Quick answer (TL;DR): The best solo support in Marvel Rivals Season 10.5 is Ultron. He wins 57.04% of Competitive games and is banned in only 0.16% of them, according to RivalsTracker's Season 10.5 hero stats (all ranks, read November 6, 2026). That's the second-highest win rate of any hero, behind only Peni Parker. After him, the Strategists that win the most without a coordinated team are Rocket Raccoon (55.36%), Mantis (54.29%), Adam Warlock (51.33%) and Loki (51.31%). The five most-picked Strategists, led by Jubilee and Invisible Woman, all lose more games than they win.
Updated November 7, 2026, on Season 10.5 (balance Version 20261009; the Version 20261105 patch changed no hero numbers). Season 11 starts November 13, and we'll update this page when its balance notes land.
On November 6, a clip went up on r/marvelrivals titled "This isn't fair. There is no reason a support should have this crazy DPS potential on top of the decent healing." When we pulled the subreddit's new feed about two hours later, it already had 131 comments.
Whether or not you agree, it points at the thing that matters in solo queue. The healers that win in Season 10.5 aren't the ones that heal the most. They're the ones that can protect themselves, add damage, or undo a lost fight while strangers do their own thing. This guide ranks the Strategists by live win, pick and ban rates, then tells you which popular healers to drop.
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How many Strategists are on a Marvel Rivals team?
About two. RivalsTracker lists 13 Strategist entries for Season 10.5 Competitive (Deadpool's Strategist form counts separately), and their pick rates add up to 206.25%. All pick rates together come to about 600%, one share per slot, so that's roughly 2.06 Strategists per team, next to 2.25 Duelists and 1.69 Vanguards. Our solo tank and solo DPS guides use the same data.
There's no role queue, so you'll often be the only healer, or one of two healing a team with four Duelists. We ranked the Strategists on four things:
- Win rate in the current patch: Season 10.5 Competitive, all ranks.
- Ban risk: bans only start when every player in the lobby is Gold III or higher, with three bans per team.
- Self-sufficiency: can you stay alive when your tank has wandered off and a Duelist is diving you?
- Fight-swinging power: can you add damage, a revive or a pick, rather than only topping up health bars?
What is the best solo support in Marvel Rivals right now?
| Rank | Strategist | Win rate | Pick rate | Ban rate | Why it works solo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ultron | 57.04% | 6.04% | 0.16% | Drones heal two allies at once, mobile, almost never banned |
| 2 | Rocket Raccoon | 55.36% | 14.21% | 0.38% | Revive beacon, wall-running, damage-boost ultimate |
| 3 | Mantis | 54.29% | 5.78% | 0.11% | Sleep spore for divers, damage buffs, lowest ban rate of the five |
| 4 | Adam Warlock | 51.33% | 4.63% | 0.20% | Mass revive ultimate, buffed Ultron Team-Up |
| 5 | Loki | 51.31% | 5.72% | 0.77% | Illusions add healing from extra positions, can copy the enemy's best hero |
Source: RivalsTracker, Season 10.5 Competitive, all ranks, read November 6, 2026. This is tracker data, not NetEase's, and it covers all ranks rather than solo queue specifically. Bronze and Silver lobbies have no ban phase, so treat the ban column as a guide to risk.
The pattern is the same one we found for tanks and DPS. The winners are niche picks. Ultron, Mantis, Adam Warlock and Loki are each picked in about 6% of games or less. Jubilee alone is picked in 30.28%, the highest pick rate of any hero in the game.
Why is Ultron the best solo support in Season 10.5?
Ultron wins 57.04% across 119,139 tracked games, more than any other Strategist and second among all heroes. His 0.16% ban rate means you can lock him in practically every lobby.
His kit doesn't ask much of teammates. According to his official hero page, Imperative: Patch sends up to two healing drones to follow two allies, healing everyone near them as well. You don't need your team to stand on top of you. Imperative: Firewall gives the marked ally bonus speed and damage and gives bonus health to allies near you and the drones. Dynamic Flight is a dash that leaves you moving faster afterward, so you can escape a dive rather than wait for someone to peel.
NetEase didn't touch Ultron in the October 9 balance post. He's been this strong for the whole half-season.
