Counters and synergies
Peni Parker counters and matchups
Higher is stronger on every card. Ratings show how lopsided the matchup is, from 7 to 10 for a hard counter and 3 to 6 for a soft one.
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Beats Peni Parker
Human TorchDuelistour note
8/10hardArea burn clears nest and mines without entering their range.
JubileeStrategistour note
8/10hardThe orb charges by hitting targets near it, and a nest gives it a target that never moves.
Moon KnightDuelistour note
8/10hardAnkh ricochets clear the whole nest-and-mine cluster at once.
PhoenixDuelistour note
8/10hardSparks stack on anything that stays still, and Peni is anchored to her nest.
The HoodVanguardour note
8/10hardThe Hood's Leaded Transformation never reloads and lifesteals off every hit, so a Peni anchored to her nest is simply something to drain.
Free matchups
Peni Parker beats these
Black PantherDuelistour note
8/10hardWebbed mines interrupt the dash-reset loop his damage depends on.
Iron FistDuelistour note
8/10hardMines detonate on his approach before he can start the punch chain.
Spider-ManDuelistour note
8/10hardMines and nest cover the ceilings and walls he needs to swing from.
DaredevilDuelist
8/10hardPeni Parker's zoning keeps damaging Daredevil through the dive, so Daredevil loses the fight they started.
Black CatDuelist
8/10hardPeni Parker's zoning keeps damaging Black Cat through the dive, so Black Cat loses the fight they started.
Strongest duos
Playstyle synergy, not win rate
NamorDuelistour note
Stacked anti-dive zones shut every flank route at once.
The PunisherDuelistour note
Her nest protects the turret mode he cannot move out of.
Where these numbers come from
Peni Parker has 50 mapped matchups on this page, 11 of them heroes who counter Peni Parker hard.
The figures in the header: tier, win rate, pick rate and match count are drawn from community match data, across 61,569 recorded matches, and the tier letter is that data's call rather than ours. Pick rate is the share of matches featuring Peni Parker. Rank is our ordering of those win rates across the 53 heroes in the snapshot, not a rating we measured. Ban share is the percentage of every ban cast that named Peni Parker, in the ranked divisions where the ban phase runs. It is our own figure and not the same as a published ban rate. 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. A sample, not a census, and not split by rank or mode. The matchup counts above are ours, and the 0 to 10 ratings on every card are matchup lopsidedness rather than a win rate, because we measure nothing ourselves. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.
Who to play Peni Parker with
Best duos
Highest win rate alongside Peni Parker, whether or not they share a Team-Up.
Team-Ups
Put Peni Parker on a team with any of these and the pair unlocks an extra ability. That is a game mechanic rather than a reading of the numbers.
Rocket RaccoonStrategist
ROCKET NETWORK
When teaming up with Rocket Raccoon, the Armored Spider-Nestpassively regenerates its own Health. Furthermore, Rocket's B.R.B.will generate Cyber-Webs, and spawn both Spider-Dronesand Arachno-Mines.
67%across 7,627 matches
Spider-ManDuelist
PARKER POWER-UP
When teaming up with Peni Parker, Spider-Tracers applied by Web-Cluster are upgraded. Detonating these upgraded marks generates <Buff>Bonus Health for Spider-Man.
66.8%across 4,980 matches
UltronStrategist
Ability name not published yet
66.8%across 2,527 matches
Black PantherDuelist
VIBRANIUM MECH
When teaming up with Black Panther, activating the ability deploys a frontal Vibranium Shield, while reducing the Vibranium Energy cost of Cyber-Web Cluster.
63%across 1,574 matches
Best allies per hero, ranked by how often teams won with both on the field. Win rates are shrunk toward 50% by sample size at the source, because duo samples are far thinner than solo ones. This is not the same as a Team-Up, which is a specific ability a pair unlocks. A Team-Up is a game mechanic: these two heroes on one team unlock an extra ability. The win rate is how often teams containing both won, which is not the same as how much the Team-Up itself contributed. Match data as of Aug 31, 2026. Which heroes pair, and what the ability is called, come from the game itself. Team-Ups are reshuffled between seasons, so this list is refreshed rather than written once.
Ban suggestions
Heroes to ban against Peni Parker
Highest expected impact: heroes that beat Peni Parker hard and that the ladder already spends its bans on, so you are not the only person treating them as a problem.
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How is this calculated?
Counter rating is how lopsided that hero is against Peni Parker, 7 to 10 for a hard counter and 3 to 6 for a soft one. It comes from this site's matchup data.
Ban share is the percentage of every ban that named that hero, counted across the ranked divisions where the ban phase runs, so it does not describe lower divisions or Quick Play. Ban counts are drawn from community match data, as of Aug 31, 2026. It sums to 100% across the roster, so 9% means roughly one ban in eleven. Declined bans are not counted. Combined multiplies the counter rating by the ban share, after damping the share so the most banned hero on the roster cannot swamp a genuinely bad matchup. A hero has to both answer Peni Parker and be someone the ladder already treats as a problem.
