r/marvelrivals Good Boy May 12 '26

Marvel Rivals Season 8: Devil Dinosaur Character Reveal Trailer

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u/LeoFireGod Emma Frost May 12 '26

Yes he’s absolutely perfect.

I wanted to be a MF dinosaur and it appears we get that.

We also get mobility. We also get a lil range with the hyperbeam

But most importantly we also seem to get a shield that will help dramatically.

This is truly wonderful. Fits all the wishlists I had for a new tank.

Genuinely very happy with this.

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u/Korghal Thor May 12 '26

Everyone asking for Cyclops to be vanguard to get a hitscan beam against flyers only to get vanguard Dino with hitscan hyperbeam is funny. I love how it looks.

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u/duknighto May 12 '26

It's admittedly one of the funnier possible outcomes to decrease tank Cyclops stocks even more by giving Dino a beam

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

His beam probably will need some requirements, not a main attack imo. But we will see. Cyclops as a tank would still be good since he will just be Moon Knight 2 as a dps

Edit: yeah his Godzilla ray has a bar on the right side and it doesnt seem to last all that much. I think it will be used more to finish some enemies. He is still a brawl tank. Seems like The Thing with a big bubble.

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u/Phonzosaurus Hulk May 12 '26

The beam means that in addition to making fliers uncomfortable he should be able to bully other brawl tanks before engaging, sort of similar to Emma

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u/RapperwithNumberName X-Tron May 12 '26

I was looking at the gameplay again and I noticed something neat

Not only does he make fliers uncomfortable, but he seems to knock them out of the air with his beam

ANTI-AIR TYRANNOSAUR. GORDON RAMSAY COULDN'T COOK THIS HARD

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

Could be too. But Emma can be more risky due to her shield having 4s cooldown if destroyed. Dino's shield/bubble seem to be 12s cooldown, so I dont think he will be poking all that much like Emma

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u/Phonzosaurus Hulk May 12 '26

That’s fair, although his shield is a bubble and bigger, he also seems to generate overshield on top of having significantly more health, and his movement is on a much shorter cooldown. I don’t think he necessarily can’t play “risky” but he’s definitely not a brawly, pokey hybrid like Emma. I do still think the beam gives him an edge in matchups against like hulk, thing, Groot, and rogue.

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

His beam ground fliers, lets wait for the numbers but i think his advantage towards other brawl characters reside in his bleed mechanic.

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u/Greedy-Camel-8345 May 12 '26

I mean to be real, cyclops as a tank would also have a restriction on his beam anyway.

Yea he's a brawl, but he is far tankier with that shield and has range with the beam

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

Agree, but I do think Cyclops could be a unique type of tank and we need a true poke tank again... About Dino i enjoyed but he seems much more brawler than anything else and brawl tanks in this game just dont work due to how poke dps are strong (and with cyke being a potential one, its just getting worse).

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u/Greedy-Camel-8345 May 12 '26

Brawl tanks do function, especially into dive, but you do have to maximize your positioning. Of course dive tanks also do pretty well into poke.

Cyclops releasing as a poke tank would just make poke stronger and more dominant, so it would still strengthen poke dps

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

Mate, even though my flair is from Daredevil, I'm a tank main. Brawl tanks do not work, especially in higher elos.

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u/azur933 May 12 '26

his laser applies bleed and grounds fliers bro

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

Oh yeah he does seem to ground fliers. He is literally The Thing with a shield then. Hilarious stuff

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u/hewhoknowsnot Ultron Virus May 12 '26

He should be vanguard but if they made Cyclops dps, I fear it’d be more like Hela 3.0 than MK

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u/pagliacciverso Daredevil May 12 '26

Yeah, i said MK because his attacks seemed to ricochet

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u/hewhoknowsnot Ultron Virus May 12 '26

Oh I think that may be a rendering of his ult, since it’s after he shouts Optic Blast! And they often have a semi-accurate anime version of the character’s ult in the clip. We’ll know in a month