Blue Marvel Kit Predictions

I've been meaning to make this post since Summoner's Fest, but my brain only just unlocked how to possibly piece together the information we were given today after seeing the sp3 animation released on social media.

What we know:

Persistent Charges
Overload
Crush
Unique Indestructible

There's a reason why I've listed them in that order. My hopes for the above kit items:

Persistent Charges. DLL said in one of his streams that he believes he found a new, happy medium between Photon's and Serpent's Persistent Charge styles. Photon's stack with debuff placement; Serpent needs to win fights. I'm hoping what this means is that they'll function as a faster (MUCH faster) version of Sentry's Reality Warp charges or a more straightforward version of Spider-Punk's Crowd Members. I also think he'll start with a certain number of them in Battlegrounds (more on this later...).
To feed the above Persistent Charges, Overload effects. I'm hoping he inflicts Severe Overloads (can't be shrugged; fits the lore vibe of him literally being a walking Antimatter reactor - no loss of reaction efficiency, yay science), which stack as Persistent Charges to carry over between fights, and provide new effects as they stack. Only Photon and Silver Samurai have Overload right now - I want Blue Marvel to make it HIS debuff - the most stackable, thus resulting in the highest potency Overload effect in the game. I also hope each debuff gives him an attack increase as well, accounting for his superhuman strength.
Crush effect. I'm also hoping that after a certain number of Overloads, Crush is inflicted. Just imagine it - an unblockable barrage of increasing energy damage bursts, that can't be shrugged. Big unblockable (lowercase "u") red numbers galore.
Indestructible Mechanic. I feel like what we'll see is a controllable Indestructible - a passive effect that procs when you double tap or hold both block and heavy, consuming a certain number of Persistent Charges to be able to do so. Put the power in our hands to choose when we want to not be KO'd by some ridiculous special or node. Since you're ramping in the fight, you can do this multiple times. It also makes sense source material wise - consuming Antimatter energy to withstand a lethal blow, and then building your power back up again.

That's just based on what we know. I have other hopes, too:

Immunities/Resistances. Bleed is a no-brainer I feel like. So is Poison, Shock, Coldsnap, Incinerate...any energy DOT tbh, among others - Blue Marvel's nigh indestructible. The list of immunities should be extensive, but...MCOC logic lol. Maybe high energy and physical resistance like Count Nefaria in his Ionic Overcharge state. Doing some research, it's possible for him to be vulnerable, but really only when Neutronium or his own Antimatter is involved.
Resonance Buff. I really hope we get the third iteration of Resonance on Blue Marvel as well. Whether it be from his sp3 like Beta Ray Bill or in his sig ability, let's give him an additional damage boost that fits his character (the Resonance buff is blue).
Evade and/or Miss counter. Having Crush is sick, but either of these effects could render it useless. Blue Marvel has enhanced mental perception and senses, meaning he can't/won't miss or be evaded. Maybe a passive True Focus somewhere in his kit, activated with Persistent Charges that ramp in the fight (or that you start with in Battlegrounds!!)

Again, I've been trying to think about how his kit would work since I was at Summoner's Fest in November - glad my brain finally started working, and I think I'm on to something! Let me know your thoughts/own ideas below.

BLUE MARVEL IS COMING!!!!!!!

Comments

GilbertoJunior

Just by being DLL it scares me the possibility considering his designs from last year

EdisonLaw

Dani moonstar also has overload but she’s…

Anyways, I think he might also have base physical and energy resistance, but he also has indestructible as well

ShoNuff29

he’s been a champ I’ve been waiting on for years, so I’m nervous about the kit. There’s a laundry list of things he should be immune/resistant to, but obviously the game can’t allow it all… but needs to be significant to truly feel like the character. Dracula falls short of that so hopefully that doesn’t happen again. I do hope he’s found the happy medium with ramp up. I’m always leery when I hear “ramp up champion” because I don’t want to have to do a fight or two with a champ I really like. Fingers crossed

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922824#Comment_2922824

Well Dracula wasn’t designed by DLL

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922817#Comment_2922817

What’s scaring you off? Just the possible defender level? Just curious, and as a reminder his 2025 champs (in reverse order) were Pavitr Prabhakar, Nico Minoru, Jean Grey, and Deathless Thanos - so a valid concern lmao. But, these were all some of the most potent attackers ever dropped too. Personally, I’ll be happy if the attack/defense split on Blue Marvel is a max of 60/40 - SUPER strong attacker that’s still a decently strong defender so in a pinch you can throw him down on BGs defense if needed, but a true chef on offense

GilbertoJunior

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922827#Comment_2922827

Him being a game breaker attacker is also a concern because attackers are who started this whole problem,shutting down more already existing defenders and them making more defenders

sword or axe, it all ends with a cut.

