Marvel and NetEase’s new six-vs-six hero-shooter, Marvel Rivals, takes inspiration from Overwatch, but with a huge difference. In Marvel Rivals, you take control of heroes and villains from the Marvel universe and battle it out.
The official Marvel Rivals trailer got people excited, but the closed alpha and closed beta opened the gate for players to get a taste of the action. New characters are expected to be regular additions to Marvel Rivals, expanding the roster over the course of time. In this article, we’ve compiled all confirmed Marvel Rivals characters along with some big rumors.
All confirmed characters in Marvel Rivals
Twenty-three characters are confirmed for Marvel Rivals. Nineteen of them were playable during the closed alpha test, with the two newest heroes, Venom and Warlock, being announced during the PlayStation State of Play.
At San Diego Comic Con, Thor and Jeff the Land Shark were announced as new additions to the roster.
A full list of the playable characters is below. Click each name to head to our dedicated how-to-play guides.
Character | Class | Difficulty | Team-Ups |
Adam Warlock | Strategist | 2/5 | Guardian Revival: Star-Lord, Mantis |
Black Panther | Duelist | 4/5 | Dimensional Shortcut: Magik |
Bruce Banner/Hulk | Vanguard | 4/5 | Gamma Charge: Doctor Strange, Iron Man |
Doctor Strange | Vanguard | 3/5 | Gamma Charge: Bruce Banner/Hulk |
Groot | Vanguard | 1/5 | Planet X Pals: Rocket Raccoon |
Hela | Duelist | 3/5 | Ragnarok Rebirth: Loki |
Iron Man | Duelist | 2/5 | Gamma Charge: Bruce Banner/Hulk |
Jeff the Land Shark | Strategist | TBC | TBC |
Loki | Strategist | 4/5 | Ragnarok Rebirth: Hela |
Luna Snow | Strategist | 2/5 | Chilling Charisma: Namor |
Magik | Duelist | 3/5 | Dimension Shortcut: Black Panther |
Magneto | Vanguard | 2/5 | Metallic Chaos: Scarlet Witch |
Mantis | Strategist | 1/5 | Guardian Revival: Adam Warlock |
Namor | Duelist | 2/5 | Chilling Charisma: Luna Snow |
Peni Parker | Vanguard | 3/5 | Symbiote Bond: Venom |
Rocket Raccoon | Strategist | 1/5 | Ammo Overload: The Punisher Planet X Pals: Groot |
Scarlet Witch | Duelist | 1/5 | Metallic Chaos: Magneto |
Spider-Man | Duelist | 5/5 | Symbiote Bond: Venom |
Star-Lord | Duelist | 2/5 | Guardian Revival: Adam Warlock |
Storm | Duelist | 3/5 | N/A |
The Punisher | Duelist | 1/5 | Ammo Overload: Rocket Raccoon |
Thor | Vanguard | TBC | TBC |
Venom | Vanguard | 3/5 | Symbiote Bond: Spider-Man, Peni Parker |
All rumored Marvel Heroes characters
The roster in Marvel Heroes will expand periodically and, thanks to datamines, we’ve already got an idea of who will be added next. According to the files, there are 18 additional heroes are on the cards for the future, with more to follow.
The full list of leaked characters is as follows:
- Black Widow
- Blade
- Captain America
- Cloak & Dagger
- Jeff the Landshark
- Hawkeye
- Human Torch
- Invisible Woman
- Iron First (Lin Lie)
- Moon Knight
- Mr. Fantastic
- Psylocke
- Squirrel Girl
- The Thing
- Thor
- Ultron