Best Strategists in Marvel Rivals Season 2

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Apr 11, 2025, 19:35 IST

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Marvel Rivals Season 2 introduces significant balance adjustments, impacting the viability of several strategists. Luna Snow remains a top pick due to her consistent kit and team-wide immortality ultimate. Cloak & Dagger received an ultimate buff, enhancing their healing and damage output, while Mantis, despite an HP nerf, benefits from quality of life changes, increasing her survivability and aggressive potential.

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Marvel Rivals Season 2 has rolled out with several balance changes to popular strategists in the game. It is crucial to know about these changes to understand the current meta and pick the right strategist for you. Cloak & Dagger, Loki, Invisible Woman, Rocket Raccoon, and Mantis have been balanced, changing their viability in the game. As such, we have shortlisted the most effective strategists in Marvel Rivals Season 2.
This article will list the best Strategists in Marvel Rivals Season 2 and why you should pick them over others.

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1. Luna Snow

Despite the removal of Luna Snow’s team-up ability with Namor, she is expected to remain one of the most picked strategists in Marvel Rivals Season 2. This is simply due to the consistent nature of her kit. Her ultimate is a one-key press to immortality for the entire team. Furthermore, she is viable in almost every team comp.

2. Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger received a slight buff to their ultimate in Marvel Rivals Season 2. Here’s how Eternal Bond's ultimate ability has changed:

After activating Eternal Bond (Ultimate Ability), the duration of the first three healing zones will no longer be calculated separately; instead, they will remain active until the duration of the final healing zone ends, at which point all will be removed together.

This implies that her ultimate will deal more damage and healing over a longer period. Furthermore, her kit provides a great counter to dive characters, allowing her to stay alive for longer. These reasons are why Cloak & Dagger are a solid choice among the strategists in Marvel Rivals Season 2.

3. Mantis

Despite Mantis getting a slight HP nerf in Marvel Rivals Season 2, she has received several quality of life changes that make her one of the strongest strategists in the game. Here’s how Mantis has been altered in Marvel Rivals Season 2:

Reduce base health from 275 to 250.
Effects of Healing Flower and Allied Inspiration can be stacked, up to a maximum of 16 seconds.

Mantis has a relatively high skill curve, but once you learn to manage her resources, she can be extremely difficult to kill. Probably the only strategist with such a high self-survivability potential. Additionally, Mantis’s kit incentivises her to remain aggressive and deal a ton of damage to gain healing capabilities for her team.

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