MCOC tier list for January 2025: All Marvel Contest of Champions characters ranked

Marvel Contest of Champions brings marvelous champions from the Marvel universe to life, and this MCOC tier list tries to rank them to help you pick the right one. Developer Kabam has steadily introduced new champions in the current meta, making it hard for players to get used to the last ones and track each character's performance.

Thus, MCOC tier lists become crucial for the MMORPG community. This article tries to rank all the characters based on their recent performance to help increase your chances of winning.

Note: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer.

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MCOC tier list for January 2025: Here are the best Marvel Contest of Champions heroes for the team

Kabam’s Marvel universe-inspired MMORPG title classifies all the champions into six different classes. These are Mystic, Tech, Science, Mutant, Skill, and Cosmic class units. Each of these units is based on a different storyline, and characters of different classes have specific advantages and disadvantages to facing each other.

This tier list divides these units into six different tiers: S, A, B, C, and D tier, where S is the best and D is the worst set of champions. Check out the top champions of MCOC ranked below in the MCOC tier list.

MCOC tier list: Best Mystic champions

Doctor Doom is a quality champion in Marvel Contest of Champions (Image via Kabam)

The Mystic champions arrive in the title as precise killing machines. With their amazing powers in the right hands, they can easily destroy characters. The Mystics' powers are greatly effective against the Cosmic champions.

Best Mystic Champions

S tier: Dr. Doom, Juggernaut, Rintrah, America Chavez, Enchantress
A tier: Absorbing Man, Destroyer, Kindred, Kushala, Mordo, Purgatory, Spiderman Supreme, Wiccan, Sigil Scarlet Witch, Sasquatch, Sathra, Tigra, The Hood, Werewolf By Night, White Tiger
B tier: Black Widow CV, Diablo, Dragon Man, Ebony Maw, Longshot, Magik, Man Thing
C tier: Deathless Guillotine, Guillotine, Mangog, Mojo, Maphisto, Scarlet Witch OG, Sorcerer Supreme, Symbiote Supreme, Wong
D tier: Doctor Strange, Loki, Unstoppable Colossus, Dr. Voodo, Immortal Iron Fist, Thor Jane Foster, Morning Star, Iron Fist, Ghost Rider, Dormammu

MCOC tier list: Best Mutant characters

Sunspot's performance has been amazing in this Marvel Contest of Champions meta (Image via Kabam)

The students of Professor X are well-trained and talented individuals with some uniquely weird powers in the Marvel Contest of Champions. However, even with their powers and regeneration abilities, they often find it hard to resist the power-draining abilities of the Tech class characters.

Best Mutant Champions

S tier: Arc Angle, Domino, Mr. Sinister, Onslaught
A tier: Bishop, Kitty Pryde, Dust, Sunspot, Wolverine Weapon X
B tier: Apocalypse, Iceman, Namor, Magneto, Omega Red, Dani Moonstar, Storm, Negasonic Teenage Warhead
C tier: Cable, Colossus, Emma Frost, Gambit, White Magneto, Havok, Night Crawler, Northstar, Platinum Pool, Professor X, Sauron, Storm Pyramid X, Stryfe, Toad, Wolverine, Rogue, Jubilee, Deadpool Weapon X, Captain Britain
D tier: Beast, Cyclops, Cyclops 90s, Goldpool, Deadpool, Wolverine X-23, Sabretooth, Psylocke

MCOC tier list: Science characters

Scorpion provides players with a reliable option in their team (Image via Kabam)

These champions of Marvel Contest of Champions have either trained themselves with the help of Science or have gotten their powers from some science-related accidents.

