RIVALS Beginner Guide — Your First 10 Matches, Weapon Unlock Order & When to Play Ranked (2026)
The First Match That Made You Want to Quit You spawn on Rooftops. You have the default Assault Rifle, the default pistol, and Dash. The round starts. You sprint toward mid because that’s where the action looks like it should be. Somewhere off-screen, a player you never saw puts one bullet through your head from the AC unit. You die in nine seconds. Respawn. You run the same route. Die again, same guy, same angle. You spend the rest of the match learning where the spawn screen is, and you finish 2 kills and 18 deaths. You close the game wondering if you bought the wrong thing. ...