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Peni Parker is easily one of the trickiest characters to play inMarvel Rivals, as it requires more strategic thinking than charging in and fighting enemies.
With four stars on her difficulty rating, Peni’s complex playstyle relies on area denial and setting up traps, defending a chokepoint, or an objective to make it difficult for enemies to penetrate.
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Peni Parker Abilities
Peni’s abilities give her a lot of avenues to lock down a particular area, especially chokepoints. Use her nest and mines well, and your defenses will be practically impenetrable.
Description
Cyber-Web Cluster
Basic Attack. Launch projectiles that deal 15 on hit and 15 more in a small blast radius(30 total on direct hit).
Spider-Sweeper
Ultimate. Enhance the SP//dr suit and run around, repeatedly deploying Arachno-Mines, Spider-Drones, and Cyber-Webs.While in sweeper mode, Peni will automatically deploy webs and mines.You may launch enemies within a 5m range or deploy drones in your path.
Bionic Spider-Nest
Generate a Spider-Nest (350 health pool) at a target area, periodically spawning 2 Spider-Drones every 3 seconds and creating Cyber-Webs. While in a Cyber-Web, gain 25 per second Healing Over Time and a 25% Movement Boost.Excess healing converts into 150 Bonus Health (800 total).Each Spider-Drone deals 40 damage, and attacks only when an enemy steps inside a web. Cooldown is determined by Nest’s remaining health, up to a maximum of 15 seconds.No cooldown if Peni destroys it herself.
Arachno-Mine
Deploy a mine that can be concealed within a Cyber-Web.The mines have a detection radius of 3m and deal 100 damage on detonation.Peni carries 4 charges max, each taking 4 seconds to recharge.
Cyber-Bond
Shoot a web strand that links to the target area or Cyber-Web.If stretched too far, it will trigger a pullback/dash.The minimum dash distance is 10m, with the maximum being 30m.
Wall Crawl
Hold (JUMP BUTTON) to crawl on vertical surfaces.
Cyber-Web Snare
Cast futuristic webbing that Immobilizes enemies or creates a Cyber-Web. Enemies hit are ensnared for 0.7 seconds.
Peni Parker Offensive Strategies
Since Peni is a Hero designed to lock down areas, when you’re attacking an objective, you need to be able to reset spider-nests when necessary to keep pushing the front line.
Peni Parker Defensive Strategies
Once you’ve locked down an area, whatever spot you’ve placed your Spider-Nest in is your domain. Peni’s entire kit relies on the concept of “this is my house, and you’re going to play by my rules.”
Protip: you’re able to use your web snare to not only stop enemies but also certain projectiles. Some people have managed tocatch Iron Man’s Ultimate with a web snare.
Peni Parker Team-Up Abilities
At launch, Peni only has one Team-Up ability, and that is with Venom.
While it might not necessarily turn the tides of battle, it’ll give you some breathing room and deal extra damage. Use it when you’re overwhelmed by enemies at close range, or if you’re trying to deal some extra damage.
This Team-Up ability is worth having Venom on your team, as not only will this give Venom a 150 health boost, but it’ll also give you a tool to tell your enemies to back off.
Team-Up Ability
Heroes Needed
Armor Expulsion
Venom shares a part of his symbiote with Spider-Man and Peni Parker, activating their symbiote abilities. On cast, Peni or Spider-Man release spikes around them in a 5m radius, dealing 50 damage on release and 50 more per second for four seconds. They also receive a 50% damage reduction while the ability is active.
Peni Parker and/or Spider-Man
Peni Parker Counters And How To Deal With Them
As a character whose strength lies in staying in one spot longer than others, Peni is a prime target for enemies who poke with ranged attacks.
To counter these enemies, your best bet is to make it hard for them to get a bead on you. Keep moving around your nest and ping the enemy sniper to notify your team. Don’t forget to also position your nest so that the enemy would have to take risks to destroy it.
When faced with a sniper, cover management is also really important. Despite you being a tank and that you have healers, remembering to duck behind cover and peek is a crucial skill to have. Use the 60/40 tactic that I cover in an articleabout things the game doesn’t tell you.
Your web clusters also have no damage falloff and have a pretty solid range, so you can peek out of cover while in the safety of your webs and poke them with your own attacks.
Peni Parker Team Composition
Peni works well with a well-balanced team with an equal distribution of divers and defensive Heroes.
Diving Heroes like Hulk, Venom, and Captain America can help disrupt the enemy on the frontlines while you hold down the fort with your traps.
Likewise, having a Groot on your team can potentially strengthen your backline while your duelist frontliners like Iron Fist and Spider-Man engage the enemy.
Punisher is always a solid option for any team comp, and using any of the strategists above would be a solid pick.
In my experience, there is no particular preference on which strategist you should use - just ensure you have a main healer (Luna, Mantis, or Jeff) and an off-healer (Adam Warlock or Rocket Raccoon) to help support the backline.
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