Marvel Rivals Rank #1 Wolverine Will Blow Your Mind (Top 500 Player)

[@MarvelRivalsMerchant]

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[@YMan-zo5kg]

One of the biggest problems with Wolverine is how inconsistent the leap and ult hitboxes are

[@zdante1]

aim to the right of characters but yeah I agree if he had more pull like Iron Fist he'd be great, could CARRY a character back to your line to nuke um

[@bigKidthings]

I totally agree. The hit box for the Leap is so hard to land and at times can be make or break

[@kylesawkon4074]

@@bigKidthingsI like the challenge

[@bigKidthings]

@@kylesawkon4074 agreed, its just frustrating at times. Esp on console

[@MrProdigy810]

Remove your crosshair completely on wolverine. None of his attacks go towards the reticle, so when you attack or use any abilities, you gotta make sure your shoulders are squared to the opponents. And make sure no terrain is blocking characters from going where you want them to go when you ult, as terrain(natural or created) actually is collision and will stop them from going anywhere. And you will always snatch a target if they are within melee range so if you can swing and hit them, you can get the leap grab. Just doing this you'll see a significant improvement in his consistency.

[@jayhightower8592]

Have the check out wolverines status on the rivals site. It has a hidden stats not in game that wolverines damage scales based on the health of the opponent, so he is made to be a tank shredder. That’s why he was always focusing tanks first and doing so much damage to them

[@LearnedLearner]

Saw a video talking about Wolverine and apparently he does health percentage damage which is probably why he does so hard on tanks

[@dravxn999]

i think scarlet witch does too

[@friendboy10]

He does, and more rage means more percent damage. His abilities also do this too.

[@DriedOreos]

⁠@@dravxn999 she doesn’t its just a constant dps lock on

[@DeadpoolPlaysGames]

Big props to his support to allow the "shreeding" to happen. Look at his health bar, he has someone with him nearly constantly. Without it, this gameplay is impossible. Wolverine is hard to track as he's leaping and flying around, so whoever's keeping him alive is doing a great job and deserves equal praise. MVPs typically end up being the DPS who kill a lot, but in reality if it wasn't for a good support or two, they'd get wrecked in seconds in these mix ups.

[@shinso516]

So true he could use some buffs nothing even major like a small bleed affect could make it all come together for him maybe have it stack up like his damage does based on rage

[@starshottai2519]

Im usually mvp and im a support. Heal n kill

[@miledcherif905]

actually it was luna snow of his team who got the mvp and well deserved yes

[@aries148]

All dive characters are hard to track when they are doing their job. It should be no surprise when you play around the strengths of your team characters can thrive.

[@Ty-bm9gp]

The healers are the real stars here lol

[@thenightingale7405]

I know right. Luna has her thing on him most of the match and she has 35k heals which is significantly more than anyone else in the match.

[@Ty-bm9gp]

@@thenightingale7405 35k heals is crazy man lol

[@AM-bm9rs]

Without a good healer, and the enemy team protecting their tanks, wolverine can do nothing

[@Jjbinxx]

Wolverine is definitely underrated, you just have to play him in a unique way to fully utilize him

[@weed_houze]

no

[@facelessnameless]

He’s just half iron fist and half black panther

[@requiem9167]

I think wolverine is fine, but he just cant carry as hard as others. For instance if this guy’s healer sucked he couldnt push advantage nearly as hard. Meanwhile good characters can do this without a teammate pulling their weight, ex iron fist.

[@carnagerulez312]

Basically just kill one person and run away until your abilities come back. You can only use him and his skills in a specific order and then you have wait until they recharge.

[@legionit6313]

Needs buff or rework. Best idea I’ve heard is lifesteal on hit since his attacks are so weak

[@JoshThompson25]

Wolverine is solid when you use him right. You domt just run in, you wait for an opportunity and kill tanks because he does more damage the higher health the character has and add in a good healer and he is viscious

[@pole8740]

you could do that or pick iron fist and just 1v6 every single game

[@starshottai2519]

Cap. Wolverine needs to be constantly healed or else he gets wrecked. Which is weird because in a duel with ironfirst or magik he gets creamed because they heal when their attacks connect while his is on a 70 second cool down.

