Best Strategists Marvel Rivals Season 10.5: Top Healers

Quick answer: PsychoSingh's last full ranking (Season 9.5, no Season 10.5 update found) has Luna Snow at #1, with Invisible Woman, Mantis and Rocket Raccoon rounding out his top four and Gambit/Jubilee as honorable mentions. Since then, the Season 10.5 patch buffed Jubilee directly and gave Gambit a small nerf alongside a longer Jubilee Team-Up — none of the top four themselves were touched. Third-party win-rate trackers currently put Ultron and Mantis at the top of the role.

• free costs nothing
• cheap small cost
• setup needs preparation
• grind pays off slowly
• skip the thing to stop doing

Best Strategists at a glance

PsychoSingh's channel had not published an updated Season 10.5 Strategist ranking at the time of this guide's last check — these placements are his most recent full breakdown (Season 9.5), with the Season 10.5 column added directly from the official balance patch notes rather than guessed. Independent win-rate trackers currently place Ultron and Mantis at the top of the role; treat that as a separate data point from PsychoSingh's opinion-based ranking, not a replacement for it.

Why the strategist meta barely changed in Season 9.5

Season 9.5 landed with only a slight nerf to Gambit's Magneto team-up and a modest buff to White Fox's ultimate cost, so the lineup PsychoSingh was already leaning on going into the back half of that season carried over almost untouched. The premise still holds through Season 10.5: nothing in the mid-season patch touched the top four directly, though Jubilee (an honorable mention) and Gambit both got real changes — see the table above.

1. Treat Gambit as a strong honorable mention, not a must-ban freeHis primary fire heals, he counters dive with the Magneto team-up, and his dash keeps him safe, but his ultimate has fallen behind the other supports' ults — and Season 10.5 trimmed his resource charge speed a little further. 0:47
2. Don't sleep on Jubilee as a backup pick cheapPsychoSingh calls her the other honorable mention thanks to strong damage output; Season 10.5 added a genuine self-heal and a stronger ultimate on top of that, which pushes back against complaints that she's a low-value healer. 0:47

Luna Snow: the best support Marvel Rivals has right now

PsychoSingh calls Luna Snow the number one pick, and it isn't close: she hasn't been nerfed in a long stretch of patches (no change in 10.5 either), she's hitscan, and her damage output rivals a duelist's.

1. Practice your aim before you commit to her grindBoth her healing beam and her damage require landing shots consistently — this is a high-skill-ceiling pick, not a plug-and-play healer. 4:11
2. Take the White Fox team-up whenever it's available setupIt grants a Spirit Fox ability that can shake off crowd control after being hit and adds more damage on top. 4:35

Invisible Woman: the best traditional healer pick

Her primary-fire healing is strong and easy to land, and her shield wall blocks damage outright. Her passive Covert Advance also grants her a heal-over-time while invisible.

1. Pair her with the Human Torch team-up for a stronger shield setupThe team-up buffs her shield wall, letting her block more damage and push out more damage of her own at the same time. 2:15
2. Save her ultimate to heal, slow, and hide ability casts at once freeIt's one of the strongest support ults in the game against a mobility-heavy meta, and it conceals whatever ability you pop inside it. 3:01

Mantis: the strongest all-round healer for climbing

Mantis carried a 67% win rate into Season 9.5 without ever being adjusted in a patch, and she wasn't touched in 10.5 either. Her Life Orb-driven kit lets her flex between healer and secondary damage dealer depending on what your team needs.

1. Run her in double support with the Star-Lord team-up setupThis team-up is what makes Mantis viable alongside a second support; without it, lean on a healing-focused partner. 6:29
2. Use her sleep on divers before they reach your backline cheapIt removes an attacker from the fight for a couple of seconds, buying time for your team to reposition or burst something down. 7:15

Rocket Raccoon: the easiest hero to justify in every comp

Rocket, in PsychoSingh's words, is a better version of Gambit in almost every way. He generates ultimate charge faster, his ult lasts longer even if it's stationary, and his Battle Rebirth Beacon revives fallen allies passively.

1. Lean on his healing spheres for flyers, divers, and tanks alike freeHis bouncing healing spheres make him one of the most versatile healers in the game, since he doesn't need line of sight the way beam-based supports do. 10:39
2. Pick the Groot team-up when you have a Groot on your team setupIt grants overshields to teammates and deals anti-dive damage to enemies. 9:08

Other Strategists worth knowing

Beyond PsychoSingh's top four, a few more Strategists have their own dedicated guides on this site and are worth a look depending on your team's needs: Jubilee for damage-leaning support (freshly buffed in 10.5), White Fox for the Luna Snow team-up synergy, Loki for deception-based utility, and Gambit for primary-fire sustain if you don't mind his 10.5 nerf.

FAQ

Who is the best strategist in Marvel Rivals right now? PsychoSingh's most recent full ranking (Season 9.5, no 10.5 update published yet) has Luna Snow at #1, ahead of Invisible Woman, Mantis and Rocket Raccoon. Independent win-rate trackers currently favor Ultron and Mantis — a different, data-driven view worth weighing alongside the opinion-based ranking.

What is the best support in Marvel Rivals for beginners? Rocket Raccoon and Invisible Woman are the more forgiving picks — Rocket doesn't need line of sight for his healing spheres, and Invisible Woman's shield wall is simple to use well. Luna Snow has the highest ceiling but needs real aim.

Is Gambit still a good strategist pick after the Season 9.5 and 10.5 nerfs? Yes, as an honorable mention rather than a top pick — his primary-fire healing and Magneto team-up anti-dive utility are still solid, even though his resource charge speed and ult value have both been trimmed across two patches.

What makes Mantis a strong healer to climb with? A 67% win rate that's gone untouched across multiple patches, plus a kit that flexes between healing and real damage output — her leaf crits can rival a duelist's damage on good hits.

Is this Marvel Rivals strategist tier list an official ranking? No — it's PsychoSingh's personal Season 9.5 breakdown, cross-checked here against the official Season 10.5 balance patch notes for anything that's since changed, plus a note on where independent win-rate data disagrees.

Sources

Hero rankings and quotes are from PsychoSingh's Season 9.5 Strategist tier list video — his most recent full breakdown at time of writing; no Season 10.5 update was found on his channel. Hero kit details (Invisible Woman's Covert Advance, Luna Snow's Cryo Heart, Mantis's Life Orb, Rocket's Battle Rebirth Beacon) are wiki-verified. Season 10.5 balance changes (Jubilee, Gambit, Adam Warlock Team-Up) are verified directly against the official Season 10.5 patch notes. Win-rate context (Ultron, Mantis topping the role) comes from independent third-party tracker aggregation, kept clearly separate from PsychoSingh's opinion-based ranking.

Read next

• Marvel Rivals Tier List — full-roster tier list, Season 10.5
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• Gambit Hero Guide — abilities and combos