I feel if the ratio of dps characters wasn’t so absurd people wouldn’t be saying tank as much as they do now. He could’ve been a dps in season 0 and nobody would’ve batted an eye
He never made sense as a tank
There’s an unspoken hierarchy when it comes to roles and how they’re viewed:
tanks>dps>support
The only explanation I've seen for tank is that "he leads the team into battle". Which doesn't even make sense for role selection
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ULTIMATE UNIVERSE IS NOT CANON
Did you know guys Ironman thinks faster than a computer
That part, just cause he’s the leader doesn’t make him a vanguard lol
new map trailer shows we will go inside the Vault, and just because some people were doubting it like that one guy who thought Parker Robbins was gonna be Ghost Rider, they showed that the Hood is indeed in the vault
there’s 3 other objects in display cases along side the hood but can’t tell what they are
it looks like the Kingpin’s cane, some sort of skull thing with flashing lights, and a blue crystal
I have a feeling Hood and Ghost Rider are gonna drop together in a season or two
They made strange a tank when he’s not big in any medium I don’t see why they can’t do that to cyclops
Well, you see, one of Dr. Strange’s signature moves is making a big shield. He does that a lot in movies and comics
He also tends to fight in melee with two small discus shields a lot
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Hope we get kingpin in the future since he’s got a model ready him I can see getting chronovium powers or using that staff
What's that thing that Fisk is waking up in the trailer?
It’s the Gilded Saint, someone Fisk is making a deal with
I also heard it was arishem the judge so is that confirmed?
This would actually be so goated
Like im asking is it confirmed that its actually the gilded saint yet cause ive heard like 3 different things and that seems the most likely
I keep seeing people say its cyclops guaranteed next season but yeah i think hoods more likely. Idk why they would release cyclops this far before doomsday when they are planning all the stuff for it
Secret wars i mean but yeah
Cyclops is most likely as his glasses are in the final lore card of the season
Remember, Blade was added like 2 seasons after he showed up in a map
Unless its a hellfire gala season again idk I think hes more likely to get added closer to secret wars to hype that up since they said the game is going to tie in with it/be based off it
So like season 9 or something but who knows. It doesnt make sense for me to release him before though unless yeah its another hellfire thing
The one time we have seen him is in a hellfire gala suit i believe so that's why I say that
Depends what next season is based on, not enough clues to tell who the next villain is.
My general idea is Cyclops is being held prisoner and experimented on in Alchemax and some Rogue clone that copied him is watching from afar
Why do you think that hes being held in the alchemax with a rogue clone? I havent read all the comics so im not sure but that sounds interesting
My theory is that Wolverine and Cyclops had enough of Jean and went to a cabin in the woods to do some sweet sweet baking without her
I'm also hoping that Kingpin will have voice lines on the new map like Knull and the Necrosword. Especially if a Daredevil gets near him or something. Or they just scream at eachother like Daredevil Season 3
Last gallery card shows the Alchemax building releasing a red pulse which leads me to believe he’s there, also in the same gallery panel with a figure with “similar thought patterns” to rogue who is seen with a glowing red eye
Hmm interesting
Cyclops seems pretty likely but looking at an upscaled close up of the figure on the roof it looks like captain marvel with the yellow accent/line on it but yeah it could also be a mr sinister clone of rogue possibly
Yh some people though it was Captain marvel too, but there’s no other clues to suggest her coming yet
I thought i remember hearing voice lines from her quite abit ago or something but who knows. Lore wise it would be weird for her to randomly show up
My Father is a comics fanatic, when I pointed out the resemblance to the X-Revolution Skin he showed me that X-Revolution has a similar pattern to an iconic Captain Marvel Outfit, without the huge window of course, so the lower detail of the outfit does increase the chances of it being Captain Marvel
yeah no clue why she would be showing up now, unless next season is a Cosmic season there is no reason for Captain Marvel to get involved, then again, since we are in the Incursions Chaos Seasons maybe the Mosaic Chronoverse (Where Wakanda is located) may be involved in one of the incursions soon and since that is the Chronoverse where most Cosmic heroes reside/landed then we may have Captain Marvel soon
yeahh theres an outfit where she looks very very similar
Whats the lore of the game
I’ll genuinely take captain marvel if it means we get confirmation for moon girl later
That would be so sick
I think its possible they add vision in the new 4 or 5 seasons cause of the vision quest show coming out this summer
