r/RivalsOfAether • • 20h ago

Rivals 2 Goo man stocks are up

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77 Upvotes

Been a a little while since the patch now and still really thinking this character is a lowkey a demon now


r/RivalsOfAether • • 13h ago

Events Platfight Gaming Championships 2026 | October 16th - 18th| Feat. Sandstorm, Sophilo, Rongunshu, darai, Godly, Mystery Sol, Sawstep, Salt, and more!

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Platfight Gaming Championships 2026 | October 16th - 18th | Calgary, Canada

Platfight Gaming Championships is an esports event uniting the platform fighter community under one competitive roof, fostering connection between scenes. It enters as a R2CS silver tier, being of national status!

Entering as the clear favorite, Sandstorm has been putting up a storm, and even amid Galvan nerfs he is easily the one who is most favored to win here. In his best streak ever, he’s putting up a real challenge to be ranked #1, and this event would add to his ever growing list. Don’t get it twisted though, this bracket is no easy feat, with the talent running quite a bit deeper. Sophilo has been one of the most consistent players to touch the game, as well as being the biggest threat to Sandstorm. With Sophilo being up on the h2h 4-3, as well as winning the last two, this could be her biggest win since CEO 2025! Rongunshu’s run at Get on my Level 2026 ended at the hands of Sandstorm on route to his first ever major win. This is Rongunshu’s opportunity to take revenge not only against Sandstorm, but avenge his loss on his home turf. With these being the top 10 players attending, they are the ones most favored by everyone. However, everyone also likes a dark horse story!

darai and Godly are the two rising Rannos: darai coming off of his top 8 at EVO and stellar performances since, and Godly coming over with a dominant 3-0 over CakeAssault. With the two of them proving that they are capable of runs beyond expectation, then whose to say a win here isn’t possible? Speaking of possible, Mystery Sol has been wracking up great wins over the past couple months such as Stango and Beastly, yet hasn’t had a massive run in quite some time. Even with the Galvan nerfs, he was still able to beat Stango this last weekend, so what’s one more big upset?

Other players I want to highlight: Sawstep, Salt, maya, DolphinBrick, Nurse, Bullets, Re:Cupid, and Bowler.


Events


Streaming Information

  • TBA

Event Schedule (Times in MDT):

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Friday, October 16th:

  • 11:00: ROA2 Doubles

  • 17:00: ROA1 Singles

Saturday, October 17th:

  • 11:00: ROA2 Pools Wave A

  • 13:00: ROA2 Pools Wave B

Sunday, October 18th:

  • 11:00: ROA2 Top Cut

  • 14:00: ROA2 Top 8

ROA2 Seeding

  1. Sandstorm Galvan [Pennsylvania, USA]
  2. Shrug Club Sophilo Zetterburn [Norcal, USA]
  3. GCU Rongunshu Clairen [Ontario, Canada]
  4. darai Ranno [Oregon, USA]
  5. NS Godly Ranno [New Jersey, USA]
  6. Mystery Sol Galvan Fleet [Washington, USA]
  7. AQUA Sawstep Fleet [Oregon, USA]
  8. Eggdog Salt Zetterburn [Texas, USA]

Other Information

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 17h ago

Workshop (ROA2) Light press without air dodge but still shield

4 Upvotes

Is it possible to make the light press shield button not register an air dodge like in melee? I still use it to shield but don't want to air dodge with it.


r/RivalsOfAether • • 1d ago

Workshop (ROA2) Kumaki from the Rivals 1 workshop has been ported to Rivals 2!

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180 Upvotes

Now you can play as the girl with the scythe in eye popping 3D! I made sure to add the new specials as well, so go check her out!
Steam Link


r/RivalsOfAether • • 12h ago

Seeking Advice What computer runs Rivals 1 & 2

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I have both games on steam but my MacBook can't run either game. What type of computer pc should I upgrade to? Im thinking Lenovo but I would like to have specifics please and thank you!


r/RivalsOfAether • • 1d ago

Other Kragg from the Rivals of Aether universe joins Aethermancer and is ready to kick your enemies out of the screen!

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103 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Workshop (ROA2) Tayir & Timsah appreciation post

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206 Upvotes

The ports of smash characters have been fantastic, but I wanted to highlight the original workshop character in Rivals 2 that, in my humble opinion, is the most polished and feels the most like an original rivals character: Tayir & Timsah. Smooth animations, a clear and fun design concept, aesthetically it ticks all the boxes, and a mechanic that’s really fun and intuitive that really gives this character a clear vision and identity.
If you haven’t played with Tayir & Timsah I highly recommend you pick up this bird in between rounds of playing melee Falco and Donkey Kong. It’s a work of art and deserves so much more attention than it’s gotten for all the hard work and talent put into making them.

EDIT: credit for T&T goes to u/murrajfur
Here’s hoping you try your hand at more original rivals characters! We’d all love to see it, and we are so grateful for the gifts you’ve already given the community!


r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Workshop (ROA2) I made a hand-picked collection of Smash Bros Workshop characters for Rivals 2!

40 Upvotes
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3818501953

Hey everyone! I put together a Workshop collection of Smash characters so Rivals 2 can have a more “Smash-like” experience.

The idea is to keep it curated with the best Smash characters on the Workshop, or at least the ones that actually work properly.
For example, there are three Melee Foxes up there, so I picked the one I think plays best. Same goes for characters with multiple versions, like a Melee and an Ultimate version. I go with whichever looks higher quality or fits the game better.

