Marvel Rivals allows both teammates and opponents to communicate in multiple ways, whether directly through in-game text and voice chats or by showing off with emoticons. But how exactly can you emote in the game? Can you unlock additional emotes for your favorite heroes? Here you’ll learn how to employ emotes, as well as how to equip and earn modern emotes Marvel Rivals.
How to emote in Marvel Rivals
Regardless of which hero you choose, you will be able to employ emotes from the very beginning Marvel Rivals by holding T or left on the DPAD, which will open a custom wheel. Once you’re behind the wheel, simply select an emote or hover over it with the right analog stick to perform it.
How to get and equip modern emotes
Now that you know how to employ emotes during a match, you’ll be able to unlock modern ones through Twitch Drops (within specific time frames), as well as by redeeming them on the Battle Pass page or by purchasing modern skin packs in the game store. Unlike hero-centric sprays, you cannot earn emotes by increasing your hero’s proficiency. Once you’ve earned your modern emote, you’ll be able to equip your set hero by doing the following:
- Go to Heroes and select the character of your choice.
- Go to Cosmetics and then to Emotes.
- Select Equip, then select the custom wheel slot where you want to place the modern emote.
All free emotes in Marvel Rivals and how to get them (December 2024)
Referring to the above, this is the only free emote you can currently employ Marvel Rivals is Magneto’s Cosmic Fall, available exclusively on Twitch Drops. The emote can be unlocked by watching 2 hours of any rewards stream until December 31, 2024, and can be claimed by visiting your Twitch Earned Rewards inventory page. In addition to the emote, you can also unlock a profile picture, a spray and a modern Magneto skin.
If you missed the opportunity to get the above rewards and don’t want to buy individual skin packs, purchasing the Luxury tier as part of the game’s Battle Pass is definitely the best option if you want to get modern emotes, because the latter are not high-priced at all – it only costs $5. The way that all Luxury BP rewards will be constantly available for you to claim also helps escalate the value of the tier as you’ll be able to do everything at your own pace, without FOMO.
