Storm quickly ascended to the throne as the strongest character. marvel rivals Season 1. A recent round of buffs transformed her from one of the weakest damage dealers to a threat at all skill levels in the hero shooter’s ranked mode.
She has the highest win rate out of all 35 heroes, around 57%, according to stat tracking site RivalsMeta, which gets data from the game’s powerful API. Last season she only scored 51% and was generally considered one of the weakest duelists compared to popular picks like Hela, Hawkeye, and Psylocke. However, it has increased in scale with slightly improved damage and survivability during the Hurricane Ultimate.
The fact that she can dominate the sky without even touching the ground, as well as the increased damage to the entire team she provides, makes her very powerful. Storm is a support character disguised as a dealer who turns everyone on his team into sharp swords. And true support heroes with their own damage boosts like Mantis are already incredibly popular, so teams with both are unstoppable.
At the highest tiers, Storm’s presence increases the win rates of heroes who benefit the most from Storm, like Magik and Wolverine. Both require you to get in close to enemies to do anything, and the damage increase makes it much easier for them to get in and out unscathed. This is much to the chagrin of all support players. Even heroes like Black Widow, who used to struggle to take down characters who could survive sniper fire, are starting to move up from the bottom of the tier list.
This is how a few buffs can change the shape of the meta, even when they don’t seem like much. No one is calling for a nerf to Storm yet, but I think demand will grow as more players figure out the team-wide benefits and impact of a hard-to-reach flying hero. Game director Guangyun Chen recently told Metro that the team wanted to allow players to experiment rather than impose rules on them, such as limiting the number of heroes for each role on the team. If this means you won’t be doing another Balance Pass this season, you may want to start practicing Psionic Goddess right away.
