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DuringMarvel Rival’sinitial launch, out of all three roles, Strategist had the lowest number of characters. Even after that, this is the most important role in the game, and your team can’t possibly win without them. Strategists are essentially the support system that the Duelists and Vanguards rely on.
Each Strategist has a unique set of abilities incentivizing different play styles, but one thing they all have in common is the ability to provide massive healing to the team. However, you have to be wary of your surroundings while doing that.
You Are The Main Target
Imagine a situation where you’re trying to defeat an enemy and hitting all your shots while doing so, but one of their teammates keeps healing up that damage continuously.Your first instinct would be to go after this teammate first, and that’s how the enemy usually thinks while going against one or two Strategists.
It’s an unsaid rule in the game to always get the Strategists out of the picture so that the entire team can focus on the rest of the enemies, which makes you the main target. You should always remember this and position yourself wellto avoid any hits or flanks.
This also means that you have tokeep an eye on your teammates marking the enemiessince you can easily avoid getting ambushed this way.
Even though you’re just a support, you’re also the main character in the battlesince your team isn’t getting anywhere without you. Your life is the most precious out of all three roles.
Prioritize Allies Over Enemies
While playing Strategist, you’ll get anexclusive component on your screenthatshows you the current health of your allies even through walls. Here’s how you may figure this health out:
Of course, if you see any ally with a red heart,you should always prioritize themfor healing.
Even while playing support, you can still damage enemies, though this is a secondary objective for you. First, you have to make sure that all your allies are in good condition before focusing your attacks on the enemies. Thismight mean that you spend most of your games tending to your allies, but that’s also your main role.
Coordinate Your Ultimates
Most Strategists in the game have ultimates that can turn the tides in battle, butit’s also easy to make them completely insignificant. The best way to get the most value out of these abilities is by using them at the correct time and coordinating with your team. For example, there’s no point in eliminating five enemies as Jeff if your team isn’t ready to push.
Similarly, you wouldn’t want to use Luna Snow’s or Mantis' ultimate for the massive heal ifyour team doesn’t have some other abilities ready to facilitate the push. As a Strategist, you essentially have to take care of your team’s position and ultimate situation before using your own.
Don’t Go Into Battle Alone
As you play the Strategist role, you’ll commonly face situations where your entire team is eliminated right after you, and you’re the first one to respawn. In these situations, it’s best to justwait for the rest of the team to respawn and stay behind themwhile you get back to the objective. Of course, there are some exceptions to this.
For example, if you’re playing Adam Warlock or Loki, two of the slower Strategists, you may start heading out early and your teammates will catch up to you with their movement abilities. On the other hand,fast Strategists like Luna Snow, Mantis, or Jeff, can even go out much after the teamand still catch up to them.
You Can Decide How Much You Want To Try
Apart from being the most important role in the game, Strategist is also the most flexible one when it comes to how much you want to try. This role consists of characters that require a lot of skill and positioningwhile also having cozy characters that you simply stand still withand heal your team from a distance.
Here’s the order of how hard a Strategist is to play from the coziest to the hardest:
WhileLoki may be a difficult characterto get used to, he canalso be the most annoying for the enemies.