How to climb with Ultron:
- Put your drones on whoever is taking the most damage, usually your tank and your most aggressive Duelist.
- Time Firewall for incoming burst, whether that's the start of a fight or an enemy ultimate mid-fight. The bonus health lands instantly and starts to decay after 3 seconds, so don't cast it too early.
- Keep Dynamic Flight for escapes. It's your only real answer to a Magik or Daredevil diving you.
Is Rocket Raccoon still good in Season 10.5?
Yes. Rocket wins 55.36% across 280,083 games, the largest sample in this top five, and he's banned in only 0.38% of them.
He's the most forgiving healer for players whose teams keep dying. His B.R.B. beacon revives a fallen ally, per his official hero page, and keeps producing armor packs and jet packs while it's up. Jetpack Dash has two charges and Wild Crawl lets him run along walls, which makes him hard to pin down. His ultimate, C.Y.A., gives linked allies a damage boost and bonus health, so a teamfight you were losing can turn on one button.
The trap: Repair Mode spheres bounce off surfaces and slow down near injured allies. In a tight corridor they heal well. On open ground they drift off. Fire them at walls close to your team rather than straight at a moving teammate.
Is Mantis good for solo queue?
Mantis is the best answer to divers. Spore Slumber throws a spore that puts the nearest enemy to sleep, per her official hero page, so the Spider-Man or Black Panther who jumps on you stops moving. Your teammates can finish him, or you can get away.
She wins 54.29% and has a 0.11% ban rate, the lowest of the five. Her Life Orbs let her heal, buff an ally's damage with Allied Inspiration, or buff her own damage with Natural Anger, and critical hits from her primary fire give orbs back. Her ultimate, Soul Resurgence, heals and speeds up everyone around her, and excess healing turns into bonus health.
How to climb with Mantis: aim for heads. Her Life Orbs recharge on their own (four charges, 4 seconds each), and every critical hit gives one back on top of that, so a Mantis landing crits can heal and buff far more often. Keep Spore Slumber for a diver rather than using it at range.
Why are Adam Warlock and Loki on the list?
Both win just over 51%, comfortably above the Strategist average, and both have a way to undo a bad fight.
Adam Warlock (51.33%, 0.20% ban) has Karmic Revival, an ultimate that revives fallen allies in range. Soul Bond links nearby allies, heals them over time and spreads damage across the link. He's also the only Strategist besides Jubilee and Gambit that NetEase changed on October 9, and his change is tied to Ultron:
"The golden savior is amplifying the restorative power of his cosmic blasts when rolling with his artificial ally." — NetEase, Marvel Rivals Version 20261009 Balance Post
When Adam selects his Ultron Team-Up, a single Cosmic Cluster now heals 18, up from 16, and while the Team-Up is active its explosion heals 7, up from 5. If you and a duo partner both play support, Ultron plus Adam is the pair we'd try first.
Loki (51.31%, 0.77% ban) is the high-skill option. He can have up to two Doppelganger illusions out, and they can cast some of his abilities, including healing, so you're healing from more than one place. God of Mischief turns him into a targeted ally or enemy hero and fully charges their ultimate, per his official hero page. Copy the enemy's best ultimate and you can win a fight on your own. Play him in Quick Play first if you've never tried him.
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Which Strategists should you stop playing in Season 10.5?
Popularity isn't the problem here. Losing is. Every one of the five most-picked Strategists wins fewer than half its games:
| Strategist | Win rate | Pick rate | Ban rate | The problem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee | 49.99% | 30.28% | 1.88% | Most-picked hero in the game, still just under 50% after an October buff |
| Invisible Woman | 49.80% | 27.25% | 1.13% | Second-most-picked hero, just under even |
| Cloak & Dagger | 45.20% | 24.97% | 5.51% | Lowest win rate of any Strategist |
| Luna Snow | 47.50% | 23.31% | 0.51% | Picked in nearly 1 in 4 games, loses more than she wins |
| Gambit | 47.84% | 21.12% | 16.45% | Losing record and still banned in about 1 in 6 games |
Source: RivalsTracker, Season 10.5 Competitive, all ranks.