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922827#Comment_2922827

In fact most of the champs he designed are dual threats. Even Serpent and Photon are legit good attackers plus can be used outside bgs. He hasn’t made a pure defender yet, but I don’t think he will

captain_rogers

Mystic is already very weak defensively. And science is getting strong defensively. Hopefully he is a good attacker and only a decent defender, and can also take champs outside the mystic class quite well.

ShashankGupta

@captain_rogers i don't think we have many good defenders in science class beside photon, spider woman rhino and high evolutionary I am expecting a very nasty defender in blue marvel to make up for what he should be according to comics

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922848#Comment_2922848

Idk man Kindred, Enchantress, and Nico would beg to differ lol

altavista

Although Synergies are dying off in terms of relevancy, I'm pretty interested in seeing what kind of synergies Blue Marvel gets. Seems like he could connect with anyone from Mister Fantastic to Annihilus to Hyperion to Luke Cage.

WednesdayLength

I feel like overload also giving increased attack rating would be en exponential nightmare. Overload is already a damage increase, so it giving him a seperate damage increase which also impacts the damage that the overload will do since it's based on hit damage would either scale way too fast to be anything but broken or it would mean the damage rating would be tiny enough that it may as well just be a slightly stronger overload

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922906#Comment_2922906

He'll probs have some sort of regen or attack boost synergy with Photon - one of the recurring events I've seen in my research is that he healed Photon and gave her a power boost with his own power. Similarly, something with Hyperion and Sentry pointing to the fact that he beat them both in fights lol

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922910#Comment_2922910

Valid concern, and that makes sense. I do hope that Overload is the main damage increase factor, but I wouldn't be upset if his regular hits were big too - yay big red AND yellow numbers

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922906#Comment_2922906

Definitely gonna have one with the Ultimates (Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Photon, etc). Hopefully one with the other Superman analogues (Ikaris, Hyperion, Sentry, Gladiator)

EdisonLaw

Blue Marvel rotation and details are here

https://youtu.be/15Onh2VVsE8?si=xIHl_IyaX3bp4nkw

HassamaMama

Looping back - here's what I'm seeing:

Looks like each Overload is +25% of hit damage, so a max of +75% additional damage on basic hits and sp1. BUT, during the sp2, it looks like they increase in potency to over +41% each, resulting in around a +123% total bonus damage as energy bursts - combine that with big crits and he might steamroll even in shorter fights.
Looks like the indefinite Overloads are the same value, doubling the damage effects listed above after threw sp3s (assuming it's one per sp3)
I think he's buff immune!! He isn't proc'ing the Dex buff. Whether that's just in his base kit or from the sig ability is my question
Provoke (??) and Wither debuff from sp1
Enter Stable Release at 60 charges (which I think increases in count with each debuff placed)
Every 20 Stable Release charges gained activates an indefinite Cruelty passive (here's where the long-form ramp kicks in; unknown from the clip they showed what the max stack is)
Crush debuff when dashing forward in Stable Release state
I actually believe he MIGHT counter Power Sting with the Indestructible!!!

Unsure what his Persistent Charges do. So stoked for the full Deep Dive!!!