[@bigmanjav5153]

He’s a tank duelist, his point is to go after the tanks and drag them rather then the supports due to his claws doing health based dmg

[@starshottai2519]

He should just be in the tank class and storm needs to be in the support class

[@bigmanjav5153]

@@starshottai2519 she oddly does decent damage, but I think they are waiting for the newer characters and seeing who needs buffs where

[@zephwilliams3010]

Wolverine isn't bad, his kit suggests that he just wants to fight tanks. Thats his main role. I main Wolverine because he is incredibly easy to use, and since no one plays him, they don't know what to expect.

[@reddragon2943]

Must really love Wolverine to put himself through all that pain. and have really good Teammates. His Play Style is what I call Hunter Wolverine. As short as Wolverine is how can he Miss his Savage Leap?

[@romanlegion8331]

Wolverine had a healer on him 95% of the time...that's how he was able to do this.

[@johnkasarda2138]

That's any duelist that's diving lol

[@Ooochocinco]

Did you expect him to dominate a game with no healing? Its a team game lol

[@archangel323118]

I could give you a healer 95% of the time but you won't even be able to perform at this level. A smart healer follows the strong carry.

[@starshottai2519]

Ironfist and magik can do it without the heals

[@aries148]

@@johnkasarda2138these guys don’t play the game at a decent level. Just look at the comments. True bronze dialogue haha. It’s like when strategist do their job the dps and tanks can do a lot more.

[@aries148]

It’s super clear from these comments that a lot of players don’t realize this is a team game. You will have more success when you work as a team. Wolverine is fine but I wouldn’t mind buffs. He’s my go-to dps. Currently Diamond 3.

[@stefanomarcelli1335]

Every character in Marvel Rivals is OP. Therefore they are all balanced. You just need to learn them how to use them and when it's appropriate to use them.

[@Sntra101]

I would argue that Hela and Hawkeye are above the general other Duelists. Especially with their ults and damage compared to the rest with little drawback. Yes a lot of them have the same tier of power if used right there are some used more for Ovbious reasons

[@Pandadean6]

@@Sntra101 the seasonal bonus that certain characters have is pushing the balance of teams, so you would imagine that season to season different characters will get their shine. I like it personally as long as they stay consistent

[@stankweezul5715]

He may have been a menace this game but his personal pocket healer is the true MVP. None of what he did wouldve been possible without the healer's constant attention.

[@zaikoiwex]

Spider-man: Dealing with Duelist and supports. Wolverine: Tank and everything.

[@dff789]

if they fixed the wolverine's leap mechanism, he will be good pick for tank shredder

[@BubsArcadeFighters]

🔥 Amazing Wolverine gameplay! Just picking his spots and being patient!

[@nephyr6292]

Insane Wolverine gameplay, didn’t know this character had this potential

[@LuigiLonLon]

Wolverine's Health percent based damage and kit is such an interesting take on how to deal with Tanks, specially since we remember OW's biggest Tank problem is that how unkillable they are if they have one or two competent supports on their asses and not to mention theyre impossible to move specially due to shields, not to ention how Yckor uses him as an actual ambush character and uses both his leap and slash as a movility tool

[@ince55ant]

now knowing that wolverine is meant to target tanks... that makes so much sense for the character. like "give me the biggest guy on the battlefield, i wanna kick his ass" is the shortguy energy perfect for him

[@collinsademola6117]

❤love these kind of analysis videos man. We need more

[@alexlovehall7796]

I found him a few days ago and he's giving me hope that Wolverine can work. Logan targets tanks and kills from a angle with team support. He CAN kill DPS however that's not his strong suit. Some of my best team moments came from playing Wolverine

[@mermoqqueijo]

Whoever is healing, that's one of the best healers I've ever seen in this game

[@DiegoSansPseudo]

hi im Diegoo ig, im a wolverine otp diamond 2 so that makes me probably in to top 10 wolverine rn, this dude is good i hope i will met him and maybe create a rivalry between us

[@LetsMarvelSnap]

Merchant, been watching you since Apex public launch. Glad to see you on Rivals! Love this video! Only suggestion is to explain what he is mechanically doing: what abilities he is popping, when and why for those of us who are not as highly ranked or adept at these types of games, but are interested in improving.

[@MidSky-v7t]

Wolverine needs a buff for the sake of fun. His ability cooldowns are so long, feels like I’m always waiting 12 seconds to have fun. Then if you miss his feral leap you have to stand behind cover for another 12 seconds. That’s 24 seconds of doing absolutely nothing if you don’t have support pocketing you.

