Express Yourself: Mastering the Customizable Wheel in Marvel Rivals

Updated: 8th June 2025 3 min read

Marvel Rivals isn’t just about epic battles and superhero showdowns; it’s also about personal flair and expression. The game empowers players to truly make their mark through a versatile customizable wheel, a dynamic tool brimming with emotes and sprays.

Whether you’re celebrating a hard-won victory, taunting a defeated foe, or simply showcasing your favorite hero’s unique personality, mastering this wheel is key to elevating your in-game communication. Here’s a complete guide to personalizing your wheel across all platforms.

The customizable wheel serves as your in-game canvas, allowing for quick, non-verbal communication and celebratory antics. Knowing how to access it is the first step to unlocking its expressive potential.

Accessing Your Expressive Hub

Before you can customize, you need to know how to bring up the wheel in the heat of battle:

  • On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S: Simply hold down the left D-pad on your controller.
  • On PC: The default key is to hold the ‘T’ key. For PC players who prefer a different layout, this control can be easily remapped within the game’s settings.

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Your Personal Canvas: Step-by-Step Customization

Once you’re familiar with accessing the wheel, diving into the customization options is straightforward:

  1. Open Marvel Rivals and Navigate to Settings: From the main menu of Marvel Rivals, click on the settings icon, typically found in the top-right corner of your screen.
  2. Locate Communication Settings: Within the settings menu, look for either the “Controller” or “Keyboard” section (depending on your platform). From there, select the “Communication” tab. This is where all your expressive options reside.
  3. Expand Your Options (Optional but Recommended): By default, the wheel presents four communication slots. To maximize your expressive capabilities, you can expand this to eight. In the “Communication” tab, scroll down to “Ping Communication” and find the “Number of Wheel Sections” setting. Select “Eight Sections” to unlock more customization slots.
  4. Assign Your Emotes and Sprays: Now for the fun part! Navigate to the “Heroes” tab and select the specific character you wish to customize. Enter their “Cosmetic” section, and then choose either the “Emote” or “Spray” tab. Here, you can drag and drop or assign your preferred emotes and sprays to the empty wheel slots. A fantastic feature allows you to “Apply to All Heroes” if you want a universal setup, or you can meticulously customize each hero’s wheel for maximum thematic relevance.
  5. Save and Test Your Masterpiece: After making your selections, ensure your changes are saved. Then, head into the Practice Range or a live match to test your new wheel. Hold down the designated wheel button and use your right stick (console) or mouse (PC) to select and activate your chosen emote or spray.

Tips for the Expressive Pro

For players looking to truly master their in-game communication, consider these advanced tips:

  • Separate Wheels for More Power: Dive into the settings, and you’ll find the option to map separate buttons for your emote wheel and your spray wheel. This gives you even more dedicated slots for expressive actions.
  • Uniformity or Unique Flair: The “apply to all” feature is a time-saver for a consistent experience across your roster. However, customizing each hero’s wheel allows for highly personalized taunts, celebrations, and thematic expressions.
  • Mix and Match Freedom: The wheel isn’t restrictive. You can fill it with any combination of emotes and sprays — seven sprays and one emote, five emotes and three sprays, or any other mix that suits your style. The choice is entirely yours.

Why Customize? Beyond Just Fun

Customizing your wheel isn’t merely about aesthetic pleasure; it’s a strategic and rewarding aspect of Marvel Rivals:

  • Enhanced Communication: Quickly convey joy, frustration, or a simple acknowledgment to teammates and opponents alike without typing.
  • Celebration and Taunting: Elevate your victories with a well-placed emote or spray, or playfully taunt a defeated enemy.
  • Achievement Unlocked:For trophy and achievement hunters, customizing and using the wheel once can unlock rewards, such as the “You Do You” trophy.
PlatformOpen WheelCustomize in SettingsMax Slots
PCHold ‘T’Yes8
PlayStationHold Left D-PadYes8
XboxHold Left D-PadYes8

With these comprehensive steps, Marvel Rivals players can fully personalize their in-game communication and celebrations, ensuring every match is not just a battle for victory, but also a stage for unique expression and fun.

Written by:

Christian