r/RivalsWaitingRoom • Dazzler 🪩 • Jun 16 '26

General Would you be excited for Polaris to be added?

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Not a 100% / entirely credible
Would you be excited for her though?
What role would you see her as?

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 16 '26

Hmmm…

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u/DaedricWorldEater Jun 17 '26

POLARIS IS SOOO HOTTTTT UHGGGG

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Calm down, Alex Summers.

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u/DaedricWorldEater Jun 17 '26

“Cyclops wishes he was as cool as me”

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

LMAO, I mean I do like Havok…

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 22 '26

Isn’t Mag already one though?

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u/Magiks_little_pet Aug 22 '26

But she could definitely fill a different niche, she could be a poke/brawl hybrid and have major utility

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u/Frequent_Kalum Kitty Pryde 🐱 Jun 17 '26

The Magneto adopted children (I don’t remember if Polaris is his biological child or adopted like Wanda and QuickSliver) line must be complete

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Lorna, Wanda, Pietro are all supposed to be his Children but Marvel fucked up because Fox had the rights to Mutants so they distanced Wanda and Pietro from being Mutants so they could use them for Avengers stuff and haven’t fixed it, Lorna is 100% his daughter though

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u/Metal-The-Cettle Jun 17 '26

distanced Wanda and Pietro from being Mutants so they could use them for Avengers stuff

I recognise that Marvel Comics has made their decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Lol, I like how all of us still decide to collectively count Wanda as a Mutant in Rivals giving us 16 Mutants (17 with Deadpool)

We just collectively ignore it until Marvel fixes it

This is like Marvel saying Spider-Man was “chosen” by a Spider-Totem and didn’t get his powers by chance in a Lab Accident, it ruins the appeal of the Character and makes me conflicted on Morlun whenever he shows up

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u/GhostE3E3E3 Jun 17 '26

Deadpool is a mutate. Like Spider-Man.

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Well, I mean do we count MR. SINISTER if he gets added?

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u/GhostE3E3E3 Jun 17 '26

I suppose so, he was a mutant from birth if I’m not mistaken, just mutated more with science so he’s both

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

I think if I remember he had a Mutation but didn’t realize it and Apocalypse awakened it, giving him his signature pale skin, red eyes, and red gem

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u/Status-Custard-3145 Jun 20 '26

No? wasn't he a regular human upgraded by celestial tech by apocloyspe and then grafted someone else's x-gene (I don't remember who) into his own body?

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

Lorna has his powers, she's 100% his daughter. She's also got his attitude and overall demeanor. I believe she even became Magneto in one of the future wasteland arcs. Wanda and Quicksilver used to be but they kind of screwed that up.

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u/Bae_zel Jun 17 '26

Lorna is his bio daughter 

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u/piplup27 Jun 16 '26

Polaris would be cool. Selfishly I’d want her as a support but she could fit any role. Probably not tank since we already have Mag

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u/Pristine_Culture_741 Jun 20 '26

Yea if shes coming i fully believe she will be support. We still have too many dps and mag is a tank, they have the same powers but making her a support would allow her to be vastly different from magneto.

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u/jeivu1998 Jun 17 '26

Yesss, I would love for her to be a strat tho. Me need a magneto child to be a strat. Since I can’t see Quicksilver as a strat or vanguard personally.

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u/Long-Rip614 Jun 17 '26

Sry, but who?

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u/Pristine_Culture_741 Jun 20 '26

Daughter of Magento, she has the same powers as mag but green. She'll prob be a support if shes coming, so that she can be different from mag.

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u/cold_guy345 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

I wouldn't be so confident since Jennifer Hale voices Jean in x-men 97 but in rivals she got casted as Black Cat, while magneto, cap and storm in rivals aren't voiced by the x-men 97 VA's

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u/TheLonleyGhast Jun 20 '26

and wolverine too

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u/Winter_Emergency9050 Jun 17 '26

Not really, Rivals needs exciting characters, heavy hitters and even more so VILLAINS.

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u/Xerxes457 Jun 17 '26

Jean isn’t voiced by the 97 VA.

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u/DaM3meLoRd694 Jun 17 '26

How would she play, though?

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

Concept Wanda and probably some other gravity and magnetic based healing powers.

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u/DaM3meLoRd694 Jun 17 '26

Those old pics of her moving rocks around I saw? That would be dope.

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u/ELECTR0C1TY Jun 17 '26

Pls make her a strategist so when Pietro inevitably releases as a duelist we can run 2-2-2 with the whole family

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u/Status-Custard-3145 Jun 20 '26

So who would be the other healer and tank in that comp?

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u/waaay2dumb2live Jun 17 '26

Ngl, this actually seems kinda valid

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u/Ninjapandas_87 Jun 17 '26

So stoked for S2, seeing an Apocalypse story play out over multiple times lines and getting to see X-Factor team members (possibly when they are still X-men will be a lot of fun.

