Marvel Rivals Tier List — Season 2

Updated: May 12, 2025

Most common bans: Emma Frost (early season), Groot, Hawkeye, Namor, Moon Knight (low ranks)

Newcomer Emma Frost has a very strong kit and counters a number of high-impact characters such as Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch. She'll take some time for players to fully grasp the nuances of her abilities and utilize each effectively, especially given Diamond Form's long cooldown, but good vanguard players will quickly be terrorizing lobbies with her. Expect to see her banned often early in the season, especially in lower ranks, until players are comfortable playing against her.

With a barrage of buffs, Hawkeye is back on top form. Expect Hawkeye mains to absolutely dominate lobbies, especially if they can get a Groot ban passed.

Iron Man benefits from gaining 100 temporary bonus health during armor overdrive, making him deceptively tanky and tougher to trade with unless you have very high burst damage.

Namor also shoots up the tiers thanks to his general anti-flank strength being augmented by his new gamma monstro via his team-up with Hulk, who also benefits from new buffs. Expect to see this pair pretty often if they survive the ban phase.

Doctor Strange remains a powerhouse vanguard but slips a little due to some nerfs to his kit alongside some of his counterparts being buffed. His new team-up gives Scarlet Witch a strong new ability, but surprisingly Strange is the weaker half of the team-up and may fall out of favor, especially with Emma Frost being able to completely shut down and deny his otherwise extremely powerful ultimate.

Moon Knight received some buffs and while he may not still see too much play at the highest ranks, he'll continue to dominate low-mid competitive matches. Expect to see him banned or instapicked often in low ranks as a comfortable "delete everyone" character until reaching skill levels where players understand his counterplay correctly.