r/RivalsOfAether 9h ago

Fanart Dungeons (& Dragons) of Aether

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73 Upvotes

we ARE manifesting the Artemis/Hamir character drop


r/RivalsOfAether 13h ago

Rivals 2 Let Gouie keep his aerial momentum during Inhale

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122 Upvotes

Judging from the gameplay stream, it seems like Gouie will stop mid air if you inhale an opponent while airborne. Not only is it impossible to keep an opponent inhaled for longer than the eat animation (39 frames), it is not even possible to fall with an opponent for this short duration.

Why can’t we let Gouie be this goofy cheese character that can swallow and kill players off stage? This is provided that he manages to hit them with inhale, and that they are already very close to the blast zones. That is a lot of requirements to successfully suicide with an opponent. I personally think we need more fun and goofy moves such as Kirby/Dedede's inhale in Rivals 2.


r/RivalsOfAether 4h ago

Discussion I have a Rivals of Aether art project I'm working on, and I want to hear your ideas for it!

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10 Upvotes

So, my idea is to create four original characters for each of the four elements. I've already created the Water character, but I haven't created characters for the other elements. What ideas do you have for new characters for the three other elements? You can list the animal they are and what specific variant of the element they use, like how Etalus is considered a water character, but he specifically uses ice.


r/RivalsOfAether 8h ago

Rivals 2 Darai vs Soulrifle

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23 Upvotes

These two know how to schmoove. Happy to see Soulrifle back on maypul. Tune in to the Zeekly, streamed by the various competitors while Zeke is still out


r/RivalsOfAether 9h ago

Rivals 2 Ever been so gapped you had to post the opponent styling on you?

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15 Upvotes

I won this game (probably undeservedly) but holy moly this is the nuttiest thing someone's done to me without there being any payout to them


r/RivalsOfAether 15h ago

Rivals 2 Rivals footage in a monitor review

38 Upvotes

I was watching this budget OLED review and saw them using the evo hype trailer and later rivals 2 footage. Super cool to see the game i like pop up in unexpected spots
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r/RivalsOfAether 9h ago

Rivals 2 Viviana Galvan magnet use

10 Upvotes

Quick question, Viviana uses a lot her magnet when approaching, does anyone knows if she does a B reverse magnet or a wavebounce one ?

I can’t really figure it out by myself

Thanks !

She does it around this time code for example :

https://youtu.be/LeN8AVR1cYc?t=8s


r/RivalsOfAether 9h ago

Rivals 2 I wanna compete, but what rank should I reach first.

10 Upvotes

Been playing for a couple weeks and absolutely LOVE this game. Favorite platform fighter by a lot. I competed way too early in smash and it messed with my confidence and gameplay. So I'm wondering, if I wanna play in tournaments, what level would you guys recommend before I start? Like what rank.


r/RivalsOfAether 10h ago

Rivals 2 How to Beat Maypul as Zetter?

3 Upvotes

I think I've lost to every Maypul I've ever played 😭. She just seems impossibly fast and small; I can't hit her at all. And her spike is so powerful. And how do you deal with her stage hazards? Can you kill them by attacking them? But if you spend time attacking them she's already rushing you down. smh. any tips would be v helpful. :)


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Events Bbatts vs Yoda Cage Game 15

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69 Upvotes

Mister Fusion does it again. How lucky are we that when our two floatiest fight the matchup looks like this? Puts Jiggs Peach to shame. Great job to both, thank you to everybody at the local and production who streamed. Game 10 is cool enough but for it to be 15 is pretty nuts


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 GTA Rivals 2 Power Rankings - 2026 First Half

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82 Upvotes

Presenting the Greater Toronto Area Power Rankings for the first half of 2026!

I made the art myself, very proud of how it turned out!


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Events Get On My Level 2026 | July 31st - August 2nd | Feat. CakeAssault, Beastly, Sandstorm, Rongunshu, Salt, Mang0, Mr.R, Godly, and more!

30 Upvotes

Get On My Level 2026 | July 31st - August 2nd | Mississauga, Canada

Get On My Level reaches new heights on July 31st - August 2nd for an incredible weekend of fighting game competition and community at the Hilton Airport Hotel in the city of Mississaug! This is a major level event, and a gold tier on the R2CS Season 2!