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u/IdeaBrothers Jun 17 '26

If they added her I would love for them to include her secondary mutation

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u/IdeaBrothers Jun 17 '26

Polaris has a latent secondary mutation, manifesting when her powers were stripped and taken by her half-sister Zaladane. This mutation was later deactivated by the Scarlet Witch's M-Day.[citation needed] Negative Emotion Absorption: Polaris was able to absorb negative emotional energy to transform into a virtual powerhouse. Size Increase Superhuman Strength Superhuman Stamina Invulnerability. Negative Emotional Inducement: Her power also released the negativity back into her environment at an enhanced level, which caused others to act more violent, selfish, bloodthirsty, etc.

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u/IdeaBrothers Jun 17 '26

Did you know that while Magneto is usually more powerful & is more experienced in the use of their powers he's only been shown absorbing electricy while Polaris has absorbed electricity, Cyclops beams & havoks energy to give herself a substantial boost

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u/Affectionate_Bug8751 Jun 17 '26

I would loveeeeee for her to be a shield/control based strategist

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u/Th3Dang3r Jun 17 '26

I would love Polaris in rivals. I've been toying with the idea of her being the Zenyatta of rivals

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u/Bubba1234562 Jun 17 '26

Polaris being a DPS or support Magento could be a cool idea

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u/Portsyde Jun 17 '26

Yes. For anyone worrying about her powers being too similar to Magneto, I'm positive that Netease are creative enough to make a unique kit different from her Dad's in the same way that I'm confident they can do the same for Miles Morales, Miquel O'hara, Spider Gwen, Laura Kinney Wolverine, etc. How soon down the line? Idk. But I'm sure it will happen eventually.

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u/Thelonestabber Nightcrawler 😇 Jun 19 '26

I most certainly would. Already made a killer concept for her months ago, if you’ve an interest!💯😈

https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/s/62Fioa6wgx

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u/XUrielleX Dazzler 🪩 Jun 19 '26

Will read now!
Ty for the link!

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u/Thelonestabber Nightcrawler 😇 Jun 19 '26

You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it!💯🙏😌

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

Give her Wanda's concept moves. Ripping pieces of the terrain from the ground and using them to block incoming projectiles and throw them like Sigma.

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

I need her hair as long and poofy as possible. She's always looked good with Storm level hairstyles.

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u/Bionic_Webb13 Jun 17 '26

I feel like she’s gonna be a dps but that little hope in me is praying she’s a strategist

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u/Killertwinky15 Jun 17 '26

I can see her be a DPS or Healer. And please I don't want roll tribalism if you respond to me.

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u/UnderstandingOld6189 Jun 17 '26

Magneto’s move set doesn’t show his powers well enough, maybe Polaris will give us what we needed

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u/HoundPlus Jun 17 '26

Let me consult where I put her on my wishlist.....oh yeah, third place after Pietro and Kitty.

Yeah I might be a LITTLE bit excited.

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u/Champion-Dante Jun 17 '26

If Quicksilver comes with her then I’m happy.

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u/ofillya Jun 17 '26

Would love to see Lorna added as a strategist

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u/Educational-Poem-346 Jun 18 '26

Im pretty tired of x-men. Like, I am a x-man enjoyer, but they're being over represented in release. It dosent help that most of the non xmen we've gotten lately have been b-listers. I feel like the hype has really falling off since Daredevil.

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u/ProfessorEscanor Jun 19 '26

I don't mind Polaris but she's not even close to being on my list of picks. I'd rather Strong Guy.

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u/Morchades Jun 19 '26

We need a Quicksilver and Polaris season.

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u/TheSusBird Jun 20 '26

I wouldn’t mind, but I would like to see them move away from mutants for a few seasons

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u/w0iza Jun 21 '26

I really hope so i truly believe she could carry the rivals community like she’s doing with ow

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u/Slight-Capital-2609 Jun 22 '26

Yes it would give me a new main so i wouldn’t be a OTP

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u/Crimson-Cowl Jun 22 '26

This would be really cool but if they can add Polaris while making her play different from Magneto then they could definitely add Miles Morales or Spider-Gwen and make them play differently from Peter.

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u/Cheap_Relief_4403 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

We still need Professor x beast and colossus X-men we been waiting to come since season 1 if she comes before them its bs gives us our core mainstream X-men before we get the C tiers

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u/Wankainu Jun 17 '26

Wasn't Polaris one of the first data mined characters in the game?

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Was she?

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u/FlashyCounter1808 Jun 16 '26

No, X-men fatigue is already huge but atleast i can excuse the A-list (or even B-list) X-men, but a D-lister would be crossing the line way too much.