Best Science Champions

S tier: Count Nefaria, Hulk, Human Torch, Luke Cage, Photon, Silk
A tier: Immortal Abomination, Joe Fix It, Overseer, Jessica Jones, Scorpion, Quick Silver, Morbius, Spiderman 2099, Captain America (Infinity War), Spider Ham, Spider Punk, Thing, Spot, Titania, Leader, Void
B tier: Red Hulk, She Hulk, Spider-Gwen, Spiderman OG, Sandman, Mr. Negative, Red Guardian, Mr. Fantastic, Quake, Casey Lang, Ant-Man, Miles Morales, Incredible Hulk
C tier: Anti Venom, Invisible Woman, M.O.D.O.K., Wasp, Gladiator Hulk, Electro
D tier: Captain America (OG), Abomination, Rhino, Captain America (WW2), Sentry, Yellowjacket

MCOC tier list: Best Tech characters

Warlock is a reliable pull from the Tech Class (Image via Kabam)

The Tech characters of the Marvel Contest of Champions are some of the toughest (durable) in the title. They can easily counter the regenerative powers of the mutants and drain their powers easily to win duels.

Best Tech Champions

S tier: Stark Enhanced Spiderman, Warlock
A tier: Antman Future, Arcade, Jack O’Lantern, Shuri
B tier: Dark Hawk, Captain America (Sam Wilson), Doctor Octopus, Guillotine 2099, Deathless Vision, Infamous Iron Man, Prowler, Peni Parker, Red Skull, Punisher 2099, Rocket Racoon, Ultron OG, Shocker, Red Skull, OG Vision, Yondu, Viv Vision, War Machine, Ghost, Guardian, Hulk Buster, OG Iron Man, Ironheart, Iron Man Infinity War, Mysterio, Lady Deathstrike
C tier: Green Goblin, Howard the Duck, Civil Warrior, Kang, Sentinel, Nebula, Star Lord, Ultron, Vision (Age of Ultron), Psycho-Man, Vulture, Silver Centurion
D tier: Iron Patriot

MCOC tier list: Best Skill characters

Shang-Chi is a popular skill class champion in the Marvel Contest of Champions (Image via Kabam)

These characters are the only ones who give a hard time to the Science class. The trained fighters here use Bleed damage to destroy the champions of different classes.

Best Skill Champions

S tier: Bullseye, Kate Bishop, Kingpin, Nick Fury, Attuma
A tier: Aegon, Agent Venom, Black Panther CW, Chee’ilth, Blade, Korg, Crossbones, Falcon, Mantis, Massacre, Mole Man, Shang Chi, Valkyrie
B tier: Baron Zemo, Black Panther OG, Black Cat, Black Widow Deadly Origin, Elsa Bloodstone, Kill Monger, Hit-monkey, Moon Dragon, Patriot, Stealth Suit Spiderman, Silver Sable
C tier: Daredevil (HK), Hawkeye, Gwenpool, Jebari Panther, Misty Knight, Ronin, Squirrel Girl, Thor Ragnarok, Silver Sable, Taskmaster, Thor Ragnarok
D tier: Black Widow, Elektra, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Karnak, Night Thrasher, Punisher, Winter Soldier

MCOC tier list: Best Cosmic characters

Corvus Glaive is an amazing Cosmic champion in the Marvel Contest of Champions (Image via Kabam)

The Cosmic characters arrive from realms other than our known ones and are often considered the most well-versed fighters in the title. However, even with all their powers, they are often vulnerable to the Mystic class.

Best Cosmic Champions

S tier: Hercules, Serpant, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Hulkling
A tier: Maestro, Scream, Superior Iron Man, Venom, Vox
B tier: Beta Ray Bill, Corvus, Gladiator, Medusa, Venom Pool, Adam Warlock, Angela, Captain Marvel (Movie), Hyperion, Gamora, Knull Gorr, Nova, Sersi, Galan, Venom Arkus
C tier: Symbiote Spiderman, The Champion, Ikaris, Annihilus, Hela, The OG, Heimdall, Cull Obsidian, King Groot, Odin, Terrax, Ronin, Thanos, Venom The Duck
D tier: Captain Marvel OG, Airwalker, Ms. Marvel, Groot, Phoenix, Drax, Black Bolt, Carnage, Kamala Khan, Proxima Midnight, Red Goblin, Silver Surfer, Super Skrull

This MCOC tier list has consciously kept the latest additions out since the community has yet to get used to their powers and mechanics. We will update the list accordingly once we know more about their usage in the current Marvel Contest of Champions meta.

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Edited by Abu Amjad Khan