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Counter-picking your opponents in Marvel Rivals becomes important when they are obliterating you. Here’s a compact guide to help you.
Marvel Rivals has a “counter” feature hidden in each character that players need to understand to get better at the game. While raw skill and experience can help you significantly, they won’t always save you when you’re counter-picked. This is why you need to learn some counters for each character so you can avoid losing matches when being targeted. We have prepared a list to help you.
Best Counter Picks in Marvel Rivals
The Marvel Rivals roster is divided into three categories: Vanguards, Duelists, and Strategists. Each of these categories has a different role to play. However, they are not direct counters to each other. To make room for “counters,” we must further classify the roster into three more roles, based on their playstyles. These are: Divers, Pokers, and Brawlers.
Divers are heroes who can easily get in and out of situations, usually have mobility abilities, and focus on the enemy backline. Pokers are heroes who attack from a distance with ranged abilities. They usually don’t have any defensive skills or ways to escape a diver’s grasp. Brawlers are heroes who stay on the frontline and excel in close combat. They have abilities that provide overhealth, allowing them to stay in fights longer.
Ideally, Divers counter Pokers, Pokers counter Brawlers, and Brawlers counter Divers. Keeping this in mind, let’s look at the best counter-picks for each character on the roster.
| HERO | PLAYSTYLE | COUNTER-PICK |
| Adam Warlock | Poke | Venom, Black Panther, Spider-Man |
| Black Panther | Dive | Peni Parker, Mantis, Namor |
| Black Widow | Poke | Captain America, Iron Fist, Hulk |
| Bruce Banner (Hulk) | Dive-Brawl Hybrid | The Punisher, Wolverine, Star-Lord |
| Captain America | Dive | Emma Frost, Human Torch, Mister Fantastic |
| Cloak & Dagger | Poke | Thor, Spider-Man, Venom |
| Doctor Strange | Poke | Thor, The Thing, Wolverine |
| Emma Frost | Poke-Brawl Hybrid | The Punisher, Hawkeye, Winter Soldier |
| Groot | Poke-Brawl Hybrid | Wolverine, The Punisher, Hela |
| Hawkeye | Poke | Black Panther, Venom, Hulk |
| Hela | Poke | Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Hulk |
| Human Torch | Poke | Hela, Scarlet Witch, The Punisher |
| Invisible Woman | Poke | Human Torch, Iron Man, Psylocke |
| Iron Fist | Brawl-Dive Hybrid | Mister Fantastic, Namor, Luna Snow |
| Iron Man | Poke | Hela, Scarlet Witch, The Punisher |
| Jeff the Land Shark | Poke-Dive Hybrid | Human Torch, Black Panther, Iron Fist |
| Loki | Poke | Thor, Spider-Man, Moon Knight |
| Luna Snow | Poke | Spider-Man, Captain America, Magik |
| Magik | Dive-Brawl Hybrid | Mister Fantastic, Emma Frost, Invisible Woman |
| Magneto | Poke | Hulk, Thor, Wolverine |
| Mantis | Poke | Hulk, Iron Fist, Scarlet Witch |
| Mister Fantastic | Brawl | Hawkeye, Iron Man, Human Torch |
| Moon Knight | Poke | Venom, Spider-Man, Black Panther |
| Namor | Poke | Iron Man, Hulk, Star Lord |
| Peni Parker | Poke | Star-Lord, Wolverine, Scarlet Witch |
| Psylocke | Poke-Dive Hybrid | Mister Fantastic, Hulk, Emma Frost |
| Rocket Raccoon | Poke-Dive Hybrid | Mister Fantastic, Iron Fist, Iron Man |
| Scarlet Witch | Poke-Dive Hybrid | Venom, Hulk, Iron Fist |
| Spider-Man | Dive | Namor, The Thing, Storm |
| Squirrel Girl | Poke | Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America |
| Star-Lord | Poke-Dive Hybrid | The Thing, Luna Snow, Mantis |
| Storm | Poke | Hela, Scarlet Witch, Hulk |
| The Punisher | Poke | Captain America, Thor, Black Panther |
| The Thing | Brawl | Hela, Moon Knight, Peni Parker |
| Thor | Dive-Brawl Hybrid | Winter Soldier, Mister Fantastic, Hela |
| Venom | Dive-Brawl Hybrid | The Punisher, Wolverine, Moon Knight |
| Winter Soldier | Poke-Brawl Hybrid | The Thing, Venom, Black Panther |
| Wolverine | Brawl-Dive Hybrid | Magneto, The Thing, Emma Frost |
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