Marvel Rivals 8.5 finally makes Cyclops playable

NetEase outlined what’s coming to Marvel Rivals season 8.5, and the midseason update headlines Cyclops as a playable character. He looks awful — for anyone going up against him. Cyclops is a Duelist who relies on his visor beams for precision shots, but he’s not just a Hawkeye redo.

One ability fires a scattershot beam that bounces between nearby characters and takes a big chunk out of their health bars; it has two charges, letting players sprinkle it in among standard attacks. His mobility skill fires a laser blast and sends him flying backward quickly, a setup for quick dives and retreats similar to Elsa, though Cyclops gets no overhealth and the mobility has a long cooldown.

His ultimate charges a beam of light, then fires it in a straight line in front of him and up into the air; it explodes after a second and deals hefty damage to any character or object like Groot's walls. Flyers are at particular risk, since most characters' ultimates are localized and flying characters can usually escape them, but not Cyclops's.

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