How to emote in Marvel Rivals

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Marvel Rivals embraces a free-to-play model that invites players to dive headfirst into its universe, offering essential content without spending a dime. Yet, the charm of cosmetics, especially emotes, is a crucial factor in keeping players engaged. Emotes have established themselves as a fundamental element in shooter games, serving not only to enhance visual flair but also to facilitate social interaction among players.

These elements enable players to express their personality, devise strategies, or simply enjoy themselves, enhancing the overall gaming experience by celebrating victories or playfully taunting opponents. In Marvel Rivals, emotes serve as a unique avenue for players to showcase their personality as their favourite superhero and dominate the battlefield with them. While Rivals features a plethora of emotes for each of its characters, only a few know how to assign them and use them in the game. If you’re one of those, we’ve got you covered right here.

How to get emotes in Marvel Rivals

You can get emotes in one of the three methods in Marvel Rivals – Battle Pass, Shop Bundles or freebies from in-game events. While most players can claim an emote when they purchase cosmetic skin bundles from the shop, it’s quite rare you’ll get an emote for free in Rivals since the game offers you more free Sprays instead. Still, if you’ve got your hands on an emote, head to your hero locker under the cosmetics section and check the emotes you currently have available in the game.

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Emote Wheel and settings in Marvel Rivals
Emote Wheel and its settings in Marvel Rivals. Captured by VideoGamer.

How to use an emote in Marvel Rivals

Before you jump into using an emote, make sure you’ve assigned it to your emote wheel in the game which can be opened by pressing the T key on your keyboard or the left D-pad on your controller. You can find this setting under Keyboard, then Communication, and scroll down to Customized Communication where you’ll see the T key assigned to open the Customizable Wheel. Once you’ve assigned an emote to the wheel, head into a game.

In order to use emotes in Marvel Rivals, hold down the T key on your keyboard, slowly move your cursor up or down, and release the highlighted emote to perform it. Once you do that your character can flaunt their distinctive style amidst the chaos.


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Marvel Rivals

  • Platform(s): macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
  • Genre(s): Fighting, Shooter