Why Marvel Rivals' Anti-Venom Skin Could Set a Sad Precedent

marvel rivals While some character skins can be swapped out using simple color palettes, many of the outfits are completely unique. This doesn't even take into account all the MVP cinematics, emotes, and sprays that are usually bundled with it. Some skins also change your character's appearance significantly, so there are some things to consider for them to work properly. marvel rivalsFor example, Mr. Moon Knight. Knight skins typically don't have a cape, but they do require one to allow players to glide, which is one of the character's main abilities.

Similarly, the MVPs of Captain America's Captain Gladiator skin or Iron Fist's Sword Master skin have them wielding an ax and a sword respectively, but these weapons are not actually part of the move set and are simply props for the winning cinematic if the player achieves MVP status. It's just that. .

In theory, colorway swaps would be a harmless means of secondary skins. In fact, Storm's white palette swap and Star-Lord's red palette swap are significant and visually impressive. Unfortunately, some palette changes have already hinted at the disappointing notion that some characters will be shown as skins rather than their own roster additions. marvel rivals Thankfully, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy made it clear that if they were to be considered, they were just their characters and not skins. However, Venom donning the Anti-Venom costume nonetheless suggests that the character's specific transformation could be defused, regardless of how different they are. Or most importantly.

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The ball is in Marvel Rivals' court for destructible environments.

Marvel Rivals' destructible environment gimmick would be a match made in heaven for one of the possible maps involving the X-Men.

Marvel Rivals' Anti-Venom costume misses out on the potential the roster character could have had.

Anti-Venom is suitable for the following skin types: marvel rivalsAs long as Venom and the symbiote don't have different abilities, the white and black suit colorways wouldn't be a problem at all. For example, it would be weird to have another Eddie Brock character just for Anti-Venom.

However, since Anti-Venom clearly has healing properties rather than toxic properties, Anti-Venom marvel rivals A strategist who can potentially heal or buff teammates while weakening enemies.

In fact, Anti-Venom is known to weaken Spider-Man's radiation and render him powerless. marvel rivals It would be interesting to see Anti-Venom designed similarly, disabling enemies' abilities or applying cooldowns to render them defenseless and ruin their strategies. It would be especially overpowering if, at just the right time, Anti-Venom Ultimate could neutralize enemy Ultimates within its radius to secure points at the last second while Anti-Venom continues to heal nearby teammates.

Let's hope Marvel rivals take notice of other Symbiote characters.

in other words, marvel rivals There are endless characters lining up for adaptation, and the healer iteration of Venom, lacking its own costume potential, has little hill to die on. Of course, anyone who likes the various symbiote characters like Toxin, Scorn, Scream, or Venom 2099 will probably be disappointed, as Anti-Venom is unlikely to join the roster at any point in the future, as he is a skin rather than a skin. Your own character with a unique kit.

Cletus Kasady's Carnage is the only Symbiote character approved for roster entry due to the Red Devil's popularity. Knull has very little hope of joining the roster due to his connection to Venom. marvel rivals'The overall story. In the meantime, it was surprising to learn that Klyntar was one of the following. marvel rivals' It's the first map and it will be interesting to see if its inclusion so early teases whether or not there are a lot more symbiotes on the way.