I want captain marvel just for a chance of another vanguard so I’ll take her the more the merrier. I feel like next season is gonna be cyclops because hellfire gala might be annual and season 8 is close or at the same time of season 2 so we might even get another voting event
If we do see or get captain marvel it’s either space related season or we might finally go to the collapsing timeline since that seems like another place she’d go to help out and fight
Captain Marvel doesn't look like Rogue though
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There’s a whole thing where rogue copied Carol and her memories
Yeah but they still look physically different
The mystery person doesnt really look like either of their normal outfits
But they have a hair style similar to captain marvel and rogue so its hard to tell. Most people think captain marvel cause its similar to an outfit she wore though
The description said the figure looks like Rogue and has the same brain patterns. Captain Marvel only has the same brain patterns, not the appearance
If you want ill send you the pictures in dms
I've seen it lol. I think it's either a clone or a timeline variant based on the full description
Of the captain marvel outfit that looks almost exactly like the mystery figure?
It doesnt say they have rogues appearance in the description it just says a woman that looks like jean
No that was a mistake from the initial report before it came out, it says she looks like Rogue
it doesnt look like her anytime we have ever seen her though is the thing so we dont know.
It didn’t say “looks like Jean” it said “similar thought patterns to rogue” miller made a mistake
it does look like a captain marvel outfit though so people dont know. its contradicting itself
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yeah he got it wrong even when he corrected himself. if you read the actual thing it says someone with the exact same thought patterns as the woman across the table
so yeah the whole thing is they have rogues thought patterns but it looks like a captain marvel or emma outfit and nobody knows
I wouldn’t be surprised if season 9 was Thanos and Captain Marvel
just because Rogue copied Carol doesn’t mean that they would have the same brain patterns, she didn’t literally become Carol
the hair on the figure matches Rogue with the angled/sharp spikey white hair
on the tought patterns, Rouge's entire brain is weird because of the whole absorbing memories, I assume purely because even my Father's first reaction (as I mentioned, a comic fanatic) to "similar tought patterns" was Captain Marvel, like her powers, Carol's toughts are strong enough to leave a residue, since those powers that remained on Rogue are the reason why she can fly in the first place
to put it simply, there is only one person who would have identical brain patterns to Rogue, and that's Rogue
theoretically still having a few of Carol's memories doesn't suddenly mean her entire brain now functions identical to Carol's brain
And it just looks like Rogue. You can see the white shock of hair
her looking like Rogue, wearing Emma's outfit, and with glowing red eyes (Cyclops) is all pretty easy to reconcile if you consider that she is a clone of Rogue, which means that someone is making clones plural and this clone was either given various mutant abilities, or has absorbed multiple at once
clones would then most likely mean Mr. Sinister, the Jackal, or Alchemax (since it seems to be implied that Cyclops has been captured by them) is behind it
Well yeah the same card says that Alchemax is doing something shady. So maybe Alchemax has captured its timeline's X-Men and turned them evil or something
yeah her being a Rogue from a different timeline is the other possibility
Wait is S7 about Alchemax from the future or from another timeline
the 2099 Alchemax building either swapped places with or completely replaced the present day Alchemax building and started "infecting" the surrounding city and 2099'ing it - this infection is pushed back and contained, but the 2099 building remains in the present timeline
Ah so it's the 2099 timeline
dork
So does this Alchemax have any connection to Norman Osborn? I recall Galactic Goblin from that time still being Norman, who figured out how to become immortal
In the regular timeline Norman becomes Mason Banks and controls Alchemax from behind the scenes
Wonder when we'll get Spider-Man 2099 with all the alchemax stuff
my understanding is that all we know of 2099 Alchemax is that they're working with Public Eye and Doom 2099, they had Captain America on ice before he was freed by Black Widow, and they seem to be working with Public Eye on researching stuff like the super soldier serum, krakoan flowers, the elixir of life, and the infinity formula
there's been no mention of who's running Alchemax however
I feel like it could be Norman since the Goblin formula was a super soldier serum and he has worked with Doom before in the cabal
I also think a version of Norman that is this old would be cool to see
Just surviving for decades and taking power.
