
Counters and synergies
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.
Beats Ultron
Spider-ManDuelist
Spider-Man reaches the backline before Ultron can be peeled off, and Ultron loses the close-range fight.
Black WidowDuelist
Ultron has to fight from open air, and Black Widow's precision fire punishes a target that cannot break line of sight.
PsylockeDuelist
Psylocke reaches the backline before Ultron can be peeled off, and Ultron loses the close-range fight.
Star-LordDuelistour note
Star-Lord's Galactic Legend locks on to anything in sight out to 40m at 40 rounds a second, and Ultron's Dynamic Flight cannot break that line of sight.
The PunisherDuelist
Ultron has to fight from open air, and The Punisher's precision fire punishes a target that cannot break line of sight.
Ultron beats these
Squirrel GirlDuelistour note
He fights from the air, and her shots are built to bounce off floors and walls.
Moon KnightDuelist
Ultron heals back what the trade costs, so Moon Knight has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Peni ParkerVanguardour note
Her nest and mines cover the ground she stands on, not the air he holds.
WolverineDuelistour note
Wolverine has no way up, and Ultron never comes down.
Human TorchDuelist
Ultron heals back what the trade costs, so Human Torch has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Playstyle synergy, not win rate
No duo notes for Ultron yet.
See all duos for UltronUltron has 50 mapped matchups on this page, 5 of them heroes who counter Ultron hard.
The figures in the header: tier, win rate, pick rate and match count are drawn from community match data, across 43,553 recorded matches, and the tier letter is that data's call rather than ours. Pick rate is the share of matches featuring Ultron. 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 Ultron, 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.
Highest win rate alongside Ultron, whether or not they share a Team-Up.
Put Ultron 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.
Adam WarlockStrategist
FLAWLESS DESIGN
When teaming up with Ultron, Cosmic Cluster creates an explosion upon impact.
62.1%across 3,998 matches
Iron ManDuelist
STARK PROTOCOL
When teaming up with Iron Man, Imperative: Firewall fires powerful homing missiles at enemies in range, causing area damage.
62.3%across 3,512 matches
Peni ParkerVanguard
Ability name not published yet
66.8%across 2,527 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
Highest expected impact: heroes that beat Ultron 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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Counter rating is how lopsided that hero is against Ultron, 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 Ultron 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.
Where Ultron actually performs. Bars above the average line are green, below it red.
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.
How Ultron holds up as lobbies get better. They lose 2.5 points from Bronze to Celestial+.
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.
The boxes above show the top three per role. This is the full picture for Ultron, strongest first.
Spider-Man is the strongest answer to Ultron right now, rated 8 out of 10. Spider-Man reaches the backline before Ultron can be peeled off, and Ultron loses the close-range fight.
Ultron punishes Squirrel Girl hardest, rated 8 out of 10. He fights from the air, and her shots are built to bounce off floors and walls.
Ultron sits at a 54.0% win rate and shows up in 12.7% of matches. Read that as a shape rather than a verdict: 5 heroes counter them hard, and 27 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.