If you're a Marvel Rivals player of any regularity, you've probably noticed that the game has had a bit of a Vanguard problem in the first half of Season One. In Quick Match and lower level Ranked play, where personal satisfaction is often a bigger priority for many players than hewing closely to the prevalent game-winning strategies, it can feel rare to see more than one Vanguard per side in a match. Yet in higher level ranked play, where sticking to meta can be the key to maintaining one's status, players can feel locked into just a few character choices out of the already small Vanguard roster.
Luckily, NetEase has pulled a few arrows out of its quiver for the game's first major mid-season patch all aimed at changing up the Vanguard experience with more viable competitive character choices and more incentives to play the under-loved class in the first place.
