Although fun is the name of the game from Marvel Rivals' design perspective, the game does feature a competitive mode that even offers rewards for climbing up the ranks through a golden Moon Knight skin. With only three sub-ranks per rank, it might seem easy to climb the ranks, at least compared to other competitive games like Overwatch 2 and League of Legends, especially with the Chrono Shield feature. Unfortunately, the quality of players seen at even the slightly above average ranks is higher than other games.

Where most games have placement matches, where players will play a certain number of competitive games before being allocated a rank based on their wins and general performance (but largely due to last season's rank), Marvel Rivals starts everyone at the lowest rank, Bronze Three. It isn't clear whether this will be the situation going forward or a purely Season 0 ranking, but it does...