Season 7 flipped the whole meta on its head. The 20% ult charge reduction wasn’t just a number tweak. It completely changed how fights play out, and now neutral play actually matters. If you were living and dying by your Q button, this season hurts. If you like actually fighting, this is your moment.
I spent a significant amount of time cross-referencing the top content creators and high-elo players in the Marvel Rivals community (Necros, Flats, GM+ ranked analysts, top-500 support mains) to build out what I believe is the most accurate blended picture of where every hero actually sits. Some rankings have near-universal agreement. Others have real variance, and I’ll call that out so you know where the debate lives.
Here’s how we define the tiers:
- God Tier: Permaban-worthy. The game revolves around these characters.
- S Tier: Pick immediately. No real reason not to.
- A Tier: Solid, reliable picks. Context matters but rarely bad.
- B Tier: Situationally useful. Right comp, right map, real value.
- C Tier: Works with effort. Better options almost always exist.
- D Tier: Hard to justify. Requires too much going right.
- F Tier: Don’t.
GOD TIER
Elsa Bloodstone
The consensus is unanimous and brutal: Elsa is in a different video game. She has survivability, damage, one of the most impactful ults in the game, and infinite shields from her dash. She got a 25 HP nerf and it changed absolutely nothing. Getting permabanned in most high-elo lobbies. Play her. Ban her. Either way, she defines the meta.
Tankpool (Deadpool Vanguard)
The most banned tank in the game at GM and above, and it’s not close. He’s a dive tank with poke damage, survivability most DPS characters would kill for, and a gameplay loop that’s deceptively simple once you get it. The Elsa team-up is a bonus. The nerfs didn’t do anything meaningful. He’s still the single best tank in Marvel Rivals.
Gambit
Every tier list ends up here eventually. Best support in the game. His ult paired with Star-Lord is CIA-level psychological warfare. He enables Rogue, supercharges Loki, and turns Star-Lord from good to terrifying. The margin between him and the next tier of supports has closed, but he’s still god tier. Always getting banned first. Always.
S TIER
Invisible Woman
Consistently landing at the top of every support tier list. Her neutral is borderline unfair. Great healing output, incredible utility, and survivability that lets her stay in fights most supports can’t. The nerfs adjusted her self-sustain without touching the core of what makes her broken. Still getting banned. Still a problem.
Cloak and Dagger
The longest, highest-healing ult in the game. The blind ability alone forces team-wide behavior changes. She can run it offensively, defensively, or just sit in it and make everyone miserable. Paired with Loki she’s been dominant in pro play all season. Permaban status across the board.
Loki
S tier every season, no exception. His ability to copy supports means he benefits from whoever the enemy team is running. The clone crystals are massive with ult charge being slower across the board. Not getting banned as much as Gambit or Cloak, which frankly is disrespectful to how good he actually is.
Jeff the Land Shark
Jeff is back. With ults taking longer to build, his self-sufficient healing style becomes way more valuable. Supports aren’t propping him up through ult spam anymore. He’s slippery, he’s a natural fit for dive comps, and his teamups with Venom and Deadpool are real. Good Jeff players are winning games consistently right now. Learn him.
Mantis
In the right comp, she’s oppressive. The enabler for triple support. Her damage amp creates one-shot windows that shouldn’t exist. Her sleep buys time that changes fights. She’s comp-dependent, but that comp (triple support with Mantis and Groot) is still very much viable this season.
Daredevil
They’ve nerfed him multiple times and it keeps not mattering. He was good in poke. Now it’s a dive meta. He’s even better. The nerfs basically offset the meta shift and he’s sitting right where he was, at the top of the damage dealer tier. If your team is running any kind of dive, DD is almost always the right call.
Phoenix
The second-best DPS behind Elsa in most tier lists. Eight seconds of invincibility in her ult, massive self-sustain, and she punishes poke comps and brawl comps alike. One creator said people’s fear of Phoenix is mostly PTSD from last season. Maybe. She’s still absolutely S tier.
Namor
Often underrated by casual players, consistently praised by the high-elo crowd. Great anti-dive kit, solid neutral, and the Hela team-up turns both of them into S-tier picks. His ult timing at the end of Cloak and Dagger’s ult is a tech that high-elo players are starting to abuse heavily.
Hela
Consistently S tier for different reasons at different elos. At high elo, she’s an anchor for the Namor team-up and her bird-insta tech gives her more survivability than she gets credit for. Some creators put her high A, others put her S. Blended, she’s comfortably S tier. She’s been here so long you almost forget she’s broken.
Venom
The best dive tank that isn’t Tankpool. His neutral is way more viable now that ults are slower, and he combines with Spider-Man, DD, and Cap to form the scariest dive cores in the game. He needs follow-up to really pop off, but most ranked dive comps give him exactly that. S tier when used right.
