Team-Ups are one of the most powerful and fun gameplay mechanics in Marvel Rivals. These special abilities are designed around fun collaborations between iconic characters. Every hero has two Team-Ups, and there’s often a clear better pick.
Here are the best Team-Up abilities for every Marvel Rivals hero.
Quick summary
- Every hero has two Team-Up abilities.
- Depending on the hero and the match, the second Team-Up can also be viable.
- Some of the strong Team-Ups include Mantis’s Star Blossom, The Punisher’s Ammo Overload, and The Thing’s Two-In-One.
Best Team-Up for every hero in Marvel Rivals
Most heroes have a clear better Team-Up among the two. However, the other Team-Up can still be viable or have a niche use case, depending on the match and team composition. Things can also change if you can activate the Team-Up’s enhanced effect.
Here’s every hero and their best Team-Up:
| Hero | Team-Up | Base effect | Enhanced effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Warlock | Flawless Design (Ultron) | Cosmic Cluster now provides healing to allies. | When teaming up with Ultron, Cosmic Cluster creates an explosion upon impact. |
| Angela | Odin’s Unacknowledged (Loki) | Project an Illusion forward. The illusion utilizes Assassin’s Charge to thrust at enemies. Enemies struck head-on will be carried through the air for a short while. | When teaming up with Loki, the ability gains two charges. |
| Black Cat | Binding Ties (Spider-Man) | Turn of Fortune is replaced by Spider-Web Grapple, which has 2 charges. Landing the grapple on an enemy steals Fortune and applies a Spider-Tracer. If Black Cat hits an enemy carrying a Spider-Tracer with any other ability, she triggers the mark to deal bonus damage. | When teaming up with Spider-Man, using Spider-Web Grapple to hit an enemy already marked with a Spider-Tracer temporarily Immobilizes them in place. |
| Black Panther | Damisa-Tao (Storm) | Trigger the elemental power stored within his armor, dealing damage and applying Slow to surrounding enemies while attaching Vibranium Marks. | When teaming up with Storm, enemies within range are launched toward Black Panther. |
| Black Widow | Burning Bullets (Phoenix) | Activation grants the Red Room Rifle a Fire Rate Boost. Additionally, the Plasma Cannon projectile becomes a hitscan laser that no longer requires charging. | When teaming up with Phoenix, her Plasma Cannon gains a second ability charge. |
| Blade | Bleed for Battle (Moon Knight) | For every set amount of damage taken, Blade builds a stack of Bloodline Awakening. | When teaming up with Captain America, taking critical damage instantly triggers the Bloodline Awakening state, gaining bonus stacks while raising the overall stack cap. |
| Captain America | Voltaic Union (Thor) | Modify Sentinel Strike into a Lightning Shield projectile. After landing two hits, Captain America launches the piercing Lightning Shield four times. | When teaming up with Thor, the lightning energy imbued in the shield intensifies. Each hit from the Lightning Shield triggers an extra burst of damage in the surrounding area. |
| Cloak and Dagger | Frozen Haven (Luna Snow) | Channel frost energy outward to encase yourself in an absolute block of ice. This offers great protection, but Freezes you in place. While frozen, you can be healed and emit a weak healing aura to nearby allies. | When teaming up with Luna Snow, the healing aura provided to allies while Frozen becomes significantly stronger. |
| Cyclops | Slim and Red (Phoenix) | Hitting an enemy with Ricochet Force summons the Phoenix Force to ignite them, causing continuous burn damage over a set duration. Hitting an ignited target with Optic Blast or Concussive Beam instantly triggers a percentage of the remaining burn damage as a single burst. | When teaming up with Phoenix, Spark detonations reduce the cooldown of Ricochet Force. |
| Daredevil | Devilish Affair (Black Widow) | Swings Devil’s Chain in a criss-cross pattern, dealing damage to enemies in front and inflicting a Slow. | When teaming up with Black Widow, the damage radius is expanded, and landing hits recovers Fury. |