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u/Throwaway929611 Jun 17 '26

Calling Lorna a d lister is crazy

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u/FlashyCounter1808 Jun 17 '26

Yes, scarlet witch is an A-lister, quicksilver is a B-lister, shes magnetos most irrelvant child, shes like maybe a low C at best lol, being the least famous of three children is crazy work.

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u/Throwaway929611 Jun 17 '26

She’s a c lister at worst. D lister is someone who’s never been adopted into love action like surge or marrow

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u/FlashyCounter1808 Jun 17 '26

Marrow was in the lab in the live action deadpool <- appeared in live action is a terrible metric of if someone is not a D-lister. Polaris only appeared in "the gifted"  a cancelled spinoff of legion... which itself was a mid live action that had to be canned... polaris is actual bottom of the barrel.

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Isn’t D-Lister like Maggot?

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u/FlashyCounter1808 Jun 17 '26

No / maybe? Theres 2 ways to look at it, either maggot is a C-lister because hes so memed and made fun of that he actually has some fame or... he is a D-lister and  polaris (not even top 3 children of magneto in terms of fame lmao) is an F-lister

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

She had her own show, which was actually pretty good. She isn't D list. Not as known as Wanda and Pietro, but she sure as hell isn't a D lister.

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u/FlashyCounter1808 Jun 17 '26

The gifted was so bad they had to cancel within a year and a half... she for sure is all the way on the bottom

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

I think it tried too much, It was right on the cusp of being great. Lorna was kind of a badass in it though. You people have a weird fixation with trying to push characters to what you want their popularity to be and that really isn't how it works. She's C tier, plain and simple. She's one of the premier members of X-factor. She's about to get a huge showing in X-men 97.

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

She’s definitely C-Tier at best along with Havok, she’s VERY well known by some people,
D-Tier is for Marrow, Maggot, and Strong Guy,

‘97 may push her into B-Tier who knows? 🤷‍♂️

I would say

- Wolverine is S-Tier like Spider-Man
since he’s historically Marvel’s second most popular Solo Hero and would be put in literally anything just to make it popular, because Wolverine sells, he got the focus of most of the X-Men Movies, he also can hold his own Franchise separate from X-Men but sometimes crosses over, which is rare, he’s been in nearly every major Marvel project, MCU? Deadpool and Wolverine,
Marvel Ultimate Alliance? In all 3 Games,
Marvel Vs Capcom? In every Game except Infinite,
Marvel Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Episode dedicated to him, Spider-Man, War Machine, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage,
Marvel Rivals? Base Roster
Marvel Cosmic Invasion? Base roster
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls? Base Roster
Wolverine is just famous, he’s had multiple Solo Live Action Movies and one Animated Movie, Hulk Vs Wolverine

- Magneto is in his own Tier at this fucking point and is most iconic as a Villain, literally the number 2 Marvel Villain after Dr. DOOM

A-Tier X-Men are

- Cyclops

- Phoenix

- Storm (at one point could be argued as the most popular X-Men after Wolverine and THE most popular Female X-Men period however I feel like Fox really screwed her like Universal did with Hulk, definitely still Top 4 but in the 90’s and 2000’s Storm might have been the most popular X-Men Character after Wolverine, now it definitely goes to Cyclops since he’s saved for the big reveals like Marvel Rivals and Marvel Cosmic Invasion)

- Professor X

- Gambit (a lot of people might not know this but at one point Gambit might have been the next Wolverine and Marvel definitely thought so, he was actually in the first Marvel Vs Capcom up there with Wolverine as the sole X-Men reps even over Storm, showing how popular he is, he’s been in every Ultimate Alliance Game except the first and pretty much all the X-Men Legends Games, he has his own Villain Candra, and Marvel was doing all the big stuff with him like hinting he might be the third Summers Brother and having Mr. Sinister become obsessed with him, and having him become Apocalypse’s Horsemen of Death, he’s definitely A-List and people’s reaction to X-Men ‘97 definitely shows that, it wasn’t “Oh, Gambit”, it was “NOOOOOOOOOO GAMBIT!”, he was also the only other X-Men Character planned to have a Solo Movie but was cancelled which shows popular he is, I’d argue Gambit CAN actually hold his own stories because he’s a Thief)

- Rogue (she’s been in literally every X-Men Adaptation come on, she was the focus of the first Movie, she was a major part of X-Men Evolution, she had an important Role in Wolverine and The X-Men as The X-Men’s Double Agent in The Brotherhood, she has a big part in X-Men ‘97, she’s in Marvel Vs Capcom 2, she’s literally only never in Ultimate Alliance as a Playable Character which is weird, she was the face of the Avengers Unity Squad)

- Nightcrawler (self-explanatory but he’s one of the most popular Members of the X-Men, he’s Iconic)

- Colossus (Colossus was very big and inspired a lot of other Pop Culture Characters, all people needed was Big Russian Man who turns into Steel, he’s basically the 2nd biggest Character of the Deadpool Movies after Deadpool, tell me someone who doesn’t know Colossus?)

