Kingsman won’t be cashing a tournament check after getting removed from his Marvel Rivals team for asking a struggling teammate to switch heroes.
The Twitch streamer was cut from his roster in a $40,000 Marvel Rivals tournament after repeatedly requesting that teammate Zazzastack swap off Black Widow during practice scrims. A clip circulating online shows Kingsman playing Magik while explaining why the sniper pick wouldn’t work against the expected tournament meta.
Zazzastack ended one scrim round with a 0/5/0 stat line. Zero kills. Five deaths. Zero assists.
Kingsman argued that teams would run triple support compositions in the tournament and constantly dive the Black Widow. He predicted she’d get shut down before landing meaningful shots. He even offered to flex to support himself and let Zazzastack play a different damage hero. The team declined.
Team captain Cece reportedly contacted the tournament organizer about the conflict. Kingsman was removed from the roster for pressuring a teammate to change heroes. Cece faced so much backlash from his community that she issued an apology.
The tournament happened the next day. The team competed without Kingsman and finished seventh out of eight teams.
Meta vindication
Kingsman’s predictions came true. Other teams did run triple support. The Black Widow pick struggled to find value.
In hero shooters like Marvel Rivals, swapping characters mid-match is core strategy. Teams switch heroes to counter enemy compositions, fix weaknesses, or adapt when a pick isn’t working. Snipers are particularly volatile picks because they either dominate sightlines or contribute almost nothing if pressured.
Tournament scrims exist precisely to identify these issues before prize money is on the line. Kingsman found one. His team chose differently.
