Loki
Make way for the God of Mischief.Loki is a strategist in Marvel Rivals, excelling at deception, healing, and battlefield control. His primary role is to support his team by healing allies, disrupting enemies with illusions, and creating opportunities for his teammates to secure kills. Loki's abilities allow him to confuse opponents with clones, reposition himself using Devious Exchange, and heal allies with Regeneration Domain. His ultimate ability, God of Mischief, lets him shapeshift into an ally or enemy hero, granting him access to their abilities and adding incredible versatility to his playstyle.
Loki thrives in team compositions that rely on coordinated engagements and sustained fights. He pairs well with vanguards like Hulk or Groot, who can hold the frontline while Loki supports from a safe distance. His synergy with Hela is particularly notable, as she grants him bonus armor and can even revive him if he's taken down. However, Loki's reliance on setup and positioning makes him vulnerable to dive-heavy heroes like Spider-Man or Star-Lord, requiring careful planning and awareness to maximize his impact.
How to play Loki in Marvel Rivals
To play Loki effectively, focus on using your illusions and healing abilities to support your team while keeping enemies distracted. Start fights by summoning a Doppelganger, which creates an illusion that can cast some of Loki's abilities. Position these illusions strategically to confuse enemies and force them to waste abilities on the wrong targets. Use Deception to go invisible and leave behind an illusion when under pressure—this ability allows you to escape danger or set up ambushes.
Loki's Regeneration Domain is a powerful healing tool that converts incoming damage taken by allies within its radius into healing energy. Use it during team fights to sustain your teammates while disrupting enemy engagements. Be mindful of its long cooldown and ensure you place it in a safe location, as it can be destroyed by enemies.
Loki's ultimate, God of Mischief, rewards you for understanding every other ultimate in the game to truly maximize its impact. This ultimate requires strong knowledge of other heroes' kits, so practice with different matchups to fully utilize its potential; safe picks to duplicate in emergencies include Luna Snow for stalling and sustain, Jeff for area denial, and Hela or Iron Man for massive damage.
Loki Counters and Synergies
Loki Abilities
God of Mischief
Shapeshift into a targeted ally or enemy hero and have access to all their abilities except any of their Team-Up Abilities. Loki will immediately have full ultimate charge for that character.
Mystical Missile
Fire Mystical Missiles to heal allies or deal damage to enemies.
Deception
Become invisible and conjure an Illusion in Loki's place to deceive enemies. The invisibility lasts until any action, except casting Devious Exchange, reloading, or casting Doppelganger.
Regeneration Domain
Use Rune Stones to create a magical field that heals allies. All incoming damage is instead converted into additional healing at a 30% rate.
Regeneration Domain is great for shutting down high-damage enemy ults, such as from Iron Man or Psylocke.
Doppelganger
Project an Illusion that can cast some of Loki's abilities.
Devious Exchange
Swap with the selected Illusion.