The release of Season 9 for Marvel Rivals comes with a slight meta shake-up. The last wave of nerfs and buffs saw some characters lose their shine and others shine even brighter. This Marvel Rivals Tier List ranks all the characters from the Marvel Rivals Roster.
Marvel Rivals Tier List Mechanics
Putting all the highest win-rate characters in S-tier would be disingenuous and an oversimplification. Marvel Rivals is a competitive game where personal skill and game knowledge play a significant role in player performance. As such, this tier list would focus on the current stats and abilities of each character to determine where they rank in the current meta.
Win Rate vs Pick Rate
Players often have favorites, but that does not mean they are great at the character. An example would be Yasuo in League of Legends, having a high pick rate but a middling win rate. The same principle applies in Marvel Rivals. These statistics would be used in conjunction with each character's kit to help determine where they rank on the tier list.
Ranking Criteria
- S Tier: Best-in-slot or meta-defining
- A Tier: Strong Overall pick and can compete with the meta
- B Tier: Average, struggles with some matchups, but still a decent choice
- C Tier: Niche pick, situational
- D Tier: Extremely lacking this season, struggles to compete with characters in class
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Duelist Tier List
Duelists are spoiled for choice with the most playable heroes. Their impact dictates the pace of skirmishes and their ability to confirm eliminations remains essential to map control.
S Tier: Best-in-Slot & Meta-Defining
⚔️ MAGIK
Magik continues to dominate the frontlines of the meta. Her high raw pickrate alongside a punishing offensive efficiency allows her to dive directly into vulnerable backlines, easily dismantling setups with supreme target confirmation.
😈 DAREDEVIL
Boasting a lethal combat rhythm, Daredevil secures an elite spot. His combination of quick engagements and high single-target pressure enables skilled players to isolate and execute key targets instantly during chaotic teamfights.
A Tier: Strong Overall Picks
🔥 HUMAN TORCH
Human Torch applies severe operational pressure with incredible burst potential. While his overall play time remains limited, his capacity to scorch entire formations makes him a highly effective competitive selection.
🚀 STAR-LORD
Star-Lord offers highly stable mid-range tracking capability. His high utility profile allows him to comfortably chip away at shields and quickly clean up retreating opponents under complete safety.
⛈️ STORM
Storm dictates heavy localized area control with massive elemental threat profiles. Her reliable setup synergy guarantees your squad can easily split open defensive holds on tight maps.
🐾 BLACK PANTHER
Black Panther rewards highly deliberate dive angles. When paired with a vanguard capable of splitting enemy attention, his quick execution loops can cleanly tear through standard support shells.
B Tier: Average & Decent Choices
👁️ CYCLOPS
Cyclops provides continuous suppressive fire and exceptional ranged lane coverage. He excels at keeping aggressive tanks honest, though his lack of mobility leaves him open to well-timed dive coordinates.
🕷️ SPIDER-MAN
Spider-Man retains his trademark verticality and strong disruptive ceiling. However, navigating around modern crowd control networks demands pristine movement discipline to yield consistent value.
🦾 IRON MAN
Iron Man offers great alternative payload pressure paths, but his prominent silhouette leaves him vulnerable to coordinated hitscan focus whenever he takes to open airspace.
💀 DEADPOOL (DUELIST)
Deadpool brings an erratic, skirmish-heavy playstyle. He is perfectly fine for basic frontline trading, but lacks the sudden lane-breaking threat required to elevate past the middle pack.
C Tier: Niche & Situational Picks
🩸 BLADE
Blade can effortlessly harvest isolated targets, but finds himself heavily stifled whenever dealing with compact bunkered squads executing immediate defensive utility layers.
🎯 ELSA BLOODSTONE
Elsa operates smoothly inside direct front-to-back shooting lines. Outside of clean corridors, however, her static positioning parameters make it simple for dynamic threats to avoid her zone.
👑 HELA
Hela possesses lethal tracking damage from long distances, but struggles significantly to protect herself once agile flankers manage to cross the threshold into her personal space.
💀 THE PUNISHER
The Punisher anchors defensive lines adequately with traditional heavy ballistic packages, but is easily outmaneuvered on dynamic terrain layouts that feature high vertical platforms.
D Tier: Extremely Lacking
🦾 WINTER SOLDIER
Winter Soldier is heavily restricted by his predictable target execution loops. Opponents have a massive window to nullify his engage attempts, forcing him to struggle significantly inside his class brackets.
🌙 MOON KNIGHT
Moon Knight finds it incredibly difficult to anchor value inside this meta format. His kit demands extensive resource dedication from his support network just to break even against standard duelists.
🔮 SCARLET WITCH
Scarlet Witch falls completely flat against fast-paced configurations. Her telegraphed casting sequences and negligible kiting tools allow disciplined compositions to run rings around her positions.
🐺 WOLVERINE
Wolverine finds his purely melee-centric tools completely mitigated by standard team dynamic layers, failing to securely close down spaces before getting whittled away by passive fire lines.
Strategist Tier List
Supports are the backbone of the team, with most team comps and strats depending on the number of supports and which characters will be picked.
