Marvel Rivals Black Widow Reveal Has Fans Worried; NetEase Says “Not Quite” on One-Shot Kill Potential

NetEase has released another gameplay first look at a new hero for Marvel Rivals, and this time, Black Widow gets the spotlight. In the gameplay clip, we get to see how the character uses a sniper rifle as her main weapon, her abilities and more.

While the character design, voice work are looking spot-on, fans are a bit worried given the gameplay clip showcases how Black Widow seems to eliminating heroes with just one shot. Check out the trailer and see for yourself:

Marvel Rivals Black Widow One-Shot Kill Potential Has Fans Worried

As you can see in the video, Widow seemingly takes out multiple enemies with just one shot from her sniper rifle, and seemingly without needing to charge it, which Overwatch’s Widowmaker has to do in order to gain full damage in her shots. This has fans worried as the reveal trailer on the Marvel Rivals subreddit has fans commenting how the character might break the game’s balance and flow.

That same kind of chatter can be seen in the game’s Discord channel as well, with fans worried about the hero’s damage output making the game un-fun given someone hanging back and one-shotting players might make some rage quit. When asked whether Black Widow ‘one shots,: Marvel Rivals Community Manager “James” said that “not quite” and added how it’s much harder to snipe in Marvel Rivals compared to other games (which we’re presuming they’re referring to Overwatch).

If you saw the clip, you’ll see that the characters taken out by the sniper rifle is not at 100% full health. Unless I’m mistaken, Black Widow won’t be able to take out characters in one shot, regardless of base health. Hopefully that’s the case, or squishy heroes are in for a world of hurt when a good Black Widow player takes aim at them.

There’s also, of course, balance patches to look forward to. Even if Widow is a bit OP (overpowered), NetEase can rebalance the hero via a title update. We’ll know for sure just how OP this character’s sniping power is when Marvel Rivals launches on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on December 6.

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