
NightcrawlerCounters, win rate & synergies
- Kills14.513.1
- Deaths6.45.9
- Assists20.920.2
- Damage6,3136,515
- Healing15,75318,472
Nightcrawler leans dive, and can flex into rush comps when the team shape calls for it.
Nightcrawler is a Strategist hero in Marvel Rivals. In All Ranks, Nightcrawler holds a 49.7% win rate across 5,439 community-tracked matches. Nightcrawler's hardest counters are Angela, Bruce Banner, and Captain America, while their strongest duo partners are Storm, Ultron, and Gorr The God Butcher. Looking for who counters Nightcrawler, or which heroes Nightcrawler counters? This page ranks Nightcrawler's hardest counters and easiest wins, plus per-10-minute combat stats versus the Strategist role average, strongest duos, and the best and worst maps. Data refreshes daily from community matches, last updated Nov 15, 2026.
Map Performance
Where Nightcrawler shines and where they struggle.
Performance by Rank
How Nightcrawler's win rate and pick rate shift from Bronze to Cel+. Higher ranks have fewer matches, so those win rates sit closer to 50%.
| Division | Win rate | Pick rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 49.1% | 1.4% | 64 (Low confidence (64 tracked matches)) |
| Silver | 49.7% | 1.2% | 970 |
| Gold | 49.6% | 0.8% | 905 |
| Platinum | 50.2% | 1.0% | 1,547 |
| Diamond | 49.7% | 1.5% | 1,551 |
| Grandmaster | 49.9% | 0.9% | 370 (Low confidence (370 tracked matches)) |
| Celestial+ | 49.8% | 1.0% | 31 (Low confidence (31 tracked matches)) |
Nightcrawler counters, answered
- Who counters Nightcrawler in Marvel Rivals?
- Nightcrawler's hardest counters in Marvel Rivals are Angela, Bruce Banner, and Captain America. They rank highest on Counterwatch's counter rating against Nightcrawler, built from one-on-one duels and teamfight outcomes in recent community matches rather than match win rate.
- Who is Nightcrawler strong against?
- Nightcrawler counters Elsa Bloodstone, Mantis, and The Punisher hardest, ranked by counter rating in Nightcrawler's favor from duel and teamfight data.
- Who are the best heroes to play with Nightcrawler?
- Nightcrawler's strongest duo partners are Storm, Ultron, and Gorr The God Butcher, ranked by how well they perform alongside Nightcrawler in recent community matches.
Nightcrawler counters
Higher is always stronger on each card. Counter ratings come from duel and teamfight outcomes, not match win rate, across all game types.
LOSES TO
Counter rating vs Nightcrawler
STRONGEST DUOS
Combined win rate with Nightcrawler
Counter picking guides: Marvel Rivals counters: who beats who in every matchup · How Counterwatch calculates hero counters and synergies
Ban suggestions
Heroes to ban against Nightcrawler
Biggest threats: enemies that beat Nightcrawler often AND get picked often.
How is this calculated?
Three lenses on the same data, all filtered to enemies whose counter rating against Nightcrawler is positive. The rating comes from one-on-one duels and teamfight outcomes in community matches, not match win rate, and it strips each hero's general strength so only the counter effect remains. The rating on the row is the same value shown on the Loses to card, and counter ratings need 50+ contributing players before they appear at all.
- Combined: pickrate multiplied by counter rating. The default. A moderate counter you'll face every other match ranks higher than a hard counter nobody plays.
- Pickrate: Share of teams that play the hero, counting only matches where the hero wasn't banned. Useful when you want to ban someone you'll definitely face.
- Counter strength: the counter rating alone, ignoring frequency. Useful when you want to remove the hero that beats you hardest, regardless of how often they're picked.
Per-map ban data isn't available yet. Counter ratings in our dataset aren't broken down by map.
The confidence dots on each row reflect how many players contributed duel data to that rating. A niche hero with a thin player base lands lower on the dots even when their rating is high, so you can tell which bans are battle-tested and which are still forming.
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