Marvel Rivals’ New Airborne Meta Is Bound to Become a Nightmare for Strategists on Every Map

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Marvel Rivals’ New Airborne Meta Is Bound to Become a Nightmare for Strategists on Every Map

Marvel Rivals is currently one of the best hero-shooter games in the industry right now. The title made by NetEase Games features a total of 37 (and increasing) popular Marvel characters that have caught the attention of both gamers and Marvel fans alike. Other than giving fans the chance to play as their favorite superhero, NetEase has also created a new meta in the hero-shooter genre.

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Marvel Rivals created a new airborne meta in the hero shooter genre | Image Credits: NetEase Games

Now with the new mid-season update which was released on February 21, Marvel Rivals features an Airborne Meta where the characters can fly around and this is becoming more of an inconvenience than a feature, at least for the other players in the team. But why is this a problem for other teammates especially the strategists? Let’s find out.

Marvel Rivals introduces the triple-flier meta

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The Human Torch is the newest addition to Marvel Rivals | Image Credits: NetEase Games

NetEase Games has completely redesigned the hero-flight mechanics in their game. Although in other hero shooter games, flying characters are limited with a cooldown or a fuel gauge, Marvel Rivals takes that concept and throws it out of the window. In the game, characters like Iron Man and Storm can fly around the map indefinitely, giving players literally an ‘upper’ hand on their opponents.

With the new mid-season patch, the game introduces two new characters and one of them is a flying hero we all know too well. The patch introduced us to the Human Torch a.k.a Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four. In the game, he is a duelist and an absolute powerhouse, his whole kit focuses mostly on fire-based attacks giving him the ability to damage both single and multiple enemies at once.

This addition of the Human Torch to Marvel Rivals has brought in a new Airborne Meta where three players can pick the three flying duelists to reign fire over their enemies. Although this can and probably will pose a huge threat to the opponents, it is an even ******* annoyance for the team’s Strategists. It is already really difficult to land heals on the heroes in the game, and with the new meta, it might just make healing allies much harder.

Why is no one talking abt how hard it is as a support to heal them

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we need a flying support next

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Strategists in Marvel Rivals are already notorious for not healing their team enough and the game’s heavy visual clutter makes healing allies much more difficult for them. On top of that, the pressure of staying alive during a team fight also adds another layer of challenge. It is even harder to heal flying characters because they always keep to the skies and rarely stay on land.

Now with the introduction of the triple flier meta, the struggle of keeping teammates at full health will only intensify, along with the whines from unhealed frustrated players.

Players might stop playing Strategists in Marvel Rivals

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Airborne characters are insanely difficult to heal | Image Credits: NetEase Games

This whole ordeal might keep the players away from playing the Strategist role because of the constant pressure of healing while getting complaints from their allies. A similar incident occurred in another hero-shooter game, Overwatch 2 where the developers removed a tank from the game, making it 5v5. This put immense pressure on the single tank in the team and a bit later, tank mains collectively stopped queueing for the role.

While players are still playing Strategists in the game and the flying heroes are getting shot down by ****** Widow and Hawk Eye, we are yet to see what steps NetEase will take to balance out healing to our forever-flying teammates.

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