As the Marvel Rivals Ignite scene prepares for a year packed with qualifiers and LAN tournaments, various organisations have adjusted their rosters for the 2026 season.
This year has seen partnerships form, new players enter the scene, old organisations return for another run, and more.
Esports Insider breaks down the teams and players competing in Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026, all of whom will strive to reach the coveted Grand Finals at the end of the circuit.
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Americas

100 Thieves
One of the front-runners of the North American scene is 100 Thieves, the winner of the Invitational North America 2025 and Ignite Stage 2 Americas last year.
This is the active roster for 100 Thieves heading into 2026:
- Anthony ‘delenaa‘ De La Rosa – Duellist
- Kamryn ‘Malenia‘ Mistry – Strategist
- Bryce ‘Self‘ Pettit – Duellist
- Eric ‘TTK‘ Arraiga – Vanguard
- Vincent ‘Vinnie‘ Scarantine – Vanguard
- Pol ‘Wyni‘ Wyneken Carracedo – Strategist
Notably, players who competed for 100 Thieves in 2025, including Marschal ‘Terra‘ Weaver, Harvey ‘hxrvey‘ Scattergood, and Jacob ‘Nuk‘ Allen did not make a return.
Sentinels
Sentinels was one of the most popular Marvel Rivals teams in 2025, known for winning the Season 1 Marvel Rivals Championships in North America and becoming the 2025 Ignite Stage 1 Americas champion.
Here is the active roster for Sentinels competing in Marvel Rivals:
- William ‘Crimzo‘ Hernandez – Vanguard
- Vincent ‘Dongmin‘ Kim – Vanguard
- Joshua ‘eusher‘ Batson – Duellist
- Daniel ‘Flamay‘ Garcia – Strategist
- Mark ‘Karova‘ Kvashin – Strategist
- Huy-Chris ‘mirror‘ Trịnh – Flex
- Ryan ‘Rymazing‘ Bishop – Duellist
Players Jilani ‘Avery‘ Bouajila, Jimmy ‘nectar‘ Lebel-Frenette, Jacob ‘Teki‘ Lebel-Frenette, and Steven ‘renko‘ Saucedo are not part of the line-up. However, Chassidy ‘aramori‘ Kaye remains with Sentinels as a content creator.
FlyQuest
FlyQuest is placed third in the Marvel Rivals Ignite 2025 Grand Finals, the highest out of all North American teams that participated in that tournament.
FlyQuest has retained its 2025 season roster for the latest season:
- Black ‘adios‘ Chaplin – Duellist
- Cooper ‘coopertastic‘ – Strategist
- Jovan ‘energy‘ – Duellist
- Ian ‘SparkChief‘ Rivera Cruz – Vanguard
- Harrison ‘Zelos‘ Potter – Strategist
- Aiden ‘Veswa‘ – Vanguard
NRG Shock
NRG Shock, one of the 2026 partner teams, is a combined effort of esports organisation NRG and San Francisco Shock. The brand acquired the roster of Dreamland, an up-and-coming North American team that won the Marvel Rivals Championship Americas PC division during Season 3.
NRG Shock currently boasts the highest number of players signed as of writing:
- Julian ‘Chime‘ Alexander Flores – Duellist
- Charles ‘Chuckles‘ Plimier – Vanguard
- Andrew ‘Madara‘ Dixon – Vanguard
- Steven ‘renko‘ Saucedo – Strategist
- Evan ‘stinkrs‘ McClure – Duellist
- Kyle ‘Velocity‘ Cordy – Strategist
- Noah ‘fraud‘ Clough – Duellist (Substitute)
- Alex ‘Window’ Ludlow – Vanguard (Substitute)
RAD Esports
RAD Esports is one of the few organisations to have fielded a number of teams across various regions. Its greatest accomplishment in 2025 was achieved through its Rad EU roster, an EMEA team that won the Ignite Mid-Season Finals.
The organisation parted ways with that roster once the contract concluded. However, RAD Esports remains active in the Americas scene. Since 2026, it has welcomed a number of creators, including ‘imperator‘, ‘Rigshychu‘, ‘Savinglee‘ and more.
These are all of the players representing RAD Esports in Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026:
- Adam ‘crazykitty‘ Naskręt – Duellist
- Luke ‘ducky1‘ Ramsey – Vanguard
- Logan ‘lugiagoat‘ Fiedorowicz – Vanguard
- ‘mash‘ – Strategist
- Kian ‘SmashNezz‘ Falk – Duellist
- Jakub ‘Verigo‘ Polewski – Strategist
Liquid Citadel
Citadel Gaming competed in the EMEA region during the 2025 season. However, after partnering with Team Liquid and forming Liquid Citadel as a result, the organisation is set to compete in Americas for 2026.
Liquid Citadel has welcomed players from a variety of North American organisations. From former FlyQuest players Cooper ‘coopertastic‘ and Jovan ‘energy‘, to former ENVY players Charlie ‘nero‘ Zwarg and Nicholas ‘Shpeediry‘ Zou.