| Deadpool | “Hell-Yeah, Honey” (Hela) | Receive upgrades from Hel, allowing the Desert Eagles or Katanas to be upgraded one additional time. Hel-Yeah Desert Eagles: Duelist and Vanguard gain pierce, and the thought bubbles transform into homing death- rattle bubbles. Strategist death-rattle bubbles also home in on allies, exploding to provide healing. Hel-Yeah Katanas: Every strike injects undead energy into the enemy. Hitting an enemy three times with the Katanas detonates the energy, dealing percentage-based true damage scaling off their max Health. Strategist gains additional healing when unleashing the undead energy. | When teaming up with Hela, BOTH the Desert Eagles and Katanas can be upgraded one extra time. |
| Devil Dinosaur | Surf & Turf (Jeff the Land Shark) | Impact Beam is replaced by a frontal water spray. This stream damages enemies while providing healing to teammates. | When teaming up with Jeff the Land Shark, Jeff can ride atop Devil Dinosaur’s head. While riding, both gain some Damage Reduction and are swirled in therapeutic waters, receiving Continuous Healing. |
| Doctor Strange | Psionic Vortex (Invisible Woman) | Upgrade Maelstrom of Madness to Psionic Vortex. Enemies caught in are Launched toward you. Shield of the Seraphim also gains increased shield value. | When teaming up with Invisible Woman, any damage dealt by Psionic Vortex provides proportional Bonus Health for Doctor Strange. |
| Elsa Bloodstone | Loudmouth Mercs (Deadpool) | Living Bullet changes to special rounds that Taunt targets with Deadpool’s chatter, while Slowing, and damaging nearby enemies over time. After a timer, the bullet auto-recalls, healing Elsa based on the damage dealt while adding one extra gauge block to her Inherited Instinct passive cap. | When teaming up with Deadpool, Deadpool breaks the fourth wall, significantly boosting Instinct acquisition rate. |
| Emma Frost | Iced Out Diamond (Luna Snow) | Project ice energy forward, dealing damage and slowing enemies. In diamond form, condense frost into an Absolute Zero Diamond barrier that blocks enemy attacks and movement. | When teaming up with Luna Snow, entering Diamond Form imbues all damaging abilities with a Slow effect. Telepathic Pulse will also inflict a Slow effect. |
| Gambit | Favorable Odds (Magneto) | Throw two magnetic playing cards forward. Upon hitting the environment or a character, the two cards magnetically repel and unfurl, spinning in place for a duration. They heal allies they hit, while damaging and Launching enemies. | When teaming up with Magneto, after the duration ends, the magnetic poles of the two cards reverse. They violently slam back together and explode, providing an extra burst of healing to allies and damage to enemies. |
| Groot | Wild Wall (Mantis) | Summon a Wild Wall that provides Continuous Healing and Bonus Health to allies within its range. | When teaming up with Mantis, the Wild Wall evolves after providing a certain amount of healing, increasing its healing. |
| Hawkeye | Senbonzakura Strike (Psylocke) | Upgrade Blast Arrow to Psionic Arrow. While drawn, Hawkeye can continuously bank extra Psionic Arrows. Releasing the bowstring fires all accumulated arrows forward simultaneously. | When teaming up with Psylocke, the nocking speed for each Psionic Arrow is significantly quickened, and they explode upon hitting enemies or the environment. |
| Hela | Deep Wrath (Namor) | Whenever Hela participates in a KO, an Undead Monstro spawns at the fallen enemy’s position. While an Undead Monstro is present, casting Piercing Night will command the Monstro to spit a Nightsword Thorn at the nearest enemy. | When teaming up with Namor, each attack during Goddess of Death spawns an Undead Monstro at the point of impact. |
| Hulk | Savage Slam (Captain America) | Leap high and smash the ground, dealing damage to enemies and reducing the cooldowns of other abilities based on remaining Health. | When teaming up with Captain America, the ground slam additionally applies Vulnerability to enemies hit. |