Jubilee is the one to watch. NetEase buffed her on October 9: she now heals herself for 25 per second during Sparking Sprint, and her ultimate, Firework Finale, heals 180 per second, up from 150. The same patch cut Dazzling Detonation's blind from 1.5 to 0.8 seconds. Here's how NetEase described it:
"Jubilation is popping off with brighter blinds, better sustain, and a heavier dose of vampiric vitality." — NetEase, Version 20261009 Balance Post
Despite the buff, she sits at 49.99%, almost exactly even. That's fine if she's your main and you're winning on her, but across all ranks she isn't outperforming the heroes in our top five.
Gambit's numbers are worse. October 9 cut his charge time per stack from 8 to 7 seconds, but also shortened his ultimate's target search range from 40 to 30 metres and its Jump Boost from 500 to 300. He wins 47.84% and is banned in 16.45% of games, so a Gambit main loses him in a lot of Gold III+ lobbies and plays a below-average hero in the rest.
Cloak & Dagger has the lowest Strategist win rate at 45.20%, and it's the third-most-picked Strategist. If it's your main, this week is a good time to learn Rocket.
What's the best support duo for climbing?
If you queue with a friend who also plays support, these are the pairs we'd try first. They're our recommendations built from the individual numbers above, not measured duo win rates:
- Ultron + Adam Warlock: the buffed Team-Up, Adam's mass revive behind Ultron's drones, and two heroes banned in only 0.16% and 0.20% of games.
- Ultron + Mantis: Ultron covers the spread-out team, Mantis protects both of you from divers.
- Rocket + Mantis: the most forgiving pair if your team keeps dying, with a revive beacon and a sleep spore.
For the full list of Season 10.5 Team-Ups, including the October 9 changes, see our Team-Up guide.
How do you climb as support before Season 11?
You have until November 13. Your final Season 10 rank decides your season-end Crests, and under the Season 11 rank reset returning players usually start placements 3 divisions below their final rank, with some exceptions by tier.
- Pick a main and a backup with low ban risk. Ultron (0.16%) and Mantis (0.11%) are almost never banned.
- Check the healer count before you lock in. If nobody else picked a Strategist, take Rocket or Ultron. Both can keep a team alive alone and get out of trouble.
- Don't trade your healing for damage every fight. The Reddit thread is right that some supports can deal real damage. It only wins games if your team isn't dying while you do it.
- Know the reward rules. The Gold costume needs 10 ranked matches in the half and a finish at Gold or higher. See our rank rewards guide.
For every role on the same data, see the Season 10.5 tier list.
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Will the best solo support change in Season 11?
Probably. Season 11 starts November 13, 2026, and NetEase hasn't posted its balance notes yet. The last two balance posts landed three days before their seasons began, so expect Season 11's around November 10. Our Season 11 release date guide has what's confirmed so far.
Until then, Version 20261009 is still the live balance. The November 5 patch added a Spider-Man bundle and bug fixes and changed no hero numbers.
FAQ
What is the best solo support in Marvel Rivals? Ultron, on Season 10.5 numbers. He wins 57.04% of Competitive games across all ranks, is banned in only 0.16% of them, and his drones heal two allies at once without needing the team to group up.
What is the best healer for solo queue? On Season 10.5 numbers, Ultron for raw win rate, Rocket Raccoon if your team keeps dying. Rocket wins 55.36% and his B.R.B. beacon revives a fallen ally.
Is Jubilee good in Season 10.5? She's the most-picked hero in the game at 30.28%, but she wins 49.99% of her games even after her October 9 buff. That's effectively even: playable, but not one of the stronger picks.
What is the worst support in Marvel Rivals Season 10.5? Cloak & Dagger, at a 45.20% win rate, the lowest of any Strategist. Jeff the Land Shark (46.42%) and Deadpool's Strategist form (47.10%) are also near the bottom.
How many supports should a Marvel Rivals team have? There's no role queue, but RivalsTracker's Season 10.5 pick rates work out to about 2.06 Strategists per Competitive team. Two healers is the norm. If you're the only one, Ultron or Rocket are the safest picks.
When does Season 11 start? November 13, 2026. NetEase hasn't posted the Season 11 balance notes, so this ranking is for Season 10.5 until then.