Guys, what's Wolverines real name?
James “Logan” Howlett?
Damn. I never knew about this!
it’s possible for sure, though it’s not my personal preference, i prefer the original incarnation of 2099 over the other more recent 2099 universe
I could totally be wrong
Oscorp can already be seen in the background of this game so I don't need to justify my favourite Marvel character being around this world
I'm just saying that with his track record Osborn is known to manipulate a lot of things
I think it’s definitely possible especially because Rivals tends to take from more recent comics - Doom 2099 having lost his memories is something they took from the new 2099 universe iirc
I'll take the quiet life a handshake of carbon monoxide
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Sinister fits the M.O or alchemax
Sinister also fits with the season theoretically being mutant focused (cyclops, hellfire gala)
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I’ve heard hela is lokis daughter idk how that’s possible but yeah and its loki hela crazy
I mean wasn’t this season supposed to be/line up with hellfire gala since it’s been a year since then
yeah we'll see for certain in season 7.5 if there's anything hellfire gala related on the roadmap but I'm guessing it'll be season 8 which mostly lines up time-wise
Marvel is almost never consistent with mythical genealogy so it’s subject to change a lot, in mythology she is Loki’s daughter with Angrboda. In the mcu they’re “siblings”. Comics I’m not that sure tbh.
When rivals launched Loki did call him sister but around season 4 they changed all voicelines and text where Loki calls her sister to just Hela
in comics, the story is that Hela was originally the Death Stone, created by Bor (Odin's father)- there's some time travel shenanigans and Thanos is involved, and the Death Stone ends up turning into a baby girl (Hela) who is then adopted and raised by a young Loki and Angerboda
Yeah, it's definitely confusing with how different adaptations handle the characters. I've noticed that Marvel tends to shift things around a lot, making it hard to keep track of everyone’s relationships. It’s interesting how they can change things so drastically between the comics and the MCU.
this was a relatively recent retcon, with it originally being that Hela was simply just their daughter
Yeah, it’s interesting how they changed that aspect. It really adds more depth to her character and the story overall.
i never watched or read marvel stuff
same I might’ve when I was younger but I don’t really remember
The lore highkey makes me ship Elsa and Thor
Gn
That's how it is in the actual Norse mythology, yes.
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I do wonder if Miguel is going to do anything, specially as when discussing the possibility of other Spiders, he is one of few and the one who if ever added would be the Tank of the Spiders even if both Peni and Venom sort of fill that role ...
that lore tho
so whats daredevils lore
Tbf tho
The lore
doubtful any variants will ever show up beyond skins
i think theres only one or two things on any maps that show a Spiderman 2099 (as we know him, i mean. there are many other spider-people in 2099)
They need to make the lore

I’m still wondering what exactly would be the narrative/thematic ties Devil Dinosaur (and maybe Moon Girl) would have to Cyclops.
Maybe the heroes recruit her help to break into the Alchemax, or maybe Mr.Sinister is interested in experimenting with both mutants AND inhumans. With him taking a particular interest in Lunella’s mental link to Devil Dinosaur.
my thoughts was that since devil is a dinosaur, could have some savage land stuff going on
rogue teamup incoming?
