Pure, Beautiful Chaos
The Marvel Rivals devs clearly thrive on chaos. The zombie mode was already ridiculous, throwing thousands of enemies at four players who are basically invincible until they suddenly aren’t. It’s frantic, sweaty fun.
But 18v18 is a different beast. This mode isn’t about survival. It isn’t about objectives. It isn’t even about skill. It’s about making the biggest, loudest, most explosive mess possible with 35 other people who all had the same idea.
My last match looked like this:
Five Squirrel Girls carpet bombing the map with explosive acorns.
Three Punishers on turrets blasting each other like it’s a family feud.
Five Hellas sniping from the shadows.
Six Jeff the Land Sharks desperately trying to keep everyone alive.
And an Iron Man soaring overhead like “What if I dropped missiles at random, for fun.”
There’s no time to breathe. No time to plan. Just dodge bullets, rockets, lasers, fish projectiles and Penny nests. Point your crosshair at the general chaos in front of you and pray the scoreboard likes what you did.
This Is Not a Skill Showcase
If you go into this expecting a “competitive experience,” you are going to have a very bad time. But if you go in expecting pure, unfiltered mayhem you will have the time of your life.
This mode exists so that after three rounds you can go back to normal Domination and think, “Wow, this actually feels pretty balanced.” That sentence alone is proof that Annihilation is doing God’s work.
Get in While You Can
It’s only available for a limited time, so jump in, lose your mind for a bit, grab the free Units, and definitely grab the Legendary Jeff skin because that little shark deserves it.
Marvel Rivals didn’t reinvent the wheel here. They blew the wheel up and handed everyone rocket launchers. And honestly
It’s the most fun I’ve had in months.
