With the arrival of Marvel Rivals’ sixth season, Deadpool has been added to the free-to-play game’s roster of heroes. As the first character in the game to be playable in all three roles, Deadpool is certainly one of the most unique additions to the roster to date. If you want to start playing this hero, it will certainly be helpful to know how his abilities work in different roles. Luckily, this guide covers everything you need to know about Deadpool’s hero gear, team-ups, and gameplay tips for Marvel Rivals.
Deadpool’s Hero Equipment and Abilities, Explained
Deadpool is the first “Flex” hero in the game and can be played in any of three roles. Depending on whether you choose Vanguard Deadpool, Duelist Deadpool, or Strategist Deadpool, the character will have slight variations in their abilities from their main loadout.
In addition, Deadpool can receive charges during the game, which he can then use to open his book and improve his abilities. To gain the attack, you must deal damage to the enemy, secure kills, or accumulate heals on your teammates. Each upgrade strengthens an ability of your choice from Deadpool’s gear into a stronger variant, meaning you’ll be rewarded with power-ups if you perform his gear/playstyle well.
Some of Deadpool’s abilities are also present in all three of his kits. Here’s a breakdown of all the skills that remain the same or nearly the same across all three roles:
Dangerous machinations – secondary fire
Dash towards an enemy and knock them down when hit. With a successful hit, you can refresh the ability up to two times, for a total of three dangerous Hijinks hits. When assisting Deadpool, Hazardous Hijinks also applies 45 healing.
Upgrade! – F ability
Deadpool earns XP by healing his allies, hitting enemies, and securing kills. He can then use this XP to improve his skills via his Upgrade Book. Additionally, whenever Deadpool kills an enemy, he has the option to take a selfie with their corpse. Deadpool can become immune for a few seconds when taking a selfie with the enemy, making it incredibly valuable for surviving certain ultimates. However, to take a selfie, you have to kill an enemy player and get the final hit, resulting in their death. The F prompt will then appear over her body.
Deadpool Near You – E Skill
Taunt enemies by bringing Deadpool-style visual clutter to their screen and applying chip damage to their health. During this phase, Deadpool’s swords and pistols are switched to “Turbo”, resulting in a higher rate of fire and increased damage output.
Bunny Bounce / Healing Hop – Space
Deadpool can double jump in mid-air and jump off walls. During the ultimate Big Test, he can also bounce off enemy or friendly heals or walls to reset the ability’s cooldown. For Strategist Deadpool, this ability becomes Healing Hop, it also heals and turns the next basic katana attack into a stab.
Healing Factor – Passive ability
If Deadpool is out of combat for 5 seconds, the healing factor kicks in, restoring 25 health per second. If Deadpool takes more than 200 damage within a two-second window, his healing factor will immediately activate at an increased healing rate of 50 health per second.
Maximum Flair – Passive ability
The ultimate ability can be unlocked after achieving an S rating. The rating will be cleared if Deadpool is defeated. Deadpool collects his ultimate through style points alone. Every time you assign an ability to an enemy, you gain style points that increase the rank of your ultimate ability. Once you get an S rating, you can unleash the ultimate on anyone. However, if you die, the scoring restarts.
Deadpool Vanguard Abilities
Here’s a complete breakdown of all of Deadpool’s abilities when playing the Vanguard role:
Dual-Desert Eagles: Vanguard – Primary Fire
Rapid fire projectile, 30 ammo, 36 damage per shot.
Kickass Katana – Primary Fire
Melee weapon, 30 damage per hit.
Magical Unicorn Shield – Secondary fire
Deploy a plush toy that releases a containment bubble to block incoming damage in a selected area.
Deadpool Duelist Abilities
Here’s a complete breakdown of all of Deadpool’s abilities when playing the role of Duelist:
Dual-Desert Eagles: Duelist – Primary Fire
Rapid fire projectile, 38 damage per hit, 30 ammo, 2.5 rounds per second.
Kickass Katana – Primary Fire
Melee, 40 damage per hit.
Headshot! Duelist – Secondary fire
Deadpool fires a projectile that penetrates and damages enemies before returning to his location. It has a delayed effect and also creates a spell field that deals damage both when sent out and returned.