| Human Torch | Fiery Sparks (Jubilee) | Passively detect enemies in the immediate vicinity and launch tracking Firework Sparks to chip away their health. | When teaming up with Jubilee, successfully landing a Firework Spark on an enemy grants Human Torch Bonus Health. |
| Invisible Woman | United Siblings (Human Torch) | Generate a Flame Shield for a targeted ally that blocks incoming damage while providing a Continuous Healing aura to everyone nearby. Projectiles from teammates shot through the Flame Shield receive a Damage Boost. Enemies that pass through the shield are Slowed. | When teaming up with Human Torch, the Flame Shield boasts a larger radius and heavily increased shield value. |
| Iron Fist | Iron & Stone (The Thing) | Unleash a powerful uppercut to Launch Up enemies. | When teaming up The Thing, unleashing the uppercut can be chained directly into a sweeping leg sweep for a follow-up attack. |
| Iron Man | Thunder Overdrive (Thor) | Enhance Unibeam both in and out of Armor Overdrive. When fired, a ring of volatile lightning energy forms, dealing bonus damage to enemies caught near the beam’s edge. | When teaming up with Thor, Armor Overdrive cooldown is massively reduced. |
| Jeff the Land Shark | Guardian of the Deep (Venom) | Shoot out healing tendrils; linked allies receive Continuous Healing, and excess healing is converted into Bonus Health. | When teaming up with Venom, symbiote tendrils can also lash out at nearby enemies within range, inflicting continuous damage. |
| Jubilee | Hellfire Sparks (The Hood) | When Attack Speed is enhanced, Energy Plasmoids transform into a hitscan attack that grants self-healing on hit and is capable of dealing critical hits. | When teaming up with The Hood, the Void Magic Mark is never cleared, allowing her to indefinitely sustain the hitscan attack form. |
| Loki | Vibrant Vitality (Mantis) | Regeneration Domain provides a Damage Boost effect to allies within range; the Runestone triggers a psychic catalysis, expanding the domain’s radius. | When teaming up with Mantis, deploying Regeneration Domain emits a shockwave of nature energy that damages enemies within the radius and slightly Launch them up. |
| Luna Snow | Atlas Bond (White Fox) | Unleash a spirit fox forward that Charms enemies while healing any allies in its path. Activating the ability instantly cleanses all negative status effects on Luna Snow | When teaming up with White Fox, the spirit fox automatically returns after reaching its maximum distance, and the self-cleanse is retained. |
| Magik | Chain of Cyttorak (Doctor Strange) | Chain of Cyttorak can tether two enemies simultaneously, dragging both targets to the same location. | When teaming up with Doctor Strange, Chain of Cyttorak can tether multiple enemies at once, pulling the entire group to a singular point. |
| Magneto | Metallic Chaos (Scarlet Witch) | Swing a colossal Chaos Greatsword forward to inflict damage. | When teaming up with Scarlet Witch, Mag-Cannon transforms into a charged ability that consumes his passive energy bar. For every tick of energy burned, a Chaos Greatsword is fired, damaging enemies. The Metallic Chaos projectile has a minor Launch Up effect on enemies. |
| Mantis | Star Blossom (Star-Lord) | Recasting Healing Flower on a teammate with the effect enhances and spreads the healing aura. | When teaming up with Star-Lord, using Healing Flower on any teammate instantly triggers the enhanced spell field and healing effect. |
| Moon Knight | Luminous Moon (Cloak & Dagger) | Enter Phased state and dash forward. Upon concluding, emit a Light Energy Healing Wave that heals Moon Knight and nearby allies. | When teaming up with Cloak & Dagger, the Phased state duration is extended, the dash distance increases, and the Light Energy Healing Wave boasts a larger radius and stronger healing output. |