Also, between the Precisions, Cruelties, Miss Counter, Indestructible, AND more than doubling your massive hit damage with red bursts on sp2…Blue Marvel is Science Hercules confirmed lol

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924178#Comment_2924178

On the page, it says he is bleed and power steal immune, so the buff immunity could be a dex replacement (like Quicksilver, Joaquin, Silk, etc)

I think Provoke may work similarly to Taunt and Infuriate

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924178#Comment_2924178

Edit: One correction + few more things

Crush activates when charging forward straight outta the box potentially - able to do it in the clip BEFORE Stable Release activated.
When dexing specials he activates a passive Energy Resistance effect, looks like max stackof 3
Debuffs/Passive DOTs (unsure about bursts) that the Indestructible SHOULD counter (according to the Glossary on the MCOC website), ONLY if not attached to a hit AND inflicted by the opponent's kit and not a node:
- Acid Burn
- Damnation
- Degeneration
- Disintegration - again, unsure if this will work against bursts like from Fantman or Bastion
- Power Burn - same as Disintegration
- Poison
Other non-hit direct damage I'm hoping the Indestructible ALSO counters:
- Combo Detonation
- Power Dissolve (rare right now)
- Power Sting
- Pulverize (this will almost never be a concern lol, maybe in Incursions with the right hack and defender)
- Sabotage (another rare one)

So stoked for the Deep Dives and the kit post to drop this weekend!!!

EdisonLaw

Blue Marvel is here

https://youtu.be/UEfx9YtpwQY?si=1r2Uw-GuBSt-1NRG

EdisonLaw

https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/champion-spotlight-blue-marvel/

Synergies and full kit is here

TheUglyone123

I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty disappointed. I had big time hopes that he was going to be usable all over the contest. I mean, dude is a living anti-matter reactor. I don’t understand the decision making behind having some ramp champs (like Cull Obsidian for example), start with some ramp in BGs and war, while champs like Blue Marvel start at 0.

Granted, it does sound like this year is going to have content that requires a lot of ramp (Coliseum, Rampant escalation, and maybe more), but like, why not have an ability in his sig to allow hime to only throw one Sp1 into Sp2 to get ramped in competitive, one fight modes like BGs.

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924594#Comment_2924594

Probably because BGs isn’t his target gamemode, while Cull was buffed for BGs

HassamaMama

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924594#Comment_2924594

Obviously we have to wait and see when we have him in hand. But, if I had to guess he'll finish fights consistently around 60 seconds with just sp1, sp1, sp2 because of how big the damage is. But also, he's specifically designed for every other gamemode intentionally, and that's a pretty simple reason.

Also going to mention the fact that some metas complete neutralize some "BGs-focused" champs. For example, champs like Pavitr, Jack O'Lantern, Stealthy, Starky, Kingpin, Juggernaut, and Cull barely work or simply don't work at all in the current Polka Dot Power meta. There will likely be metas where he ramps faster, and others he'll likely be a reliable offensive champ against defenders like Kindred or Nico.

TheUglyone123

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924595#Comment_2924595

I hear that, and I know that certain champs are buffed/designed for certain game modes in mind. However, I just wanted him to be one of those champs I used everywhere, but I guess that a subjective issue. I watched DLL’s breakdown, and appreciate the love that went into making him. If I enjoy playing him, I’ll probably still rank him, as he is one of my favorite Marvel characters

TheUglyone123

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924600#Comment_2924600

I hope you are right. I just love the character and want him to be crazy. But I’ll give him a fair shake once he releases

CheeseMaster482

Insane utility, insane damage, insane animations. It's big 2026, we can no longer judge how good a champ is based off of their performance in Chud Grounds. Coliseum has the most relevant and consistent rewards in the game rn. If anything, a champ only being good in Chud Grounds automatically makes them garbage tier.

Rest in Pieces to the Chud Grounds defenders. You will not be missed ✊🐍

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924600#Comment_2924600

You're crazy if you think it'll take 60 secs to do sp1 sp1 sp2, between baiting specials and dealing with whatever the meta requires you to do I can guarantee you it won't be anywhere near that lol more like 75-90 secs.

I get trying to stay positive because he's a fan favorite and you probably wanted him to be really good but it's over, he doesn't start with any additional charges in BGs and that's just how things are. He is mid for BGs compared to even Lizard purely because of speed, he's meant to be a long form content monster which he will definitely be but that's it.

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2924618#Comment_2924618

This is basically what DLL said about the persistent charge mechanic

EdisonLaw

I also asked him about the healthpool range, and he basically said he can handle any healthpool