Marvel Rivals Season 7 Tier List — Best Heroes for "The Hunt Is On" | BuyBoost

Season 7 dropped today. White Fox joins the roster, the global ult nerf reshapes every fight, and two beloved Team-Ups are gone forever. The meta that worked in Season 6.5 needs adjusting. Here's where every hero stands heading into the new season.

⚠️ Note: This tier list is calibrated for Diamond rank and above. At Gold and below the meta looks different — hero mastery and execution gaps matter more than theoretical strength. If you're below Diamond, check the Casual section at the bottom.

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What Changed in Season 7

Before the rankings, you need to understand the patch. Season 7 isn't just a new hero — it's a fundamental shift in how the game plays.

Global ult charge nerf (20% reduction across the board):

• Vanguards & Duelists: damage-to-energy conversion 90% → 70%, passive regen 12/s → 11/s
• Strategists: healing-to-energy 90% → 75%, passive regen 12/s → 8/s

Ults now charge in 50+ seconds instead of every 30–35 seconds. That gap is the whole game now. Teams that play the neutral phase well — sustained damage, positioning, consistent healing — win the stretches between ult cycles. Teams that depended on spam-ulting every fight will struggle.

New hero — White Fox (Strategist): Korean nine-tailed fox spy. Heals, charms enemies with CC, deals damage, and transforms into full Kumiho form for her ultimate. Pairs with Luna Snow in the new Blessing of the Kumiho Team-Up for a 10% healing anchor bonus. She's going to ruin your ranked games before you even learn what her second ability does. That's every new hero launch. Give it a week.

New Team-Ups: Blessing of the Kumiho (White Fox + Luna Snow) and Cosmic Cyclone (Storm + Adam Warlock).

Removed Team-Ups: Jeff-nado and Duality Dance. A moment of silence. Move on.

Other key changes:

• Winter Soldier's Assassin's Charge cooldown doubled: 3s → 6s. He's effectively a different hero now.
• Black Panther received meaningful buffs — back in Diamond conversations for the first time in recent seasons.
• Scarlet Witch got genuine improvements for the first time in recent memory.

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S Tier — Pick These, Win More

Magneto — Vanguard

His Metal Bulwark ally bubble is practically a requirement in competitive play at high ranks. The ult nerf didn't hurt Magneto — it hurt everyone else relatively more, because his value was never purely ult-dependent. He provides poke damage, CC, and shielding all in one package. Pairs best with Groot in double-tank formats. In the slower ult cycles of Season 7, his sustained zone control becomes even more valuable.

Groot — Vanguard

The Ironwood wall buffs transformed Groot from "good in the right hands" to genuinely threatening in the triple support meta. Wall control scales directly with longer neutral phases — positional denial matters more when ults take 50 seconds to arrive. He can solo-tank in a pinch and his kit asks nothing from his team in return.

Gambit — Strategist

The most well-rounded support kit in the game. Burst heals, anti-heal application, elite evasion, and an ultimate that can single-handedly decide a team fight. One well-timed Ragin' Royal Flush is still a match-deciding play in Season 7 — the longer ult cycles just mean you charge it once and it has to count.

Loki — Strategist

The ability to copy any teammate or enemy ultimate makes his own ultimate permanently relevant regardless of what the meta looks like. His damage and healing numbers are both very high, and at 275 HP with near-immortality tools, his survivability makes him best-in-class. In a season where ults matter more because they arrive less frequently, Loki copying the strongest ult on the field is even more disruptive than usual.

Hela — Duelist

Possibly the most oppressive hero NetEase has shipped into Marvel Rivals so far. Even after recent nerfs toned down her ultimate, her damage output, evasion, and poke range at close-to-mid distance make her a menace in almost any comp. Her health dropped from 275 to 250 HP this season, but the toolkit around that health pool remains elite.

Hawkeye — Duelist

Slower ult cycles reward consistent, tempo-independent damage sources. Hawkeye fits this profile perfectly — avoid over-investing in burst-reliant picks whose identity relies on short cooldowns. If you have the aim to land charged headshots, Hawkeye is one of the best solo-carry picks in Season 7. If your aim isn't there yet, he's a C-tier experience. The skill ceiling is the whole pick.

Mantis — Strategist

One of the few Strategists who can output meaningful damage alongside her healing. In triple-support compositions — which remain dominant at Diamond despite the ult nerf — Mantis contributes DPS that other supports can't match. Strong ult, reliable healing, and a kit that works in almost every comp format.

White Fox — Strategist (NEW)

White Fox draws from Korean nine-tailed fox mythology — she heals, damages, charms enemies, and transforms into a full Kumiho form for her ultimate. The Blessing of the Kumiho Team-Up with Luna Snow adds charm CC into poke lanes that previously had no answer. She's launch-week strong, which historically means a nerf is coming. Play her now.

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A Tier — Strong, Reliable, Worth Picking

Cloak & Dagger — Strategist

Triple-support backbone. Consistent healing, good utility, and a kit that enables both dive and poke compositions. Never a bad pick in a meta that rewards sustained healing over one big ult.