The only original members of Citadel Gaming that have remained are Paal ‘Polly‘ Arve Guno Eskildsen and ‘pky‘.
This is the full roster set to represent Liquid Citadel in 2026:
- ‘coopertastic‘ – Strategist
- ‘energy‘ – Duellist
- ‘nero‘ – Strategist
- ‘Polly‘ – Vanguard
- ‘Shpeediry‘ – Duellist
- Ian ‘SparkChief‘ Rivera Cruz – Vanguard
- ‘Pky‘ – Duellist (Substitute)
NTMR
NTMR was one of the first organisations to compete in Marvel Rivals, gathering its first roster months before the game officially launched in 2024.
- Kevin ‘Dinks‘ Hernandez – Strategist
- Parker ‘lyte‘ Lewis – Duellist
- ‘MACE‘ – Vanguard
- Salvatore ‘Monzter’ Donato – Vanguard
- Griffin ‘skier‘ Gould – Strategist
- Alexander ‘smash‘ Basurco – Duellist
- Austin ‘Vision‘ Wallace – Duellist
TSM and Spacestation Gaming
Partner teams TSM and Spacestation Gaming have yet to reveal their rosters for the 2026 season.
EMEA

NAVI
Natus Vincere (NAVI) entered the scene back in September 2025 after signing the TEAM1 roster, a group of players that became Marvel Rivals’ first international champions after winning the 2025 Ignite Mid-Season Finals.
The team then went on to place runner-up in the Ignite Grand Finals, establishing themselves as one of the strongest rosters in the scene.
NAVI’s most recent changes were in December 2025, where it bid farewell to Majd ‘Crysis’ Gerges and Nikolai ‘Naga‘ Dereli, and welcomed 100 Thieves’ Terra to the roster.
This is the roster for NAVI for Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026:
- Max ‘fate‘ Currie – Strategist
- Jurica ‘Jur3ky‘ Risek – Duellist
- Márk ‘Lv1Crook‘ Leveleki – Strategist
- Rasmus ‘Raajaro‘ Rosvall – Vanguard
- Oliver ‘TrqstMe‘ Rüdiger Pöhler – Vanguard
- ‘Terra‘ – Duellist
Virtus.pro
Virtus.pro returns to Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026 as the reigning champion, cementing its name in history after winning the Ignite 2025 Grand Finals.
Virtus.pro has not changed a single player since its debut last February:
- Arthur ‘dridro‘ Szanto – Strategist
- Finnbjörn ‘Finnsi‘ Flosi Jónasson – Vanguard
- Andreas ‘Nevix‘ Karlsson – Vanguard
- Philip ‘phi‘ Handke – Duellist
- William ‘SparkR‘ Andersson – Duellist
- Mikkel ‘Sypeh‘ Klein – Strategist
As a result of its storied win-streak in the Rivals Fight Night series, alongside winning Ignite Stage 2 EMEA, Virtus.pro is often considered one of the strongest teams in the scene.
Team Peps
Team Peps struggled to stand out in the 2025 season, failing to qualify for either LAN events. However, the organisation has returned for 2026 hoping to achieve more favourable results.
Since the start of 2026, Team Peps parted ways with one of its Duellists Archie ‘Slopodopolous‘ Hallet on January 12th.
Six players will represent Team Peps for Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026:
- Jeremy ‘Hqrdest‘ Danton – Duellist
- ‘Kqz‘ – Duellist
- Rhys ‘W3LSHMANIA‘ Ellesmere – Vanguard
- Alessandro ‘EgZo‘ Succu – Strategist
- ‘iMonkey‘ – Vanguard
- ‘Smafer‘ – Strategist
FYR Strays
FYR Strays was one of the few organisations to switch from region to region in the 2025 season, competing in EMEA in Ignite Stage 1 and then Americas in Ignite Stage 2. 2026 will see FYR Strays first compete in EMEA against NAVI, Virtus.pro, Team Peps and more.
This is FYR Strays active roster for 2026:
- Johannes ‘Binary‘ Hartl – Vanguard
- Maxime ‘Blax‘ Thomas – Vanguard
- Eamonn ‘DEAMONN‘ Paul Hawkins – Duellist
- Pavle ‘kl0sar‘ Raičević – Strategist
- Kevin ‘Sestroyed‘ Gauronskas – Duellist
- Archie ‘Slopo‘ Hallet – Duellist
- Matti ‘Znost‘ Phillip Mueller – Strategist
Team Heretics
Team Heretics is a new organisation that has entered the Marvel Rivals esports scene, and has become one of the 12 partnered teams for the 2026 season.
What stands out is that Team Heretics’ roster features players from some of the strongest EMEA teams in 2025. From Nikolai ‘Naga‘ Dereli, who formerly played for Natus Vincere, to Aleks ‘Alx‘ Suchev, previously part of Citadel Gaming.
