Marvel Rivals: How to Counter Every Strategist Hero

Marvel Rivals has a large character roster that is broken up into three different playable roles - Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist. However, with there being so many characters on each of these roles, learning each one of them and how they play is one of the trickiest parts of the free-to-play team shooter. Furthermore, knowing which characters counter one another so you can read when to swap heroes can completely change the outcome of a match, both for better and for worse. For this reason, knowing hero counters will be highly beneficial to your Marvel Rivals gameplay. To help point you in the right direction, this guide goes over some options you can use on each role to help counter every Strategist hero in the game.

How to Counter Adam Warlock in Marvel Rivals

• Emma Frost, Magneto, and Doctor Strange all have the ability to shield from Adam’s DPS potential. Hulk, Thor, Angela, or Venom can all dive him and force him to burn through Soul Bond and his heal charges.
• Winter Soldier is a very good pick here again; he’s able to take Adam down pretty easily, and when Adam pops his Ultimate, it can be a free-for-all for Bucky’s Ultimate. Squirrel Girl and Moon Knight can spam down main and make Adam’s poke potential an uphill battle.
• Invisible Woman can provide shields for her team and use invisibility to reposition from Adam’s secondary fire. Gambit can DPS back to him, as well as bounce his heals from behind cover when needed. Rocket can hang back and heal his team from afar without being in range of Adam.

How to Counter Cloak & Dagger in Marvel Rivals

• Magneto can use his Ultimate to completely shut down the strong potential of Cloak & Dagger Ultimate. Venom, Thing, and Angela can all apply pressure and force C/D to burn through their bubble, fade, and windows. Lastly, Emma Frost can pivot from playing poke to walking on a C/D rather easily, and a very well-timed choke slam can even stun them out of fade or C/D Ultimate. Groot can place walls between them and their team, making healing tougher.
• Punisher can one-tap headshot Cloak and Dagger through their Ultimate. Hela can snipe C/D from outside of their range, and good dives such as Black Panther, Daredevil, and Spider-Man can combo before C/D is able to swap to Cloak and fade.
• Gambit is the closest thing to a Strategist counter, as he can cleanse the blind window effects from his allies, which comes in very handy in the middle of a team fight.

How to Counter Gambit in Marvel Rivals

• Shields are effective at blocking Gambit’s Anti-heal, which is one of the best abilities in the game. Doctor Strange, Groot, Magneto, and Emma Frost are all suitable.
• Snipers can secure a kill on Gambit from across the field, so Phoenix, Hela, or a very good Hawkeye and Black Widow can work in some situations. Mister Fantastic is pretty good, due to his survivability and ability to just apply so much pressure. Wolverine can also be a good option if you’re able to grab Gambit with your leap. Or, even Squirrel Girl and Moon Knight, if you can spam down a chokepoint or main push area to make their job healing harder.
• Loki and his lamps are a good bet, as they can help sustain through Gambit’s Ultimate. Furthermore, Gambit mirror is also an even better option, as you can cleanse negative status effects from the enemy in general, plus any Anti-heals Gambit applies to your team

How to Counter Invisible Woman in Marvel Rivals

• Angela can displace Invisible Woman with her pin. Venom can dive and burn through her shield, forcing her to reposition. Thor is also very good at solo-target dive, and can displace her with his pin, too.
• Mister Fantastic can apply pressure with both his poke and grapple abilities, and shield himself to buy time for her to burn through her own resources. Wolverine can pin her away from her team, even out of her Ultimate, and force her to use her double jump. Psylocke can flank and take her out with her combo, and Star-Lord’s rapid fire is good at applying pressure, while his boosters and blinks help him chase her down. Also, Daredevil can see through invisibility, so that makes diving her very easy.
• Jeff the Land Shark can use his own Ultimate to counter-play Invisible Woman’s Ultimate. Invisible Woman Mirror or Gambit are the best choices in terms of matching heal numbers and survivability.

How to Counter Jeff the Land Shark in Marvel Rivals

• Emma Frost is pretty good at beaming Jeff down once he has popped up, due to his huge hitbox. Plus, her Diamond Form provides immunity to his Ultimate. Hulk can also jump on him and then stun, providing a window to focus fire and kill him.
• Hela, Hawkeye, Punisher, Phoenix, Elsa, and Star-Lord can all easily pick Jeff off when he is not burrowing. If you can land your shots, he can be mostly two-tapped by many of these heroes. Alternatively, if you need someone who can track him better while burrowed, Wanda or even Iron Fist can sometimes be surprisingly helpful, too.
• Cloak and Dagger can fade Jeff’s Ultimate, providing immense value. The lock-on from Cloak can also be very handy at tracking Jeff while burrowed. Gambit Anti-heal and burst down Jeff pretty easily, or perhaps even a Luna Snow freeze or Mantis Sleep can be efficient too, if you shut Jeff down and result in a pick.

