Marvel Rivals players demand this iconic hero team-up from devs

Marvel Rivals, NetEase Games’ hit hero shooter, continues to grow in popularity with its diverse range of characters and fresh team-up mechanics. As of Season 1.5, the game has a variety of Marvel heroes, each with distinct abilities and team-up synergies on the battlefield.

Team-up abilities, a prominent feature, enable characters with comic-book connections to achieve strong combined effects, such as Spider-Man and Venom’s Symbiote Synergy that grants spidey the power of symbiote, or Human Torch and Storm’s Omega Fire ultimate. These not only enhance tactics, but also honor Marvel’s rich heritage, delighting fans with authentic hero combinations.

Recent updates have improved these team-ups, with Iron Fist’s health bonuses and Luna Snow’s synergy with Jeff the Land Shark rising in the meta rankings. However, as the game progresses, players are yearning for more, especially for an iconic super soldier duo.

Marvel Rivals players call devs to add Super Soldier team-up for Captain America and Winter Soldier

Marvel Rivals players have actively called on NetEase devs to add team bonus and team-up abilities for two heroes, specifically Captain America and Winter Soldier, to the existing meta. Despite their long history as partners in comics and the MCU, the duo lacks a devoted in-game chemistry. Fans say that this omission misses an opportunity for both lore-driven gameplay and a tactical edge.

As of now, Captain America has a team-up ability with Thor that infuses him with Thorforce to unleash lightning attacks, and Winter Soldier benefits from infinite ammo by teaming up with Rocket Raccoon’s Ammo Overload team-up ability.

But the lack of a potential team-up ability or bonus between the two super soldiers could really shift the meta according to players, as one said, “Imagine Cap getting a few shots with a pistol while he’s shielding, or maybe even puts the shield on his back. But then we’d be seeing a passive buff for Bucky, who is probably the last duelist who needs one in his current state.”

Another player suggested, “Or Bucky gets Cap’s shield for a moment, like in the comics. So he’d get 300-600 extra (reflective) shield for 10 seconds every minute or so. He’d lose his other cooldowns while the shield is up. But has the option to cancel the ability by lowering the shield. So it’d make Bucky a 10 second reflective projectile tank. Perhaps it’d work like Hulk and Wolverine. You both have to “ok” the ability, and Cap throws his shield at Bucky.”

While this may add a unique cinematic edge to the game, as fans saw between the two characters in MCU film Captain America: Civil War, it would also certainly shift the team compositions from a more balanced output to something more aggressive that could disrupt the enemy team in seconds.