It certainly feels appropriate that a cooperative game based on superheroes and villains would let them work together to take out the opposition. Marvel Rivals takes that to heart with its Team-Ups mechanic, which allows certain character combinations to unlock stat boosts or even special moves.
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There are 33 characters and 15 of these special cooperative abilities. It stands to reason that we’ll see more of the latter as additional characters are added in the future seasons. That means Team-Ups are a standout mechanic that will always have some influence on who you want to play as. You’ll benefit greatly from knowing every Team-Up Ability in Marvel Rivals.
What is a Team-Up Ability?
Team-Up Abiltiies are powerful expressions of teamwork and are exclusive skills between two or three heroes. Team-Up Abilities commonly work with one hero acting as an initiator and provider of special buffs or moves, while the other hero (or two) can receive it if they’re on the same team. Their benefits are usually pretty one-sided, but there is no downside to using them. Each one is additive and merely gives you more options.
A great example is Voltaic Union. Activated by Thor, he can provide Storm and/or Captain America with a buff that enhances their attacks. Only one of them has to be on a team with Thor to receive the buffs, but both can receive it if all three characters are fighting together.
Every Team-Up Ability in Marvel Rivals
Below is a breakdown of every Team-Up Ability added with the launch of Marvel Rivals. We’re including the ability name and a description of what the ability is. The heroes that can take part will also be mentioned, with those in bold being the initiators who provide the buffs.
We’re using the Team-Up Ability name from the Team-Ups screen on the main menu. Every hero involved in one of these has a distinct name for their role in the ability. It can get a little confusing, so we’ll just be using the main title.
- Ragnarok Rebirth – When Hela defeats an enemy with a final hit, she’ll immediately resurrect Loki or Thor if they’re in the respawn phase. If they’re alive, she’ll instead provide them with bonus health.
- Metallic Chaos – Scarlet Witch infuses Magneto’s greatsword with her Chaos Energy, granting him access to projectile slashes.
- Voltaic Union – Thor uses his Thorforce to power up Storm and/or Captain America. The former gains a lightning barrage attack, while the latter earns a movement bonus and an electric AoE buff to his shield throw.
- Planet X Pals – Both Rocket Raccoon and Jeff the Land Shark can jump onto Groot’s shoulder to shoot out attacks, earning a damage reduction bonus while doing so.
- Symbiote Bond – Venom channels the Symbiote through Spider-Man and/or Peni Parker, granting them an identical move that has Symbiote spikes explode from their body.
- Gamma Charge – The Hulk uses his Gamma Radiation to charge up Doctor Strange and/or Iron Man. This buffs their Maelstrom of Madness and Armor Overdrive attacks respectively.
- Ammo Overload – Rocket Raccoon gains a throwable Ammo Overload Device. Both The Punisher and Winter Soldier will receive infinite ammo and a faster firing rate if they’re near the device.
- Dimensional Shortcut – Both Black Panther and Psylocke can gain a rewind ability when Magik is on their team. It allows them to return to the position they were in moments before, as well as partially earn any missing health back.
- Lunar Force – With Cloak and Dagger on their team, Moon Knight gains the ability to create a small field around himself that he turns invisible in.
- Guardian Revival – Adam Warlock grants a similar resurrection ability to Mantis and/or Star-Lord, letting them move around and revive themselves.
- Chilling Charisma – When Luna Snow is on their team, both Namor and Jeff the Land Shark gain an activatable ability that will buff their other attacks while active.
- Allied Agents – Hawkeye provides a variant of his strongest ability to Black Widow, letting her see afterimages of enemies that she can attack to deal damage.
- Atlas Bond – Iron Fist empowers Luna Snow with a unique ability while on her team. It allows her to expel a ring of energy that can heal allies while also damaging and slowing enemies.
- ESU Alumnus – Spider-Man provides Squirrel Girl with a Web Bomb ability. She can throw this at enemies to create an AoE blast that deals damage and momentarily binds them.
- Fastball Special – With Hulk on the team, both he and Wolverine gain a unique Team-Up ability that allows the former to throw the latter. Each one has to initiate an interaction with the other to trigger it.
Team-Up Abilities aren’t necessary to win matches in Marvel Rivals, but your team will likely have better chances with some at your disposal. Knowing these can also give you insight into what strategies or extra skills your opponents might be planning on using. Cooperate with your team, make some crossplay friends, and have fun out there!
