Just yesterday at Combo Breaker 2025 we revealed Absa as the next playable character for Rivals II! See the first look here in her official reveal trailer:
Absa joins the roster this summer in our third FREE character update. Mark your calendars for the Storm Architect to return on July 1st.
Introducing Absa's Voice Actress
Mae Claire brings the storm! Please join us in welcoming Mae as the voice of Absa in Rivals 2!
Rival Backstory
Learn more about Absa's past:
A brilliant mind who embodies both the calm before the storm and all of its fury.
Absa was a little girl when the avian members of the Air Alliance splintered off to form the militant Air Armada. The Air Elders of the Archai Mountains taught detachment and nonaggression, keeping their people to the mountaintops. Absa, being a prodigy, developed the storm-summoning techniques that now enshroud Tempest Peak and protect the Air Alliance from all aggressors below.
However, Absa secretly developed a version for personal use against the wishes of the Air Elders. She felt a dark presence lingering beneath the mountain. While powerful, she knew she would be no match for it, and she did not trust the idle Air Elders to act upon it.
She then left the safety of Tempest Peak and the guidance of the Elders to seek out a new master - one who would open her eyes to new martial forms and more options to protect her homeland. But while Aether looked very small and manageable from on high, she will learn it’s a much bigger and more dangerous world than she imagined.
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