Strategists play a key role in keeping your team alive. Sure, you’re able to avoid Vanguards in your team and go with Duelists instead, but you need at least one Strategist to help the team survive during the match. They heal, shield, and debuff enemies at will and help you get an edge over the enemy team.
Not only do you need to have a strategist on the team, but you also have to play around with them to claim victory. Protecting them is necessary since enemies will focus on them to counter your team’s aggression.
With that said, let’s go over all the Strategists we have inMarvel Rivalsand see what they bring to the table in ourMarvel Rivals: All Strategists Ranked.
7Adam Warlock
Reincarnation Baby!
Description
Karmic Revival
Revive allies with lower health and invincibility for a short period
Forge a soul bond with allies, granting Healing Over Time and distributing damage taken across the bond.
Avatar Life Stream
Target an ally for bouncing streaming of healing energy, which also heals himself upon casting; self-targets if no ally is selected.
Cosmic Cluster
Gather quantum energy into a cluster and then swiftly launch it at the enemy.
Adam Warlock’s abilities work in tandem with the chaining effect. You canlink enemies with each other and distribute incoming damagewhile also healing them simultaneously. However, unlike other Strategist characters,he doesn’t have enough mobilityto outwit a flanker.
If a Black Panther, Magik, orSpider-Man is on him,chances are, he won’t be able to avoid the fight and will likely perish in the encounter. Histeam-up abilitywith Mantis and Star-Lordis pretty insane since they’ll be able to use the cocooned revival.
In my opinion, the most important scenario where Adam Warlockshines is in Overtime, where hecan revive the entire teamon the objective and give them one last shot to win. With him, you really have to stick close to your teammates and hold a defensive stance because you reallydon’t have much mobility.
If enemies try to lock onto you, you’re able to’t evade them unless you die and trigger thepassive, allowing you to roam freelyand reforge at a chosen spot.
Ultimately, the healing is great, but thelong cooldown on Soul Bondand low mobility make him a very niche pick.
6Rocket Raccoon
Healing Spheres? Or Balls?
Deploy a Cosmic Yarn Amplifier that grants allies a Damage Boost
Jetpack Dash
Dash forward
Deploy a Battle Rebirth Beacon that revives a fallen ally and periodically produces armor packs and rocket jet packs.
Rocket Raccoon is apretty simple Strategistto play. He reminds me ofOverwatch’sMoira, who throws healing orbs to support her allies. Just like her, Rocket Raccoon shootsbouncing spheres that heal allies. You can deploy his C.Y.A. ability to give allies aDamage Boost and revive a fallen enemywith the B.R.B. device.
However, most of theequipment he deploys is destructible, which means a smart enemy DPS will target the equipment to counter his abilities. Even his healing spheres are a hit or miss if you’re targeting ally Flankers, as they have high ability and are hard to target, even with Mantis or Luna Snow.
you’re able to use his team-up ability togrant Infinite Ammo to The Punisher and Winter Soldierand spam the bouncing spheres in tight corners.
It’s up to you; I find itdifficult to play with two different weapons, and juggling between them is quite a hassle. I highly recommend having a dedicated healer while playing with Rocket Raccoon, since most of his skills grant buffs to allies.
Full Of Tricks
God Of Mischief
Shapeshift into any hero on the battlefield and use their abilities except for Team-up ones
Regeneration Domain
Use Rune Stones to create a field that grants Healing Over Time and converts incoming damage to further healing
Doppelganger
Project an Illusion to cast some of Loki’s abilities
Devious Exchange
Swap with the selected Illusion
Become Invisible and conjure an Illusion to deceive enemies
Lokideploys destructible Rune Stonesto burst-heal allies. I like how you can summon multiple Illusions orfire his basic attacks to heal allies.
You need to think smart to place his clones. Unlike Adam Warlock, Loki has quite some tricks up his sleeve. He canswitch positions or go invisible to avoid a flanker, which is a must for a Strategist. Without evasion skills, a Strategist is a sitting duck waiting for a hunter.
However, a smart enemy Duelist, especially the ones who can do AoE or bounce attacks like Moon Knight or Squirrel Girl, will melt his clones pretty fast. But youcan respawn Illusionsand keep them busy due to the short cooldown. So, it’s more like a double-edged sword.
Lastly, what I love about him most is his ultimate, which cancopy a hero’s abilities(the ones on the battlefield). Shapeshift into a hero who can secure multi-kills and secure your objective.
All this seems good on paper, but when you’re against a smart enemy team,they’ll destroy your Illusions and Rune stonesand cripple your healing in a second. That’s why, Loki is good in low ELO matches, but not on higher ranks.
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4Jeff The Land Shark
Cute But Dangerous
Deep dive and resurface to swallow heroes within range, and eject them forward
Hide And Seek
Dive into the scene with the exposed fin, granting himself a Movement Boost. Can heal himself while submerged and gains a wall-crawl ability
Healing Bubble
Spit a bubble that heals the ally who collects it, granting them Movement and Healing Boost, while also Launching Up nearby enemies
Jeff mains are a different breed. Either they will die as soon as they enter the battle or obliterate everything in their path; there’s no in-between.Jeff’s healing has a massive rangeand can easily heal your tanks to full HP in a few seconds.
