Marvel Tokon Roster: All 20 Launch Characters and the Five Teams Explained

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches with 20 playable characters split into five preset teams of four each, and every team member can be pulled out and remixed into a squad of your own choosing. This guide covers every confirmed launch fighter, how the five official teams break down, the movement-based mechanics that actually decide who suits your playstyle, and what’s known so far about Year 1 DLC. The full release date and beta breakdown covers timing separately — this page is just the roster.

Every launch character belongs to one of five lore-grouped teams, each built around a marquee point character. Fighting Avengers is led by Captain America alongside Iron Man, Hulk, and Black Panther. Unbreakable X-Men centers on Storm, joined by Wolverine, Magik, and Danger. Amazing Guardians runs through Spider-Man, with Star-Lord, Ms. Marvel, and Peni Parker filling out the squad. Knights of Doom is the villain-leaning team, fronted by Doctor Doom with Magneto, Green Goblin, and Carnage. Samurai Outriders closes out the roster with Ghost Rider as the anchor, backed by Blade, Loki, and Deadpool.

This is the part screenshots and early team-reveal trailers don’t make obvious: the five squads above are a lore convenience, not a mechanical lock. Every one of the 20 launch fighters can slot into any of your four squad spots regardless of which official team they belong to. If you build a custom lineup, the game generates a cosmetic team name based on your point character and the rest of your picks — reported combinations so far include names built around Magik and Danger as the lead fighter. None of that changes stats, combos, or matchups; it’s flavor text for a squad you built yourself.

Normal attacks look similar across a lot of the cast, but the traversal tool attached to each character is what really decides who fits a given playstyle. A handful of these have been shown off directly:

• Spider-Man uses a web-zip to close distance and reposition quickly, favoring players who like constant pressure over slower footsies.
• Storm gets a wind rider movement tool that lets her hover and reposition in the air, which suits zoning-minded players who want to control neutral from a distance.
• Doctor Doom carries a mystic shield that doubles as a defensive option mid-movement, giving him a way to advance without fully committing.
• Magneto can jump off metallic triangle markers scattered through certain stages for extended aerial routes, rewarding players willing to learn stage-specific setups.
• Green Goblin rides a glider for sustained aerial movement, leaning into chip damage and hit-and-run spacing rather than close-range trading.

The wider cast almost certainly has its own version of this same idea — a signature way of moving that shapes the whole kit around it — but exact specifics for characters like Wolverine, Black Panther, Star-Lord, or the Samurai Outriders lineup weren’t fully detailed before launch, so treat anything beyond the five above as unconfirmed until release.

Fighting Avengers: straightforward power

Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Black Panther read as the roster’s most conventional frontline fighters — high damage, direct pressure, less reliance on gimmicks. Good starting point for players who don’t want to learn a movement puzzle before they can compete.

Amazing Guardians: aerial and assist-heavy

Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Ms. Marvel, and Peni Parker skew toward mobility and combo extension through assists, which fits players coming from more traditional tag-fighters who want to chain characters in and out constantly.

Knights of Doom: control and chip damage

Doctor Doom, Magneto, Green Goblin, and Carnage form what’s been described as the roster’s dedicated villain-zoning team, leaning on projectiles, aerial spacing, and defensive tools over straight aggression.

“You have to play the official teams together”

The five lore squads are how the roster gets marketed and revealed, but nothing in the confirmed mechanics locks you to them. Mixing a point character from one team with assists from three others is the entire point of the custom-squad naming system.

“The beta roster is the full launch roster”

The open beta ran with 16 of the 20 confirmed characters — Hulk, Carnage, Loki, and Deadpool were held back and only became playable at launch. If your beta impressions of the Fighting Avengers or Samurai Outriders felt incomplete, that’s because they were.

“DLC characters will form their own team automatically”

It’s unclear whether the four Year 1 DLC fighters will be bundled into a sixth preset team the way the base 20 were. Phoenix Cyclops has been confirmed as the first of the four, but Arc System Works hasn’t confirmed a team structure for the DLC batch.

A Year 1 Character and Stage Pass is confirmed, adding four fighters and one new stage after launch. Phoenix Cyclops — Scott Summers reimagined through the Phoenix Force rather than his traditional leadership-focused kit — is the only DLC character confirmed by name so far, expected to arrive in the months following release. The other three DLC slots remain unannounced, and there’s no reliable word yet on whether they’ll form a matching fifth-member team or simply slot into the existing five. Treat any specific name beyond Phoenix Cyclops as speculation until Arc System Works confirms it directly.