How to Play The Punisher in Marvel Rivals

In Marvel Rivals, the free-to-play 6v6 third-person team shooter, players will create a team of three playable roles, each aligned with one of over thirty-plus legendary Marvel heroes and villains. Each character has its playstyle and possibility for gaining new powers through the Team-Up feature when it comes to playing a certain role in the game. That gives complete freedom for experimentation right from the get-go, which is a godsend to those who dive into games, seeing what will and will not work. On the flip side, perhaps the downside will be that players could become confused as to whom they should play their main hero and what each does. The Punisher is a great option for new players seeking a straightforward character to learn the ropes, thanks to his versatile kit that can be used effectively in a variety of formations and his simple yet powerful abilities. If you're going to be playing as the Punisher in Marvel Rivals, this guide will provide you all the information you need on his skills, playstyle, and general tips and techniques to get you started.

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Role of the Punisher: Duelist

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The Punisher is a great choice for both seasoned players seeking a hitscan hero and newbies to the game alike. This Duelist, with 275 HP and 1 star of difficulty, proves to be a great choice in Marvel Rivals. The Punisher is a solid pick that can fit into most team compositions due to the simplicity and reliability of his ability kit in applying pressure and damage. He can be picked up in a short amount of games.

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Primary Weapon Normal Attack - Adjudication: Utilize his Automatic Rifle, Adjudication, to shoot foes.

Secondary Weapon Normal Attack - Use his shotgun, Deliverance, to pelt foes.

Capability - Vantage Connection: Upon pressing F, Punisher can leap with great swiftness, launching a cable-eqquipped hook.

The Culling Turret is an ability that you can utilize to ground Punisher and absorb frontal damage, along with inflicting massive amounts of damage.

Scourge Grenade is a skill that makes you leap backwards while blocking the enemy's view with a smoke grenade.

Inactive one Warrior's Gaze allows you to keep an eye on foes who disappear from view for a short period of time.

Final Judgment-Use two battle weapons and missiles to assault adversaries as an ultimate ability.

Join Forces Rocket Raccoon can unleash a never-ending barrage of punishment by tossing an ammunition overload device in the target's direction. The Punisher and Winter Soldier instantly gain Infinite Ammo and Faster Firing bonuses when within the device's area of effect.

How to Play Marvel Rivals' The Punisher

As a solid, all-around duelist character, the Punisher is a good bet across a wide variety of Marvel Rivals maps and team combinations. To get you started playing The Punisher, here are a few pointers:

With his arsenal, the Punisher can apply pressure to targets from any angle. With his shotgun, Punisher can clear rooms full of enemies in close proximity with devastating damage, his assault rifle is great for mid-range targets and confirming kills, and his turret is a formidable weapon at long range, making chokepoints hard to bypass and applying pressure from a safe distance.

When he switches from his primary to his secondary, there's a small animation. You will for example want to teach yourself to act fast enough that the animation can cycle before you are allowed to defend yourself if a very mobile hero dives on you. The whole gameplay of The Punisher will be based on reading the battlefield and adapting your armament as the fight goes.

Instead of chasing kills, stay in space. You should try to protect an objective with every part of Punisher's kit if possible, depending on the map, as his kit is good in area denial. Sometimes it may be tempting to try to chase down that annoying enemy with 1 health because Punisher's guns are so efficient; he just doesn't have the movement speed of other heroes with shorter cooldowns. It follows that he's going to be really far behind the regrouping opponent team with Spider-Man, Star Lord, Venom, etc., or securing kills with the grapple already spent. What they need to do is seek out cover, re-position themselves for a surprise from behind enemies, get them in your sights, then drop your turret to make some space and exploit any great positions of the map to the fullest advantage.

His grappling hook/zipline can reach rooftops, high ground, and other advantageous spots. This becomes especially helpful in cases when the enemy team doesn't have heroes who can consistently contest high ground regions because Punisher can set up his Turret and have free reign on an opponent team that can't reach him.

Location of the turret is critical. Although Punisher's Turret is lethal if used correctly, his placement is key since, while it does deflect some attacks, he is virtually defenseless while it is in his hands. Again, it comes to keeping an eye on the battlefield; if the enemy is outnumbered, it could be wise to retreat behind your turret and regroup with your own squad instead of trying to engage them as they approach your range, because this could lead to an easy pick.

Always be looking for ways to pick and pressure mobile characters. When it comes to harassing flying or highly mobile characters, heroes with hitscan weapons like The Punisher have a good chance, especially those with a slower float or predictable arc to their flight. Without resorting to his Turret, the range on the Punisher's Assault Rifle makes short work of these foes.

Space battles also engage easily with Punisher, and the Ultimate he performs sends the enemy back to cough up space. Punisher turns the capturing of space and maintaining it away from opponents tougher when his Ultimate engages with adding a heavy damage output, making the other tankier opponent characters' lives more vulnerable.

By taking advantage of this, Punisher can flip team fights, gain space, and retake objectives while forcing the opposing team to retreat and give up ground.