Marvel Rivals: Adam Warlock Hero Guide

Marvel Rivals has a stunningly large roster of heroes that range from simple fun to challenging but worth when learning how to master. Adam Warlock is part of the latter, as he can be one of the best members of the team who can turn the tides in a fight, but he can be an absolute detriment if you take a wrong step.

Adam Warlock's Ultimate is a unique tool with the ability to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, and he has powerful healing and damage potential that can keep your team going throughout the fight. However, with this power comes the responsibility of understanding how to position him correctly and use his abilities for maximum value; otherwise, he can be a bit of a throwaway pick. Here are all of his abilities and how they work, including some tips and tricks to ensure that you succeed with him in matches.

Updated by Grace Black, 18 April, 2025: Season 2 has arrived in Marvel Rivals, bringing Vanguard Emma Frost, the new map Krakoa, new balance changes and tweaks, and several new Team-Ups and Team-Up reworks. For this reason, the Adam Warlock guide below has been refreshed with all of the latest tips and tricks to help you get started in learning Adam Warlock.

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All Adam Warlock Abilities In Marvel Rivals

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Adam Warlock's strength in Marvel Rivals lies in his healing and damage potential, but his Ultimate, which allows players to revive teammates who have been taken down, tips him over the line as one of the strongest Strategists in the game - particuarly when running a triple Strategist team comp. His main weakness is that he doesn't have a lot of protection against flankers trying to crowd him, but if you focus on your positioning, you shouldn't find that dealing with them is much of an issue. Here are all his abilities in more detail:

Ability	Type	Description
Quantum Magic	Normal Attack	Launch Quantum Energy to damage enemies.
Cosmic Cluster	Normal Attack/Ability	Hold the corresponding button to gather Quantum Energy and launch it to damage enemies.
Soul Bond	Ability	Forge a Soul Bond with allies that grants healing over time and distributes damage taken across the Bond.
Avatar Life Stream	Ability	Cast a bouncing stream of healing on an ally which also heals Adam Warlock.
Regenerative Cocoon	Passive	Once Adam Warlock dies, move freely as a soul and respawn at a chosen spot.
Soul Perseverance	Passive/Team-Up Ability	Grant Starlord and Mantis the power of Regenerative Cocoon.
Karmic Revival	Ultimate Ability	Revive allies. They will get a brief moment of invincibility but have lower health.

Tips & Tricks For Playing Adam Warlock In Marvel Rivals

The most important aspect to being successful with Adam Warlock is positioning yourself to ensure you have line of sight of your teammates and have support if you get swarmed by flankers. Staying with the team also means that you can get full value out of your Avatar Life Stream, which needs line of sight to work and heals multiple characters at once. Plus, you get to see the enemy frontline more often to get maximum damage with your Quantum Magic attacks.

Essentially, you want to stay close to Vanguards and fellow Strategists on your team so you can seek out some help if you need it, but also so you can always keep them up when they need help. Overall, Adam Warlock is a fun hero in Marvel Rivals that can make or break your games, and here are some tips you can use to ensure that you're always a delight to have on the team.

Maintain efficient management of your cooldowns at all times. Adam Warlock has limited healing resources, so rather than spamming them until you're out of cooldowns, learning how to provide impactful heals at key moments will increase your numbers on the board.
Use your Ultimate in anticipation of deaths, not after they have already occurred. Adam Warlocks' Ultimate has a cast time and range, meaning that you may miss opportunity to revive allies or even get yourself killed if you wait too long. If you can see that multiple allies are about to die, popping it preemptively is much more viable.
You can animation cancel to rapid fire Adam Warlock's damage and secure picks when viable. This can be achieved by going into Adam Warlock's hero settings, and scrolling down to his keybinds. By default, his primary fire will be assigned to left click and his secondary fire charged shot will be assigned to right click. However, in Marvel Rivals you can also assign a second keybind for the same ability. By making primary fire scroll up and secondary fire scroll down, you can hold left click to damage as per usual and then scroll up and down to time animation cancels, dramatically speeding up his fire rate.
Wait for the perfect moment to use Soul Bond. Soul Bond is a powerful ability to help your team stay on their feet, and it's best used with lower-health allies who may struggle against Duelists and flankers who try and swarm them to take them down. Essentially, it's a wonderful anti-dive tool to help yourself or your other Strategist survive so they can also help with healing and utility.