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Marvel Rivals offers a diverse roster of characters with unique abilities and playstyles to suit a variety of preferences, including duelists, vanguards, and strategists.
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Certain characters like Moon Knight, Rocket Raccoon, and Doctor Strange stand out for their high pick rates and win rates, demonstrating their effectiveness in the game.
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Characters like Cloak & Dagger are prevalent and offer a hybrid support and attack role similar to Overwatch 2's Moira, making them popular choices in matches.
Released in late 2024, marvel rivals It has already taken over the gaming world.
Similar feeling to Overwatch 2
. Featuring heroes and villains from Marvel Comics, players can choose to be a Duelist, Vanguard, or Strategist depending on their preferred playstyle.
marvel rivals At launch it had a massive roster of 33 characters, with NetEase promising four new characters every season. Some characters are more popular than others. A character's kit may be more varied, or the character may perform his role quite well.

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punisher
point and shoot
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Class: Duelist
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Pick rate: 19.5%
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Win rate: 47.3%
The Punisher is a great example of a jack of all trades. The Punisher has a very simple yet effective kit. He has movement options that include a grappling hook, vision-blocking smoke grenades, and a deployable turret for sustained fire. He even uses two weapons as his primary damage weapons: a mid-range rifle and a close-quarters shotgun.
The Punisher is a character that is easy to become immersed in.
As a beginner
. He's easy to play, easy to master, and can still fulfill his role without compromise.
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mantis
we are invincible
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Class: Strategist
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Pick rate: 19.7%
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Win rate: 52.8%
Mantis is a powerful healer. marvel rivals. but,
strategist class
It can prove to be very competitive. She is classified as 1 star difficulty in the game. In other words, it's an easy character to use, but still effective in its role.
Mantis provides healing over time instead of instantly regenerating health. She can also use Natural Anger or Allied Inspiration to provide increased damage to both herself and others. Mantis fills the role of a healer who also has abilities that boost the player's damage output. She also provides an introduction to resource management, as life orbs are few but regenerate quickly enough.
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winter soldier
armed and dangerous
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Class: Duelist
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Pick rate: 20.8%
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Win rate: 49.3%
Duelist's popular picks
It's no surprise that Winter Solider is a popular choice. His kit excels at picking off players with his grappling arm and pulling them in with his uppercut punch and high-explosive shotgun for heavy damage.
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Winter Solider is great for dealing heavy damage to opponents, and his ultimate ability can also be chained when he gets kills. He has a high skill ceiling with an easy-to-learn kit that makes him one of the most chosen duelists.
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magneto
Fear Magneto
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Class: Vanguard
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Pick rate: 21.9%
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Win rate: 48.3%
A master of magnetism can do anything as a vanguard. Magneto grants shield abilities to both himself and others to increase his chances of survival. He also
Great team-up skills
With the Scarlet Witch, he uses his metal greatsword to hack and slash his opponents while throwing high-damage piercing projectiles.
Magneto's ultimate ability is lethal by default, but is augmented with the additional element of absorbing all forms of ranged damage while the ability charges. This is very useful in clutch situations.
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moon knight
the moon haunts you
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Class: Duelist
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Pick rate: 25.9%
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Win rate: 47.2%
Moon Knight is the most ranked duelist according to RivalsTracker.com. He has a versatile package with a variety of movement options and can deal significant damage in a wide radius.
Moon Knight also has a throwable ability, ankh, which is a catalyst for throwing shurikens that can deal a lot of damage to enemies in the area of effect. Overall, Moon Knight can deal sustained damage for a long time on his own, even without buffs.
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Rocket Raccoon
Set it and forget it
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Class: Strategist
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Pick rate: 27.7%
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Win rate: 54.8%
The new trend is that the Strategist class is one of the most chosen classes. marvel rivalsAnd it's no secret why. Healing is an essential class to play for your team to win.
Rocket Raccoon not only has appropriate healing abilities with its healing bubble. He can also place stations that provide gun users with unlimited ammo, and can even revive players from elimination by slightly increasing their health. The rocket will take care of itself, so you can set the station and forget about it.
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luna snow
put on a show
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Class: Strategist
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Pick rate: 30.6%
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Win rate: 47.3%
Luna Snow probably has the strongest Ultimate. marvel rivals. it makes
Luna and the characters
At ultimate range, you become functionally invincible for a short period of time. Only other Ultimates with high damage can eliminate Luna and her teammates within the radius before the damage heals.
For that reason, she is one of the most chosen strategists in the game. She has great mobility with her passive ice skating ability, but doesn't really have the ability to heal herself in some situations, such as diving.
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doctor strange
Sorcerer Supreme
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Class: Vanguard
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Pick rate: 39.3%
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Win rate: 50.5%
Positioned as the most voted Vanguard, Doctor Strange has a lot of utility that can help him in a variety of situations. His shield is one of the most powerful shields in the game, capable of blocking other characters' ultimate abilities, completely negating them.
As a very powerful Vanguard, Doctor Strange has longer cooldowns for abilities like Levitation and Portals. However, these drawbacks will not be an issue for experienced players of Sorceror Supreme.
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invisible woman
It's really fantastic
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Class: Strategist
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Pick rate: 39.9%
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Win rate: 48.5%
Introduced in season 1, the Invisible Woman is her husband and fellow Fantastic Four teammate Mr. Along with Fantastic, he was one of the first characters added after release. The remaining Fantastic Four members, Human Torch and The Thing, will be released later in the season.

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Part of the higher pick rate statistic is that she is still a new face in the game, with NetEase Games promising to add more.
A new hero joins the game
Every new season. She has a great kit, but there's a freshness to it that may inflate her pick rate for the time being.
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cloak and dagger
2 in 1
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Class: Strategist
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Selection rate: 50.5%
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Win rate: 48.3%
Players who choose to play half the time in most Marvel Rivals matches will likely have Cloak & Dagger on their team or play him directly in certain matches. It works very similarly to Moira. OverwatchBoth characters occupy more of a hybrid role.
Players can switch to Cloak or Dagger by pressing the button, which has a 0 cooldown. Dagger supports the two with powerful healing abilities, while Cloak acts as a debuffer and main source of damage through his Blinding ability. They are literally and essentially two characters in one, and both are relatively strong.

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December 6, 2024
- developer
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NetEase Games