Funny names that I can change too? Any recommendations
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son nobody cares about the lore
Who's Miles Warren
the jackal
oh I think I see why you asked, it's because there's a picture of him on the new map
Ye, wats his powers?
he doesn't really have any notable powers, what's more relevant is that he's a genius and his thing is making clones (and he's a spiderman villain, so he's made clones of spiderman and spidey-adjacent characters many times)
he's even been cloned himself a bunch so there's a bunch of versions of him out there, which do their own thing as well - just recently in the comics, the Jackal made twisted clones of the Illuminati
what's interesting though is that in the picture, he's wearing a specific mask, and Miles Warren has never worn that mask... but Ben Reilly (clone of spiderman) has - he wore that mask when he became the Jackal after defeating Miles Warren
it does seem to be Warren however and they've just adopted the mask for his rivals appearance
Tbf the mask is much cooler than the weird fur suit
yeah the simple answer is that it looks cool
ooh the payload on the new map is a SHIELD vehicle
Also it’s a professional picture but the mask isn’t comically villain coded that the picture still makes sense
and it makes him more recognizable than if he was just an old man with a mustache in the picture
Yh unlike Norman’s waves and Conner’s arm
got a look at all the items in the vault, the details:
- Kingpin's cane has a finger inside of it which I was wondering if that would be the case. This is a reference to Devil's Reign where he had captured Killgrave to use him to control the citizens of new york to vote for Kingpin again, and he had cut off a finger from Killgrave and put it in his cane so he could control people with it (Killgrave aka Purple Man has the power to control anyone around him)
- The second display case is not a skull but rather a mask - possibly Chameleon's?
- I didn't notice any details about the blue crystal from a closer look so I'm not certain what it is - maybe a terrigen crystal?
I'll try to get some closeup pictures next time
yeah the mask is a white mask that's sparkling with starry particles, idk what the sparkles are about but otherwise my only thought is Chameleon
the crystal doesnt have any key details that help distinguish it, but based on my google images search it kinda looks like a crystal from the Marvel Contest of Champions game
So we’re basically confirming the existence of Kilgrave now lol
who likes the lore
is kingpin trying to summon khonshu?
Kingpin made a deal with the Gilded Saint to give him the Tablet of Life and Destiny in exchange for stopping the spread of the 2099 infection coming from the 2099 Alchemax building which appeared in present day new york
wdym 2099 infection?
not a disease but like it's affecting the city itself, it's turning the buildings into 2099 versions and it's spreading
ultimately it gets fixed but the 2099 alchemax building remains in the present day and itll be a relevant part of season 8 it seems like
Am I dumb because I don’t think I’ve noticed 2099 parts in the new map. Other than the science capture point but that could just be modern science idk
You can see Alchemax Tower in the skybox
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there’s no 2099 parts in the new map
i’m seeing people say the mask is the Eternity Mask which I’ve never heard of
The lore is crazy
yes it is
it basically equals the power of the wearers enemy
which if you use it for evil it dosnt work so it makes no sense for the guilded saint to have it
also you quite literally cant use it against someone weaker than you
i would assume that the items in the cases belong to Fisk, not the Gilded Saint, though still Fisk wouldn’t be able to use it either
Why the most of the Rivals characters insults Stark???
If you talk to Fisk as Deadpool he threatens to get rid of monster kingdom
Fisk is offering them as well I believe is the implication
https://discord.com/channels/1193841000108531764/1489376796926541974 if yall wanna be able to talk about the lore better you should upvote this
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I love lore
My brain hurts why is the lore to this game so confusing
did yall read the rivals infinity comic issue 47 and if so do u know if the guy on the panel that says "YEAH! RIOT!" is bullseye (im refering to the bottom right one)

I know the lizard shows up in one of the recent issues which only fuels my desire to see him playable one day
Who likes the lore
Is this channel to just discuss about the rivals universe lore?
Or comics in general?
rivals mainly
The Kingpin AND the gigant hand
mainly rivals universe lore but it is ok to compare share ideas that relate to others!
