Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches with 20 characters split across five teams, but there's a 21st fighter hiding in plain sight. The Champion, the game's main antagonist, can be pulled out of the story and dropped straight into your playable roster. The process is simpler than most players expect, but it's easy to miss if nobody tells you it exists.
How do you unlock The Champion in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls?
The unlock condition is straightforward: complete any one of the five Episode Modes. Each Episode follows a specific team through a short story campaign, and finishing even a single one triggers a notification confirming The Champion is now available as a playable fighter.
Here's a breakdown of what to expect from the process:
The combat in Episode Mode is generally manageable, with two exceptions: the final fights against The Promoter and The Champion himself are noticeably more demanding than everything leading up to them. If you're just chasing the unlock and not interested in the story experience, dropping the difficulty down is a completely valid move.
Unlock the Champion screen
Can you unlock The Promoter too?
No. The Promoter is currently locked to her role as a boss enemy across all five Episodes. She appears as an opponent in each campaign but isn't available as a playable character. For now, The Champion is the only secret fighter you can add to your roster this way.
The Promoter stays a boss only
What makes The Champion worth using?
The Champion is the game's primary antagonist, built up across all five Episode campaigns as the final threat each team has to overcome. Getting to flip that script and play as him carries obvious appeal, and as a boss character converted to a playable fighter, his moveset reflects that antagonist design philosophy. After running him through several matches post-unlock, the experience of using a character you've spent an entire story mode fighting against adds a layer that the base roster doesn't quite replicate.
For a full picture of who else is available from the start, the Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls full roster guide covers every confirmed character and team in detail.
Tips for completing Episode Mode faster
A few things that cut down the time investment significantly:
- Pick a team you know. If you've already spent time in versus mode with certain characters, their Episode will feel much more natural than starting cold with an unfamiliar team.
- Skip all cutscenes and comic panels. The story content is well-produced, but it adds significant time. If the unlock is the goal, skip everything.
- Lower the difficulty without hesitation. The game doesn't gate the unlock behind a specific difficulty setting. Easy mode counts.
- Focus on the final two fights. The Promoter and The Champion boss encounters are where most players stall. Everything before them is warm-up.
If you're new to the game and still learning the fundamentals, the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls beginner's guide covers the 4v4 system, chain combos, and Skill Gauge mechanics that will make those final Episode fights much less frustrating.
What's next after unlocking The Champion?
Once The Champion is in your roster, the natural next step is figuring out how to build around him in a 4v4 context. The base roster of 20 characters gives you a lot of team-building options, and The Champion slotting in as a 21st fighter opens up combinations that weren't available before.
For deeper character-specific strategies across the full roster, the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls guides collection has individual breakdowns for characters like Magik, Iron Man, and more, plus everything else you need to get the most out of the game.