Best counters for Doctor Strange in Marvel Rivals

Summary

• Luna Snow can freeze Doctor Strange, preventing him from flying away and allowing the team to take him down quickly.
• Wolverine can take down flying enemies like Doctor Strange, dealing damage based on the target's maximum health.
• Venom is durable with the ability to mitigate Doctor Strange's attacks and can also counter his powerful CC with his Ultimate.

Doctor Strange (or Dr. Strange) has become quite a popular hero in Rivals of wonderand players have grown fond of his ability to cause entire teams to be wiped out with his portals. But the truth is that other players prefer different playing styles and are pretty tired of him ruining their games. Luckily, there are several ways to counter Doctor Strange Rivals of wonder.

For players looking to challenge the Sorcerer Supreme's rule, here are eight best counters for Doctor Strangefrom the best strategist currently available on the roster to a walking disaster capable of taking incredible amounts of damage and beating Strange into submission.

8 Snow Moon

Best heroine to calm Strange down

• Pros: Fast, very CC
• Cons: Soft, easily overwhelmed

Luna Snow quickly became the “Mei” of Rivals of wonderwith many players choosing this character for his freezing abilities. This is exactly what makes Luna so good at stopping Doctor Strange when he's been sitting around targets for a long time, especially if he uses his cape to slip away from Duelists in melee.

Luna has the ability to freeze her targets thanks to Absolute Zero, and having her land on Doctor Strange while he's gliding after using Cloak of Levitation will take him down pretty quickly. Then, with a coordinated attack, the team can hit Strange before he uses his Seraphim Shield to block their attacks.

7 Glutton

Best hero to root Strange

• Pros: Fast, durable, can shoot down aerial enemies
• Cons: Difficult to master, difficult to control

To defeat one of the advantages Doctor Strange has access to (his pesky flight ability), who better to take him down than the beast himself, Wolverine? Logan is a killing machine and his kit is designed to take down the toughest enemies (especially Vanguards). Conveniently, Doctor Strange fits the profile of a tough but mobile tank.

Wolverine deals damage based on the target's maximum health, and the more Rage he has built up, the higher the percentage. On the other hand, his Feral Leap ability can knock enemies out of the sky, even more so if it is boosted by the Gamma Fastball Team-Up ability activated when Hulk is in the team.

6 Poison

Robust and reliable against CC

• Pros: excellent at close range, resistant, excellent mitigating effect
• Cons: It's a little slow

Venom is one of the ideal counters for Doctor Strange as he can take several hits before being in real danger, and even so, using Symbiotic Resilience will convert his missing health into temporal hit points. The Sorcerer Supreme can deal a lot of damage to large targets like Venom and Hulk, but that doesn't matter if players know how to mitigate it properly.

On the other hand, Venom's Ultimate Feast of The Abyss grants him “freedom of movement”, which is ideal for countering Eye of Agamotto's (Doctor Strange's Ultimate) powerful CC, a massive AoE blast that hinders movement of every target in the area. and lasts 3 seconds. With Venom, players won't have to worry about that. They simply need to hit the Ultimate ability and crush Strange.

5 Winter Soldier

Packed with tons of CC skills

• Pros: Profitable, great at crowd control, executable
• Cons: soft tactics, vulnerable to overpowering

Another great character to counter Doctor Strange is Winter Soldier. Also known as James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, Captain America's former sidekick specializes in creating opportunities for his team to deal targeted damage on priority targets. Thanks to his many crowd-boosted abilities, Winter Soldier can lift a floating mage or throw him to the ground with a precise shot of his Tainted Voltage ability.

Additionally, his ult also marks enemies for execution, and once they are below a certain health threshold, they immediately die and restore their ability, and this can be chained infinitely. It also elevates the character into the air, avoiding Doctor Strange's Eye of Agamotto and then dropping it on their head to kill them.

4 Black Panther

It can catch Doctor Strange off guard

• Pros: Extreme mobility, good hunter, can climb walls
• Cons: Limited kit, single target focus

Black Panther is the perfect example of a good assassin. This melee Duelist has an incredibly fast jumping ability that allows him to get close to Doctor Strange and behind him in a second, making him more vulnerable to attacks from other players. The King of Wakanda is an expert at flanking and surprise attacks, and since he also has the ability to scale walls, he can somewhat survive the Gate's launch if the player acts quickly enough.

On the other hand, thanks to his jumping ability, he can jump out of the AoE that Doctor Strange uses to stun everyone when he casts his Ultimate. This gives him an advantage in targeting the good doctor and preventing other rivals from targeting the stunned team members.

3 Magic

The true master of portals

• Pros: Good mobility, good flanking, uses jamming tactics
• Cons: Soft, vulnerable when static

Another great flanker who can make Doctor Strange bleed in seconds is Magik. Thanks to her high mobility, Magik can avoid being trapped by Strange's Ultimate and can also leave behind a demonic minion to attack the Sorcerer Supreme. Magik's kit involves jumping into the middle of the enemy team, separating the strategists from the vanguards and duelists, and then moving out.

Strange is the Ranged Vanguard, a strange combination of crowd control, mitigation and mobility. Magik can counter most of Strange's abilities and, more importantly, survive long enough to ensure Strange is too busy to wander around building portals in the ground. She is the true master of portal magic.

2 Star-Lord

High mobility, can avoid Strange's traps

• Pros: Extreme Mobility, Good Chaser, Excellent Ultimate
• Cons: Soft, vulnerable when grounded

Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, is a great mid-range duelist who specializes in stalking priority targets, picking them off with a rapid barrage of blaster fire, and retreating when things get sticky. He's great at harassing shield-dependent heroes like Doctor Strange, who will soon have his Seraph Shield drained after a single encounter with Star-Lord.

On the other hand, Star-Lord's Ultimate Galactic Legend propels him into the air and allows him to destroy his enemies with tracer blasters as he hovers over the battlefield. This also puts him out of reach of the Eye of Agamotto, and his aerial maneuverability can save him if he falls into one of Strange's doom portals.

1 Hulk

He can take down Doctor Strange and put him down

• Pros: Extreme mitigation, good tank, can jump, single target suppression
• Cons: Vulnerable if isolated

One of the best Vanguards to counter Doctor Strange in the current Meta is the Hulk. The Emerald Giant is a mass of pure strength and mitigation, being able to knock enemies out of the sky thanks to Incredible Leap and lock them down using Radioactive Lockdown.

When Hulk transforms into Monster Hulk, he gains enhanced strength and the ability called World Breaker. He can use it to grab Doctor Strange by the cape and slam him into the ground for several seconds, making him quite vulnerable, if not completely obliterating him in the process.