Marvel Rivals is gaining popularity because it capitalizes on the hero shooter formula and is based on characters from the most popular comic book universe. If you plan on giving the free-to-play 6v6 hero shooter a guide, you will need to know the ins and outs of each character, and Marvel Rivals Spider-Man is no exception.
Once again, Marvel Rivals Spider-Man is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, the much-loved actor who has lent his voice to countless iterations of the character at this point, most notably Insomniac Games’ Marvel Spider-Man 1 & 2.
To capitalize on everything that makes the character awesome you will need to know all about New York’s Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man. And this guide will be your one-stop solution, giving you everything you need to do whatever a spider can!
Marvel Rivals Spider-Man Overview and Lore
After receiving his powers when a radioactive spider bit him, Peter Parker—the academically gifted teenager transformed into Spider-Man. Since then there has been no looking back for him as he has shouldered the responsibility of protecting his city from unimaginable threats time and again.
Despite being blessed with powers like Super-strength, Spidey is better known for his slick maneuvers, agility, and lightning-fast reflexes. Not much has changed with Marvel Rivals Spider-Man, but with the Timestream Entanglement, he has to balance protecting all of New York and ensuring that the Web of Life stays intact.
Role, Stats, and Abilities
Marvel Rivals Spider-Man can blitz, dazzle, and surprise his foes. The character is known for using stealth and the environment to his advantage. But he is still a Duellist, meaning you can use his speed and fast attacks to cheese through 1v1s.
- Role – Duellist.
- Difficulty – 5/5 Stars.
- Health – 250.
- Speed – 6 m/s.
Apart from his base stats, the webslinger also comes with a unique set of abilities that can help you change the course of a game. While he isn’t one of the strongest characters like Thor Odinson to play within the game, you can always benefit from knowing his merits and demerits well:
- Spider-Power – Use your striking limbs and the handy Spider-tracer to lash out hits on your enemies. While the two initial hits will be punches, Spidey will resort to his deadly long legs (pun intended) after that.
- Punch
- Range – 3m.
- Damage – 25.
- Interval – 0.37s.
- Kick
- Range – 4m.
- Damage – 40.
- Interval – 0.82s.
- Punch
- Cyber-Web Cluster – Shoot some webs with this power and also attach a Spider Tracer and deal damage to your foes.
- Range – Damage begins reducing after 20m and gets to 50% at 40 meters.
- Damage – 30.
- Interval – 3s per shot.
- Projectile Speed – 120 m/s.
- Number of Charges – 5.
- Spider-Tracer Duration – 3s.
- Spider-Tracer Damage – 45.
- Spectacular Spin – Just like the name suggests this will cover a spherical area with your webs to deal damage and also stagger enemies.
- Range – 8m spherical radius.
- Damage – 12 per hit.
- Duration – 2.4s.
- Bonus Health (Self) – 250.
- Hits Required to Stun – 20.
- Stun Duration – 1.5s.
- Web-Swing – Probably the one traversal mechanic that has stayed common in every rendition of the webhead in video games, this will allow you to swing on webs when you press the sprint button.
- Maximum Web Length – 30m.
- Charges – 3.
- Recharge Speed – 6s per charge.
- Get Over Here! – Pull an enemy closer to yourself or if they are hit with a Spider-Tracer, web zip to them and unleash a powerful
- Range – 20m.
- Projectile Damage – 25.
- Projectile Speed – 80m/s.
- Kicking Distance – 24m.
- Kick Damage – 50.
- Cooldown – 8s.
- Amazing Combo – Launch an enemy in the sky momentarily and deal bonus damage with a Spider-Tracer.
- Range – 5m.
- Damage – 55.
- Charges – 2.
- Recharge Speed – 6s.
- Cooldown – 2s.
- Thwip and Flip – Thanks to your athletic abilities you can double jump when you hit the jump button.
- Spider-Sense – Your Spidey-Sense will alert of you your enemies close by.
- Wall Crawl – You can cling onto walls by pressing the jump key and sprint while doing so too.
