Friends & Rivals: A Marvel Rivals Podcast

This week, Nick and Josiah continue the SWOT with opportunities. There's also the world's smallest patch notes, a Cyclops Hero Spotlight, the Reddit Take of the week, and the return of Armed & Dangerous with Monsters vs Pajamas. Finally, this episode contains something you NEVER thought would happen on a Friends & Rivals episode. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Lin...

This week, Nick and Josiah continue the SWOT with weaknesses. There's also some news, a Mr. Fantastic Hero Spotlight, the Reddit Take of the week, and No armed and dangerous this week, so we're kicking it old school. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20261028/41548_1317925.html Reddit Take of the Week: https:/...

This week, Josiah and Nick go corpo and start analyzing Rivals from a SWOT perspective, with Marvel Rivals Strengths. We've also got Thanos 50v1 news, Armed & Dangerous, a Hood hero spotlight, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20261021/41548_1317253.html Art Vision: https:/...

This week, Nick and Josiah give their first impressions of season 10.5 and talk through the balance changes for the season. Then there's a more competitive Armed & Dangerous, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2110422885290369218 Reddit Take: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/...

This week, Josiah and Nick are covering all the season 10.5 changes. No new character this season, but the infinity war mode looks amazing. There's also Suits vs Suits Armed & Dangerous, the Reddit Take of the Week, and Mailbag. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20261006/41548_1315865.html Reddit Take of t...

This week, Nick and Josiah cover the skins for the week and tier list all the maps in the game. Then there's Armed & Dangerous, a Hawkeye Hero Spotlight, and the Reddit Take of the Week plus Mailbag. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/2105326997794676942 Main Topic: Tier List: https://tiermaker.com/list/mar...

This week Josiah and Nick talk about the news for the week, including the new God Quarry map, and since maps are on the brain, they tier list map mechanics! Then there's Armed & Dangerous, a Jubilee Hero Spotlight, and the Reddit Take of the Week plus Mailbag. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/210282039688605321...

This week Nick and Josiah talk first impressions of season 10, bring another Armed & Dangerous, talk Balance Patch notes for season 10, and there's a Mailbag and Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/2100276109988233339 Main Topic: Balance Post: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/...

It's Season 10 this week and Josiah and Nick are talking all about Gorr and the new changes coming to game this season. We've also got Armed & Dangerous, a Mailbag and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Dev Vision: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2097354279963283779 Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2097777191790518...

This week, Nick returns from vacation and so does Armed & Dangerous. We also finish up our little two part series on heroes we want added to the the game, and we've got a Rogue Hero Spotlight and Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2095240435656544333 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.r...

This week Josiah and Nick are in late-summer vacation mode, and do some Rivals D&D Alignment charting. We've also got some news with new skins, A Captain America hero spotlight, and a mailbag and Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2092673535005098098 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.r...

This week Nick and Josiah talk about villains we'd like added to the game, there's a very small amount of news, a Devil Dinosaur Hero Spotlight, Armed & Dangerous, a Mailbag and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/2090106667719327953 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.reddit.co...

This week Josiah and Nick cover their first impressions and the balance patch for season 9.5! We've also got summer special vol 2. We've also got Armed & Dangerous, a Mailbag, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/2087586351914811525 Balance Patch: Hero Hotlist: https://www.mar...

This week Nick and Josiah talk season 9.5 news, with the Hood, Summer special vol 2, and everything else! We've also got Armed & Dangerous, a Mailbag, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://twitter.com/MarvelRivals/status/2085093591559315892 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/s/7WUP...

This week Josiah and Nick finish covering the team-up changes for Season 9 by talking about strategist balance and team-ups. Then there's also a lot of news with a new event, four new MCU skins, and a ton of physical Rivals merchandise. The friends also cover the last 6 months of Rivals in the third edition of "Rivals Quarterly", and there's Armed & Dangerous, a Mailbag, and the Reddit Take of...

Buckle up, we've got 27 Duelists to talk about. This week Nick and Josiah cover a new map, duelist team ups and balance for season 9, Armed & Dangerous returns, and we've got a mailbag and Reddit take of the week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260722/41548_1308589.html Psylocke & Hela Skins: http...

Josiah's back! And this week Josiah and Nick talk season 9 first impressions, and Vanguard team-ups and balance! --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260715/41548_1307701.html Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/s/XDiYvauMgR https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/s/bgQycgYsBR ---------...

This week Nick holds down the fort for Josiah's vacation, and Guangguang and Zhiyong choose violence. The biggest patch in rivals history drops! Just news this week, Jubilee, Team up overhaul, Black Widow rework, etc. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260708/41548_1306959.html Season 9 Roadmap: https://twitt...

This week we're talking about more gacha balloons, instalocks that make us nervous, a Groot hero spotlight, and the Reddit Take of the Week --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://t.co/Tyy6rqmCFF Main Topic: Tier List: https://tiermaker.com/list/marvel/marvel-rivals-all-characters-15584058/6378925 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.reddit.com/r/...

This week we're finishing up our combat preferences series with Strategists, and we've got a Hela Hero Spotlight, Armed & Dangerous, and the Reddit Take of the Week --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260624/41548_1305336.html Main Topic: Strategists Chart: https://tiermaker.com/list/marvel/marvel-rivals-c...

This week we've got the Summer Event, first impressions of season 8.5, Armed & Dangerous, a Balance Post, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260617/41548_1304600.html Main Topic: Balance Patch: https://www.marvelrivals.com/balancepost/20260609/41667_1303507.html Hero Hotli...

This week is all about season 8.5, with news, Cyclops, Armed & Dangerous, and the Reddit Take of the Week --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Dev Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZhekPruzrE Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2064784768160366869 Reddit Take of the Week: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/comments/1u2d0w3/hot_take_i_think_...

This week is the calm before the season 8.5 storm, and we're continuing our combat preferences series with the second half of duelists. We've also got an Adam Warlock hero spotlight, Armed & Dangerous, and several Reddit Takes of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://www.marvelrivals.com/gameupdate/20260602/41548_1302533.html Main...

This week we've got news including a new Doom Match map, we've got a Black Cat hero spotlight, and we're continuing our series, talking about the combat preferences of various heroes. This week, it's the first half of Duelists. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Alchemax Headquarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8gyiobtcL4 Update on Cheaters: https://www.mar...

This week we're talking first impressions of Season 8 and taking a look at the Hero Hotlist and Balance Post. We've also got Armed & Dangerous, and the Reddit Take of the Week. --------------------------------------------- Referenced Links: News: Patch Notes: https://x.com/MarvelRivals/status/2057129351330595035 Main Topic: Hero Hotlist: https://www.marvelrivals.com/heroes_data/index.html Bala...