With Marvel Rivals finally launching worldwide, there’s finally another hero shooter to enjoy in the online gaming space. If you’re checking out the game and you’re coming from Overwatch, finding a familiar feeling character may be the easiest way to get you into Rivals. See which Marvel Rivals hero best fits your niche with this list of comparisons.
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Overwatch Heroes and their Marvel Rivals Counterparts
Below is a list of each Overwatch character and the Marvel Rivals heroes most like them, including similarities. (Last update: April 15, 2025)
| Overwatch Hero | Marvel Rivals Hero | Similarities |
|---|---|---|
 Ana |  | Precision-based healers that shift between healing allies and hindering enemies |
 Ashe |  | Marksman class DPS characters most effective at a distance. |
 Baptiste |  | Mobile healers with movement options that deal significant damage, boost allies, and can protect teammates from kill shots. |
 Bastion |  | DPS characters that deal large amounts of damage with turrets, guns, and explosives |
 Brigitte |  | Melee-centered heroes that focus on redirecting enemy attention and stunning foes |
 Cassidy |  | Precise DPS heroes with high damage output and stun options |
 D.VA |   | Dive tanks that disrupt enemy teams with high movement and easy escape options. |
 Doomfist |  | Melee-centric attackers that overwhelm opponents with a flurry of powerful strikes. |
 Echo |  | High-skill characters that can copy opponents’ abilities during battle. |
 Genji |   | Mobile, high-skill characters that dive into enemy backlines to pick off healers and squishier attackers. |
 Hanzo |  | Agile archers that fire mighty arrows that deal high damage with long draw time. |
 Hazard |  | Mobile tanks with burst damage, high mobility, and ultimates that stun enemies. |
 Illari |  | Healers with high mobility and powerful attack options. |
 Junker Queen |  | Close-range characters with access to powerful melee attacks and gap-closing charges. |
 Junkrat |  | Attackers that fire bouncing explosives with a delay and use traps to stun and root enemies. |
 Juno |  | Healers with a wide array of movement options that also boost the stats and speed of allies via healing abilities. |
 Kiriko | | Burst healers that can raise speed and deal significant damage with critical hits. |
 Lifeweaver |  | Healers that use utility abilities to reposition, heal themselves, alter battles, and heal from multiple sources. |
 Lucio | | Quick skating healers with superior mobility, and multiple traversal tools. |
 Mauga |  | Dive tanks that absorb large amounts of damage, boost allies, and disrupt enemy formations with obscene damage output. |
 Mei |  | Fighters that use walls to protect allies and stave off foes with skills that can hold enemies in place. |
 Mercy |  | Highest single target healer in the game. Also capable of hero resurrection. |
 Moira |  | Stance-swapping healers that alternate between healing allies and damaging enemies |
 Orisa |  | Tanks that focus on fortifying themselves and pushing enemies back with powerful strikes. |
 Pharah |  | Airborne heroes that strike from the sky and deal large amounts of AoE damage. |
 Ramattra |  | Tempo characters that alternate between a base form, employ shields for allies, and use a beefier tank mode that deals increased damage at close range. |
 Reaper |  | High damage output characters with specialization in close-range combat. |
 Reinhardt |  | Shield tanks that use barriers to protect allies from enemy fire. |
 Roadhog | | Close-range fighters that regenerate health and drag foes close to kill them quickly. |
 Sigma |  | Tanks that lob slow-moving projectiles, absorb enemy fire, employ barriers, and hurl large objects at foes to stun and deal damage. |
 Sojourn | | DPS with powerful attacks and solid movement options that can level the field quickly. |
 Soldier: 76 | | Straightforward gunner characters great for beginners and simple to understand mechanics. |
 Sombra | | Stealth heroes that turn invisible to sneak behind enemy lines and pick off healers and weaker targets. |
 Symmetra |  | Positional fighters that set up turrets to gate off areas and deal damage from multiple sources in a short amount of time. |
 Torbjorn |  | DPS characters that employ turrets for a secondary fire option and focus on positional warfare. |
 Tracer | | Quick attackers with close-range weapons that use superior speed to overwhelm and overtake enemies. |
 Venture | | Characters that use the environment to their advantage in battle. |
 Widowmaker |  | Snipers that specialize in dealing critical damage to single targets. |
 Winston | | Close-range tanks that shield allies and leap into enemy territory to disrupt teams. |
 Wrecking Ball | | Dive tanks that slam into enemy territory to break up groups, divert attention, and give teammates time to regroup. |
 Zarya |  | Tanks with shields that absorb damage to power up attacks and protect themselves and allies from damage simultaneously. |
 Zenyatta | | Alternate from healing allies to boosting damage to enemies and attacking from range. |
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