- Wall-Crawling Speed – 3m/s.
- Sprinting Speed – 9m/s.
Best Allies and Team-Ups for Spider-Man
What’s better than a superhero? No points will be given for guessing that the only answer is multiple superheroes. Spidey can team up with some characters and either obtain or expedite perks in Marvel Rivals.
- Suit Expulsion – Venom can grant temporary symbiote buffs to Spider-Man and Peni Parker. Then the latter pair can dish out some serious pain by by releasing explosive symbiote spikes. These will harm and also drive back nearby enemies.
- Range – 5m spherical radius.
- Duration – 4s.
- Attack Interval – 1s.
- Critical Damage – 50 damage per strike.
- Cooldown – 30s.
- Extra Web-Fluid – If teamed up with Squirrel Gir, Spider-Man can give Squirrel a Web projectile that explodes upon contact with enemies.
- Bonus – 10% Damage Boost.
Marvel Rivals Spider-Man Tips & Tricks
Despite being a duellist, Marvel Rivals Spider-Man’s difficulty star rating is because of his easy-to-learn, hard-to-master melee abilities. While practice will help you utilize his abilities well keep these pointers in mind before you hit play:
- Get up close and personal with the enemy—a foe in proximity is easy to hit with the host of abilities available.
- Use his Web Cluster ability with melee attacks and other abilities to increase your chances of landing a Spider-Tracer and deal some extra damage.
- You need to get your strike in and relocate. Use the bull and the matador approach as his HP isn’t the best and you can easily die if you aren’t always on the move.
- Spectacular Spin, if timed right, can wreak havoc on the battlefield as it both stuns and damages, use it at the right moment and not willy-nilly.
How to Beat Marvel Rivals Spider-Man (Weaknesses & Counters)
If you are against a good Marvel Rivals Spider-Man you don’t have a lot of options. However, there are some strategies you can use.
- Using enemies that can stun Spider-Man will go a long way. Use Scarlet Witch’s Dark Seal, if you can prevent him from swinging and running circles around you, you will be able to cheese him.
- Hawkeye or Mantis will also be able to counter Marvel Rivals Spider-Man due to their abilities to stun enemies efficiently.
In all fairness, countering Spider-Man will be a difficult task in the game, unless the player using him is a novice, so get ready for some frustration and some luck and/or heavy skill needed.
Alternate Skins
There are alternate costumers and cosmetics for every character as there have to be some microtransactions to sustain a free-to-play game. While these are completely optional, if you are a hardcore Marvel fan, buying all of these will set you back quite a bit.
Default
Rocking the iconic Red, Blue, and Black color scheme; the default suit doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. While there are no clear inspirations for this suit like the one from Insomniac it adds a fun twist to the webhead’s iconic threads.
Bombastic Bag-Man
Revealed in a recent trailer for the character. The Bombastic Bag-Man uses a state-of-the-art brown paper bag for a mask and some makeshift webshift shooters. Its barebone, regular, and everyday aesthetic is a shout-out to the superhero’s initial days.
2099 Spider-Punk
Blending the 2099 Spider-Man aesthetic with a punk rock vibe. Rocking a guitar and shredding his heart out, it seems like this avatar would headbang-inducing tunes to distract does.
Scarlet Spider
The Scarlet Spider aesthetic has been long-haired as one of the most good-looking costume designs for a superhero. This remains the case for Marvel Rivals Spider-Man too but this skin will only be accessible to PlayStation 5 users.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The suit given to Peter by the Golden Avengers in the third movie of the MCU’s Spider-Man franchise, this suit is a fan-favorite. The suit isn’t available to purchase currently but ensure that you wishlist it if you plan on procuring it when it releases.
If Marvel Rivals Spider-Man is too complex a hero to play you might want to check out other Thumb Wars Gaming coverage and learn the ropes to play Marvel Rivals Captain America. You could also check the latest and greatest in the gaming world like The Fortnite OG Fan Meltdown and more.
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