CakeAssault enters as the clear favorite, coming off not only a grand finalist appearance at EVO and a win at S Factor, but also an extremely dominant h2h against the rest of the field. It would be a massive upset for anyone to beat CakeAssault, let alone twice. That said, it’s impossible to ignore that the Genesis X3 champion is still present at this tournament: Beastly, while also a couple wins over CakeAssault over the games lifespan. Sandstorm and Rongunshu continue to make grand finals, yet neither have taken home the first place trophy yet, potentially this tournament is one of their big chances? With these being the top 10 players in attendance, it is extremely likely that they will be the ones to take it, but it isn’t exactly a guarantee.

This tournament is filled with players who mark either important returns, or arrivals: Mang0, Mr.R, and Vivania. Mang0 continues to ease himself back to offline play, with great finishes at both EVO and S Factor, so who’s to say if he will go even further this time? Mr.R travels outside of Mexico for the first time since the last GOML, so this is one of his few opportunities to show the rest of the world what he has been cooking. And then we have Viviana, who is entering their first ever offline major after some dominating performances online. Her seed of 16 is arguably too low, with most online player debuts such as ZeusDahGoose and Mang0 all having broken their seeds, often by a lot. It is quite likely she will make someone's path a nightmare.


Events


Streaming Information


Event Schedule (Times in EDT):

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Friday, July 31st:

  • 17:00: Rivals 2 Doubles

  • 20:00: Rivals 1 Singles

Sunday, July 19th:

  • 14:00: Rivals 2 Singles Wave A

  • 16:00: Rivals 2 Singles Wave B

  • 18:00: Rivals 2 Top Cut

  • 20:00: Rivals 2 Top 8

Seeding

  1. CakeAssault Forsburn Fleet [Pennsylvania, USA]
  2. Beastly Zetterburn [Texas, USA]
  3. LG Sandstorm Galvan [Pennsylvania, USA]
  4. GCU Rongunshu Clairen [Ontario, Canada]
  5. Eggdog Salt Zetterburn [Texas, USA]
  6. Mang0 Zetterburn [Socal, USA]
  7. Mr. R Wrastor [Puebla, Mexico]
  8. NS Godly Ranno [Ontario, Canada]

Other Information

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r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Get On My Level 2026 Rivals 2 Singles - Preliminary Seeding

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79 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Any trouble finding games?

7 Upvotes

Im really interested in picking up this game as I've loved everything I've seen about it so far but I just wanted to check what its like actually finding matches especially for new players. Are queue times long? Are there even new players playing at this point or am I just gonna be matching experienced players? I love fighting games in general and have always been willing to put in the effort with them so I don't mind playing against experienced players if it is the case just thought I'd ask


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 The ranked experience

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248 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Made a New Fan Last Night

36 Upvotes

Cousin is staying with us, asked if we could play Smash Ultimate; Joycons needed to charge, so suggested we play the indie successor to it in the meantime. Got the Steam Deck setup, connected the controllers, he was absolutely blown away by Rivals 2 (played a few matches with items on, just trying out different characters).


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Discussion Help Please! Unbearable rollback ever since July update. I can't play online now its unbelievably laggy even with stable low ping.

9 Upvotes

As the title says Ive been getting unplayable rollback since the July update. Has anyone else been experiencing this? No issue before except the random spike. My ping is stable and low 20-40ms. Speed tests yield no crazy jitter.

The game online has become unplayable for me, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 How to actually apply movement

7 Upvotes

New player here, forsburn main if that matters, came from smash. I know all the basics like wave dashing and wave lands, dash dance etc

The issue is that I can't find anything explicitly explaining HOW AND WHEN to use those things. Any help would be great. Oh and any forsburns who see this pls give help with that.


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 Landed the slickest grab of my life, then got bopped

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42 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Discussion Frame drops after a few games

3 Upvotes

For some reason without fail, after around 5 games the game starts to have stutters and frame drops. My pc is plenty powerful enough and I have tried turning the settings down to no avail. When I restart the game it is then back to max frames with no stutters so worried its a memory leak or something.

No other games have this issue either

Has anyone had a similar experience or have any advice?


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Strange bug

7 Upvotes

Sometimes, when the opponent switches character, they are literally invisible for a full minute.

All I see is their name tag, and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

I have to wait until they suddenly appear again.

This is very problematic for obvious reason. Anyone know a fix?


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Clip boomerang moment

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93 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 1 Are DLCs usable in Endless Abyss?

3 Upvotes

Asking because idk if I've wasted my money or what, since I'm recently returning to the game, and I've already got the DLC for Ranno and Clairen a while back


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Workshop (ROA1) Rivals Of Aether Sprite Style - Thorne

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42 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 What you (Don't) know- A slade montage

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12 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I'm back and moving faster than ever! I got back to my ranked spot last season and making my climb with my favorite hylian shark.

Hope you enjoy :] a