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Despite her obvious name, Invisible Woman is an exceptionally unique and powerful Strategist inMarvel Rivalswho fits well in various team comps and Strategist-focused metas. Her top-tier healing makes her widely accessible, while the rest of her kit offers solid versatility with abilities that focus on disrupting enemy lines.
A good Invisible Woman can certainly be a nuisance — not only does she have all the right tools to make rapid retreats, but she canoften hold her own in one-on-one Strategist matchups. When you also consider the fact thather Ultimate Ability provides the infamous temporary immortality, it’s no surprise she’s a popular pick. However, though she’s invisible, she’s not invincible, so a few key pointers can certainly go a long way.
How To Counter Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman’s proficiency in crowd controlis what makes her a lingering threat. With her Psionic Vortex and Force Physics abilities, she can relieve pressure from herself and her teammateswhile putting you at a positional disadvantage. They’re her primary escape mechanics, complementing the rest of her kit to make a complete package.
For her healing abilities, the main things you’ll need to watch forare the Guardian Shield and her Ultimate Ability, Invisible Boundary. The shield serves as a300-HP barrier that heals allies behind it while absorbing incoming damage.
Theultimate, on the other hand, casts aforcefield that hides and massively heals teammates.Like LunaandMantis' ult,it makes them practically unkillable, so it’s a powerful move for contesting and retaking objectives.
Her Guardian Shield can completely negate opposing ultimates,including that of Doctor Strange,Iron Man,Groot, and more.
Invisible Woman’s weakness, however, lies in the factshe can’t consistently heal herself, so the best way to counter her is todive or flank her and go for a quick kill. Similar to her abilities, you may use disruption-based techniques to isolate her; once you do that, she’s essentially helpless with no real backup.
If you go with the aggressive approach,you need to maintain pressureto prevent Sue from escaping. The general combo she likes to do is Force Physics followed by a double jump, triggering her invisibility and self-healing. Of course, as the backbone of the team, she can’t stay idle for long, soyou should keep up the hunt until she’s forced to reveal herself.
A good way to inflict damage that beats out Invisible Woman’s healing is byusing AoE attacks.
How To Counter Invisible Woman As A Vanguard
Given how a Vanguard’s sluggish movement plays into Invisible Woman’s strengths, this is arguablythe last role that should be targeting her. The most you may do is either block her incoming projectiles with Doctor Strange’s Shield of the Seraphim orMagneto’s Metal Curtain, but, in most cases,you should stay on the frontlines and keep Sue busywhile your flankers look for an opening to knock her out.
Groot is definitely your best bet for countering Invisible Woman; he can use his Thornslash and Ironwood walls toeither box her in for an easy kill or segregate her from her teammates. On the flip side,ThorandHulk can opt for the lethal routeby using their Storm Surge and Radioactive Lockdown abilities, respectively,to make Sue vulnerable.
Groot is highly susceptible to getting thrown off ledges by Invisible Woman’s Force Physics!
The idea behind these tactics isto simply lower her effectiveness as a Strategist— the more you keep her confined, the worse she’ll perform.
How To Counter Invisible Woman As A Strategist
As a Strategist, you have two main ways to counter Invisible Woman:keep her occupied with relentless offense or outheal her. With that in mind,Cloak and Dagger offer the best of both worlds— Dagger’s healing has a wider range while affecting more targets, Cloak can lock onto Sue with his Terror Cape and primary fire, andthe pair’s Ultimate Ability charges much faster.
As a general rule, you should activate your Ultimate Ability simultaneously with Invisible Woman’s. This ensures your allies have the same temporary mass healing as the enemy team.
Healing-wise, Luna Snow’s pretty much in the same ballpark as Invisible Woman, but the facther ultimate is significantly stronger makes her a more enticing support pick.Jeff The Land Shark, alternatively, can force Sue into a tricky position bystaying in the backlines and attacking her. He can even use his Ultimate Ability to swallow her mid-ult, effectively cutting it short.
How To Counter Invisible Woman As A Duelist
Melee Duelists excel atbeing assassin heroes and attacking from unsuspecting locations, making them the perfect counterpick for Invisible Woman.
Magik seems to be the optimal candidate for a hard counterthanks to her monstrous damage output,pouncing on Sue and killing her in an instant with Umbral Incursion.Black Panther is another solid pick, blitzing past her attacks whilechipping away her HP to the point she can’t keep up.
Other flankers,like Iron Fist,Spider-Man,and Psylocke, are also a great counter for Invisible Woman, but Magik and Panthergenerally have the upper hand because of their consistency.Wolverine could work in some instances, but Sue will usuallyhinder his ability to take down Vanguards, soit might not be as intuitive.
As for ranged Duelists,Namor is definitely the go-to hero in this matchup, summoning his octopuses tosteadily weaken Invisible Woman with chip damage. Iron Man andStorm are also soft counters,using their range and AoE attacksto either force her away from the team or just overwhelm her with multiple targets to heal.
Magik,Moon Knight,and The Punisher’s ults have the best chanceof killing Invisible Woman during her Ultimate Ability.