Daredevil — Duelist

Sustained pressure that doesn't rely on an ult to justify its existence — exactly what Season 7 rewards. Strong dive threat, good self-sufficiency, and one of the few melee Duelists who can reliably break triple-support compositions by pressuring the backline.

Blade— Duelist

Anti-heal on demand is genuinely powerful in a game built around sustained healing. The ability to apply 7 seconds of 40% reduced healing on a Vanguard all but guarantees the kill, even through many defensive ults. Self-sustaining, threatening to approach, and fits the Season 7 profile of heroes that work without needing ult access.

Doctor Strange — Vanguard

Portal remains one of the best non-damaging abilities in the game. Repositioning your entire team anywhere on the map opens plays that simply aren't possible without him. The cooldown is long, but the payoff justifies it on the right maps.

Luna Snow — Strategist

Her own kit is strong. The Blessing of the Kumiho pairing with White Fox makes her significantly stronger in Season 7. Pick both when you can.

Black Panther — Duelist (buffed)

Black Panther received buffs substantial enough to reenter Diamond conversations. First time in several seasons he's felt genuinely competitive at high ranks. Mobile, threatening, and now survivable enough to justify the pick.

Scarlet Witch — Duelist (buffed)

Scarlet Witch got genuine improvements for the first time in recent memory. No reload, no aiming requirement, strong escape, and her improvements push her into reliable A-tier territory for the first time this year.

Deadpool — Vanguard

His Vanguard form is excellent and sits in S+ tier for adaptability; his Duelist form is a solid A-tier pick. The Strategist form works only in very specific compositions. Slot into poke, dive, or brawl lineups and contribute to all three.

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B Tier — Playable, Situationally Strong

Elsa Bloodstone — Strong Season 6.5 pick that lands in B entering Season 7 as the meta adjusts around longer neutral phases. Still competitive at lower ranks.

Iron Fist — Good burst and dive potential but relies heavily on finding isolated targets. In team-fight-focused metas, the payoff window shrinks.

Storm — The new Cosmic Cyclone Team-Up with Adam Warlock gives her a fresh angle. Watch this space — the Team-Up could push her up as players figure out the synergy.

Adam Warlock — Cosmic Cyclone pairing makes him more interesting in Season 7 than he was in 6.5. His ult remains one of the most punishing to waste.

Captain America — Reliable Vanguard who never embarrasses you but rarely carries either. Good in specific comps, not a flex pick.

Emma Frost — Can switch between her regular and Diamond Form to adapt. Good mid-range poke with a deployable barrier, excels in melee brawls at close range. Her main limitation is a lack of mobility — she can't chase retreating enemies or access high ground.

Spider-Man — High skill ceiling, strong when mastered, punishing when not. In Season 7's longer neutral phases, his window-based playstyle requires tighter execution.

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C Tier — Needs Extra Justification

Winter Soldier — The Assassin's Charge cooldown doubling from 3 to 6 seconds is a fundamental identity change. Avoid over-investing in burst-reliant picks like Winter Soldier whose identity relied on a cooldown now running twice as long. He needs time to find a new playstyle. Right now, skip him.

Phoenix — Hard to master abilities, a weak ultimate, and can be killed fairly easily. High-level play doesn't even use her consistently.

Peni Parker — After struggling in earlier seasons, repeated buffs have helped. But her kit is still niche — when played as a counter pick or on her best map areas she's strong; in most situations she lags behind due to limited effective range.

Hawkeye (casual) — At lower ranks, precision picks punish the player using them more than the enemy. If your aim is inconsistent, this is a C-tier experience regardless of what competitive lists say.

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D Tier — Hard to Justify Right Now

Blade (lower ranks) — Even the competitive scene struggles to find consistent uses for him at lower levels. He's got potential, but he's simply too mechanically demanding for the payoff at average ranks.

Iron Man — Strong in theory, consistently underperforms in practice at most ranks. Mobility-heavy comps hard-counter his positioning requirements.

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Best Team Compositions — Season 7

1-2-3 format (1 Vanguard, 2 Duelists, 3 Strategists) remains dominant at Diamond and above. The ult nerf stretched neutral phases — it didn't hand you a new roster structure.

Triple Support Control — Groot + Hawkeye + Blade + White Fox / Luna Snow / Gambit. The new Kumiho Team-Up slots directly into the triple-support formula and adds charm CC into poke lanes that previously had no answer to sustained pressure.

Dive vs. Triple Support — Magneto + Daredevil + Black Panther + Mantis / Loki / Cloak & Dagger. The answer when your team has actual dive discipline — coordinates gap-closing to crack the backline before supports can respond.

Double Tank Poke — Magneto + Groot + Hela + Hawkeye + Gambit + Mantis. The safest composition in Season 7. Sustained damage, positional control, elite healing. Works without requiring any individual mechanical outplay.

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Season 7 in One Sentence

The ult nerf gave you longer games — heroes that play those longer games well moved up, heroes that relied on constant ult spam dropped hard. Find the sustained-pressure picks, master the neutral phase, and stop depending on your ult to fix bad positioning.