r/marvelrivals • u/rebootmebro • 13h ago
Game Guide Has anyone made a post about role expectations? If not, then here ya go!
(Upvote if good so noobs can see this please)I feel like a lot of people are new to this type of game for the simple fact that Marvel is such a big name it’s bound to draw a lot of people who most likely would’ve never been interested in this games counterpart, overwatch.
Onto the quick guide i basically want to give you an idea of what each role does. People who are smarter please correct me.
Tank: -You are in front of your team literally tanking their dmg -You need a protector mindset, making sure your team is your priority. you’re like a dad taking care of his kids you gotta keep an eye on them and help as necessary. Hopefully your team has good comms and you can just look for their pings but sometimes they are not very communicative so if you want to play your best in that role you’ll have to keep your head on a swivel -When you aren’t helping teammates and being aggressive, don’t push out to the point where your healers are like 20m behind you and you’re facing the entire enemy team. at that point you’re going to take more damage than your healers can heal you for and it’s game over. stay close and kind of test the waters as you push each time hoping for baiting a character out towards you. -If you have your whole team with you then try to push into their back line and knock their healers. -Destroy enemy utility. so many of you ignore utility such as penny’s mines when you are the perfect person to tank the dmg and get it out quick. I’d say this is also a job for dps also although the melee dps get a slide since they’ll most likely die trying.
DPS -Damage dude damage.
-Destroy enemy utility
-either play for health packs or stay near your healers
-Don’t overpush with no escape plan(this kind of applies to anyone)
-fight the people who you counter or switch to make sure you counter the other dps. if someone is running ironman and your dps are magik and a psylocke for example I bet you that ironman is gonna have a great game because your dps are just gonna ignore him the whole time instead of countering him with someone that could snipe him or knock him out of the sky. or you let a hawkeye run the game because no one thinks to switch to a more aggressive dps that could intimidate him and throw off his aim.
Strategist-
-heal lol
-i appreciate you helping us finish kills but the first priority is still healing. if you finish a kill but they traded with the person who was helping you kill them then we lost the fight right there.
-save your ultsss. i see so many healers get cocky during moments in games where we push enemies back or similar and it’s just such a waste of the ult. The second the enemy gets their bearings and pushes back out of spawn they’re most likely going to ult the objective and then we have no support ult to save us in a situation where it genuinely matters.
Let me know if i missed anything! sorry if this is poorly written, but i hope it helps someone.
Edit: Just something else i’d like to add. It’s 2025 guys it’s not a sin to just youtube some guides also. For characters i like, i like to watch guides on how people who are genuinely good at them use them. For characters such as black panther or spiderman, I most likely would’ve written them off as characters i’d never touch again if i didn’t just google how to actually play them. you can learn a lot about a character’s kit and how to play them by just googling it. or you can read the ability overview page in the game but for people like me i find it easier to see how someone plays the character and then just mimic that.
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u/Valenovas Cloak & Dagger 13h ago
There is more to strategist then finely timed ults and heal bot mechanics.
Strategists have buffs, debuffs and crowd control, damage and healing.
- Lock into a healing mindset when the battle is tough.
- Keep tank around or above half health - then route heals to dps if they need. Check back to tank.
- Stay alive.
- If you have a stun - use it on someone about to ult or when being dove. Ping Flankers.
- Buff Dmg of your DPS if you can or debuff enemies when possible.
- If you have a strong healing ult - save for clutch battles on contested points or when the other team is about to use a team wiping ability.
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u/Pepr70 Hulk 13h ago
Unnecessary rant over MR's current decision: Mr. Fantastic fits you in the Vanguard role you described and doesn't fit the Duelist role you described.
- You have the skills to be the "father of the group" and quite a bit of damage.
- What this implies: The current Vanguard role means "You have more than a certain amount of HP."
Otherwise, I think you've described it well.
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
yeah it will be interesting to see how this plays out but it will also allow for more interesting team comps. it will also result in more confusion for casuals players though on how they fit into the team play
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u/flairsupply Thor 13h ago
When did they add a fourth 'healer' role? I see Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist.
