Marvel Rivals Wolverine guide: Abilities, how to play, and more

Wolverine in Marvel Rivals is a Duelist-class hero. Duelists are high-damage offense characters that can easily take 1v1 battles and help the team to push forward. As a frontline warrior, he focuses on aggressive melee attacks, using his Adamantium Claws and regenerative abilities. Duelists like Wolverine are pivotal to eliminating key threats in battle.

This article serves as a complete guide to mastering Wolverine in Marvel Rivals. Read on!

Note: Some parts of this article are subjective and solely present the writer's personal opinion.

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Wolverine in Marvel Rivals: All abilities

Wolverine in Marvel Rivals is an easy-to-understand hero with highly effective abilities. Here's an in-depth look at them:

Ability	Effect
Savage Claw	Slash with Adamantium claws for a Claw Strike. Unleashing Feral Leap will enhance it to Berserk Claw Strike for a brief period.
Last Stand	Knock enemies ahead airborne and spiral through the air, sweeping up enemies along the path and delivering a devastating impact at the landing point.
Feral Leap	Leap like an animal to snatch the first enemy upon impact and Smash them to the ground. Unleashing this ability will enhance his normal attack to Berserk Claw Strike for a brief period.
Undying Animal	Unleash a fierce howl to briefly reduce incoming damage.
Viscious Rampage	Dash forward and unleash a Claw Strike.
Regenerative Healing Factor (Passive 1)	Begin to heal and rise with a hefty Bonus Health, shaking off all debuffs. After a brief moment, any remaining Bonus Health morphs into a one-off heal, zeroing out his Rage. Assists in KOs reduce this cooldown.
Berserker Rage (Passive 2)	Rage builds when Wolverine attacks or takes hits, boosting the damage of his Claw Strikes and the Bonus Health from his regenerative healing factor.
Metal Cannon Ball	Wolverine and Hulk can interact with each other. Once both parties confirm, Hulk can lift Wolverine and press the key to hurl him forward.

Using the Viscious Rampage ability (Image via NetEase Games)

Though the list of abilities of Wolverine in Marvel Rivals looks long, it is not as difficult to master. You may import your mouse sensitivity from other games or keep adjusting it and find the best settings to make the game feel more familiar to you.

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Ability guide for Wolverine in Marvel Rivals

Mobility

In terms of mobility, Wolverine in Marvel Rivals is one of the best characters. The usual movement is fast and Viscious Rampage covers quite a good distance. The primary reason behind this is that he is all about close-range melee fights, and can't do much from a distance.

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Playstyle

Using the Savage Claw in Marvel Rivals (Image via NetEase Games)

Wolverine in Marvel Rivals is all about high damage and confidence. All his abilities deal more damage compared to most of the heroes in this class. Moreover, the Regenerative Healing Factor ability gives a major confidence boost to players to push further.

Your movements and consistent damage matter a lot. This is because, as Berserker Rage keeps building, it increases both the damage and regenerative abilities of Wolverine.

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Team-up

The team-up ability of Wolverine is named Meat Cannon Ball, and can only be performed with your team's Hulk. Not only does this ability dish out massive damage, but it is also quite entertaining to watch.

When both Hulk and Wolverine interact, Hulk will pick him up and throw him in the desired direction. This lets you cover a long distance in a very short period. Using this ability would be best if you have Berserker Rage fully charged and the Ultimate ready, so you can immediately take out the closest enemies.

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Ultimate

Wolverine in Marvel Rivals has one of the strongest Ultimate abilities in the game, the Last Stand. When you use this, you will knock down the nearby opponents temporarily and make a huge leap in the air. You can then aim in the direction where you would like to make a dive and deal very high damage with it. Do note that making the dive accurately could be quite challenging and requires lots of practice.

If you do not see anyone to attack while airborne, the dive can still be used to cover a good distance, making it easier for you to regroup with your allies.

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That's all you need to know about Wolverine. It is to be noted that the game is fairly new, so the abilities and cooldown durations are likely to be adjusted with the first patch of the game.

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Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero-based shooter that was released on December 6, 2024, by NetEase Games. It fuses 6v6 strategic team combat with iconic Marvel hero abilities. So far, the game has been receiving positive reviews from the players, and peaked at over 400,000 live players on Steam.

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