| Mister Fantastic | Fantastic Amplifier (Rocket Raccoon) | Equips the Fantastic Amplifier. For the duration, Mister Fantastic’s maximum Elasticity is increased, and he can actively enter Inflation State. | When teaming up with Rocket Raccoon, Brainiac Bounce Launches hit enemies. |
| Namor | Gamma Monstro (Hulk) | Summon an extra Gamma Monstro that continuously damages the nearest enemy. Upon landing critical hits, the Gamma Monstro gains increased Attack Speed. Hitting an enemy with Wrath of the Seven Seas prompts it to fire a powerful beam. | When teaming up with Hulk, casting Blessing of the Deep creates a water barrier infused with Gamma energy. Standing inside accelerates the Gamma Monstro cooldown and grants it a Damage Boost. |
| Peni Parker | Rocket Network (Rocket Raccoon) | Deploy an Armored Spider-Nest that periodically drops Spider-Drones and Armor Packs that grant Bonus Health. | When teaming up with Rocket Raccoon, the Armored Spider-Nest passively regenerates its own Health. Furthermore, Rocket’s B.R.B. will generate Cyber-Webs, and spawn both Spider-Drones and Arachno-Mines. |
| Phoenix | Circle of Life (Hela) | Psionic Detonation is replaced by Phoenix Netherfire, applying a Telekinetic Mark to the targeted location. Upon hitting, it triggers an initial small explosion that briefly Stuns enemies, followed by two larger explosions that apply a Healing Reduction effect. Every single blast inflicts Sparks onto the enemies. | When teaming up with Hela, every blast in the sequence applies multiple stacks of Sparks to enemies caught within. |
| Psylocke | Mental Projection (Emma Frost) | Create an illusory projection that automatically dashes forward to use Psi-Blade Dash, while Psylocke enters Stealth. If Psylocke attacks, the illusion mimics her strikes. | When teaming up with Emma Frost, Psylocke’s mental powers are elevated, allowing her to reactivate the ability to instantly swap places with her illusion. |
| The Punisher | Ammo Overload (Rocket Raccoon) | Throw an Ammo Overload Device in the target direction. Upon entering the device’s range, receive Faster Firing. | When teaming up with Rocket Raccoon, the device grants Infinite Ammo and Faster Firing. |
| Rocket Raccoon | Planet X Pals (Groot) | Convert Bombard Mode to launch Thorny Spores. Upon impact, they deal continuous damage to enemies within the radius while healing and granting Bonus Health to allies. | When teaming up with Groot, Rocket can ride on Groot’s shoulders, and the active duration of the Thorny Spores field is extended |
| Rogue | Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit) | After activation, every attack triggers a kinetic explosion, dealing area damage to surrounding enemies while simultaneously healing nearby allies. | When teaming up with Gambit, Rogue remains permanently locked in the “Hearts as One” state. |
| Scarlet Witch | Sorcerers Supreme (Doctor Strange) | Chthonian Burst is replaced with Mystic Burst upon activation. Hold down the attack button to unleash a rapid, relentless salvo of magical missiles in the target direction. | When teaming up with Doctor Strange, Mystic Burst becomes a toggle-type ability. When toggled on, Mystic Burst replaces Chthonian Burst, allowing magic missiles to be fired freely with no energy cost. |
| Spider-Man | Symbiote Bond (Venom) | Venom shares a part of his symbiote with Spider-Man, activating their symbiote abilities. Spider-Man can convert the symbiotes into explosive spikes that inflict harm on nearby enemies and relentlessly drive them back. | When teaming up with Venom, this triggers additional Touch of Klyntar tendrils that continuously tether and damage enemies on top of the base effect. |
| Squirrel Girl | Squirrel Missile (Iron Man) | Gain the Squirrel Missile ability. Squirrel Girl directs a squirrel to ride Iron Man’s nanotech glove as a homing missile. Upon hit, the squirrel flees just before a fiery explosion. | When teaming up with Iron Man, using Squirrel Blockade simultaneously fires a Squirrel Missile. |