[@tylermusumeci]

Based on the official rivals site Wolverine has had a hidden ability all along to where he gets a 1.5 boost in damage depending on how high the character he's fighting health is, Wolverine is a tank destroyer intentionally

[@xProtobro]

these are great, hope you show more top players from other heros

[@glazzy4826]

It’s very fun playing wolverine because you’re always on the hunt to take people out of position which makes him very unique. Almost like dps doomfist in ow1. And once you see the opportunity you can team wipe with his ultimate

[@RandalReid]

"I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice” - Yckor probably

[@Leggett27]

I forgot who, but some high level streamer talked to a dev and he was told you get in by walking and his quick cooldown and you get out by using his leap to push the tank to your team similar like a Bucky grapple

[@bigKidthings]

The key here was patience. Playing a hero like wolverine reeeeally tests your patience. You always just wanna go "berserk" lol

[@wrathfuldemon3422]

All they need to do is nerf the % slightly and buff the flat damage and work on his lunge and ult hitboxes and wolverine will finally be a really good character.

[@muffingaming2615]

This, he's a duelist that can't really one v one any other duelist unless they miss or wolverine has practically all his abilities up

[@Great.AnotherChristian]

His play style/game sense is what makes the difference here. Put him on Iron Fist and he'd even more effective. Playing Wolverine is essentially a flex on his part.

[@MrSmartyFarty]

You're doing Rivals now? I'm glad.

[@DriedOreos]

I remember flats talking about how if you’re a tank a good wolverine will just kidnap you and boy he’s not wrong😂

[@theSato]

It's just an instance of someone who enjoys cherry tapping (myself included.) It's a lot more fun to take down opponents using characters or tools that are "bad" -- then nobody can yell "meta whore" at you -- and you get a lot of people who message and say "damn wtf you're so good with the garbage character" -- it's satisfying.

[@EnjoyerOfCats7]

Oh hey I recognize that voice! Haven’t played Apex in forever

[@KTLaughter]

They need to give Wolverine passive health on kill. It references his healing factor and would make him more survivable without it being OP. Maybe it could be percent based like his attacks. Bigger enemy kills net him more health back, etc. As is, he feels fragile which doesn’t suit the character at all. Edit: also, Magneto should totally have a slight damage increase to Wolverine as a reference to the famous ‘fatal attractions’ storyline

[@po0lp263]

Wolverine with a lot of healing is insane but without that you can't do anything. It's his main problem, his survivability

[@crimsonshadowx6]

I will love to see Deadpool in this game with the fourth wall breaks

[@KledtheSped]

Wolverine doesn’t regenerate health passively, his passive has a long cool-down and that will cause you to regenerate health + get a burst heal if you survive long enough upon dropping past 0 health. So he has like a lifeline, but when it’s on cool-down he doesn’t regenerate health, he’s being healed by Luna E 90% of the game

[@KryptiK0420]

Love this content Merch, good stuff.

[@pinionification]

The part where you mention he backed off of the Punisher attack because he saw Adam Warlock likely isn't the case. More likely he backed off because there isn't much Wolverine can do to a Punisher with his ult up unless he's already low or has to focus someone else. He can't grab him with the leap.

[@rygar8bit2]

The counter to him is him not having a dedicated healer on him like this one has. He melts otherwise.

[@vulcan7138]

All tiers had Peny in wildly different places

[@thegamekang]

I still think its insane they have wolverine as 3 star difficulty should def be 4 or 5 with current mechanics

[@weed_houze]

high level rank. That's is the answer. People understand at least snth, willing to play as team and in general have more awareness to notice who Wolvie snatches and deal dmg

[@vanandsan27]

Few times in the video was said "the passive regen" the thing is, Wolverine doesn't have one surprisingly. It was Luna's E all the time

[@danacosta5237]

He has like a regen mechanic when he takes critical damage based on his rage meter I believe. Like rage turns into health essentially I think

[@bathsaltshero]

logan fill his own 4th role 'anti-vanguard'. he's not a 'dive character'

[@KeatenRussell]

Props to Yckor but the part of this that bothers me is all the lurking and sneaking he has to do to get the job done. Not because it makes wolverine feel weak, but because it feels out of character. This games a power fantasy simulator and you have to play wolverine like psylocke or panther. He really should be relegated to more of a bruiser tank like Thor with his numbers tweaked around. Would give Vanguard players another fun option too and Wolverine fans could actually play their character outside of the 3 people who are making it work.

