Secret fighter

How to Unlock Champion

Short answer: clear any one of the five Episode modes. Champion — the final boss of Episode mode — becomes a playable fighter once a single Episode is complete, joining the game as a hidden 21st character beyond the launch roster.

Community-documented · updated August 9, 2026

Step by step

The unlock, in three steps

  1. Open Episode mode and pick any one of the five story team Episodes — every one of them works.
  2. Play the Episode through to its ending. The final stretch pits you against The Promoter, then Champion himself as the last boss.
  3. Finish the Episode and the game notifies you that Champion is now playable. That’s it — no extra requirements documented.

Who you’re unlocking

Who is Champion?

Final boss of Episode mode, fought after The Promoter. Outside of Episode mode he stays hidden — he is not part of the 20 launch fighters and is not selectable until the unlock is done. Once he joins, he’s yours in the regular modes like any other fighter.

How we know this: this unlock is a post-launch, in-game discovery documented consistently by multiple independent outlets (sources below). It is not yet described in the official store or support pages we track — we’ll re-verify the details against official material the moment it appears.

Keep going

After the unlock

Community-documented

Sources & further reading

03 sources
  1. SRC-DOTESPORTS-CHAMPION
  2. SRC-SHACKNEWS-CHAMPION
  3. SRC-SCREENRANT-CHAMPION