| Star-Lord | Flora Munitions (Groot) | Gain a new ability to toss Twisted Thorn Seeds forward. Upon landing, they rapidly Sprout and take root, generating Thorn Snares around the area. Enemies stepping on a snare take damage and suffer a Root effect. | When teaming up with Groot, the number of Thorn Snares deployed increases, and the damage dealt when an enemy steps on them is boosted. |
| Storm | Jaws of Fate (Jeff the Land Shark) | Unleash a torrential downpour that continuously heals both herself and her teammates. | When teaming up with Jeff the Land Shark, casting Omega Hurricane allows Jeff to swim inside the cyclone, generating a localized Jeff-nado |
| The Hood | New Moon’s Shadow (Moon Knight) | Enhances Abyssal Veil into a Lunar Barrier that blocks projectiles. Upon breaking, it detonates, damaging enemies and applying Damage and Healing Reduction. Enemies passing through take damage and are briefly Blinded. | When teaming up with Moon Knight, the Lunar Barrier has greater shield value, and The Hood’s attacks that pass through it gain a bounce effect. |
| The Thing | Two-In-One (Human Torch) | Enter an enhanced state upon activation. For the duration, The Thing’s fists are violently engulfed in flames. Every Rocky Jab deals splash damage, and every Stone Haymaker creates an explosion, dealing damage in a frontal cone. | When teaming up with Human Torch, Human Torch can lift The Thing into the air and slam him down, dealing damage and Stun to enemies. The Thing then automatically enters his flaming enhanced state upon landing. |
| Thor | Ragnarok Rebirth (Hela) | Receiving fatal damage prevents immediate defeat, Thor gains a decaying pool of Bonus Health. If he participates in a KO during this time, he resurrects and recovers a small amount of Health. | When teaming up with Hela, if either of them participates in a KO, Thor instantly revives, restoring Health equal to his remaining Bonus Health and gaining a Continuous Healing effect. |
| Ultron | SP//DR Sync (Peni Parker) | Apply Imperative: Patch to all allies. | When teaming up with Peni Parker, Imperative: Firewall applies to all Drones, allowing the ability effects to be triggered multiple times simultaneously. |
| Venom | Abyssal Flames (Phoenix) | Ignite the symbiote with Phoenix Flames for a duration, replacing Dark Predation with a sweeping Avian Claw frontal slash. | When teaming up with Phoenix, Venom’s Phoenix Force is enhanced: every Avian Claw applies a Spark. Upon reaching three stacks, the Sparks detonate. |
| White Fox | Lucky Loan (Black Cat) | White Fox receives an Orb of Life from Black Cat. Upon use, it recovers Spirit Tail Energy and converts life energy into Nine-Tailed Aura that shoots out in all directions. This automatically tracks nearby allies and enemies, granting Speed and Healing to allies while damaging and Slowing enemies. | When teaming up with Black Cat, using the Orb triggers a state where Spirit Tail Energy is no longer consumed for a duration, allowing free use of Spectral Surge and Fox Form Awakening. |
| Winter Soldier | Expert Instinct (Elsa Bloodstone) | Securing or participating in a KO grants a stack of Culling Instinct. Each stack reduces the cooldowns of Winter Soldier’s other abilities. Stacks are lost upon defeat. | When teaming up with Elsa Bloodstone, the Bonus Health generated by Ceaseless Charge is increased. |
| Wolverine | Blast Slash (Cyclops) | Activation extends the attack range of Savage Claw and Berserk Claw Strike. Vicious Rampage is replaced with Kinetic Claws, granting a brief forward lunge that unleashes a flurry of slashes around. | When teaming up with Cyclops, Blast Slash is permanently active. |
FAQ
How important is the enhanced effect for a Team-Up?
Most of the time, the enhanced effect is a nice bonus rather than a necessity, as you can’t control who’s on your team.
How often are there balancing changes to Team-Up abilities?
NetEase makes adjustments to Team-Ups with new seasons and mid-season patches. However, there might be small tweaks in between, too.