[@emjaythegreat22]

This gameplays shows how much support wolverine needs and how you need to play with a team that knows what your doing as wolverine. Issue with him is he really doesn’t do a lot of damage but he can take/lock down someone out of a fight. He does prolly the fastest of the flank dps. Like even in these videos of this wolverine if he was black panther iron fist spiderman psyloch like any of the other damage flankers he would have killed them faster with less needing of his support. Playing it the exact same way. And that is the issue with wolverine. He’s just not as good as the other dps atm. No matter if you’re playing him at this level. He still could do it better and faster as some of the other dps. And his supports are keeping him up a lot!! His healing is only out of combat so he’s not healing at all while he attacks that is the reason he runs and uses Los to get out of combat.

[@B1ast03]

Wolverine does health percent based damage so more damage to tanks so he is a tank shredder

[@tabunga4669]

If they fix his wonky spear into rage claws... he'll be worth playing. I just don't have a hundred hours a week to play like the lot of people

[@cozzy24]

definitely think he should be a vanguard, just boost his total hp and there’s your vanguard that’s a tank shredder

[@nemofphillius]

Wolverine's counter is not having enough Tanks. Most his damage, as others keep echoing, and why i think his in-game description needs updating, is coming from a % max hp damage. A team with a single Magneto for tanking would have made his life a touch harder, but Magneto + Venom basically just doubled his targets to remove efficiently and allowed him to mentally strike his enemies. If a Tank is carrying the enemy, like a good Groot or Magneto, removing that piece can make all the difference. All the squishy kills are bonuses after the tanks, I similarly play Wolverine in quickplay but that has the benefit of seeing what the enemy picks kinda early, and well, not as nearly as sneaky as this guy. Wolve is good as a Duelist, maybe can use a bit more self-sustain, but his targets are just a little bit outside of what people may have expected from a melee dueliist. He's not a bruiser, he's more like an assassin, but an assassin for Tanks.

[@benzulmang1151]

He is decent when played right but the damage being % based makes him difficult because while you can shred tanks everyone else is almost impossible to kill

[@yamummyyummy4785]

wolverine actually does more damage to targets with higher maximum health. meaning he does more damage to tanks

[@THE_INFECTED]

Ah okay I was playing him like flanking reaper instead of tank shredder Reaper

[@바보Queen]

really wish logan has 2 dash charges for us plebs we really need it and a wall climb, instead of wasting a dash

[@tsunderemerc2963]

It's crazy that Iron Fist has better health recovery than Wolverine does

[@zodbones]

Wolverine is excellent against venom. He excels at putting someone in a bad position and dealing high consistent damage.

[@joem7462]

Underrated are the heals and shields that guy is getting

[@TheNikolaYo]

Ne needs buffs,either make him a vanguard with the current kit or give him more mobility.

[@Zeptre_]

Stuns, lots and lots of stuns is only way to counter plays like that. Even then is hard to counter

[@frankmartinjr6236]

Wolverine is a tank buster

[@Zumanji__]

this guy is my hero! i want to climb the ranks as wolverine and the hate is abundant lol i apologize if i dropped others mmr but i want to main wolverine. i don't care!

[@fabolousjada5070]

They’re tripping if you have wolverine and Jeff healing and mantis also hulk he’s a beast I take out the whole team almost all the time with my crew.

[@iceveracity8221]

I play Thor damn near the same way but with more repositioning enemies into my team. Rank 288 leaderboard

[@erikstark16]

How do I view the leader board? Was looking for it today but couldn't find it

[@iceveracity8221]

@@erikstark16 press on your profile top right of your screen and tab over to leaderboard

[@zanesigurdson3126]

@@erikstark16go to your own stat page. Should be in the top right then go to leaderboard

[@wvqg9215]

id love playing characters like wolverine but my main issue is my supports that cant aim, ill literally be standing still and have my supports hitting the wall 5 times behind me before i gain any hp

[@sethlopez7402]

his attacks are calculated. he’s playing with strategy.

