This comes up often enough in Marvel Rivals that it deserves a straight answer rather than a thread to scroll through.

Short answer

In most cases the straightforward approach works. The exceptions are specific and listed below.

Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice.

What to do instead

The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Marvel Rivals.

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively.

Worth knowing alongside this

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.
  • Region and platform change more than people expect, so confirm both.

Why it works this way

It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Everything below is framed around the current state of Marvel Rivals rather than a launch-week impression.

When the usual advice fails

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

The practical answer

Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

Where people go wrong

  • Treating a rare edge case as the normal behaviour and planning around it.
  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.

Rivals FAQ

Does this work the same on console and PC?

The logic is identical. Menu paths and button prompts differ, and any real difference is flagged above.

Is there a faster method?

Sometimes, at the cost of reliability. Where that trade exists it is described rather than recommended blindly.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

What is the short answer?

It is the paragraph near the top. Everything after it exists for the cases where that paragraph does not quite fit.

If you only take one thing from this: the answer near the top is the part that matters, the rest is context.