S Tier: Best-in-Slot & Meta-Defining
🦝 ROCKET RACCOON
Rocket Raccoon reigns supreme at the apex of the support hierarchy. Serving as a true draft essential, his phenomenal teamwide combat uptime paired with excellent offensive utility enhancements makes him the definitive premier anchor.
A Tier: Strong Overall Picks
🙏 MANTIS
Mantis fields strong target protection metrics alongside robust counter-engage setups. Her tailored healing distribution pipelines ensure that critical frontline units remain structurally capable during intense capture phases.
B Tier: Average & Decent Choices
🟢 LOKI
Loki operates comfortably within deceptive deployment architectures. While his illusion matrix creates excellent tactical windows, organized team communications can reduce his overall output potential.
C Tier: Niche & Situational Picks
🦊 WHITE FOX
White Fox requires aggressive personal playstyles to truly unlock her unique scaling tools. She can cleanly outplay individual flankers, but lacks the massive raw healing capacity needed when an entire teamfight goes wide.
🛡️ INVISIBLE WOMAN
Invisible Woman continues to draw massive field representation across all ranks. While her targeted defensive shield patterns provide superb mitigation value, her overall utility lacks the offensive edge of top-tier counterparts.
🃏 GAMBIT
Gambit presents an unconventional support template that functions well in dual-threat drafting frameworks, though utilizing him effectively requires your squad to build specifically around his active combat positioning requirements.
🤖 ULTRON
Ultron works diligently through zone restrictions and persistent pet micro-management layers. He excels at keeping capture zones clogged up, but can falter heavily during emergency triage operations.
D Tier: Extremely Lacking
❄️ LUNA SNOW
Luna Snow lands heavily down in the selection metrics this season. While her area throughput looks solid conceptually, she lacks the self-defense tools required to withstand high-efficiency dive coordination.
👥 CLOAK & DAGGER
Cloak & Dagger find themselves completely pushed aside by current frontline conditions. Their split-throughput mechanics require tightly packed formatting that leaves your squad incredibly vulnerable to modern crowd control spikes.
Vanguard Tier List
Vanguards dictate the spatial boundaries of the engagement field, anchoring defensive configurations while manipulating point control.
S Tier: Best-in-Slot & Meta-Defining
🕷️ PENI PARKER
Peni Parker leads the vanguard field with magnificent tactical precision. Her specialized web trap architectures completely lock down choke entries, turning objective locations into absolute fortresses against enemy dive units.
⭐ CAPTAIN AMERICA
Captain America stands incredibly tall inside the current formatting. Offering premium frontline barrier integration coupled with excellent brawling sustain, he serves as an immovable boulder for your offensive setups.
🧪 BRUCE BANNER
Bruce Banner provides incredible, highly scalable health pool manipulation. His exceptional transformation phases allow your formation to confidently break open stubborn enemy defensive layers under massive focus fire lines.
✨ ROGUE
Rogue secures premier meta status by stealing away critical opponent capabilities. In the hands of a mechanically proficient player, her incredible adaptable footprint lets her match and surpass any tactical problem on the fly.
A Tier: Strong Overall Picks
🧬 VENOM
Venom presents a terrifying, high-mobility disruptor presence. His exceptional deep dive capabilities pressure the enemy backline support structures directly, forcing quick and erratic positioning changes.
🦖 DEVIL DINOSAUR
Devil Dinosaur continues to deliver highly effective aggressive space control. His raw tankiness coupled with powerful close-range sweeping knockbacks leaves disorganized compositions struggling to establish their ground.
⚡ THOR
Thor excels brilliantly at dividing open space and isolating key damage positions. His lightning-infused target pressure ensures that backline positions remain constantly threatened during standard point control battles.
👼 ANGELA
Angela links frontline structural defense with clean counter-offensive followups. While she operates slightly under the apex vanguards, her high flexibility makes her a fantastic addition to fast-tempo drafts.
B Tier: Average & Decent Choices
🔮 DOCTOR STRANGE
Doctor Strange holds down positions with his signature reliable barrier options. He remains immensely popular for standard baseline composition setups, though his lack of dynamic mobility can limit your offensive chase paths.
🌳 GROOT
Groot blocks critical lanes with heavy wooden walls, but his large frame means he serves as a massive battery for enemy ultimate charge parameters if your squad fails to cycle barriers carefully.
C Tier: Niche & Situational Picks
🛡️ DEADPOOL (VANGUARD)
Deadpool's frontline iteration works inside heavily specific, skirmish-centric formats. He brings unique tools to individual point brawls but struggles to provide standard cover for his support line.
D Tier: Extremely Lacking
💎 EMMA FROST
Emma Frost severely flags within raw protection metrics. Her defensive diamond shifts are entirely personal, failing to establish the teamwide safety parameters expected from a competitive frontline choice.
🧲 MAGNETO
Magneto struggles significantly to maintain space inside this meta. His static shielding configurations are easily circumvented by mobile dive picks, leaving his backline completely exposed to fast-flanking maneuvers.
🧱 THE THING
The Thing is completely locked down by his slow operational profile. Without specialized speed adjustments from his support network, he is easily isolated and kited down long open corridors.