[@shaolinswords]

4:33 man his ult is unfortunately weak. Dude directed into a tight group of enemies and only gave him one kill. Yeah it's pretty sad later in the vid he comes up behind 5 enemies with his ult charged and he just retreats. Devs did Wolverine dirty.

[@LinktheSamoyed]

Ahh... so as long as you have a pocket healer and someone constantly shielding you and let the rest of your team take the aggro first then Wolverine is good.

[@BlackChapters]

with a good team, pretty ,much anyone can clean up

[@Soothsayer.5150]

It’s not really that complicated. He is kind of a cheese character and even though he is fun he can only be played effectively one way - get a pin and isolate a tank and go from there. He is OK at peeling and his damage to anyone else is pretty weak. He has low mobility and his leap and ult have inconsistent hit boxes. He really needs full team support with a healer or bubbles like in this video. I think if they give him a leap reset on kill and increase his melee hit boxes by 15% he would be pretty good.

[@JordanVic87]

the support really helped him or else he sucks

[@the7thgymleader]

Cant do this without the luna snow buff for constant heals.

[@opiniononion]

I feel like he can be even more effective on a better character

[@hankrower8440]

Best counter to work pantera, it's funny, every time I meet Wolverine I kill him 4 slashes🤣

[@dragoma7356]

i think wolverine needs some pasive mov speed buff like mantis

[@GVQuadra]

its called no one knows he does percent health dmg and he ALWAYS duo queues with a pocket healer

[@AdrianAron-i7l]

and the best thing about playing wolverine , nobody will lock it lol

[@ThalesAssis-xm6hd]

Its easy when you actually have a team, I want to see him playing with random people from matchmaking

[@raphkosta]

he probably did at the beginning and still got higher rank

[@raphkosta]

a good player is gonna climb and eventually his team is gonna be better, it’s a normal thing

[@Jean-lk2ft]

How u seeing through ealls

[@zanesigurdson3126]

He’s spectating

[@shinodamasaru7945]

its just we dont understand how he works makes us believe he is low tier. hes a assassin role.

[@thickums5344]

9:33 passive health regen? What are you talking about bub? He doesn't have any passive health regen, that's literally one of the biggest complaints about wolverine rn. He was healed by Luna Snow's mark. Kinda hard to use your video as a serious way to improve if you don't know what you're talking about

[@colecampbell1906]

Honestly I don't see any difference in how he plays to how I play. It's mainly the healer keeping him alive as to why he got so many kills. When I play wolverine it's pretty much dependent on how good the healer(s) is and if they're paying attention to me. I've had matches where I'm 27-3 and I've had matches where I was 7-13 and that was the difference in healers. One was a friend in vc and stayed near me while the other was a random who I had to literally go find, run over to, and stand in front of in order to get healed. Yea you can't really play wolverine when you have to do shit like that.

[@thepillar4313]

It’s not the character it’s the driver. People are just bad at the game.

[@NLambo88]

Psa wolverine does percent damage. So he does a lot of damage to tanks.

[@comedian416]

#1 wolverine but doesn't rock the bada** yellow Deadpool wolvy skin 😢

[@Jadekanji]

its not what Yckor wOlverine do. its the Luna snow whos keeping him alive, Its like Michael Jordan and the important defense of rodman and scotty pippen reinforcement. TEAM WORK. wolverine will be useless if there are no team work

[@AdrianAron-i7l]

you have to play wolverine sort of like magic .

[@emjaythegreat22]

So many players don’t know how wolverines heal works even you in the video keep saying his passive health regeneration kicks in while he’s attack it only happens out of combat all the healing in combat you see is from his support.

[@royalpoop5122]

its annoying because she is meta by psylocke is a hard counter to wolvy rn

[@Slonesey]

Is it just me or you all sleeping Wolverine his sustain is crazy you about to kill him he goes to max health whith his shields then Melts tanks

[@GarredHATES]

% damage baby

[@kyleisreal_tv]

He plays him how you would play reaper in Overwatch. The problem is what happens if the enemy team actually runs all stuns. And his team doesn’t help him. Well I’ll tell you he can’t do anything. The biggest problem with the character he isn’t worth playing. You could do this on any character punisher with his shotgun. Hela could do this as well. Good timing you can do this. This guy just knows how to play the game.

[@drJhowPhd]

he would do better with any other dps.... that is the true

[@Rouzuki]

THAT is a high ranking match? Looks more disorganized than my average quick play.