Marvel Rivals Skin Features Spark A Conversation On Gameplay Mechanics Being "Inconsistent"

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A new costume for Iron Man in has created a ripple effect within the community due to the colors of the skin and the ability animations not matching the image seen on the costume screen. Costumes, also known as skins in allow the player to customize their hero more to their liking, and several new costumes were introduced with the season one battlepass, including one for Iron Man.

The «Blood Edge Armor» costume showcases Iron Man with glowing red hands and feet on his suit of armor. A recent Reddit thread posted by MOONBOI99 discussed how,when using Iron Man in the game, his basic attack bolts are still blue, rather than the red color shown on the costume screen. The post now has over 3.7k upvotes and 381 comments, bringing a lot of attention to the initial question of why Iron Man doesn't shoot red bolts with the red costume.

The original poster goes on to state that the costume screen showcases Iron Man using red beams, rather than his standard blue, but in-game that is not the case. They state that they do wish legendary or epic skins changed the colors of the abilities to match whichever skin is in use, but some fans think this might not be the best idea. User smilingfishfood states,Enemy abilities, other than for Scarlet Witch, as her abilities are red on either side, usually display as red, so players do not mistake them for their own team's abilities.

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Changing Iron Man's bolt to red for the player and their allies might confuse teammates. On the other side of that coin, others mention that for the enemy team, Iron Man does shoot the red bolts seen in the animation on the costume screen. Some do agree with the original post, though, as user Historical_Wish_5599 says, «While the changes do not need to be drastic, fans do wish that the animations for attacks were changed slightly to fit the skin's aesthetic.

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