This is the full roster representing Team Heretics in 2026:
- ‘Alx‘ – Strategist
- ‘Beetle‘ – Vanguard
- Nikolai ‘Naga‘ Dereli – Duellist
- Enzo ‘Nzo‘ Keippe – Vanguard
- ‘Oasis‘ – Strategist
- Roald ‘Tanuki‘ Matthijs Rademarkers – Duellist
PACIFIC

REJECT
REJECT has established itself as one of the top eastern Marvel Rivals teams, placing runner-up in the Invitational 2025 Asia and winning 2025 Ignite Stage 1 Asia.
Since 2026 began, the organisation parted with the final remaining players of its former roster, including Park ‘Gnome‘ Jin-woo, Kim ‘Izayaki‘ Min-Chul, and Lim ‘finale‘ Jung-woo.
On February 10th, the organisation unveiled its line-up of members that will represent the partnered team for 2026. Some of them are returning players from 2025, while others are new additions.
This is REJECT’s roster for 2026:
- Choi ‘Brownie‘ Min-gi – Duellist
- Lee ‘GARGOYLE‘ Beom-jun – Vanguard
- Mun ‘Blastro‘ Jung-won – Strategist
- Shin ‘piggy‘ Min-jun – Vanguard
- ‘SeungHoon‘ – Strategist
- Kim ‘Yaki‘ Jun-ki – Duellist
Gen.G Esports
Gen.G Esports is a popular Marvel Rivals team in Asia, establishing itself within the scene after placing runner-up in 2025 Ignite Stage 1 and third in Stage 2.
The organisation unveiled its new roster on February 13th, all of whom formerly competed for the 2025 Ignite Grand Finals team, ChopperMag.
These are all the Marvel Rivals players that will represent Gen.G Esports going forward:
- Lin ‘Bobo‘ Zehao – Duellist
- Kyre ‘duep‘ Harris – Vanguard
- ‘FMCL‘ – Duellist
- Blake ‘Skittles‘ Woods – Strategist
- ‘Zenstarry‘ – Vanguard
- Zhu ‘Salvation‘ Xiaoyu – Strategist
China

OUG
OUG, also known as Over Ultra Gaming, is a Marvel Rivals team competing in China. After winning both 2025 Ignite Stage 1 and 2 in the region, OUG qualified for both the Mid-Season Finals and Grand Finals in the previous season.
OUG’s roster for the Marvel Rivals Ignite 2026 season is as follows:
- Liao ‘MoLanran‘ Yang – Duellist
- Zhao ‘SVALD‘ Tangyang – Strategist
- Zhong ‘TAROCOOK1E‘ Yunlong – Duellist
- Zhan ‘XiaoZhuang‘ Xiaozhuang – Strategist
- Zhu ‘Wenxuyan‘ ShiHan – Vanguard
- Luo ‘Yexin‘ Wenjie – Vanguard
Aconyx
Aconyx was an organisation that was overshadowed by many top rosters last year. Despite qualifying for the Ignite 2025 Grand Finals, it was also one of the first teams to be eliminated from the crowning event.
Aconyx has eight signed Marvel Rivals players for the 2026 season:
- Huang ‘Disaster‘ Xiaochuan – Duellist
- Jianxi ‘Egg tart‘ Sun – Strategist
- Tan ‘Ghost‘ Li – Strategist
- Tang ‘Kami‘ Yitao – Vanguard
- Zhang ‘KovAAK‘ Yige – Duellist
- Chu ‘Kuma‘ Jingyuan – Vanguard
- Zhang ‘HetLot‘ Xuan – Vanguard
- Chen ‘Mercury‘ Guanru – Strategist
Aconyx first entered the scene after signing the roster of Tayun Gaming back on August 1st, 2025. Similar to Virtus.pro, it has also remained as one of the few organisations not to let go of its players since its debut
FL eSports Club
FL eSports Club will continue to compete in the Marvel Rivals Ignite China scene, expanding its team for the 2026 season. The organisation did not see the best results in 2025, missing out on both LANs after losing both stages of Ignite in China. Only time will tell whether FL eSports Club can turn things around in the upcoming tournaments.
2026 saw the organisation welcome two new players to its roster, ‘Papercut‘ and Ho ‘bobok1ng‘ Hao-yu. Nine Marvel Rivals players are listed as representatives of FL eSports Club as of writing:
- Lu ‘Shyva‘ Xuxin – Strategist
- ‘AV7‘ – Duellist
- YYu ‘RAYMOMO‘ Yu-jui – Vanguard
- Huang ‘Ray‘ Chunshuang – Duellist
- Feng ‘Youma‘ He – Vanguard
- Wu ‘TuZ1‘ DaLe – Strategist
- ‘bobok1ng‘ – Flex
- ‘Papercut‘ – Strategist
- Ding ‘Deviplasma‘ Mengfei – Duellist (Substitute)
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