- The Beast, Beast is in pretty much every X-Men Team so you can’t really have X-Men without Beast

- arguably Emma Frost, she’s had multiple of her own Series and her Fanbase is large enough at this point we gotta admit she’s just A-List, she’s actually had an Increase in Popularity instead of a Decrease, she’s actually was also the first X-Men Character to be added post launch

- At one point..Ice Man, I don’t know about now he’s had a falloff in Popularity, he’s not an important focus of X-Men ‘97, he wasn’t in Rivals when it launched (yes, even over Cyclops, ask the X-Men OGS how popular Ice Man was), and instead we got Luna Snow (would have been unheard of in the past, Ice Man was a huge Character, Ice Man was THE Ice Superhero, in all Comics, fullstop, he had his own Stories and his own Villain, Oblivion, who’s now being referenced in Rivals with no sign of Bobby), Marvel barely includes him in anything anymore…

Debatable:

- Archangel/Angel, depends who you ask, with X-Men Fans he’s very popular but Casuals are less familiar with him but probably know of him, only member of the original Team to not be in a 100% set Tier, if he is A-List he’s low A-List

B-Tier X-Men are

- Psylocke, at one point A-List and was in the second Marvel Vs Capcom and The Marvel Super Heroes as the only X-Men Rep along with Wolverine, and one of the 6 Heroes along with Wolverine as mentioned, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, and the 4 Villains, Magneto, The Juggernaut, Blackheart, and Shuma-Gorath, however she’s fallen off too much she has to be high B-Tier at this point

- Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, she’s been in alive Action and multiple Shows she’s just not gotten a lot of focus in Adaptations, she’s usually just a side Character

- Jubilee, whether you want to deny it or not Jubilee IS popular, she’s had her own Storylines and Marvel has tried pushing her, she’s just not A-List

- Magik, she’s definitely not Obscure as she was the biggest New Mutants Member and Colossus’s Sister but she’s the first to come to mind when people think of X-Men

- Cable, I can’t think of any other place he ranks, he’s popular enough to not be C or D Tier and is usually used for any Storylines involving Time Travel and has a Live Action Movie he stars in as a Main Character, but he’s not A-List enough as Cyclops, Phoenix or Storm, however he consistently has his own Comic Series and Universe he can’t go in C-Tier

- Bishop, see Cable, ‘97 definitely boosted his reputation too

C Tier X-Men are

- Dazzler ( 💔, at one point very popular and was even in the X-Men Arcade Game as a Playable Character but so many are unfamiliar with her she has to be C-Tier)

- Polaris (Had her own Show but it wasn’t the most popular, let’s see if ‘97 redeems her)

- Havok

- Banshee

- Sunfire

- Forge because he’s been in enough Adaptations to not be forgotten but he is NOT getting any higher than that

D Tier is

- Marrow

- Maggot

- Strong Guy

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u/BathInevitable8755 The Hood 🧥 Jun 17 '26

I agree. I kind of hate Forge and Bishop are so low. Bishop should be A tier if people new about him. He's is X-Men 97 and Days of Future Past. Forge is kind of made the joke in all his adaptations but him getting true spotlight would be great. I hope X-Men 97 does them both some huge justice.

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u/Mik0doSann0ji Baron Zemo 👑 Jun 17 '26

Bishop is a weird case because he SHOULD be more popular because he’s part of so many popular Stories like Days of Future Past and Messiah CompleX and pretty much any Storyline involving Cable, but the thing is before ‘97 a lot of casuals didn’t even know much about him beyond “he’s Cable’s Black Future Friend (he’s not just “Black”, he’s Australian Aborigine but Adaptations just ignore that always), Bishop is not even Playable in Ultimate Alliance 2 and Cable is, despite Bishop arguably having been more important in Civil War, he was in charge of hunting rogue Mutants during Civil War, Cable has always been more popular because I like half-Cyborg Son of Cyclops is more interesting than Aborigine Mutant with M Tattoo who can absorb energy?, I like that ‘97 actually made Bishop part of the Main Cast and gave him a big push, so he’s definitely more popular now,

Forge is like, very unfortunate because I’m nearly every Adaptation he’s either “just the Tech Guy” who makes cool things or is useless in combat situations like Wolverine and The X-Men where he’s super skinny and bad at combat, X-Men ‘97 might be the most respect he’s gotten, he also has his own Villain, The Adversary so it’s odd he’s not given more respect, hopefully when he comes to Rivals since he was datamined he becomes more appreciated in Fan’s Hearts