Deadpool strategist skills
Here’s a complete breakdown of all of Deadpool’s abilities when he plays the role of strategist:
Dual-Desert Eagles: Strategist – Primary Fire
Rapid fire projectile, 2.5 rounds per second with 30 ammo. 25 damage per round to enemies, 45 healing per round to allies.
Kickass Katana – Primary Fire
Melee, 30 damage per hit, 32 healing.
Bouncing Bobblehead – Secondary fire
Fire a single-throw projectile that also creates a spell field. The projectile damages enemies and heals allies it comes into contact with. Projectile damage 20 on cast and return, projectile healing 40 on cast and return. Spell field damage is 10/s while spell field healing is 40/s.
Deadpool’s Ultimate Abilities, Explained
Unlike other heroes, Deadpool does not collect his ultimate through regular ulting. charging. Instead, he gains his ultimate ability by increasing his level in battle. For heals performed, hits performed and kills secured, Deadpool collects XP, which increases the letter grade. This can be seen on his ultimate button. Once you reach S, Deadpool can unleash his ultimate.
There are a few important things to note. First, Deadpool’s Ultimate works on a “use it or lose it” basis, meaning that in the event of your death, you’ll have to restart your XP grind. However, if you stay alive, you can continuously farm your ult. For multiple uses per lifetime.
Additionally, Deadpool has two different ultimates for each role – one for his pistols and one for his katanas. This means he has a total of six different ultimate abilities, each with slightly different side effects. A full summary of this can be found below
The Ban Hammer – Vanguard Pistol Ultimate
Deadpool taunts a person and receives bonus HP and healing. If the target misses their abilities, they take 80 damage per miss/ability and Deadpool gains bonus HP.
The big test – Vanguard Katana Ultimate
Gains speed and healing buffs, as well as additional dangerous strikes and additional HP for yourself and all nearby allies. When you deal enough hits to enemies, you unlock “Mega” speed and healing, and reset the cooldown for the healing factor.
Ability Issue – Duelist Pistol Ultimate
Select an enemy and taunt them. If the enemy misses an ability/shot, they will be hit and deal 60 damage per missed ability/shot.
Pop Quiz! – Duelist Katana Ultimate
Increase your speed and healing power with Pop Quiz! Then hit enough abilities on enemies/allies within the time frame to unlock bonus speed and healing. The challenge lasts 12 seconds, with the maximum boost lasting 6 seconds after completing the challenge.
Pwnage Pound – Strategist Pistol Ultimate
Deadpool gains bonus HP and healing after taunting an enemy. If the enemy misses their skills or shots, they take 80 damage per missed skill or shot and Deadpool gains bonus HP.
Final Exam – Strategist Katana Ultimate
Deadpool gains bonus healing shijinks charges, bonus healing power, bonus speed, and applies bonus HP to himself and allies within range. If he hits enough enemies and allies within the challenge period (12 seconds from ultimate use), he will gain bonus speed and healing for 6 seconds thereafter.
Deadpool team skills
Mr. Pool’s Interdimensional Toolbix / Comic Chaos – Deadpool + Jeff the Land Shark
Deadpool gives Jeff the Land Shark a new “plushie” ability. Jeff can throw this plushie onto the map, creating an AOE healing field for allies and adding Deadpool-style visual clutter to the enemies’ screen. Deadpool receives a 5% healing bonus on Strategist, 5% damage increase on Duelist, or +50 maximum health on Vanguard
Deadpool tips and tricks
- Deadpool’s Photo Mode can be used to take massive damage for a short period of time, making it perfect for powering through/”tanking” certain ultimates. These include Magneto, Namor, Iron Man, Phoenix and more.
- It’s important to learn when to switch between Deadpool’s weapon types. This allows you to create different combinations as you dash in and out of medium close range. His pistols are great for applying pressure to stab behind cover or fire fliers, while his katanas are great for charging and making kills.
- Vanguard Deadpool can increase his rate of fire with weapons after hitting his E ability, allowing him to temporarily put even more pressure on enemies.
- While each team can only choose one Deadpool role, the player playing Deadpool is free to switch between any of their three roles at any point during the game. This allows you to adjust your team composition as needed while maintaining the same type of skill equipment in the game
