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Marvel Rivals Player Accidentally Deals 22 Damage During No Damage Rocket Challenge

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By Josh Coulson

Published Jan 28, 2025, 5:46AM EST

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A Marvel Rivals player ranking up in competitive without dealing any damage has now hit Celestial.
However, right before they ranked up, they accidentally health damage for the first time.
NoDamageRocket dealt 22 damage after hitting one of Moon Knight's ankhs.

A Marvel Rivals streamer has shot to fame during season one as they've been rising through the competitive ranks as Rocket Racoon without dealing any damage whatsoever. They managed to hit Celestial rank this week, something they admitted they didn't think was possible, but the cost was dealing damage during what has, until now, been an entirely pacifist run.

The appropriately named NoDamageRocket first started to land on Rivals players' radars when they somehow made it to Grandmaster without dealing any damage at all. Unlike most strategists, they take their role as their team's healer very seriously, standing back and making sure everyone is topped up with HP so that everyone else can continue to do their thing.

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As if making it to Grandmaster without dealing any damage wasn't impressive enough, NoDamageRocket has now hit Rivals' Celestial rank. However, they might require a name change. While the biggest takeaway is ranking so highly while focusing solely on healing in every single match, making it to Celestial came at a cost. NoDamageRocket is technically now 22DamageRocket after they accidentally hit someone right before they ranked up.

The Rocket Main Ranking Up Without Dealing Any Damage Has Now Hit Celestial

But They Accidentally Dealt Damage For The First Time On Their Way There

Since everyone was asking how it happened, NoDamageRocket has shared a clip, which you can check out below, showing exactly when and where the damage was dealt. Since it's a competitive match on the way to Celestial, it's naturally pretty chaotic. However, the streamer knows exactly what happened, noting to their followers that they accidentally hit one of Moon Knight's ankhs, unintentionally dealing 22 damage to someone on the opposing team in doing so.

NoDamageRocket has jokingly sent an email to the Marvel Rivals devs, letting them know it was an accident and politely requesting that the 22 damage be scrubbed from the records. It would be amusing if that happens, or if Rocket gets a response, but even if it doesn't, hitting Celestial while doing almost nothing but healing is an incredible feat.

Hitting Celestial while playing normally is hard enough. I'm still languishing in Bronze this season. Skill issue, I know.

Marvel Rivals season one rolls on with its Fortune And Colors Event kicking off last week. The event brings with it a Rocket League style football mode which is a lot like Overwatch's Lucioball LTM. Whether you think Rivals is too similar to Overwatch or not, NetEase's hero shooter continues to enjoy a lot of success and is holding onto its player base better than pretty much all of its recent live service rivals.