NetEaseLoki is a beloved character available to play in Marvel Rivals but to get the best out of him you’ll need to fully understand his abilities, ultimate, and playstyle.
As a Strategist in Marvel Rivals, much of your job is supporting your team, including healing and buffing them up. However, the best ones do way more than that.
What makes Loki extremely good is he not only heals but also functions almost as another Duelist if needed, putting out tons of poke damage to enemies on the battlefield. He’s a fantastic fighter in the right hands.
Loki stats in Marvel Rivals
- Class: Strategist
- Health: 250
- Movement: 6 m/s
Loki excels as a support unit on the battlefield as he can heal his allies, and dish out plenty of damage to enemies with his primary weapon.
He’s particularly good at dealing poke damage which essentially means he can act as another Duelist during matches.
Season 1.5 meta changes
Loki has seen both a buff and a nerf in the 1.5 patch. His Ultimate Ability cost has risen from 3,400 to 4,000, which is quite the jump compared to some of the other characters, like Luna Snow. However, to contrast this, his Mystical Missile charges have been increased from 10 to 12. So while he does suffer a blow, he’s able to increase his attack rate.
Weapons
Loki’s weapon are Mystical Missiles which allow him to either heal his teammates or damage enemies.
You can find the full stats for the Missiles below:
| Casting | Single-cast projectile with delayed impact that also generates a spell field |
| Damage | The projectile deals no damage, while the spell field inflicts 30 damage per cast |
| Range | 3m spherical radius |
| Damage Falloff | Falloff begins at 0.5m, decreasing to 50% at 2.5m |
| Projectile Speed | 100 m/s |
| Healing Speed | The projectile does not provide healing, but the spell field provides 40 Health per cast |
| Fire Rate | 1.75 rounds per second |
| Ammo | 12 |
NetEaseAbilities
Alongside healing allies and damaging enemies with his primary weapon, Loki can create Doppelgangers, become invisible, and stealthy backstab opponents for big damage with his abilities.
| Ability | Details | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| God of Mischief | Casting: Targeted Special Effect: After transforming, Loki’s Ultimate ability will be fully charged. Casting a transformation-type Ultimate ability will extend the duration of Devious Exchange until the transformation ability ends Duration: 15s Energy Cost: 4000 | Shapeshift into a targeted ally or enemy hero and use all their abilities except any of their Team-Up Abilities |
| Regeneration Domain | Casting: Release a spell field at the location of Loki and the Illusion Special Effect: The spell field is sustained by Rune Stones. It will disappear if the Rune Stone is destroyed or if its maximum duration is reached. Allies within the field will receive healing over time, and any damage taken will be converted into healing based on the amount of damage taken Range: A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 5m and a height of 2m Duration: 5s Conversion Rate: 30% Healing Amount: 100/s Rune Stone Health: 100 Cooldown: 25s | Use Rune Stones to create a magical field that provides allies Healing and converts incoming damage into further healing |
| Doppelganger | Casting: Targeted Maximum Distance: 30m Special Effect: Project an Illusion at a selected location Cooldown: 2 charges, with each charge taking 12s to recharge | Project an Illusion that can cast some of Loki’s abilities |
| Devious Exchange | Casting: Targeted Maximum Distance: 30m Cooldown: 15s | Swap with the selected Illusion |
| Backstab | Casting: Single-cast Spell Field Damage: 30; Backstab Damage: +15 (total of 45) Range: 3m | Pull out a dagger to stab enemies, dealing extra damage when attacking an enemy from behind |
| Deception | Casting: Instant Cast Special Effect: Loki leaves an illusion in his place and becomes invisible while continuously healing himself. This invisibility has no time limit, but any actions other than casting Devious Exchange, reloading, or casting Doppelganger will render him visible Healing Amount: Health regenerates at a rate of 20 Health per second while invisible Cooldown: 15m | Become Invisible and conjure an Illusion to deceive enemies |
| Laufeyson Reborn (Team Up Ablity) | Special Effect: When Hela defeats an enemy, if Loki is still alive, he will receive Bonus Health. If Loki is defeated, he will respawn on the spot after a short delay Bonus Health: 50 Respawn Delay: 1.5s | When Hela lands a final hit in defeating an enemy, she can instantly resurrect Loki and Thor in the respawn phase, or grant them bonus health if they are still alive |
Tips to play Loki in Marvel Rivals
If there’s one thing to keep note of when playing Loki, is that his effectiveness is heavily reliant on your mechanics – especially when it comes to his heal and damage rate.
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You’ll need to be able to precisely aim at your allies and enemies to effectively heal and damage, but once you’re over the steep learning curve, he becomes one of the best Strategists in the game.
Since you’ll be in the backline somewhat stationary, it’s important to be ready at any moment to defend yourself from a targeted dive from enemies.
Luckily, his kit is built to get you out of such situations, as you can easily cast a Doppelganger and go invisible.
The other great thing about Loki’s kit is that you aren’t pigeonholed into becoming a healbot, as you can easily start flanking and become a pseudo-Duelist to dish out a lot of damage – although we can’t guarantee your teammates will support you doing so.
Best team comp
When it comes to pairing Loki with other heroes, we would recommend running him with these characters in Marvel Rivals:
- Hela
- Scarlet Witch
- Thor
Hela
Dexerto / NetEaseHela and Loki share a Team Up Ability which let’s you play Loki much more aggesively. When Hela’s final attack defeats an enemy, she can instantly revive Loki. If he’s still alive however, he receives a nice boost of Bonus Health instead.
These buffs give you room to be more aggresive due to the extra health and revives. So if you would rather have Loki in the thick of the action, this is an ideal pairing.
Check out our full Hela guide for more on how she plays.
Scarlet Witch
Dexerto / NeteaseScarlet Witch can use her Dark Seal ability to stun enemies, and Loki can activate his Deception to sneak up and backstab them. It’s a sneaky stratgegy but it’s a pretty surefire way to take heroes down without having to worry about being countered (thanks to the Stuns).
With her Mystic Projection Scarlet Witch can become insivible too which means you’ve got twice the sleathy powers between the two heroes.
Don’t forget to give our dedicated Scarlet Witch guide a read before playing her.
Thor
Dexerto / NetEaseThor is a tanky Vanguard character in Marvel Rivals who’s another great teammate for Loki. As well as also benefitting from Hela’s Team Up Ability, Thor excels at close combat so he can easily dish out damage and keep the enemy busy while Loki sneaks up to backstab them. Finally, Loki’s healing abilties can also ensure that Thor stays in the fight for as as possible.
If you’re wondering the best way to play Thor, we’ve got a dedicated guide you can read.
Best counters
If you’re struggling to defeat a Loki in Marvel Rivals, we’d advise using these characters:
- Star-Lord
- Hela
Star-Lord
Dexerto / NetEaseStar Lord’s greatest strength against Loki is his mobility. Loki isn’t the best at moving around the map so an agile fighter like Star-Lord is ideal to single out the God of Mischief.
He really excels at flanking so as long as you’re hasseling the enemy backline, you should be able to easily single out Loki and take him down.
Hela
Dexerto / NetEaseHela is fantastic ally for Loki but she’s also a formiddable foe for the God. Thanks to her great crowd control and AoE abilitites so easily dispatch Loki pesky Doppelgangers.
Once you’ve handled his duplicates, you can unleash the Soul Drainer ability to stun Loki and deal some decent damage.
That’s all you need to know about playing Loki in Marvel Rivals. For more on the game, check out our full tier list, Twitch Drops, the best controller settings, Battle Pass details, all currencies, and the Iron Man code.