Nightcrawler joins Marvel Rivals as a teleporting Strategist
The Doomsday developer briefing pairs Dracula's arrival with combat changes, a timeline collision and a candid sign-off from Zhiyong.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 853,315 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (76,732).
Season 11: Doomsday // Dev Vision Vol. 23 | Marvel Rivals
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- 0:07Nightcrawler arrives as a teleporting Strategist alongside Dracula in Season 11.
- 1:37The present and 2099 timelines approach a collision; Incursion Point launches November 26.
- 6:03Guangguang promises new heroes every season and says the roadmap runs through the end of 2027.
- 11:01An experimental PC option targets CPU performance and stuttering; a competitive visual-effects clarity setting is also planned.
- 13:34Combat tuning aims to preserve role identities, reduce crowd control and adjust Vanguard and Strategist capabilities.
- 20:29Squirrel Girl's rework combines immediate acorn explosions and a slowing field with lower baseline damage and greater emphasis on abilities.
Kurt Wagner's teleportation has a team-saving purpose in Marvel Rivals: the incoming Nightcrawler will be a Strategist, bringing his familiar disappearing act to a support role.
Creative director Guangguang introduces him alongside Dracula in "Season 11: Doomsday // Dev Vision Vol. 23 | Marvel Rivals," the game's official developer presentation ahead of the November 13 season launch. The story sends the present and 2099 timelines toward a collision, with an Incursion Point map following on November 26.
The briefing drew more than half a million views in its first ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. Its separate Nightcrawler reveal and Doomsday trailers also made unusually fast starts in the short-video format.
But the presentation isn't only a character announcement. Addressing feedback about the previous season's single hero release, Guangguang promises new heroes every season and says the roadmap extends through the end of 2027. He also introduces an experimental PC setting intended to improve CPU performance and reduce mid-combat stuttering.
Lead combat designer Zhiyong gets specific about Squirrel Girl. Her changes include faster primary attacks through Mammal Bond, Burst Acorns that explode immediately without bullet drop, and an Acorn Rain slowing field. Lower baseline attack damage makes managing abilities more important than simply holding down primary fire.
The comments mix jokes about Dracula appearing in a season called Doomsday with pointed discussion of Ultron's survivability changes. Zhiyong's closing appeal has become another talking point: "Finally, please don't cancel me. My team and I are still grinding hard to bring you even more content."
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>Dracula@ArausitoSee it on YouTube“Please don’t cancel me” - Zhiyong
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- Channel
- Marvel Rivals
- Subscribers
- 1,290,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 660,282
- Channel views, pace per day
- 38,062 (on a normal day: 145,319)
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 520,031 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 853,315
The numbers
The developer briefing has already passed the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. Its comment section is also much busier than a typical first day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which present-day city is headed for a collision with Nueva York in the Doomsday story?
The season trailer describes New York and its future counterpart, Nueva York, heading toward an Incursion.


