Ultimates decide most fights in Marvel Rivals. A single well-timed cast can wipe a team, hold an objective, or drag a dying push back into the game. With Season 9 reshaping the roster and adding Jubilee as a heal-and-damage Strategist, it is worth sorting the biggest buttons in the game by how reliably they change a fight.
Quick answer: Revive, hard crowd control, and near-unkillable support fields sit at the top. Ultimates that are easy to dodge by simply stepping out of a marked zone sit at the bottom.
How this ranking works
Each ultimate is judged on raw impact, how hard it is to counter, and how much value it adds during a normal team fight rather than in a perfect setup. Instant-cast, team-wiping, or team-saving effects rank highest. Ultimates that give the enemy time to react, walk away, or ignore them rank lower. This placement reflects the Season 9 “Mystery of Thebes” state of the game as of July 2026.
Marvel Rivals ultimate abilities tier list
| Tier | Ultimates |
|---|---|
| S | Adam Warlock, Hela, Jeff the Land Shark, Loki, Luna Snow, Mantis, Venom |
| A | Captain America, Groot, Hulk, Iron Man, Magik, Magneto, Peni Parker, Rocket Raccoon, Jubilee |
| B | Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Moon Knight, Namor |
Why the S tier ults dominate
The top tier is built around effects that either erase a team or make yours impossible to kill. Adam Warlock revives fallen teammates, which is rare enough that it swings entire fights on its own. Hela flies up and rains explosive projectiles that can one-shot squishy targets while she stays out of reach.
Jeff the Land Shark swallows enemies and can spit them off the map, ignoring health bars entirely. Loki copies any ally or enemy ultimate, which means a single team can effectively double up on its strongest cast. On the support side, Luna Snow and Mantis both keep allies alive through heavy fire, and players inside their fields are close to unkillable while the effect lasts.
Venom rounds out the tier as an aggressive dive finisher, burrowing toward grouped enemies before erupting to swallow them and drain their health while healing himself. Each of these does its job with little the enemy can do to stop it.
The A tier: strong but conditional
A-tier ultimates are reliable and high value, but they lean on timing, positioning, or a good target. Iron Man and Magneto both deliver heavy area damage from range, with Magneto’s cast also absorbing enemy projectiles during its wind-up. Groot locks multiple enemies in place, which is at its best when paired with another area ultimate. Captain America and Hulk turn their users into far tougher frontline threats, while Magik gains a burst of offensive power in her Darkchylde form.
Peni Parker denies ground with a slowing web grid, and Rocket Raccoon boosts the damage and fire rate of nearby allies. None of these single-handedly win a fight, but each one tilts the odds when used at the right moment.
Where Jubilee’s Firework Finale lands
Jubilee is Season 9’s new Strategist, a 275 HP hybrid whose fireworks heal allies and damage enemies at the same time. Her ultimate, Firework Finale, unleashes a ring of outward-flying firework clusters that launch nearby enemies, then orbit her to heal allies and damage foes inside the field for around eight seconds. She can widen or shrink the radius mid-cast to knock up anyone the expanding edge catches.
It sits in A tier because it is a space-control tool first and a heal second. Unlike Luna Snow or Mantis, it will not pull a teammate off the brink of death on its own. The field only ticks healing while doing steady damage. Its real strength is the knockback, which can break an enemy push, prevent a contested objective, or launch opponents off a ledge for a clean kill. Since you keep access to all of Jubilee’s other abilities while it is active, you can treat it more like a damage ult and layer her kit on top.
One placement warning matters. Firing it near an ally ultimate such as an Invisible Woman shield combo can fling enemies out of the setup and cost you the fight, so line it up with a push rather than dropping it on top of teammates who need enemies to stay put.
The B tier: easy to see coming
The bottom of the list is filled with ultimates that ask too much of the situation or hand the enemy an easy out. Moon Knight rains crescent darts on a marked area and Namor drops a giant void fish on a target zone, but both telegraph so clearly that enemies just walk out. Doctor Strange’s soul separation is powerful yet situational, and Black Panther’s refresh-and-mark cast feels underwhelming compared to what the rest of the roster brings.
| Ultimate | Weakness |
|---|---|
| Moon Knight | Enemies step out of the targeted area |
| Namor | Slow crash-down is easy to dodge |
| Doctor Strange | Too situational to rely on |
| Black Panther | Low impact during active fights |
Tier lists shift with every balance pass, and Season 9’s Team-Up overhaul plus the Black Widow rework will keep nudging these placements. For now, the safest ultimates to build around are the revive, hard crowd control, and support fields at the top, while Jubilee’s Firework Finale gives you a flexible mid-fight disruption tool once you learn to aim it away from your own team’s setups.