Why bans and not pick rate: a ban is chosen before the match and on purpose, which makes it the cleanest signal that a hero is considered a problem. It is also the same question this panel is asking. This is our own figure, not the same as a published ban rate, so the two will not match.
Win rate by map
Where Peni Parker actually performs. Bars above the average line are green, below it red.
Lower ManhattanConvergence58.6%
Museum of ContemplationConvoy58.5%
Hall of DjaliaConvergence57.1%
Royal palaceDomination57.0%
KrakoaDomination56.6%
Birnin t'challaDomination56.6%
Shin-shibuyaConvergence56.1%
Heart of HeavenConvergence55.8%
ArakkoConvoy55.6%- CECelestial huskDomination55.6%
- Best maps
- Lower Manhattan (58.6%), Museum of Contemplation (58.5%), Hall of Djalia (57.1%)
- Worst maps
- Thebes (51.3%), Midtown (52.1%), Yggdrasill path (54.1%)
17 maps with enough recorded matches, which is not necessarily every map in the game. One row per map, averaged across its modes by match volume. The scale is zoomed to the data, so read the axis. Win rates are shrunk toward 50% by sample size at the source, so a thinly played map reads closer to even than it played., as of Aug 31, 2026.
Win rate by rank
How Peni Parker holds up as lobbies get better. They lose 3.7 points from Bronze to Celestial+.
- 54.2
- 56.1
- 56.4
- 56.2
- 57.3
- 58.0
- 50.5
- Bronze22.4% pick
- Silver20.5% pick
- Gold17.2% pick
- Plat11.2% pick
- Diamond8.6% pick
- GM7.1% pick
- Cel+*7.9% pick
Bars above the 50% line are green, below it red. The scale is zoomed to the data, so read the axis. Divisions marked with an asterisk are faded because the sample is thin, and their win rate can swing on a handful of matches. Higher divisions always have far fewer matches than Bronze, and win rates are shrunk toward 50% by sample size at the source, which flattens the thinnest divisions further., as of Aug 31, 2026.
Strongest duos
Every mapped matchup
The boxes above show the top three per role. This is the full picture for Peni Parker, strongest first.
Loses to31
- Human Torchhard8/10
- Jubileehard8/10
- Moon Knighthard8/10
- Phoenixhard8/10
- The Hoodhard8/10
- Rocket Raccoonhard8/10
- The Punisherhard7/10
- Invisible Womanhard7/10
- Iron Manhard7/10
- Mantishard7/10
- Luna Snowhard7/10
- Cyclopssoft5/10
- Emma Frostsoft5/10
- Scarlet Witchsoft5/10
- Ultronsoft5/10
- Hawkeyesoft6/10
- Squirrel Girlsoft6/10
- Stormsoft6/10
- Cloak & Daggersoft5/10
- Adam Warlocksoft5/10
- White Foxsoft5/10
- Winter Soldiersoft5/10
- Black Widowsoft4/10
- Helasoft4/10
- Doctor Strangesoft4/10
- Lokisoft4/10
- Namorsoft4/10
- Elsa Bloodstonesoft3/10
- Gambitsoft3/10
- Jeff the Land Sharksoft3/10
- Grootsoft3/10
Beats19
- Black Pantherhard8/10
- Iron Fisthard8/10
- Spider-Manhard8/10
- Daredevilhard8/10
- Black Cathard8/10
- Mister Fantastichard8/10
- Hulkhard7/10
- Roguehard7/10
- The Thinghard7/10
- Captain Americahard7/10
- Thorhard7/10
- Magiksoft5/10
- Psylockesoft5/10
- Venomsoft5/10
- Wolverinesoft5/10
- Star-Lordsoft5/10
- Bladesoft6/10
- Angelasoft5/10
- Deadpoolsoft4/10
Peni Parker counters, answered
Who counters Peni Parker in Marvel Rivals?
Human Torch is the strongest answer to Peni Parker right now, rated 8 out of 10. Area burn clears nest and mines without entering their range.
Who is Peni Parker good against?
Peni Parker punishes Black Panther hardest, rated 8 out of 10. Webbed mines interrupt the dash-reset loop his damage depends on.
Is Peni Parker still worth playing on the Season 9.5 roster?
Peni Parker sits at a 55.7% win rate and shows up in 17.9% of matches. Read that as a shape rather than a verdict: 11 heroes counter them hard, and 19 matchups go their way. The win rate is community match data. 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. The S tier letter is that data's call, not ours, and the rank is our ordering of those win rates rather than a rating we measured. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.