Best Counters For Psylocke In Marvel Rivals

Summary

• Star-Lord is faster, mobile, and evasive, making it hard for Psylocke to keep up with him.
• Scarlet Witch’s persistent DPS can overwhelm Psylocke, restricting her movements and dealing damage.
• Venom’s resilience and powerful abilities allow him to resist Psylocke’s attacks and turn the tide in his favor.

Psylocke is one of the hardest characters to deal with in Marvel Rivals, as her fast moves, evasive tactics, and powerful ultimate can shred to pieces an entire team in no time. So, to make things easier for players trying to adapt to this competitive game, this topic will spotlight several heroes who are great counters for Psylocke and her psychic ninja moves.

From one of the fastest Duelists in the game, who can mitigate almost like a Vanguard, to a ferocious hunter that can unleash a barrage of consecutive attacks and turn her into mince meat. Here are the best Marvel Rivals characters to counter Psylocke.

1 Star-Lord

Great Chaser, Faster Than Psylocke

• Pros: Extreme Mobility, Good Chaser, Great Ultimate
• Cons: Squishy, Vulnerable When Grounded

Star-Lord is, perhaps, the faster of all Duelists, able to move at incredible speeds and move through the battlefield like an annoying plague. Even Psylocke has trouble following his pace, and with his main kit comprised of shoot and dodge abilities (plus flight dodge), he has quite the assortment of evasion tactics to confuse the psychic ninja for a while.

Even when Psylocke uses her Dance of the Butterfly, Star-Lord will be away from her reach, perhaps even using his own ultimate Galactic Legend to hover over the battlefield and slay this renegade X-Men before she can cause more harm to his team.

2 Scarlet Witch

Crowd Control, Reach, And High DPS

• Pros: Extreme Damage, Persistent DPS
• Cons: Squishy, Cooldown Reliant

Scarlet Witch has the ability to move through the battlefield constantly damaging her opponents with her Chaos Control ability. Psylocke is quite vulnerable to Persistent DPS, and since she won’t have a second of peace when Scarlet Witch is chasing her, things can get bad for the ninja real fast.

More so if Scarlet Witch has her Energy Bar at full, and can cast Reality Erasure, since nobody can escape that ultimate alive. With Dark Seal, Wanda can restrict Psylocke’s movements, and with Mystic Projection, she can put herself away from Psylocke’s Dance of The Butterfly.

3 Luna Snow

Crowd Control And Healing Can Win Against Flankers Like Psylocke

• Pros: Fast, Lots Of CC
• Cons: Squishy, Easily Overwhelmed

A combination of agility, utility, and crowd control: Luna Snow is the current strongest Strategist in Marvel Rivals. Her freezing skill can lock down Psylocke in one place and allow her team to surround this pesky ninja and prevent her from fleeing.

Since Psylocke’s specialty is hit-and-run tactics, Luna needs to win in a battle of attrition where she is the centerpiece of the stage. But that won’t be a problem for this Strategist, who specializes in moving fast, dodging troublesome foes, and giving a hard time to heroes with extreme mobility.

4 Venom

Can Resist A Full Psylocke Ultimate Then Mop The Floor With Her

• Pros: Great At Melee Range, Resilient, Great Mitigation
• Cons: He Is A Bit Slow

Venom is second only to Hulk in Tanking power. A huge mass of tendrils and muscle, this symbiotic empowered anti-hero can grab Psylocke by surprise by baiting her into believing she can take him down. Then use Symbiotic Resilience to gain temporal life (pseudo-heal) and resist even more damage.

If Psylocke casts her ultimate on him, she is up for a spin, since Venom can use Feast of The Abyss to become untargetable. Then, Venom will swallow everything in a wide area, including Psylocke and her followers, healing himself for the amount of damage he caused.

5 Doctor Strange

The Good Doctor Has The Solution For Your Ninja Problem

• Pros: Can Dodge, Hold Its Ground, Good CC
• Cons: His Self-Debuff Mechanic Is Hard To Understand

What better way to counter a ninja than staying away from her? Doctor Strange can be quite an expert at flying away when danger comes knocking at the door, and Psylocke is an expert at using backdoor tactics. So when Strange sees her approaching, he can use Cloak of Levitation to jump up and dodge her barrage of attacks, or even her ultimate since it attacks in a sphere of 10m of radius, and the Sorcerer Supreme can soar above that distance.

In the worst-case scenario, casting the Eye of Agamotto will interrupt her onslaught, causing her to become vulnerable to the rage of those she was attacking. And since Psylocke is quite squishy, 3 seconds of stun means certain death for her. More so if there’s a Hawkeye with his bow aiming at her for a while, waiting for his chance.

6 Mantis

Need To Escape Psylocke’s Ult? Call Her

• Pros: Healing, Nimble, Creates a powerful Area Heal, CC, Buffs Allies
• Cons: Squishy, Low Damage

Mantis, with her powerful Ultimate Ability, can lead her team to victory if cast at the right time, that is. Even Psylocke with her annoying Dance of The Butterfly is no rival for Mantis’ powerful heal AoE that can be moved alongside her and even grants overheal.

On the other hand, she can grant her allies a lot of different buffs and even put enemies to sleep. This can be quite dangerous for Psylocke, who if caught by Mantis’ Spore Slumber becomes the perfect target for enemies like Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, or Black Widow.

7 Hawkeye

Can Oneshot Psylocke

• Pros: Can One Shot Almost All Other Duelists
• Cons: Vulnerable When Resources Are Depleted

Hawkeye can be a little tricky to control, but he is one of the best Duelists in the game, and it has the strongest ranged attack of the current Roster. With his Focus ability, he can track Psylocke as she moves through the battlefield and one-shot her. Even if she is on the move, by casting his Hunter’s Sight he can shoot Psylocke’s afterimage with a powerful charged shot and wipe her.

On the other hand, he can go toe-to-toe against her, blocking all her attacks using Ronin Slash and pushing her away with Crescent Slash, disabling Psylocke’s movement for enough time to land a perfect headshot and eliminate her. Nothing works better than a good-placed arrow for an annoying enemy like Psylocke.

8 The Punisher

Can Track Down Psylocke Even When She’s Not On Sight

• Pros: Can Plant A Turret, Can Reposition Himself, His Ultimate and Passive Are OP
• Cons: Vulnerable When Surrounded

The Punisher is lethal at any distance and thanks to his many utility skills such as Vantage Connection, Culling Turret, and Scourge Grenade, he can be a very versatile Duelist. Be it that he is static on his turret, or roaming around the battlefield pushing for victory, there’s yet another characteristic that makes Frank Castle the perfect counter for Psylocke.

Thanks to his passive Warrior’s Gaze, he can track down foes even when these disappear behind walls, for a few moments. This cheat-like ability acts up to 30-m from the Punisher’s position and activates when he engages with an enemy, so this cancels Psylocke’s hit-and-run strategy, making her vulnerable to camping. He can even track her when she becomes invisible, and this yet another reason why Punisher is the best option against Psylocke.