Counters and synergies
Winter Soldier 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 Winter Soldier
Invisible WomanStrategist
7/10hardInvisible Woman heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Jeff the Land SharkStrategist
7/10hardJeff the Land Shark heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
LokiStrategist
6/10softLoki heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Rocket RaccoonStrategist
6/10softRocket Raccoon heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Cloak & DaggerStrategist
5/10softCloak & Dagger heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Free matchups
Winter Soldier beats these
Human TorchDuelistour note
5/10softBurst damage catches him mid-flight between fire zones.
Iron ManDuelistour note
5/10softHigh per-shot damage punishes a flyer with a big hitbox.
StormDuelistour note
5/10softTwo clean hits threaten a kill on a slow hovering target.
DeadpoolMulti-Role
5/10softWinter Soldier works from just outside Deadpool's effective range, and closing that gap is Deadpool's whole problem.
HelaDuelist
5/10softWinter Soldier brings a much larger health pool to the same fight, so Hela runs out of body before the trade is finished.
Strongest duos
Playstyle synergy, not win rate
No duo notes for Winter Soldier yet.
See all duos for Winter SoldierWhere these numbers come from
Winter Soldier has 47 mapped matchups on this page, 2 of them heroes who counter Winter Soldier hard.
The figures in the header: tier, win rate, pick rate and match count are drawn from community match data, across 104,015 recorded matches, and the tier letter is that data's call rather than ours. Pick rate is the share of matches featuring Winter Soldier. 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 Winter Soldier, 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 Winter Soldier with
Best duos
Highest win rate alongside Winter Soldier, whether or not they share a Team-Up.
Team-Ups
Put Winter Soldier 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.
Elsa BloodstoneDuelist
EXPERT INSTINCT
When teaming up with Elsa Bloodstone, the Bonus Health generated by Ceaseless Charge is increased.
53.7%across 11,866 matches
The PunisherDuelist
TIMELESS VETERANS
When teaming up with The Punisher, the electric burst applies a Grounded effect and Knocks Back enemies even further.
47.7%across 9,517 matches
Captain AmericaVanguard
STARS ALIGNED
When teaming up with Winter Soldier, the duo can trigger a mutual rally. Upon confirmation, they charge at one another, slamming together to grant Bonus Health and Movement Speed to all nearby friends. The original effect remains, now addit
53.5%across 4,082 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 Winter Soldier
Highest expected impact: heroes that beat Winter Soldier 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 Winter Soldier, 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 Winter Soldier 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 Winter Soldier actually performs. Bars above the average line are green, below it red.
Royal palaceDomination51.2%
Birnin t'challaDomination51.0%
Hall of DjaliaConvergence51.0%
Lower ManhattanConvergence51.0%
Symbiotic surfaceConvergence50.9%
Heart of HeavenConvergence50.9%
MidtownConvoy50.8%
Shin-shibuyaConvergence50.8%
Central parkConvergence50.3%
Spider-islandsConvoy50.2%
- Best maps
- Royal palace (51.2%), Birnin t'challa (51.0%), Hall of Djalia (51.0%)
- Worst maps
- Yggdrasill path (49.1%), Arakko (49.2%), Hell's heaven (49.8%)
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 Winter Soldier holds up as lobbies get better. They lose 1.1 points from Bronze to Celestial+.
- 50.6
- 50.7
- 50.1
- 50.9
- 50.0
- 49.0
- 49.5
- Bronze22.3% pick
- Silver26.2% pick
- Gold30.3% pick
- Plat38.8% pick
- Diamond48.0% pick
- GM57.4% pick
- Cel+61.0% pick
Bars above the 50% line are green, below it red. The scale is zoomed to the data, so read the axis. 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.
Every mapped matchup
The boxes above show the top three per role. This is the full picture for Winter Soldier, strongest first.
Loses to23
- Invisible Womanhard7/10
- Jeff the Land Sharkhard7/10
- Lokisoft6/10
- Rocket Raccoonsoft6/10
- Cloak & Daggersoft5/10
- Doctor Strangesoft5/10
- Moon Knightsoft5/10
- Squirrel Girlsoft5/10
- Gambitsoft4/10
- Hawkeyesoft4/10
- Luna Snowsoft4/10
- White Foxsoft4/10
- Adam Warlocksoft4/10
- Captain Americasoft4/10
- Daredevilsoft4/10
- Magnetosoft4/10
- Mantissoft4/10
- Ultronsoft4/10
- Emma Frostsoft3/10
- Black Widowsoft3/10
- Grootsoft3/10
- Namorsoft3/10
- Phoenixsoft3/10
Beats24
- Human Torchsoft5/10
- Iron Mansoft5/10
- Stormsoft5/10
- Deadpoolsoft5/10
- Helasoft5/10
- Roguesoft5/10
- Scarlet Witchsoft5/10
- Thorsoft5/10
- Devil Dinosaursoft5/10
- The Hoodsoft5/10
- Peni Parkersoft5/10
- Jubileesoft4/10
- Cyclopssoft4/10
- Iron Fistsoft4/10
- Spider-Mansoft4/10
- Wolverinesoft4/10
- Hulksoft4/10
- Star-Lordsoft4/10
- The Thingsoft3/10
- Angelasoft3/10
- Bladesoft3/10
- Elsa Bloodstonesoft3/10
- Magiksoft3/10
- Psylockesoft3/10
Winter Soldier counters, answered
Who counters Winter Soldier in Marvel Rivals?
Invisible Woman is the strongest answer to Winter Soldier right now, rated 7 out of 10. Invisible Woman heals back what the trade costs, so Winter Soldier has to win it outright and cannot grind it out.
Who is Winter Soldier good against?
Winter Soldier punishes Human Torch hardest, rated 5 out of 10. Burst damage catches him mid-flight between fire zones.
Is Winter Soldier still worth playing on the Season 9.5 roster?
Winter Soldier sits at a 50.4% win rate and shows up in 30.3% of matches. Read that as a shape rather than a verdict: 2 heroes counter them hard, and 24 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 B 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.