The infinity comics aren’t really canon to rivals
doesn't mean theyre not still relevant
whats that skeleton hand in the new Lower Manhattan map? what is fisk summoning
the hand belongs to the Gilded Saint, who Fisk is making a deal with to give him the tablet and in exchange, the Gilded Saint will stop the 2099 "infection" spreading from the 2099 alchemax building (which suddenly appeared in the present day) which was turning all the surrounding buildings into their 2099 equivalents
oh its the gilded saint
Since it's the patron of the (New York) Thieves Guild do you think Gambit and bis crew might get involved (even if Gambit is from the New Orlands branch)? Whatever happens there I hope Black Cat gets a Thieves Guild skin
im gonna say no solely based on that gambit (and rogue) have had so much focus in the story with season 5 and 6
Fair
i would think the newer ones are because of the story with cap and parker robbins escaping from kingpin and the story kinda involving stuff like that
Is hulk like a hit and run tank
Wrong channel, but he can be
I love Reed Richard and sue storm lore
Let’s get GRRM to write the lore 🔥
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Sinister six coming soon?
So like whats going on with SHIELD? Cause I'd imagine they'd be all hands on deck with everything that's happening. Or better yet, what's Nick Fury doing?
I think the new map has been the first mention of them with the SHIELD truck and drone, so either Kingpin is using old SHIELD equipment or they’re working with him.
Consider that in the comics, SHIELD has been dissolved for like a decade now, and Rivals takes a lot from the modern comics, so there might be no SHIELD at all
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New map is funny ngl it's like where all dd
Green Goblin and the Lizard
What a day that will be if they’re both playable
Is hulk getting buffed soon
We do also have to consider that Fury, Hill, and Coulson (on top of any other prominent agents) may have been displaced by the Entanglement, SHIELD is likely under direct control of Kingpin until actual leadership members take it back, and that will be a struggle itself, though with Cap and Hawkeye active that might be sooner rather than later
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wrong channel + he absolutely does not need more buffs, speaking as a hulk player
Something really needs to happen with ranked queues and the overall community of this game
It’s getting worse every season of people just throwing for no reason not just throwing people leaving people getting mad and going black widow for no reason
There needs to be a overhaul of ranked in this game before it loses even more of its player base then it’s already lost I can’t send photos but I’ve had 20+ reports come back in the past 4 days cause of people throwing cause they got told they were bad or asked to switch to another role or character some just for no reason at all
And then these people can play comp again after a 10 min ban and do it all over again
Fix the ranked system and stuff like this won’t happen nearly as often
Double guang please add a new hulk buff
What happened to SHIELD in the comics?
basically, Captain America was secretly replaced by a Hydra version of himself and orchestrated events so that he was director of SHIELD and that SHIELD would become the top authority in the country in the event of a crisis. He sets up various crisis that leave heroes distracted or out of play and takes over America, upon which then SHIELD and all of its resources is merged into Hydra. When Hydra and evil Cap were defeated, what was left of SHIELD dissolved
this happened in the Secret Empire storyline 9 years ago
oh you know I forgot, a new, much smaller version of SHIELD was created by Maria Hill as a division of the CIA, but they've had few appearances and are far from what the original SHIELD was
The lore needs to be made

Ohhh right I remember that. Where Deadpool killed Phill Coulson under Evil Cap's orders
you know what
I have a genuine lore question, the Eternity Knights are characters who believed killing every single vampire even the innocents that were turned was the better course of action dealing with dracula, so why in the world is ADAM WARLOCK part of that group?!
He is more willing to do what is done than other characters sure, but he's also like, the every soul matters guy? so why is he willing to sacrifice so many innocent souls instead of helping with finding a cure?
Wait does anyone know where kingpin or the new map, universe is from?
Kingpin and the new map are present timeline, the Alchemax that is invading is from 2099 timeline
I have a question, mainly cause I don't want to embarrass myself to this Redditor.
Is rivals comics considered canon?