Groot
Still one of the best bans in the game at high elo. His walls change how entire teams play. He farms ult charge through healing on teammates, combos with almost every ult in the game, and is an ELO farmer in ranked when people don’t know how to deal with him. Not as dominant as last season, but his walls matter more than ever.
Spider-Man
The top-500 community has officially caught up to what the best Spider-Man players were showing in tournaments. The dive meta gives him perfect follow-up. His ability to ban supports out of relevance (ban Invis, Cloak, Loki, and Spider-Man eats) is a real strategic path. The one-trick potential here is the highest in the game. S tier.
Star-Lord
Probably the most underplayed S tier hero right now. Paired with Gambit, he’s straight-up terrorism. Even without Gambit, his neutral is strong and his Legendary form hits different when ults are slower. One creator called him the best character they weren’t playing and immediately regretted it. High S tier.
Wolverine
Flats is the most vocal Wolverine advocate in the scene, and this season he has a real case. The Hulk and Wolverine deployment system is back. Starting every King of the Hill map with a free kill is not a small thing. He punishes bad positioning, shreds tanks, and his ult cycles faster than almost anyone else. Wide variance in community opinion, but leaning S.
A TIER
White Fox
The most balanced support they’ve shipped. Simultaneously great into dive and great enabling dive, which is a design trick that almost never works. After the buffs, she’s earned A tier. Most players are still figuring out that she needs to play aggressive, not like a healbot. Once they do, she’ll climb.
Angela
Her nerfs actually made her slightly better in some ways. The ground axes buff and overshield give her more to work with, and her pull is still devastating. She punishes backlines hard when played well. Wide disagreement between B and A. Blended average puts her at A tier, but she has counters that can completely shut her down.
Captain America
High-elo players are significantly higher on Cap than casual ones. He never dies, his ult generates a ton of value with slower charge across the board, and in coordinated dive comps he’s the second-best off-tank after Tankpool. Solo-queue Cap is harder because he doesn’t output threatening damage, but in organized play he’s a nightmare.
Bucky (Winter Soldier)
Dive meta = Bucky has built-in value. His hook is a hard counter to several dive characters, and his Earthbound ability creates free kills. Some creators say he’s overrated in this specific meta (Flats is notably skeptical), but the majority land him at high A tier and that’s where we’ll put him.
Magneto
His ult got a big upgrade. It moves at Mach 10 now and can counter Star-Lord, Punisher, and backline healing ults. His bubble nerf hurt neutral play, but he’s still one of the best solo tanks in ranked. Low S in some tier lists, mid A in others. Comfortably high A.
Thor
The most divisive hero in the community and this tier list reflects that. Flats puts him at S. The EU scene puts him B. The high-elo GM+ lists put him A. He’s a jack-of-all-trades who punishes bad positioning, does everything adequately, and can slot into almost any comp. High A is the fair middle ground.
Hulk
Finally good again. The double clap charges his ult insanely fast, and the bubbles provide value that goes beyond just survivability. He’s counterable (Punisher shotgun, Bucky hook, Emma Frost grab) but in a dive comp where he’s throwing Wolverine at people? Real menace. High A tier, trending toward S.
Blade
Huge variance here. Necros and Flats think he’s still fighting for relevance. Ply Fun thinks he’s secretly broken and top players are starting to permaban him. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle: A tier, on the rise, with the Groot combo being genuinely scary when executed right. The 40% anti-heal in his ult is not trivial.
Psylock
Strong individual duelist who got buffed in a meta that was supposed to favor her. Her cooldown reductions let her combo more freely, and being able to perma-ban Loki with your third ban essentially removes her biggest counter. Mid-to-high A tier. Slightly more mechanically demanding than most, but rewarding when mastered.
Moonknight
His ult is slower now like everyone else’s, but his ult charges faster than almost any other DPS, so he still laps most of the field. His ankh placement and backline access give him carry potential that most ranked lobbies don’t respect enough. High A tier.
Rocket Raccoon
The OG reliable support. His res beacon gets more value when teammates are dying in dive fights, and his ranged orb healing is one of the safest ways to peel for diving teammates. Not meta-defining, but never a bad pick. The Jeff and Rocket Animal Crossing backline is a real strategy that works. High B to A depending on comp.
Adam Warlock
Triple-support merchant who’s significantly better this season because ults matter more when they’re harder to get. His soul bond is more impactful. His res has always been underrated. The 15% healing nerf hurt, but most creators still land him at B-to-low-A. We’re putting him at A tier in the right triple-support setup.
B TIER
Emma Frost
Wide disagreement here. Some creators put her at low S after the buffs. Others put her at C or D. Most land around A or high B. Her crystal is genuinely broken when used correctly, her one-shot combos are real, and she hard counters some dive tanks. But she struggles to build charge in a dive meta and gets cooked when teams play around her. High B, trending A with dive bans.
