- Primary Subject: Marvel Rivals Skin Controversy
- Key Update: Storm's 'Sacred Skies' skin is being upgraded to Legendary rarity for free.
- Status: live
- Last Verified: 2026-08-13
- Quick Answer: Marvel Rivals developers are upgrading Storm's Summer Festival skin to Legendary rarity due to significant fan criticism about its initial Epic status.
NetEase has responded to fans after major criticism of Storm’s recent Marvel Rivals Summer Festival skin, stating that they will upgrade the skin to Legendary in future updates at no additional charge.
For context, the Summer Festival event is in full swing in Marvel Rivals, bringing a ton of cosmetics themed around heroes and villains kicking back at the beach. That means, as you’d expect, a ton of revealing, expensive, Legendary skins for the female cast.
Every swimsuit skin for female characters in Marvel Rivals has been Legendary, with more attention to detail, including MVP animations, lobby animations, and more. Even Loki’s alternate skin, Lady Loki, got a Legendary summer-themed skin. Yet, when it was Storm’s turn, her Sacred Skies skin was of Epic rarity, meaning it lacked the extra animations that really make a costume shine in Rivals.
Fans took this in the worst possible way, calling NetEase and its developers biased and racist, as many deemed it shocking that Storm was the only female hero who didn’t get a Legendary swimsuit skin. Note that male characters have plenty of Epic summer-themed skins.
An X user stated: “The fact that Lady Loki’s is a Legendary SKIN OF A SKIN and Storm’s is just,” while another simply said: “Oh, they really are racist.” You’ll find hundreds of comments in a similar vein across Marvel Rivals’ social media.
In any case, NetEase stated that they’ll work on turning the Storm skin into a Legendary one, with proper VFX to reflect her new status, all while keeping the price at $16 for those who purchase it.
The statement ends with the developers pleading with the community to stop harassing NetEase workers, even if they understand the passion the fans have for Marvel Rivals.
“While we understand that tensions run high, harassment of our staff, including the development team and moderators, is not acceptable. As the upgrades will take some time, please be patient, as we are already hard at work on the above.”
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