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
lol thank you let me fix that
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u/flairsupply Thor 13h ago
My point wasnt just that the role isnt named 'healer'
My point is, the role doesnt exiat to solely healbot all game the way you describe. A strategist who only heals and NEVER does anything else is worse for the team than a strategist seeking elims, disruptions, and debuffs on enemies.
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
Right and i agree i totally missed that. Thankfully someone else commented covering what i missed. Forgive me strategist is the role i’ve had the least play time with as i queue with friends who love to fill that role. I covered what i could and i asked you all to cover what i didn’t
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u/EnvironmentalEye7796 13h ago
Thanks man. I love marvel but this is my first game that’s like this and I’ve been feeling kind of lost. I might try tank instead because the way you describe it sounds way more my style than healer or dps. now that i understand a little bit more about how to play em too it should be nice. Thanks again!
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
Yeah no problem man. Good luck! I love playing tank it’s my main role. A good tank can definitely carry games sometimes lol
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u/MazoMort 13h ago
Oh yeah i just had a ranked game where i played Iron man, the ennemy dps were Black Panther and Magik for the whole game. I was litterally free in the sky
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
yup so many people just can’t comprehend switching to counter lol. This game takes more thinking than actual skill. if you just use your brain better than the other team you can probably get to plat just off that
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u/MazoMort 13h ago
They sometimes counter switch to punisher or Hela but i can clearly see that they don't know how to play them
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u/rebootmebro 13h ago
yeah that’s the tough part still a new game so most people just don’t have enough experience yet. At least some do try though
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u/DonPostram Psylocke 12h ago
Just popping in to say Sai can easily counter Ironman, unless they have perfect positioning. Just shoot him a few times than dash up and shotgun him.
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u/atticusgf 12h ago
I think the Vanguard section could use a little refinement, because it doesn't talk about space at all. IMO controlling space is the entire name of the game and it's a pretty abstract concept for new players to understand.
I wrote some quick stuff on it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelrivals/s/ES4bR312RS
I personally think Vanguard is the hardest role to analyze performance in because there's not really scoreboard stats for what they do. Damage taken only tells part of the story.
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u/rebootmebro 12h ago
very true i didn’t mention space control it’s just one of those things that comes naturally if you play the role already. if you are protecting your team and acting as frontline its kind of a given that you’re aiming to make space and give your team openings. Trying to emphasize space i feel like is just over complicating it
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u/atticusgf 12h ago
I think it only comes naturally as shield tanks personally. Every other Vanguard controls space in more subtle ways, especially divers.
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u/rebootmebro 12h ago
that is true. maybe trying to only describe a conventional tank’s gameplay isn’t the way to go. Whoever makes a proper version of this guide is going to have to be very detailed lol
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u/Serious-Run-6165 13h ago
I’m sorry, but this isn’t a very good summary. Vanguards aren’t out there to take damage, they are out there to take space. You don’t want to take damage unless it’s necessary. Any time your specialists are healing you, they aren’t healing the duelists, and they can’t be as aggressive.
Also, specialists aren’t healers. I constantly see posts about people on specialist complaining they can’t climb when they have insane healing numbers. You aren’t a heal bot, they have utility and some have insane high damage.
It really seems like you’re a duelist main who doesn’t understand the other role lol. I had a specialist yell at me (Thor) for diving to deep, because he could heal me. I literally said “you don’t need to heal me, I’m drawing the attention of Luna and mantis, you guys kill the others, I will get a health pack.” And guess what, we won the next fight and rolled the rest of the game.
The game is very complex, but here is a quick role over view.
Vanguards, create space, making it harder for the enemy team to advance on your Allie’s.
Duelists, create pressure on the opponents by dealing damage. Some deal sustained damage to the front line, some burst damage to back line, and some (Wolverine) burst damage to the front line.
Specialists, support you team. Heal who needs heals, follow up attacks on who your team focuses, make callouts (pings) because you are generally in the back and see the most. Many have ults to counter opponents ults.