How to Counter Loki in Marvel Rivals

• Venom and Hulk are good options for applying consistent pressure to Loki, and their mobility enables them to keep chasing if he teleports out or goes into invisibility.
• Moon Knight is the best counter for Loki, as Loki’s lamps and clones all essentially count as free ankhs for Moon Knight, making it extremely easy to perform bounce damage across the team and get free picks.
• Adam Warlock can Soul Bond, similar to how Loki can lamp, and can help DPS to take out his clones. Gambit can both heal and help focus clones as he moves around in combat, and Ultron can be quite strong due to flyers being quite hard for Loki to consistently hit.

How to Counter Luna Snow in Marvel Rivals

• Dive and brawl Vanguards do pretty well playing into Luna, absorbing or forcing her freeze, and making space. Thing can help to force her back and disrupt the team, Angela can pin her away, Hulk can jump and stun her, and Thor can dive and displace her.
• Strong dive heroes can delete Luna if she either misses her freeze, or they manage to execute the combo before she reacts – so in some situations, Black Panther, Daredevil, and Spider-Man are strong. Otherwise, snipers or spam down angles in which Luna is trying to hold for healing can be effective, too, meaning Squirrel Girl, Moon Knight, Punisher, Hela, and Phoenix are all decent options.
• Gambit can cleanse her freeze, and Adam has strong potential to out-DPS her and survive a 1v1, if needed. Strategist 1v1s don't happen frequently, though, so countering on Strategist should be your last option.

How to Counter Mantis in Marvel Rivals

• Mantis thrives most in triple Strategist Comps, where is usually best to play the likes of Emma, Magneto, or Doctor Strange into. However, if Mantis is running in a double Strategist comp, then divers such as Hulk, Thor, and Venom can be very strong in picking her off.
• Again, strong dive Duelists such as Spider-Man, Magik, Black Panther, and Daredevil are very strong against Mantis, especially once her sleep is up. DPSPool, Punisher, Bucky, and Elsa Bloodstone are also pretty good at applying lots of pressure without needing to break into close range.
• Invisible Woman can shield a slept ally, which comes in handy, as well as her being a very strong pick all-around. Gambit can also cleanse her sleep, so this can be highly beneficial if your tank or a dive/flanker is being slept on cooldown.

How to Counter Rocket Raccoon in Marvel Rivals

• There aren’t very many hard counters to Rocket, especially on Tank. However, if you can wall him off as Groot, you can force him to reposition constantly in order to provide healing to his team. Angela, Thor, or Venom may also be able to chase him down.
• Dive Duelists are the best option, with Black Panther, Spider-Man, DPSPool, and Daredevil all being capable of taking him out of the fight. Star-Lord is also pretty good, as you can blink to flip behind him if he tries to fight back. Wanda and Iron Fist are also an option if you need auto-aim for his scurrying around the walls. Of course, Phoenix and her Ultimate completely blow up Amplifier, too, and her stun can be strong against him.
• White Fox, Gambit, Invisible Woman, and Loki are all very strong due to higher burst heal potential as well as utility in their kits, from shields to invisibility or Anti-heal.

How to Counter Ultron in Marvel Rivals

• There isn’t much you can do on Vanguard other than shield his sky attacks with Doctor Strange, Magneto, and Emma Frost. Groot and Venom sometimes have the range to kill him from below, depending on the map, too.
• Like other flying heroes, Ultron gets shredded by high DPS hitscan. Punisher, Hela, Phoenix, Elsa Bloodstone, and Star-Lord can all shoot him out of the sky, especially on open maps. Spider-Man can use his combos to force out his shield and even kill through them, too.
• Cloak and Dagger are pretty good at finishing off fliers thanks to their auto-aim, so they can be a handy pick for helping to secure the kill. Gambit is also very efficient at DPS-ing them out of the sky between heals.

How to Counter White Fox in Marvel Rivals

• Tankpool is pretty decent at applying damage from a mid-range, so he can be good at helping focus fire her, especially when she Ultimates into a fight. Otherwise, dive tanks such as Thor and Venom can force her resources, such as her teleport, which can then create a window for your team to jump in and kill her.
• It is best to take White Fox out of range if possible, as she deals well with dive. Snipers such as Hela, Hawkeye, and Phoenix are perfect for this, but high DPS from range with the likes of Punisher, Moon Knight, Bucky, Elsa Bloodstone, or even Squirrel Girl can work, too.
• Strategists who can catch her with CC are handy – Luna Snow and Mantis are perfect for this. Alternatively, invisibility and teleportation characters such as Invisible Woman and Loki can work well, too.