Marvel Rivals not solely awards the usual MVP on the finish of every match, it additionally declares somebody the SVP — a mysterious title that the sport by no means absolutely explains.

On this Marvel Rivals information, we’ll stroll you thru what the SVP award means and how one can earn it in your workforce.

What’s the SVP in Marvel Rivals?

SVP stands for Second Useful Participant, and is an award given to the best-performing member of the shedding workforce in Marvel Rivals. It mirrors the MVP award (for Most Useful Participant) that the sport mechanically grants to one of the best participant on the successful workforce.

To earn the SVP title, you’ll have to carry out your function higher than the remainder of your teammates carried out theirs. It’s a bit esoteric, however that might imply one thing alongside the strains of the next:

Incomes the SVP award on the finish of a match doesn’t appear to supply any profit in both fast play or the aggressive ranked mode. What’s extra, all members of the shedding workforce will lose ranked factors, even if you happen to’re the SVP. The one option to lose and never go down in rank is to have a loss prevention protect, which you’ll be able to solely earn from shedding a number of matches.

Nevertheless, there are some members of the neighborhood that appear to suppose you acquire extra ranked factors if you win because the MVP, and lose fewer factors if you lose because the SVP — one thing we’ve seen in our personal climb. That stated, the precise figures aren’t straightforward to confirm, as the best way the sport determines what number of ranked factors you acquire or lose is presently unknown, and the winner of the MVP or SVP might be an element or might be solely unrelated.

Till gamers crack how the rank level system works — or the builders at NetEase Video games reveal the sport’s secrets and techniques — it’s finest to only consider SVP as a purely honorary title.

Correction (Jan. 6, 2025): A earlier model of this information said that the winner of the SVP award didn’t lose any ranked factors in aggressive video games. The information has been up to date to mirror that you just certainly lose ranked factors in you’re the SVP.