{"id":1015815,"date":"2025-02-18T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/?p=1015815"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:08:55","slug":"marvel-rivals-finally-confirms-the-thing-and-human-torch-alongside-a-new-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/marvel-rivals-finally-confirms-the-thing-and-human-torch-alongside-a-new-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals finally confirms The Thing and Human Torch alongside a new map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it feels like it has been more or less known already, NetEase formally confirmed the arrival of The Thing and Human Torch for&nbsp;<em>Marvel Rivals<\/em>. Alongside the new characters, the team also showed off a beautiful new map where players can duke it out to end Dracula&#8217;s Eternal Night.<\/p>    <p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/marvel-rivals-is-killing-its-controversial-mid-season-rank-reset-in-the-cradle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nixing a controversial mid-season rank reset<\/a>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/tag\/marvel-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marvel Rivals<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is poised to earn even more goodwill with another two new characters and a map that seemingly concludes the ongoing narrative. Of course, all of these changes come alongside a slew of balance changes that help bring some characters back in line while buffing other underperformers. You won&#8217;t have to wait too long, as the latest batch of content is due out on Friday, February 21.<\/p>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-they-are-only-fantastic-when-they-are-together\">They are only Fantastic when they are together<\/h2><\/iframe>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="gqq8s83tkl"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarvelRivals\/status\/1891925659175485683 <\/div><\/figure>    <p>The missing members of the Fantastic Four are finally coming to&nbsp;<em>Marvel Rivals<\/em>. While players have already had some time to spend with Reed Richards and Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm have been awol until now. To no one&#8217;s surprise, The Thing will take up the role of a Vanguard, while Human Torch is something of a Duelist himself.<\/p>    <p>Human Torch looks like he plays a lot like Storm, able to remain airborne and ranged while fighting. The Thing, on the other hand, looks like a living wrecking ball, barreling into foes and shielding himself. Both characters look like they&#8217;ll be a blast to play.<\/p>    <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-storm-dracula-s-castle-in-central-park\">Storm Dracula&#8217;s Castle in Central Park<\/h2>    <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div   id="gqq8s83tkl"    class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarvelRivals\/status\/1891940754932601254 <\/div><\/figure>    <p>The Central Park map looks like a gothic playground. Dracula&#8217;s Castle has taken residence in the area, gnarling and corrupting the scenery. The castle itself looks to take up a good portion of the map, featuring winding stairways, ominous statues, and ritual chambers.<\/p>    <p>At the heart of the castle, Dracula himself is wielding his dark magic against Ratatoskr, steeping New York in his Eternal Night.\u00a0It seems like this\u00a0map will house the narrative conclusion to this season, likely ending with our assembled heroes dethroning Dracula in his\u00a0own\u00a0castle.<\/p>    <p>If you want to polish up your&nbsp;<em>Marvel Rivals<\/em>&nbsp;skills&nbsp;ahead of&nbsp;the second half of Season 1, check out this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/how-to-play-all-vanguards-in-marvel-rivals-season-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide on Vanguard characters<\/a>&nbsp;to prepare for The Thing or a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/marvel-rivals-dps-tier-list-best-and-worst-duelists-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Season 1 Duelist tier list<\/a> if you want to get ready for Human Torch.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team is finally all back together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":879,"featured_media":1015823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24762],"internal-label":[22872,24255],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":879,"display_name":"Jonathan LoChiatto","user_login":"Jonathan LoChiatto","user_nicename":"jonathan-lochiatto"}],"class_list":["post-1015815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-marvel-rivals","article_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Marvel Rivals finally confirms The Thing and Human Torch alongside a new map &#8211; Destructoid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Players knew The Thing and Human Torch were coming, they just didn&#039;t know when. 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You won't have to wait too long, as the latest batch of content is due out on Friday, February 21. They are only Fantastic when they are together The missing members of the Fantastic Four are finally coming to\u00a0Marvel Rivals. While players have already had some time to spend with Reed Richards and Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm have been awol until now. To no one's surprise, The Thing will take up the role of a Vanguard, while Human Torch is something of a Duelist himself. Human Torch looks like he plays a lot like Storm, able to remain airborne and ranged while fighting. The Thing, on the other hand, looks like a living wrecking ball, barreling into foes and shielding himself. Both characters look like they'll be a blast to play. Storm Dracula's Castle in Central Park The Central Park map looks like a gothic playground. Dracula's Castle has taken residence in the area, gnarling and corrupting the scenery. The castle itself looks to take up a good portion of the map, featuring winding stairways, ominous statues, and ritual chambers. At the heart of the castle, Dracula himself is wielding his dark magic against Ratatoskr, steeping New York in his Eternal Night.\u00a0It seems like this\u00a0map will house the narrative conclusion to this season, likely ending with our assembled heroes dethroning Dracula in his\u00a0own\u00a0castle. If you want to polish up your\u00a0Marvel Rivals\u00a0skills\u00a0ahead of\u00a0the second half of Season 1, check out this\u00a0guide on Vanguard characters\u00a0to prepare for The Thing or a\u00a0Season 1 Duelist tier list if you want to get ready for Human Torch.","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-at-3.39.59\u202fPM-e1739911306149.png?fit=1200%2C679","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"latest_revision":{"revision_id":1015891,"modified_date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:08:44"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015891,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015815\/revisions\/1015891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1015823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015815"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=1015815"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=1015815"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=1015815"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1015815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}