Marvel Rivals: How to Play Loki

Loki is not only a highly recognizable character in Marvel Rivals, but also the God of Mischief who can shift and change to whatever he pleases to trick and confuse his enemies. This is reflected quite well in the game through his abilities, and on top of that, he’s also a healer who has some strong potential for keeping everyone alive.

However, he can be challenging to play. He’s considered a 4 star difficulty character, and that’s mostly because of the relatively high skill ceiling associated with getting value out of his illusory skills. Despite this, though, he can be a lot of fun to play, and he can also be a great tool for helping his team win fights – especially because those illusions make him exceptionally difficult to take down. So, here’s everything you need to know about Loki in Marvel Rivals.

All Loki Abilities in Marvel Rivals

Loki has a large range of abilities that allow him to quickly reposition, heal up his team, and do decent damage to enemies. He can go invisible to get away from enemy flankers, making him one of the Strategists with the highest survivability potential. He can use his doppelgangers to distract Duelists and Vanguards, making them easier for your team to take down. Here are all of his abilities explained in more detail:

Tips and Tricks for Playing Loki in Marvel Rivals

As mentioned before, Loki is a four star difficulty character who can be challenging to master. This is mainly due to his Doppelganger and Devious Exchange abilities, which require him to have a pretty significant setup time. This can be particularly difficult to get right when you are on an attacking team or playing on a map where you don’t have time to do so – making it one of the more important abilities to master.

Unlocking his potential starts with this strength, but also knowing when to place your Regeneration Domain, when to heal with your primary fire, and when it’s time to do some damage with Backstab or his Mystical Missile. Here are some tips and tricks to keep in mind when playing as Loki:

Focus on Doppelganger Placement

Loki’s playstyle mainly revolves around placing his Doppelgangers and switching between them to confuse enemies and make a quick escape. Or, if you’re so inclined, they can even be a useful tool for aggressive plays and get into the fight quicker while not taking a risk of trying to get through a choke point or get past enemies to get closer to your team. It can also be quite challenging for enemies to tell the difference between Loki and his Doppelgangers, given that they can use some of his abilities. As such, you can surprise an enemy who ignores a Doppelganger after realizing it’s not the ‘real’ Loki and surprise them with a Backstab.

To get the most value out of this ability you can, though, placement is essential. For example, place them on high ground or near your team so it can be difficult to decipher which Loki is the real one, but also to help take some of the damage your frontline will be facing. You can also use Doppelgangers to quickly shift into the team fight if you’re coming back from spawn, or simply use them to make a large rotation and get behind the enemy team.

The most important thing to keep in mind is to always have Doppelgangers on the field, as they are what give Loki solid mobility and help with healing and damage.

Learn a Bit About All Heroes

God of Mischief allows Loki to shapeshift into anyone on the field, and you can immediately use their Ultimate or any of their other abilities to help out your own team. The first thought may be to go for someone like Punisher to get a lot of damage out but also consider choosing a character like Luna Snow, who has one of the best Strategist Ultimates in the game.

However, because Loki’s Ultimate is essentially someone else’s, it’ll be best to take some time to learn a bit about what each hero’s ultimate does in the game and how to use it. It can be incredibly overwhelming to shift into a character you’ve never played before, which could lead to your own ult being wasted.

Don’t Only Use Deception to Escape

Deception is the best tool in Loki’s arsenal to help him survive difficult situations, but it can also be incredibly useful when engaging. Not only does it make you invisible, but it drops a Doppelganger where you activated it. So, you can use this to confuse whoever is attacking you but also to quickly move into position to perform a Backstab.

Since it’s best to always have an illusion set up, this is also a great way to make sure you have something set up mid-fight. You can place your Doppelgangers while you’re invisible, letting you take some time to scan the area for the best placement and shift quickly to where you want to go. Like with your Doppelgangers, this is a great tool for getting behind enemy lines so you can do significantly more damage, surprising them and pinning them down so your team can get into the fight easier.

Position Regeneration Domain Correctly

Loki is quite a squishy character that can easily be taken down if you aren’t paying attention. As such, positioning is really important – not rushing into fights before your team engages and making sure you have Doppelgangers set up and ready to go will ensure your survival along with your allies.

This is also particularly important when using Regeneration Domain, which is incredible for healing your team up and protecting yourself against heroes that do a lot of damage quickly, like Iron Fist. In fact, Regeneration Domain can completely negate the attack set up by these heroes and make it more difficult for them to retreat, therefore turning them into an easy target for your own team to take down. It can even stop the damage from some Ultimate abilities, making it one of the strongest tools among Strategists to ensure that your team survives.

The difficulty with the ability is that the crystal can be destroyed by enemies, and it has quite a lengthy cooldown when it goes down. It otherwise lasts five seconds, which is enough time to ensure the survival of your team, but it’s really important not to spam it so you have it available for dire situations. Additionally, it doesn’t have a super large circle that can cover your whole team, and given the fast-paced nature of Marvel Rivals, it can easily go to waste if your team is spread out too much, so make sure you stay close by.