Best counters for Doctor Strange in Marvel Rivals

Summary

• Luna Snow is able to freeze Doctor Strange, preventing him from slipping away and allowing the team to blast him down quickly.
• Wolverine can trap flying enemies like Doctor Strange and deal damage based on the target's maximum health.
• Venom is resilient with the ability to mitigate Doctor Strange's attacks, and he can also counter his powerful CC with his Ultimate.

Doctor Strange (or Dr. Strange) has become quite a popular hero in Marvel Rivalsand players have grown fond of his ability to wipe the entire team with his portals. But the truth is, other players prefer different play styles and are pretty sick of him ruining their matches. Thankfully, there are several way to counter Doctor Strange in Marvel Rivals.

For players looking to challenge the Sorcerer Supreme's rule, here are eight of them best counter for Doctor Strangefrom the best strategist currently on the roster to a walking disaster that can take incredible amounts of damage and beat Strange into submission.

8 Luna Snow

The best heroine to cool Strange Down

• Pros: Fast, lots of CC
• Cons: Squishy, ​​easily overwhelmed

Luna Snow has quickly become “Mei” too Marvel Rivalswith many players choosing this character due to her freezing ability. It's exactly what makes Luna so good at stopping Doctor Strange when he's been sitting around targets for a long time – more so if he uses his cape to slip away from melee duelists.

Luna has the ability to freeze her targets thanks to Absolute Zero, and landing it on Doctor Strange while he's sliding down after using Cloak of Levitation will take him down pretty quickly. Then, with a coordinated attack, the team is able to blast Strange before he uses his Shield of the Seraphim to block their attacks.

7 Wolverine

The Best Hero To Ground Strange

• Pros: Fast, durable, can take down flying enemies
• Cons: Difficult to master, difficult to control

To strike one of the advantages that Doctor Strange has access to (his pesky flying skills), who better to bring him down than the beast himself, Wolverine? Logan is a killing machine, and his kit is designed to break down resilient enemies (especially Vanguards). Doctor Strange comfortably fits the profile of a resilient yet mobile tank.

Wolverine deals damage according to the target's maximum health, and the more Rage he has accumulated, the higher that percentage. On the other hand, his Feral Leap ability can bring enemies down from the sky, even more so if powered by the Gamma Fastball Team-Up ability that activates when Hulk is on the team.

6 Married

Stable and reliable against CC

• Pros: Good in the melee range, resilient, good attenuation
• Cons: He is a bit slow

Venom is one of the ideal counters for Doctor Strange as he can take multiple hits before he's in real danger, and despite this, using Symbiotic Resilience will convert his missing health into temporary hits. The Sorcerer Supreme can deal a lot of damage to big targets like Venom and Hulk, but it doesn't matter if players know how to properly slow it down.

On the other hand, Venom's Ultimate Feast of The Abyss gives him “freedom of movement”, which is ideal for countering the powerful CC of Eye of Agamotto (Doctor Strange's Ultimate), a huge explosion that impairs the movement of all targets in the area and lasts for 3 seconds. With Venom, players don't have to worry about this. They just need to hit the ultimate ability and crush Strange.

5 Winter Soldier

Packed with tons of CC abilities

• Pros: Payouts, good at Crowd-Control, can run
• Cons: Squishy, ​​vulnerable to overwhelm tactics

Another good character to counter Doctor Strange is the Winter Soldier. Also known as James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, Captain America's former sidekick specializes in creating opportunities for his team to inflict focused damage on priority targets. Thanks to his many crowd-powered skills, the Winter Soldier can pick up a floating wizard or throw him to the floor with a precise shot from his Tainted Voltage ability.

As a plus, his ultimate also marks enemies for execution, and once they're below a certain health threshold, they instantly die and restore their ability, and this can be chained indefinitely. Additionally, it lifts the character into the air, avoids Doctor Strange's Eye of Agamotto, and then drops him on his head for the kill.

4 Black Panther

Able to catch Doctor Strange off guard

• Pros: Extreme mobility, good fighter, can climb walls
• Cons: Limited kit, Single Target Focus

Black Panther is the perfect example of a good assassin. This Melee Duelist has an incredibly fast leap ability that allows him to approach Doctor Strange and get behind him in a second, making him most vulnerable to other players' attacks. The King of Wakanda is an expert at flanking and surprise attacks, and since he also has the ability to climb walls, he can somewhat survive a Portal throw if the player acts quickly enough.

On the other hand, thanks to his leaping ability, he can jump out of the AoE that Doctor Strange uses to stun everyone when he casts his Ultimate. This gives him a head start to target the good doctor and prevent other rivals from targeting stunned team members.

3 Magic

The true master of portals

• Pros: Good mobility, good flanking, uses disruption tactics
• Cons: Squishy, ​​vulnerable when static

Another great flanker that can make Doctor Strange bleed in seconds is Magik. Thanks to her high mobility, Magik can avoid being trapped by Strange's Ultimate, and she can also leave behind a Demonic Minion as a gift to attack Sorcerer Supreme. Magik's kit is all about jumping into the middle of the enemy team, separating Strategists from Vanguards and Duelists, and then moving out.

Strange is ranged Vanguard, a strange combination of crowd control, dampening, and mobility. Magik can counter most of Strange's skills and, most importantly, survive long enough to make sure Strange is too busy roaming around putting portals in the ground. She is the true master of Portal Magic.

2 Star-Lord

High mobility, can avoid Strange's traps

• Pros: Extreme Mobility, Good Chaser, Great Ultimate
• Cons: Squishy, ​​vulnerable when grounded

Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, is a great mid-range duelist who specializes in hunting down priority targets, taking them down with a quick barrage, and retreating when things get complicated. He's good at harassing shield-addicted heroes like Doctor Strange, who will soon have his Shield of the Seraph drained after a single encounter with Star-Lord.

On the other hand, Star-Lord's ultimate Galactic Legend propels him into the air and allows him to destroy his enemies with trail blasters as he soars around the battlefield. This also puts him out of range of the Eye of Agamotto, and his aerial maneuverability can save him if he falls into one of Strange's portals of doom.

1 Holk

Can bring Doctor Strange down and oppress him

• Pros: Extreme mitigation, good tanking, can jump, single target mitigation
• Cons: Vulnerable when isolated

One of the best Vanguards to counter Doctor Strange in the current Meta is Hulk. The Emerald Giant is a bundle of pure strength and mitigation, able to take down enemies from the sky thanks to Incredible Leap and pin them down using Radioactive Lockdown.

When Hulk transforms into Monster Hulk, he gains increased strength and the ability known as World Breaker. He can use it to grab Doctor Strange by the head and knock him to the ground for several seconds, leaving him quite vulnerable, if not completely annihilating him in the process.