Top 10 Most Banned Heroes in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5: Insights into the competitive meta

This list of the most banned heroes in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 provides valuable insights into the current meta. These heroes are not only powerful but can be game-changing and borderline impossible to deal with in certain situations. Every hero has their reasons for getting banned. In a competitive setting, teams tend to ban these heroes to create a fairer fighting arena.

In this article, we will list the most banned heroes in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 and discuss why the player base is banning them. The ban rate data is taken from all the Competitive matches played by these heroes in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 across all ranks.

List of 10 most banned heroes in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5

Why are these heroes banned the most in Marvel Rivals?

1. Wolverine

Wolverine sits at the top of the most banned heroes list in Marvel Rivals with a ban rate of 42.15%. He is the most effective Vanguard shredder in Marvel Rivals by a long shot, capable of deleting the front lines in a few seconds. The unpredictable and game-changing impact of Wolverine, makes him the most banned hero in Marvel Rivals.

2. Winter Soldier

Winter Soldier is one of the most powerful duelists in Marvel Rivals due to the low cooldown of all his abilities that synergize with each other to create deadly combos. He has a high ban rate of 25.35% primarily due to his ultimate ability, Kraken Impact, which can send him on a back-to-back killing spree, deleting the entire enemy team.

3. Storm

Storm sits third in this list of the most banned heroes in Marvel Rivals. With a ban rate of 24.19%, Storm can fight from unique off angles that can be annoying for the enemy team to deal with. Additionally, she has highly effective team-up abilities with Thor and Human Torch, which players are better off without in the current Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 meta.

4. Spider Man

Spider Man has a ban rate of 20.74% and sits at number four on this list. He is the most mobile dive hero in the game and likes playing separately from his team. Players often tend to ban him in competitive matches due to the unpredictable nature of his game play which can be hard to counter.

5. Namor

Namor is a popular choice in the current meta of Marvel Rivals Season 1.5. He has a ban rate of 20.43% owing to his Aquatic Dominion ability that spawns autonomous damage-dealing turrets. These turrets when placed at off angles can be extremely annoying to deal with. This is why players often tend to ban him in competitive matches.

6. Luna Snow

Luna Snow is the most banned strategist in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 with a ban rate of 11.45%. She has one of the most effective healing kits in the game with her ultimate ability capable of immortalizing the entire ally team for a good few seconds. Having her on the team is a major win condition, which is why players often ban her in competitive matches.

7. Magik

Magik is a top-tier dive hero capable of sneaking in and deleting enemy strategists at key moments in the game. Once her target is set, it's almost impossible to stop her from securing her kill, which is why she is one of the most banned heroes with a ban rate of 8.07%

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8. Hulk

Hulk is currently the most banned Vanguard in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5. With a ban rate of 6.85%, he is the ultimate brawler capable of disrupting the enemy team’s front and back lines alike. While Vanguards are not a popular ban choice in the current meta, players tend to ban him to disrupt powerful enemy team compositions.

9. Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is one of the most popular Vanguard choices in Marvel Rivals Season 1.5, owing to the useful nature of his 800 HP shield. He has a ban rate of 5.12% as players often tend to deny the opposition team the ability to run powerful team compositions with him.

10. Black Panther

Black Panther has a high skill ceiling and can be a dominating hero in the right hands. He can be hard to deal with when played right, with the potential to take down the entire team behind. With a ban rate of 5.08%, Black Panther is banned when a team is met with a master Panther player who is dominating the arena.

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