Best Marvel Rivals Team Comps To Try This Season
by Dana Sydorenko Last update: December 29, 2024
💡 Highlights
- Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 competitive hero shooter with hero roles: Duelists (damage), Vanguards (tanks), and Strategists (support/healing).
- Effective team comps in Marvel Rivals require balancing roles, abilities, and Team-Up synergies.
- This article provides examples of the five most powerful team comps for Season 0: Meta Team, Rush Team, Dive Team, Area Control Team, and 1 – 3 – 2 team comp.
Marvel Rivals has successfully launched and has begun to conquer the audience of fans of competitive hero shooters. Now, the release of the first season is just around the corner, which means that the first global balance changes, fixes, and other new content are coming. It’s time to figure out and try out the Marvel Rivals team comps that are most effective now and fun to play.
Marvel Rivals Team Comps Basics
In Marvel Rivals, matches are held in a 6 vs. 6 format, and heroes are divided into role types like in other hero shooters. There are three types of heroes in Marvel Rivals:
- Duelists – main attacking heroes with high DPS;
- Vanguards – tank heroes who hold the defense in the first line;
- Strategists – heroes who provide healing and support.
Forming effective team comps in Marvel Rivals involves more than just the standard approach of selecting damage and support heroes whose abilities complement each other. A unique feature of the game is the synergy between heroes, which is reflected in a mechanic called Team-Up Abilities. This mechanic allows certain heroes on the same team to unlock additional unique abilities. For example, one pair of heroes might be able to share their ultimate abilities, while another pair could gain a new active ability. A case in point is Venom, who can share his symbiotic powers with Spider-Man and Peni Parker.
Therefore, when forming team compositions in Marvel Rivals, in addition to the heroes’ roles and abilities, it is also necessary to consider Team-Up Abilities. The buffs that heroes receive when on the same team are not only significant but can also form the basis of the composition.
Best Marvel Rivals Team Comps
The effectiveness of team comps is currently a hot topic on Reddit. As I’ve written above, the team size in Marvel Rivals is 6 players per team. Let’s explore some of the most popular and powerful compositions that will be relevant for Season 0: Dooms’ Rise.
Meta Team
- Vanguards: Venom, Magneto
- Duelists: Scarlet Witch, Punisher
- Strategists: Luna Snow, Mantis
The Meta Team is based on the strongest heroes of the current season. In such a composition, we have two very strong Vanguards, capable of reliably diving into the enemy’s rear alone – Venom, who is extremely tenacious, and Magneto, thanks to the Team-Up boost in a pair with Scarlet Witch. Punisher has become almost a must-have hero for most Marvel Rivals team comps due to his incredible damage both at a distance and at close range. Luna Snow and Mantis will be responsible for control, support, and additional survivability.
Rush Team
- Vanguards: Thor, Captain America
- Duelists: Storm, Punisher, Winter Soldier
- Strategist: Rocket Racoon
This Marvel Rivals team composition has good survivability, and its main idea is to quickly engage in combat and quickly retreat, acting together and covering each other. Raccoon will be responsible for covering since he has an AoE heal over the area. He also greatly strengthens Punisher and Winter Soldier – they will be good both in cover and in attack. Captain America and Thor are great for imposing a fight, and Storm will strengthen the team by speeding it up. Actions in such a team in Marvel Rivals will require a lot of coordination from the players since you must focus on the targets together and know when it is better to attack and when to retreat and regroup.
Dive Team
- Vanguards: Hulk, Venom
- Duelists: Spider-Man, Star-Lord
- Strategists: Luna Snow, Mantis
Dive compositions are very popular in heroic shooters. Such a team comp in Marvel Rivals is a group of heroes that quickly enters the battle, attacks the selected target, causing huge damage, and quickly regroups and pursues another target. It is important for the heroes of the Duelist and Vanguard roles to be very mobile so that they can quickly reduce the distance from the enemy and easily retreat to a safe place. Venom, Spider-Man, and Star-Lord have high mobility and can instantly attack the enemy from different sides. Hulk’s shields improve the heroes’ personal survivability, and Mantis increases damage during the dive.
Area Control Team
- Vanguards: Groot, Peni Parker
- Duelists: Namor, Iron Man
- Strategists: Loki, Luna Snow
In the Domination game mode, the best team composition will be the heroes who are best able to hold and control a key area, as well as provide a defense of this zone on the map. Groot and Peni Parker are able to weaken and slow down the enemy’s onslaught thanks to Peni Parker’s traps and mines in combination with Groot’s walls, which will form the first line of defense. Namor’s turrets and Loki clones installed around the key point will prevent the enemy from breaking through the defense and will become a deadly trap for those approaching the point. Additionally, the Luna Snow and Namor duo will strengthen the defense thanks to their Chilling Charisma Team-Up ability, and Iron Man will provide good area damage at the choke points of the map.
1 – 3 – 2
- Vanguard: Venom
- Duelists: Spider-Man, Namor, Punisher
- Strategists: Adam Warlock, Luna Snow
This aggressive attack-focused team composition in Marvel Rivals is based on one Vanguard and three Duelists. The main instigator is Venom, who will initiate and force the fight, opening a window of opportunity for Spider-Man. Support and development of the spiders’ success will be provided by Punisher, who will be able to provide serious damage at a long distance in the second line. Namor, Luna Snow, and Adam Warlock will provide protection and support for the team. Namor’s turrets will help prevent counter-aggression from the enemy. Luna Snow will strengthen Namor, and together with Adam Warlock, she will provide support and healing for the spiders and Punisher.
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Final Thoughts
Marvel Rivals is really turning heads among fans of hero shooters, and the way it focuses on hero synergy shakes up the usual gameplay formula. It adds some cool strategic depth when you’re putting your Marvel Rivals team together. It’ll be fun to see how the game develops since the developers mentioned that Team-Ups won’t always stay the same. They’ll be rolling out new ones and tweaking the current ones based on the season’s theme, new heroes, and balance changes. In this article, I’m sharing five of the most popular and powerful team comps in Marvel Rivals. You can pick any of these to get a feel for the game or mix and match to create your own hero combo!
