Many games have the problem that the role of “support” is unpopular. This is because many would rather hit hard and cause damage. However, in Marvel Rivals, many players report that there are currently too many supporters because everyone wants to play the new heroine. This character can also be played as an attacker.
In Marvel Rivals, the meta is that teams usually consist of two characters from each class: so two attackers, tanks, and supporters. In contrast to Overwatch 2, however, the roles are flexible and can be switched at any time.
However, Marvel Rivals also has the problem that the roles of supporters and tanks are rather unpopular. Anyone who regularly plays the hero shooter knows: Matches with 5 “damage dealers” and 1 supporter are not rare.
But with the new heroes, who came into the game through Season 1, this has changed. Players report that there are currently too many supporters because everyone wants to play “Invisible Woman”.
What is the situation in Marvel Rivals? In a large thread on Reddit, several players report that many participants are currently primarily choosing “Invisible Woman”. Several players comment under the post:
- “As someone who was forced to take on a support role (which I don’t mind at all), that’s my attitude as well. I will wait until all the hype around her subsides to try her out.”
- “I am a support main, and in 2 of the 3 games I played, I was actually forced to play another role because people lock in supports. I was so confused.”
- A third adds: “The same happened to me, and I was kind of glad to see such a change until I noticed that our Invisible Woman was playing her like a DPS and neglecting the healing… It’s like no matter what role they play, instaloockers really don’t care about the objective and just chase kills while hindering the team.”
The new heroine is a supporter but is played like an attacker
What are the problems? Many don’t even see the problem in character choice, but rather in the fact that many “pickers” are playing the heroine as a pure damage dealer: they chase kills without caring about their own team.
So-called instalockers are also unpopular in the community because they rarely care about communication within the team. This is not a peculiar circumstance of Marvel Rivals, but is found in many games (via Reddit.com).
Additionally, “Invisible Woman” plays more like a hybrid role. While other characters have a strong focus on supportive abilities, Sue Storm can also deal significant damage. This makes the heroine and the support role suddenly popular among players who usually never play support.
What’s next? Some players believe that this excitement will quickly fade. The heroine is brand new, and many want to try “Invisible Woman” first. In a few weeks, the hype should be over, many in the community are sure of that.
Some, however, fear that the developers might further dilute the fixed roles in the game. Sue Storm is a good example that a character officially assigned a support role can also be played as an attacker. And that would undermine the purpose of roles in the game in the long term.
By the way, the new heroine has caused another positive surprise – at least for a streamer. Model and Twitch streamer Aruuu recognized herself in the new heroine “Invisible Woman”. The developers reused a body part of hers. The streamer finds it amusing: Twitch streamer sees herself in the new heroine of Marvel Rivals – of all places on the backside