The topic mainly came up because of CnD daring skin
idk if there's an official answer but I think the answer is "mostly" - the comics expand on events in the story with more detail, and sometimes they show events that haven't been referenced at all by the game, like Namor and Jeff robbing BP, or SG/Thing/Rocket fighting Doom 2099
It makes sense to me to treat them as a secondary source, but if there's conflicting information, the game takes priority. However, you also have to consider the game conflicts with itself sometimes, ex: Hawkeye has a voice line in which he recognizes Jeff, but also a different one where has no idea who or what Jeff is
Do keep in mind that even in game we are not necessarily playing the same variant of a character every match, how many variants of characters there are, how similar they are between themselves, and which ones are played is insanely unexplored and frankly shaky in detail at best, but there is a reason why Moon Knight and the Eternity Knights have escorting Herbie and Rattatosker voice lines when they are the characters meaning to use the Montessi formula, why you have Kwanon/Betty as a Psylocke Skin even though it's Psy in the game, why the entire Collector's Collection skin set is a thing (one of the few canonically existing skin sets that is not an outfit based on the season) that being said, there is definitely a "Main Set" that every variant in the story directly derives from and the ones that the Lore actually cares about, follows, and uses in Gallery Cards and the Comics, Galacta is likely pulling some trickery to ensure that
DAMN SO THE GWEN PIC IN THE NEW MAP IS NOT FROM ANOTHER UNIVERSE
So our peter since he's from the main timeline, Was in a relationship with Gwen before..wonder what happened.
No, there’s too many contradictions between the comics and in game lore
The gameplay is not canon as far as we know, and only a few skins are actually relevant to the lore
at that point might as well say nothing is canon but the gallery cards
Gallery cards, event lore details, map details, and hero lore are the most firmly canon things we have
The interactions are still relevant though, they explore character relations, react to the events of the map and inform us of details about the time before the entanglement/before season 0 (note: The Collapsing Timeline heroes) variants are the explanation for why characters can be played on both teams and/or why they are in the team they really oppose (Note: Loki's reaction to a Loki Player in Yggsdrasil Path), and by extension cover contradictions in interactions like Hawkeye's confusion over Jeff, and him wanting to take Jeff to Kate
They should make the lore
I'm not up on all Marvel stuff, so is the last season 7 story hinting at Madelyne Pryor or some alternate Rogue?
or maybe someone controlling the Rogue at the table?
it was clarified that the figure in the distance has the same brain patterns as Rogue, aka it's another Rogue. It could be the Rogue of a different timeline, or it could be a clone (possibly with a combination of various powers, since its rogue with glowing red eyes (cyclops) and wearing one of emma's outfits)
Except variants never appear in the lore and multiple voicelines contradict eachother
I’ll bet that it’s Captain Marvel
if you exclude that they look nothing like Carol and that they have the same brain patterns as Rogue which is only possible if they're also Rogue, yeah
I’m still not sold that it’s Emma’s outfit, I think it’s not clear enough to be certain about it at least
for sure, it's just the closest thing it resembles, and it's certainly not a Carol outfit
"Another variant? Which inconsequential timeline do you hail from, I wonder?" Loki to the attacker Loki in Yggsdrasil path, Variants are just the catch all term for Marvel Alternate Timeline characters, when it's multiple timelines converging it's bound to have a few
There is a funny third option, actually...
It MIGHT be, and yes this is a long shot and I am not standing on this...Bella Donna Boudreaux
Bella Donna Boudreaux is one of the more meaningful people Rogue has touched, just not as well known as Carol.
Now, it MIGHT be Carol, but I think they'd give Ms. Marvel a bigger entrance.
In any case, we won't know until like May?
I disagree that Rogue absorbing powers/memories from someone = their brain patterns are now identical
I think it's just unintentionally confusing wording when they were just trying to say the person is also Rogue, especially because they also had to clarify that it was referring to Rogue and not Jean
Like I said, I'm not gunna die on this hill.
it's still a creative idea as i've yet to see anyone else suggest that character, never heard of them before
Rogue absorbed carol’s life force so she could have changed her own mind to be more similar to carol’s
yeah i mean you realize how that sounds lol
Bella Donna Boudreaux is Gambit's ex-wife and a person that Rogue touched long enough that she absorbed her memories and some of her manerisms to the extent that Gambit was unsure if Rogue even loved him or if it was just Bella's memories.
