#Marvel Rivals’ season 2 coming subsequent week with Emma Frost, Ultron, and the Hellfire Gala – Destructoid
Marvel Rivals’ season two is ready to start subsequent week, and knowledge mines of the most recent replace have revealed its subsequent hero. But it surely’s not who everybody thought it could be.
After the occasions of season one noticed the heroes rescue Blade from Dracula, everybody assumed the vampire-slaying Duelist can be the following to hitch the roster. However in a shock transfer, it’s truly the feminine Vanguard hero that everybody wished.
X-Males character Emma Frost, who was data-mined months in the past as a Vanguard (tank) hero, seems to be the primary character to hitch season two. This strains up with the hinted at Hellfire Gala theme, and leakers like @X0X_LEAK on Twitter/X have proven the primary have a look at the character.
Emma Frost, typically often called White Queen, is without doubt one of the strongest feminine heroes in Marvel lore. Her powers embrace high-level telepathic talents much like Professor X and the power to show herself into natural diamond, which is able to probably come into play in her Vanguard package.
The picture of Frost datamined exhibits the femme fatale in a white and blue costume with diamond-like shoulder items and boots that seem like they’ve the letter X on the entrance. She sports activities a brief blonde bob haircut, earrings, and blue lipstick to match her diamond look.
A second picture posted by @X0X_LEAK exhibits what seems like a bit of the season two reveal paintings, which has Emma standing amongst different heroes in what seems like Krakoa, the homeland of mutants and the Hellfire Gala. Different heroes could be seen, resembling Cloak & Dagger and what seems like Captain America sporting their most glitzy and glamorous gala outfits.
Within the comics, the Hellfire Gala is a yearly occasion the place heroes and mutants come collectively to carry an election and vote on the Krakoan X-Males group. Krakoa will probably be this season’s map, with a number of modes and places with in it, because it was additionally data-mined beforehand.
Season two’s welcome message, additionally datamined, alludes to “the autumn of Krakoa by the hands of a mechanical menace” being the driving villain pressure behind the season, like Dracula was in season one. This may very well be any variety of characters, however home cash is on Nimrod, the advanced Sentinel, who led an assault on the Gala in a single comedian ebook story arc.
Replace at 10:35am ET on April 3: The leaks had been actual. Season two has been confirmed for April 11, that includes Emma Frost, Ultron, and the Hellfire Gala in Krakoa.
