5 best heroes to counter Psylocke in Marvel Rivals

A good Psylocke in Marvel Rivals can be an annoyance to your backline and easily cut off the essential healing that can turn the tide of a battle. Hero shooters generally rely on countering your opponents' strategies, and often flankers like Psylocke, Spiderman or Iron Fist must be dealt with so that your backline stays safe.

This article will go over five heroes who can effectively shut down the enemy Psylocke in Marvel Rivals from annoying your team's supporters or snipers.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinions.

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Best heroes to counter Psylocke in Marvel Rivals

1) Mantis

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Mantis is a healer or Strategist in Marvel Rivals and has one of the best kits in the game. She can buff and heal allies while dishing out a lot of damage if you can land her projectiles. She also effectively deals with flankers like Psylocke in Marvel Rivals with her Spore Slumber ability that puts a target to sleep.

When a Psylocke tries to flank you, use Spore Slumber on her. Then buff yourself with the Natural Anger ability and land a few shots on her. This will dispatch the mutant easily.

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2) Scarlet Witch

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Wanda Maximoff is another great counter to flankers like Iron Fist or Psylocke in Marvel Rivals as she excels in draining their life force. Her primary fire automatically targets an enemy if you aim it in their general direction and drains their HP bar. This allows her to effectively deal with flanking foes, either killing them or making them retreat to rethink their strategy.

Wanda can also deny a small area with her Dark Seal ability, denying essential routes to flank the backline, reducing Psylocke's ability to move around the map.

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3) Peni Parker

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Peni Parker is a solid tank who has a few abilities that can deny Psylocke's ability to flank your team. Her mecha Spider can shoot nets that stun flankers, and her mines can be concealed in her Spider-Nest radius.

This allows you to place your Bionic Spider-Nest device close to possible flank routes, and set up your mines in a way that can deal with any flankers lurking in the corner. Her primary fire also deals a ton of damage and can be used to make the enemy psylocke retreat.

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4) The Punisher

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Frank Castle is a beast when it comes to taking down any hero, let alone a flanker. He has some of the highest damage-dealing abilities in the game and can melt most non-tank characters with a single magazine on his rifle. As long as you can land your shots, he can completely neutralize Psylocke.

What makes The Punisher extremely capable of dealing with flankers is his secondary shotgun. Given characters like Psylocke need to come close to get kills, The Punisher can use his shotgun to take her out before she can eliminate your healer.

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5) Hawkeye

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The last pick on our list of heroes to counter Psylocke in Marvel Rivals has a relatively higher skill floor. Clint Barton's bow and arrow can effectively one-hit kill most targets, and given he sticks to the backline, he can take out any lurking Psylocke players.

On the downside, you must be very accurate with his weapons. If you are willing to put in the time, there is a lot of potential to explore with Hawkeye besides shutting down the pesky Psylocke in Marvel Rivals.