Does she have any telepathic abilities?
I mean Carol doesn’t have any either afaik so
I would link the marvel wiki page, but this discord doesn't let me. Belladona has astral projection and some psionic powers
Oh then that is a way better option than Carol
The lore
X-man drama is some of the messiest in the Marvel Universe
YUP
I think it would be really cool if they used Enigma as a season villain and bring Mister Sinister onto the roster
yeah that would be sick to see rivals adapt
mother righteous in rivals when
Apparently there are 80k named characters in the Marvel Comic multiverse. Not all of them are important, some of them are like Thor's toilet scrubber, but it's still a wild number.
Adapting Enigma seems like such a fun challenge, but that has like 700 issues because Enigma is innately timeline chaos
the fun part is figuring out what to do with the other clones, I doubt they make all 4 playable, but the 4 are inherently different in personality and powers so they COULD add a few
is this lore for the game or self lore
They could make them all just skins for Mister Sinister, with Mother Righteous being a Lady Loki situation
Not really, Mother Righreous is a Magic User, Orbus Stellaris is a Cosmic character with low mobility and Dr. Stasis is a Techie, their power sources and fighting styles differ dramatically
And Betsy Braddock is a completely different person from Sai
And capwolf is a different species lol
strucid
Not like they’re gonna make all of them separate playable characters
its season 157, the new characters are old man in an orb and doctor bong
lore masters i beeseech thee: who is giant spooky skeleton that kingpin is either possesed by or is listening to like a dummy
it is the Gilded Saint, Kingpin is making a deal to give them the Tablet of Life and Destiny, and in exchange they will restore the city back to how it was before the 2099 alchemax building appeared and started replacing normal buildings with 2099 counterparts
He really doesn't have many appearances in the comics either, he only really appears in Black Cat comics as the patron god of the New York branch of the Thieves Guild after they offended the previous one
Who has the dumbest lore in yalls opinion
Luna because she doesn’t do anything she’s just there
Will the iron fist skin be a leg ?
More than just a leg, comes with another leg, 2 arms and the rest of the body
For some reason I thought she was a Mutant lol
@frigid zodiac hi
I mean if we are being technical she is a Mutate, like Spidey or Hulk, but yeah
Where is Foggy :[ ik daredevil is different and all but… foggy :(
So who are the good guys and bad guys in the manhattan map?
Like how one side is usually “evil” and another is good, lore-wise?
this Daredevil is from the collapsing timeline and has lost everyone - foggy, karen, luke cage, misty knight, iron fist (danny rand), even his spider-man
COME ON MAN NOT FOGGY :( HES THE BEST CHARACTER OF LIKE ALL TIME. NOOOOOO NOT MY FOGGY.. :(
Take ur time :)
Foggy from the present timeline is presumably alive and well, there's a billboard for nelson & murdock on one of the maps, though it's theoretically possible he got swept away in the entanglement (unlikely because idk why theyd do that)
i couldnt remember if he was referenced elsewhere so i was looking it up and he is via that billboard
At least that foggy is good. I wish we get a photo or like SOMETHING about that foggy. My beloved.
Hell a random voiceline by him (cause they do that sometimes but probably not) or just more foggy mentions. We all love foggy Nelson. I love his actor in the show as well! And he looks great in the new one from what Iv seen (I haven’t watch reborn yet I’m getting to it)
Yea Foggy was great in Born again. Propably my favourite part of season 1 i'm so glad they brought him back for the season
Elsa bloodstone so mid she doesnt even appear in the comics
lore accurate jeff solos everyone in the marvel universe
not picky hit anyone on to play with vc
erm ackshually lore accurate jeff is just a shark that can walk on land so ackshually he doesnt even solo anyone 🤓
erm actually he ate every powerful artifact in the marvel universe and gained those powers so he does🤓
dawg half of the marvel universe werent born with their powers