I know a lot of Smash players haven’t tried Rivals 2 because there’s no character they really like, so I’m hoping this gives them a reason to jump in and see how good the game feels.
It’s also really fun to set up a “pretend Smash clone” match with friends and play as your favorite fighters.

Here’s the collection:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3818501953

All credit goes to the original creators, I just gathered them in one place.
If you think I picked the wrong version of a character, or there’s a good one I missed, let me know and I’ll check it out!


r/RivalsOfAether • • 21h ago

Rivals 2 every time i go to the store i immediately remember why i never visit it.

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Rivals 2 I got Rivals 2 Running naively on my phone (somewhat)

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recently a program called DroidDeck recently dropped that allows you to run steam games natively on android devices. So I decided to try and run Rivals of Aether 2 on my phone

The results were interesting. Everything besides the backgrounds and characters loaded. Not sure if Rivals 2 didnt have enough memory to load in things. But regardless its cool to see that rivals 2 ran on a smart phone

If anyone wants to try something similar id recommend playing rivals of aether 1 on your phone or any android gaming devices as it runs it better since well its a gamemaker game.

(I was using a steam controller via bluetooth if anyone was wondering why any mobile controls didnt show up. I was also not streaming from my pc to.)

Before anyone asks yes deckdroid runs steamos and is getting the files from steam and aether studios.


r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Rivals 2 Did they turn Gouie’s inhale into a hit grab?

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89 Upvotes

Was playing with a buddy today when I noticed inhale now hits shield and stops the grab box completely. If the opponent drops shield it will not inhale them and they can run in and out of it without ever being inhaled, wind box also disappears, it will however still eat a projectile.


r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Rivals 2 Workshop Help

3 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to get workshop characters, but after subscribing, they aren’t showing up in game. Am I missing something?


r/RivalsOfAether • • 1d ago

Suggestion "Toxic" compromise

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In the last dev stream Dan discussed how he was trying to come up with ways to tone down the more toxic emotes going as far to suggest the option to turn off being able to see toxic emotes. I think the logic companies to this is have a full smack down mode throw me on full comms so I can talk smack to the dude/dudette/dude-others who misses out on full 3 stocking me by a lucky hail Mary forward strong sweet spot from my maypul vine


r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Other I built an Analog Arcade Stick that you can play Rivals and Smash Bros with

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Workshop (ROA1) Rivals of Aether Workshop: Roy (Fire Emblem)

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Clip mmm yummy

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118 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Subreddit Anyone else getting alerts for old posts on the subreddit?

7 Upvotes

I keep getting alerts about stuff from Evo, and old character announcements. I click on them all excite for a split second before seeing it’s a post from 163 days ago. This happening to anyone else?


r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Rivals 2 Me and my buddy play this game as a way to stay in touch after moving apart (we suck) but I finally landed something saucy on him. Hi Malik.

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208 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether • • 2d ago

Workshop (ROA1) Is there any workshop mods that put custom made characters on your select screen instead of the settings button?

4 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Workshop (ROA2) R.O.B [HDR] Character Showcase

53 Upvotes

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3818257492

This one isn't as cool as Melee Falco or anything, but HDR ROB is one of my favorite character designs in the franchise and I thought it would be fun to be able to play him in Rivals. He's a bit different from the other ROB iterations in Smash, but I thought he was a natural fit for this engine.

The main differences are:

  • Up Special is replaced with a directional charge attack with a spike hitbox at his base. It's very similar to Etalus', except he's able to change the angle of his ascent instead of being forced to go in a straight line. He's also still tied to the fuel system for recovery so it's not infinite; there's a visual indicator of his current fuel level next to his character model.

  • His Side special is replaced with a quick two hit arm swing attack that can be angled up, sideways, or down for different attacks. It's very low endlag, so it's difficult to punish without a parry for the opponent and a good combo starter for ROB himself.

  • His Down air is replaced with a drill style move where he rotates his arms in a multi hit attack beneath him. The best way I can describe it is it's similar to his Dsmash except rotated 90 degrees and an aerial. It's very funny looking at first but since his Up special now serves as the downwards spiking move, having the old down air would be superfluous. Having the drill is nice to help him land with a quick downwards facing aerial as well since he is prone to being juggled.

Besides that pretty much everything you know and love (and hate) about ROB from the other games is present, including the Gyro of course. Give it a try, and let me know if you have any feedback! And of course check out HDR if you haven't, it's a lot of fun!


r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Clip First clip, please be nice

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61 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Rivals 2 Early workshop is the most fun I’ve had in a long time😂

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68 Upvotes

respect to all the hard working modders, I know this mess is hard as hell but it’s also hilarious🤣


r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Workshop (ROA1) Rivals of Aether Workshop: Kiryu Kazuma (Yakuza)

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Clip what do you do in this situation?

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r/RivalsOfAether • • 3d ago

Workshop (ROA1) Just for fun, I made a ROA Sprite for a potential character based on Mathrus, the King of M.U.G.E.N

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17 Upvotes

If you don't know who he is, I don't blame you. But he's essentially an old urban legend in the game MUGEN. A fighting game that let's you make custom characters. He is a character that is said to crash and delete not only your game, but your entire computer. Obviously, if I decided to make him a real fighter, he wouldn't do that, he'd probably just be REALLY strong. But this was just for fun, so maybe not.