Marvel Rivals
The meta at a glance, then the answer you came for. Tier list from 5 sources, counters for all 53 heroes with the mechanic behind each one, and win rate by map.
ends Sep 11, 2026
Roster current as of Season 9.5. 53 heroes, 1,225 matchups mapped and 104 Team-Ups. Numbers refreshed Aug 31, 2026.
Who counters who
Open the counter list →All 53 heroes and 1,225 matchups, every one of them with the mechanic behind it rather than a bare verdict. 346 are write-ups of ours naming a specific mechanic.
Every hero gets a page like this. Here are the three strongest answers, with the mechanic that makes each one work.
Every The Hood matchup →Wolverine's Savage Claw takes a percentage of maximum health per strike, so The Hood's 600 health pool works against him rather than for him.
Cloak's Terror Cape blinds him past 10m and adds 28% Vulnerability, and The Hood's Leaded Transformation only lifesteals on bullets that strike.
Iron Fist picks when and where this fight happens, so The Hood only ever takes it on Iron Fist's terms.
How the roster ranks
See full tier list →Every hero ranked from 5 sources rather than one opinion. The two ends are previewed here; the middle is where those sources disagree most, so click through for it.
Who over-performs where
All maps →The six busiest maps, each showing the heroes that beat their own average by the widest margin here.
MidtownConvoy- Emma FrostVanguard+1.6pp
- GrootVanguard+1.4pp
- Iron ManDuelist+1.3pp
Museum of ContemplationConvoy- Peni ParkerVanguard+2.8pp
- Scarlet WitchDuelist+1.8pp
- The ThingVanguard+1.8pp
Heart of HeavenConvergence- Mister FantasticDuelist+2.1pp
- Adam WarlockStrategist+1.5pp
- UltronStrategist+1.5pp
Yggdrasill pathConvoy
KrakoaDomination
Central parkConvergence- HawkeyeDuelist+1.9pp
- Human TorchDuelist+1.8pp
- Jeff the Land SharkStrategist+1.6pp
Ranked by how far a hero sits above their own average win rate on that map, which is our arithmetic over community match counts rather than a figure anyone publishes. Raw win rate would list the strongest heroes in the game on every map and tell you nothing about the map. These are the six most-played maps by recorded volume, and coverage is maps with enough recorded matches rather than every map in the game. Refreshed Aug 31, 2026.
What the meta is doing
All news →Our guides to where the season sits, with every figure read from the same snapshot the rest of the site runs on.
Tier listSeason 9.5Aug 22, 2026
Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 Tier List, and What the Letter Actually Means
Who is winning this half season, where the letter comes from, and the thing a tier list can never answer.
CountersSeason 9.5Aug 22, 2026
What Beats the Season 9.5 Meta in Marvel Rivals
The other team locked the best hero in the game. Here is who to pick, and why it works.
Ban phaseSeason 9.5Aug 22, 2026
Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 Ban Guide: Who Gets Banned, and Who You Should Ban
The ban phase is your one chance to delete a problem instead of solving it. Most players waste it.
Before you trust this
What these numbers are, where they come from, and what we deliberately do not show.
What is this Marvel Rivals page for?
The way in. Where the season is, how the roster ranks, who counters who, and which heroes over-perform on which map. Every section links through to the full version. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.
Do you measure any of these numbers yourselves?
No. We do not run a data pipeline against the game. Win rates and match counts come from community sources, and where we do arithmetic on them, such as centring map performance against a hero's own average, the page says so rather than presenting the result as a published figure. These win rates are shrunk toward 50% in proportion to sample size at the source, so a rarely played hero reads closer to even than it actually played.
How often does this change?
The snapshots refresh weekly and the roster is current as of Season 9.5. A balance patch can move heroes several tiers, so treat any ranking here as this week's reading rather than a permanent verdict.
Where does the season countdown come from?
The half-season window is stated in prose on the community wiki, so the countdown is read off a source rather than estimated. It is computed in your browser rather than when the page was built, because these pages are prerendered weekly and a baked-in countdown would be days out of date while looking exact.
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