#Black Widow Yelena Belova

[elgaberino-mcoc]

New MCOC Wishlist Entry Icon: Black Widow (Yelena Belova)

In every sense, #YelenaBelova deserves a fresh look from our @MarvelChampions Summoner community, to top-off our Skill-class champ wishlist. So the refreshing new icon gets an MCOC Wishlist icon-refresh! 

Rank: 270

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[elgaberino-mcoc]

Put this woman in the top 25 most-wanted Champs.

Right now she's not even in the top 250.

Recent rank #271 • Vote! https://bit.ly/3hDg4GQ 

#BlackWidow #YelenaBelova 

__ Context: this is MCOC. This is the MCOC Wishlist. This is the fictional character. This is the movie she’s in this month. This is the actor playing her.

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“Housekeeping: with MSF having teased BLACK WIDOW (YELENA BELOVA), as well as JUBILEE and KITTY PRYDE, I've updated their blog posts a little on the MCOC Wishlist Blog.

Belova: https://elgaberino-mcoc.tumblr.com/post/189649995450/black-widow-yelena-belova… 

Jubilee: https://elgaberino-mcoc.tumblr.com/post/638320822779543552/jubilee… 

Kitty Pryde: https://elgaberino-mcoc.tumblr.com/post/614814098049335296/kitty-pryde”

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“BLACK WIDOW (YELENA BELOVA) will soon join MSF. MPQ and MFF got her earlier this year. Should she be in @MarvelChampions, too? Maybe when the movie comes out?

155 Summoner upvotes so far have her ranked #142 (a decent rank) on the MCOC Wishlist.

Vote: https://ranker.com/list/mcoc-wishlist-poll-characters-kabam-should-add-to-mcoc-as-playable-champs/gabersaber?page=6”

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“SKILL SATURDAY

The Black Widow movie is now set to come out in May 2021.

When that happens, will you hope to see BLACK WIDOW (YELENA BELOVA) in @MarvelChampions #MCOC?

She's the 145th most-wanted champ according to the Wishlist. Vote! https://ranker.com/list/mcoc-wishlist-poll-characters-kabam-should-add-to-mcoc-as-playable-champs/gabersaber?page=6”

[elgaberino-mcoc]

“SKILL SATURDAY

To reflect a year's news and updates and to celebrate news that BLACK WIDOW (BELOVA) will be in Hawkeye on Disney Plus, I've updated the future champ profile I wrote about Belova last December.

Speak up if you have anything to add!

https://elgaberino-mcoc.tumblr.com/post/189649995450/black-widow-yelena-belova”

[elgaberino-mcoc]

BLACK WIDOW II / DARK WIDOW

Yelena Belova

This article contemplates a playable Marvel Contest of Champions character based on the titular fictional character from Marvel comics and, likely more specifically, from her Marvel Studios film and television depictions.

Character Design Material

Class

While Belova does employ some cool tech sometimes, it’s really spy operative weaponry, and spies are more likely to be classed the same way as Natasha’s two playable Black Widow variants: Skill class. 

The other argument for Tech class comes from the comics: disfigured in a conflict, she is saved by fusion with Super-Adaptoid technology, becoming herself something of a Super-Adaptoid. This is a seemingly less likely version for Marvel Contest of Champions unless her fate follows a similar course in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kit Design

Given Belova is sometimes portrayed a bit darker than Nat, perhaps this playable Black Widow variant would have more aggressive, attacker/bleeder attributes. She should be visually designed to look a bit like Florence Pugh.

Synergies

The most obvious existing pairings would be with OG Black Widow, Taskmaster, and fellow Russian characters Omega Red and Rhino. “Spider’s Bite” with Black Widow (Claire Voyant), any Nat Romanoff, and any female Spidey. “Agents” with Quake, Agent Carter, the Cavalry, Yo-Yo, Maria Hill, Agent 13, and/or Mockingbird. Future champs who could team up with her include fellow movie characters Taskmaster (MCU), Iron Maiden (i.e., Melina) and fellow Russians such as Whiplash, Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man, Kraven the Hunter, Red Ghost, the Unicorn, Darkstar, Perun, Ursa Major, Red Widow, and the Russian. Her Vanguard (black ops) teammates include Blade, Dominic Fortune, Colonel America, and Micromax.

Other Games Featuring Yelena Belova

She has been in several games including Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Marvel Heroes, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: the Black Order. She is currently in the mobile game Marvel Puzzle Quest, has three separate skins in Marvel Future Fight, and is in Marvel Strike Force.

Yelena Belova and Summoners

As of this original post in December 2019, Summoners had mentioned her at least 8 times in the message boards, and she was at rank 269 on the wishlist poll with 7 Summoner upvotes.

Update March 10, 2020: Belova has risen to rank 163.

Update early December 2020: one year later, Yelena hasn’t been mentioned much more on the message boards, but she has enjoyed several more requests on Twitter. She has also added nearly 140 Summoners’ votes, bringing her up to 145th-most-wanted champ (a respectable rank).

Update early July 2021: The wait for the Black Widow release date cooled people’s jets, and Yelena fell out of the top 200 most-wanted champs. She sits at a surprisingly low rank 271 with 194 upvotes. She has now been mentioned a few dozen times on the MCOC Message Boards as well.

NEWS & UPDATES

July 8, 2021: Belova's MCU debut in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow.

December 11, 2020: Belova coming to competitor Marvel Strike Force.

December 2, 2020: Florence Pugh will reprise her role as Belova in the Disney Plus MCU series Hawkeye.

By April 29, 2020, we knew that there would be an MCU Black Widow in MCOC in 2020, and it wasn’t Belova.

April 23, 2020: Belova joins Marvel Puzzle Quest.

April 17, 2020: Belova joins competing mobile game Marvel Future Fight.

April 13, 2020: YouTuber Rich the Man speculates Belova might arrive in May.

On March 9, 2020, I de-prioritized Belova in my predictions. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her in May 2020, or even a film version in a later month, but I think Black Widow (Movie), as in Nat, will be the big playable character.

After I included Yelena in my 2020 predictions in October 2019, Belova appeared in content creator/YouTuber KatyCandy16′s 2020 predictions/requests list in December 2019.