All you need to do is sit in the backline, heal your tanks, spitbubbles that give Healing and Movement Boostto allies, and swallow enemies to throw them off the objective. What’s more hilarious is his ability to go under the scene or wall-crawl, which can be used to help flankers.
Though he doesn’t have Vulnerability effects like Cloak & Dagger does, his insane healing makes himone of the best-dedicated healersin the game. You can also use his Team-up abilities to ride on Groot’s shoulders or borrow Luna Snow’s ice energy to unlock another ability that applies the Slowing effect on enemies and hinders their movement.
Though his kit helps him to escape from a potential flanker quickly, there’s nothing you can do to damage them. The hitbox is smaller when you go underground, but you’re unable to heal your team at all. What’s the use of survivability if you can’t heal?
But again, Jeff’s far better than healers mentioned above and can potentially rival the top picks when it comes to healing throughput.
You can jump off the map along with enemies to stop them from using their abilities to come back.
3Cloak & Dagger
Mult-Talented
Eternal Bond
Perform three dashes, healing allies, and damaging enemies along the path
Shadow’s Embrace
Switch to Cloak/Dagger
Veil Of Lightforce/Terror Cape
Deploy a Veil to heal allies upon touch/apply Blind and Vulnerability on enemies.
Dagger Storm/Dark Teleportation
Creates a Healing-Over-Time field in the impact area/Enshroud allies, making them invisible and untargetable with a Movement Boost
Cloak & Dagger, in my opinion, is the toughest Strategist to play because ofhow versatile their kit is. WithDagger, you can access healing abilitieswith your basic attacks: Veil Of Lightforce, a rectangular aura that phases through allies, and Dagger Storm, a hemispherical Healing-Over-Time field.
While you’re in Dagger form, your gameplay will be defensive; however, withCloak, you can Blind enemies and apply the Vulnerabilityeffect to them, thus increasing your damage.Just like Scarlet Witch, you can damage enemies and useDark Teleportation to enshroud alliesand give them a Movement Boost.
However, I personally feel thehealing isn’t that great when it comes to intense battles. If you’re focusing on switching to Cloak or Dagger, you’ll lose heals and teammates will be left vulnerable.
Even if you use the Veil to hide yourself, it doesn’t have enough duration to escape the enemy team. That’s why, it’s good to use Cloak & Dagger alongside another dedicated healer like Jeff, Mantis or Adam Warlock.
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2Luna Snow
Fate Of Both Worlds
Toggle between Healing or Damage Boost
Fire ice shards for a short duration, damaging enemies or healing allies while restoring her own Health
Share the Stage
Attach Idol Aura to an ally which restores their health while Luna Snow heals others
Absolute Zero
Cast a clump fo ice to Freeze an enemy and restore Health
One to the left, one to the right, keep on the fight! Well, that was good, wasn’t it? Luna Snow’sbasic attacks are amazing. You canheal your alliesor damage enemies with them, which is superb since a lot is happening on the battlefield with 12 characters.
Like Mantis, she’squite mobile, restores her health, and gets a Movement Bonus, which makes her a strong contender for top spots. Like Mantis, she’sgot a crowd control ability,which can Freeze an enemy for a short while. However, her best ability is Share The Stage, which can be used topocket Flankers, who are usually awayfrom the team.
You can mark them to heal them automatically when you heal other characters. This will help them survive in enemies' backlines to target their Strategists. Overall, her abilities are really amazing, and herIce Art’s piercing effectis the cherry on the cake. You can heal your allies and target enemies in a straight line, which complements her kit.
Though you’ll suffer fromless vertical mobility, her crowd control can help you immobilize flankers. Overall, she’s perfect forhealing, crowd control and moving around.
Go To Sleep
Spore Slumber
Throw a spore to sedate the nearest enemy
Soul Resurgence
Provide Healing Over Time and Movement Boost for surrounding allies, converting excess healing to Bonus Health.
Allied Inspiration
Consume Life Orbs to grant allies a Damage Boost
Natural Anger
Consume Life Orbs to grant herself a Damage Boost
Healing Flower
Consume Life Orbs to grant allies Healing Over Time
Mantis' abilitiesrevolve around Life Orbs, which can be obtained afterlanding a critical hit with your basic attacks. Unlike other healers like Luna Snow, Cloak & Dagger, herbasic attacks don’t heal allies, which, in my opinion, is a good decision since her healing is very potent and her basic attacks pack a solid punch.
There’sno cooldown on her healing;all you need are Life Orbs. What I like about her the most is her Sedate ability, which can putan enemy to sleep for a short duration,making them an easy target. I always target Black Panther, Psylocke, or Spider-Man with this because they can easily close the distance and pick me out.
Not only can she grantDamage and Movement Boost to herself and her allies, but she can also receive a Movement Boost and Healing Over Time just by consuming Life Orbs, which makes hersurvivability go off the roof. If there’s one thing you should remember, it’s to get used to heragile gameplay.
You can still use other abilities during Mantis' ultimate, Soul Resurgence.
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