{"id":407248,"date":"2026-01-13T21:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407248\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:56:09","slug":"marvel-rivals-is-making-deadpool-take-on-all-3-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407248\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Marvel Rivals’ Is Making Deadpool Take on All 3 Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think\u00a0Marvel Rivals<\/a> needs a new Vanguard<\/a>? a new Duelist<\/a>? a new Strategist<\/a>? Deadpool agrees with all of the above.<\/p>\n

Today NetEase announced that\u00a0Marvel Rivals\u2018 new season, kicking off at the end of this week, will introduce Deadpool<\/a> as the latest hero to join the shooter\u2019s increasingly stacked roster. But in a first for Rivals, Deadpool will be able to switch between the three main archetypes of the game\u2014tanky Vanguards, damage-focused Duelists, and supporting Strategists\u2014at any time mid-game. Naturally, Wade himself decided to make the announcement, butting in on NetEase\u2019s usual developer vision video series to narrate his own arrival.<\/p>\n

According to, uh, Wade, he\u2019ll be able to switch between being a Vanguard\u2014dropping unicorn plushies to provide a bubble of protective shielding to either defend allies or prevent foes from firing off attacks\u2014a Duelist\u2014using his katanas and pistols to deliver damage from multiple ranges\u2014or a Strategist\u2014using his katanas and pistols to deliver damage\u00a0and heal allies from multiple ranges\u2014by returning to his team\u2019s spawn, either by retreating or on defeat.<\/p>\n

Deadpool will also have a unique in-game progression system, where he seemingly forgets that he\u2019s in a hero shooter rather than an RPG. Again, according to Wade, he will be able to level up over the course of a match and upgrade his individual abilities, increasing their potency, and unlike other heroes, he will gain his ultimate ability charge through a style-grade system that encourages fancy fighting. In the gameplay video below, it seems like Wade\u2019s ultimate can target individual opponents to harass them as he runs in with an aura of damaging attacks as a Duelist (that seemingly improves with more abilities he uses in the time the ultimate is active) or healing and shielding auras as a Strategist and Vanguard, respectively.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fun way to bring in Deadpool\u2019s meta-leaning style to the game, creating a character that is both incredibly versatile and also very unpredictable at first glance. We\u2019ll see how Wade shakes up\u00a0Rivals\u2018 meta when he hits the game on January 16.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Think\u00a0Marvel Rivals needs a new Vanguard? a new Duelist? a new Strategist? Deadpool agrees with all of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,70168,47989,17842,61],"class_list":["post-407248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-deadpool","tag-marvel-rivals","tag-netease","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}