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Marvel Rivals’ season 2 coming next week with Emma Frost, Ultron, and the Hellfire Gala

But it might be who everyone wanted.

Marvel Rivals’ season two is set to begin next week, and data mines of the latest update have revealed its next hero. But it’s not who everyone thought it would be.

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After the events of season one saw the heroes rescue Blade from Dracula, everyone assumed the vampire-slaying Duelist would be the next to join the roster. But in a surprise move, it’s actually the female Vanguard hero that everyone wanted.

X-Men character Emma Frost, 🌼who was data-mined months ago as a Va🧜nguard (tank) hero, looks to be the first character to join season two. This lines up with the hinted at Hellfire Gala theme, and leakers like on Twitter/X have shown the first look at the character.

Emma Frost, sometimes known as White Queen, is one of the most powerful female heroes in Marvel lore. Her powers include high-level telepathic abilities similar to Professor X and the ability to turn herself into organic diamond, which will likely come into play in ✤her Vanguard kit.

The image of Frost datamined shows the femme fatale in a white and blue dress with diamond-like shoulder pieces and boots that look like they have the letter X on the front. She sports a short blonde bob hairc🅘ut, earrings, and blue l﷽ipstick to match her diamond appearance.

A second image posted by @X0X_LEAK shows what looks like a piece of the season two reveal artwork, which has Emma standing amongst other heroes in what looks like Krakoa, the homeland of mutants and the Hellfire Gala. Other heroes can be seen, such as Cloak &a🀅mp; Dagger and what looks like Captain America wearing their most glitzy and glamorous gala outfits.

In the comics, the Hellfire Gala is a yearly event where heroes and mutants come together to hold an election and vote on the Krakoan X-Men team. Krakoa will likely be this season’s map, with multiple modes and locations with in it, as it was also data-mined previously.

Season two’s welcome message, , alludes to “the fall of Krakoa at the hands of a mechanical menace” being the driving villain force behind the season, like Dracula was in season one. This could be any number of characters, but house money is on Nimrod, the evolved Sentinel, who led an attack on the Gala in one comic book story arc.

Update at 10:35am ET on April 3: The leaks were real. Season two has been confirmed for April 11, featu🐠ring Emma Frost, Ultron, and the Hellfire Gala in Krakoa.


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