A new costume for Iron Man in Marvel Rivals has created a ripple effect within the community due to the colors of the skin and the ability animations not matching the image seen on the costume screen. Costumes, also known as skins in Rivals, allow the player to customize their hero more to their liking, and several new costumes were introduced with the season one battlepass, including one for Iron Man.
The "Blood Edge Armor" costume showcases Iron Man with glowing red hands and feet on his suit of armor. A recent Reddit thread posted by MOONBOI99 discussed how, when using Iron Man in the game, his basic attack bolts are still blue, rather than the red color shown on the costume screen. The post now has over 3.7k upvotes and 381 comments, bringing a lot of attention to the initial question of why Iron Man doesn't shoot red bolts with the red costume.
The original poster goes on to state that the costume screen showcases Iron Man using red beams, rather than his standard blue, but in-game that is not the case. They state that they do wish legendary or epic skins changed the colors of the...