Doctor Strange
Solid, balanced, never a great choice in a dive meta but never terrible. His portal gets unexpected value in low-coordination environments. B tier is the consensus and it’s correct.
The Thing
Great counter to specific dive characters like BP, Spider-Man, and Psylock, but not a general anti-dive solution. In a full dive comp, Thing stuns them and then everyone else still dies. High B tier. He has a place, it’s just specific.
Luna Snow
Not where she was. She’s a healbot in a meta that doesn’t reward stationary healing. Her clap cooldown buff helps but doesn’t change her core problem: dive eats her alive. High B is generous but fair. She’s not useless, she’s just outclassed.
Storm
Slept on in some ways. She’s a spawn-hold breaker, she pairs with Moonknight and Punisher to create oppressive poke setups, and her 12% damage buff to teammates is underutilized. Not a dive character, which limits her ceiling this season. B tier, situational upside.
Magik
Good in the right comp, punishing when opponents don’t respect her ult. She’s melee dive that isn’t quite as mobile as other dive options. B tier. Mostly because really good Magik players can genuinely run lobbies, and someone has to give them credit.
Iron Fist
Survives forever. The block is annoying to fight. His cooldown reductions in dive feel good. He just doesn’t kill enough to justify over other dive options. Low B tier. Playable, not great.
DPS Deadpool
Still figuring out his ceiling. High-elo players say there’s real potential here, especially without Tankpool in the game. The bunny hop nerf hurt but the health buff helps. B tier. The upside exists but the consistency doesn’t.
Heal Deadpool
Niche. Works in specific triple-support setups with coordination. In ranked? You’re making your team play without Tankpool for this. Bottom B, top C.
Rogue
Genuinely bad this patch for most players. The Gambit team-up saves her. Without it, her neutral is risky and her ult is less impactful when charge across the board is slower. B tier is generous. C is probably closer to reality in most lobbies.
C TIER
Ultron
Sleeper pick that creators keep circling back to as “could be underrated.” His bots give passive healing with no input. In triple-support comps with Mantis he provides a third ult that doesn’t pull resources from the other two. The community just doesn’t play him right. C tier now, with upside if the meta shifts.
Iron Man
The buffs this season were interesting. Getting more beam time per kill changes his risk/reward in active fights. With a Mag ban, he eats poke matchups and is harder to deal with than people expect. C tier with real sleeper potential. Flats put him high on his personal sleeper pick list for the season.
Hawkeye
The nerfs hit and the meta shift away from poke made it worse. He still shreds in lower-coordination environments where people stand in the open. Top C in high elo, though some creators put him D tier. The consensus middle is C.
Black Panther
Better than D tier for the first time in a while. The mobility buffs are real and his kit is genuinely threatening when uncountered. But one counter swap, especially The Thing, and he can’t play the game. Upper C tier.
Human Torch
Interesting one. The changes made his kit flow better but didn’t address his fundamental problem: he has to play close because of past range nerfs, and a flyer up close is awkward. C tier. Devs said more buffs are coming in 7.5.
Mr. Fantastic
Wildly different across elos. In low elo and on console, there’s a legitimate case for B or even A tier. He’s unkillable, anti-dive, and the average player doesn’t deal with him well. In high elo, essentially nobody plays him. C tier averaged across the board.
D TIER
Penny Parker
The four horsemen of Penny disappeared this season and nobody is surprised. Dive completely invalidates her kit. The nest is easy to break. The nest is easy to rotate around. Even her anti-dive role gets outcompeted by characters who just counter dive better. D tier.
Scarlet Witch
They buffed her significantly. She’s no longer a guaranteed throw pick. But “not a throw pick” isn’t the same as “good.” D tier. Not F, but close enough that you should still pick something else.
Squirrel Girl
Specifically excellent against Groot and triple tank. Neither is common enough at high elo to justify her slot. Good in low elo as a cheese pick. D tier at high elo, C in low elo environments where Groot roams free.
F TIER
Black Widow
Every single creator agrees. She hasn’t been buffed. She can’t be buffed without becoming oppressive in a boring way. The community thinks she’s getting reworked, which is why the devs are sitting on her. Until that happens: F tier, no debate, don’t play her.
Bottom Line
This season rewards players who can actually fight in the neutral. If your whole game plan was waiting to press Q and letting your ult do the work, Season 7 is your personal villain arc.
In practice, Elsa, Tankpool, and Gambit are the three characters that define what you can and can’t do in any given match. If your draft ignores them, you’re already behind. After that, the S tier is wide and real. There are a lot of ways to win this season.
The surprise stories: Jeff is back, Wolverine is real, Star-Lord is criminally underplayed, and Iron Man might be this season’s sneaky sleeper pick. Watch those.
Jump into our Discord and tell us what’s working for you this season. Especially if you’re running something off this list and making it work. I want to hear it.
