Marvel Rivals Emma Frost – release date and every ability you need to know to master the character

Marvel Rivals has revealed that Emma Frost is coming to the game in its second season, and she'll no doubt be a tough adversary with her huge number of moves and near-invulnerable diamond form.

A new season of is on the way, and with it is coming a heap of content that will no doubt clog the pipes of the hero select screen. As the approaches quickly, players are starting to get excited for what’s to come, and luckily for them, that includes the arrival of a particularly mind-bending mutant.

Emma Frost has arrived to welcome in the Hellfire Gala on Krakoa, the living planet, which will serve as the playground where players will fend off the siege of Ultron, and her abilities are set to turn the battlefield on its head with her hitscan beam, temporary invincibility and gnarly bodyslams. But what exactly can we expect from the arrival of the White Queen herself? Here’s everything you need to know about the incoming Marvel Rivals, Emma Frost, a playable hero.

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Marvel Rivals Emma Frost release date

The Marvel Rivals Emma Frost release date will be the same as the Marvel Rivals Season 2 release date, which is Thursday, April 10 at 5pm PDT / 8pm EST, and Friday, April 11 at 1am BST. She’ll appear in the hero roster from the moment the season goes live, so you can expect her slot to be taken pretty quickly, meaning you’re going to have to be pretty locked in to try out her moveset in a real game.

Marvel Rivals Emma Frost abilities

Emma Frost is a curious Vanguard character who boasts 650 Health, and has two entirely different movesets - her regular human form abilities, and abilities associated with her Diamond form which makes her particularly useful in solo attacks. Here’s what you need to know about her abilities in both forms, as revealed by early looks at the character, like from and on the :

Human form

• Telepathic Pulse: Fire a psionic beam to deal damage; the longer the beam hits, the higher the damage.

• Psionic Seduction (Ultimate): Project a forward psychic assault that stuns foes and prevents them from unleashing their Ultimate Abilities; if the effect lingers, it gradually commandeers their mind, forcing them to move toward Emma Frost.

• Psychic Spear: Seize control of an enemy's sentience - damage dealt to the sentience cascades to the physical form and can be pierced by Telepathic Pulse. When the sentience shatters, it unleashes extra damage on its owner.

• Mind’s Aegis: Create a levitating barrier at the designated location.

• Diamond Form: Activate Diamond Form to transform your attack style while gaining Damage Reduction and becoming Unstoppable.

Diamond form

• Faceted Fury: Deliver a crushing double-fisted strike to enemies.

• Carbon Crush: Lunge forward to grab an enemy, then execute a back slam to inflict damage.

• Crystal Kick: Unleash a flying kick forward and knock back enemies; extra damage is dealt if they're propelled into a wall.

Team-up abilities

The new Marvel Rivals Emma Frost character can team up with Magneto and Psylock for the Mind Link passive ability, which causes the characters when together to emit 'mental projections,' which are illusory replicas of the heroes that will confuse enemy players. Think of it as Mirage from ’ leading ability, but it is only a little more random.

That’s everything you need to know about the new Marvel Rivals Emma Frost character! It’s going to be a scramble to play her when the new season of the game kicks off, but we’re willing to bet she’ll turn over the meta pretty quickly. Hurry up and like her, or you’re going to really hate her.