A Beginner’s Guide to Playing as Spiderman in Marvel Rivals

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Learn the moves, combos, and tricks for Spider-Man

Written by Travis Boylls

Last Updated: September 17, 2025 Fact Checked

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Spider-Man's Abilities

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Best Combos

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Playing as Spider-Man

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Marvel Rivals is a team shooter game featuring Marvel characters. Arguably, one of the most difficult characters to learn is Spider-Man. He is a duelist class and a melee character. He’s quick and agile, but has low health. You want to wait for the right time, get in quickly, deal lots of damage, and then get out. With a little patience and practice, you can dominate the maps with his abilities. This wikiHow article teaches you how to play as Spider-Man in Marvel Rivals.

Play as Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a low-health character. Maintain the high ground and plan your attacks. Hit your enemies with Web-Cluster, then use Get Over Here to get in and perform an upper-cut attack. Get out as quickly as possible. Use your special to stun groups of enemies and finish tough enemies.

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Spider-Man's Abilities

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Spider-Man’s primary attack is a melee combo. Pressing the button once deals a single punch. Holding down the button or pressing it in succession does a combo with two punches and a spin-kick. When done in the air, you will perform a downward slam attack instead.
This fires a projectile that sticks to your enemies. By itself, it doesn’t do a lot of damage, but it applies Spider-Tracer for 3 seconds, which enhances the damage of any follow-up attacks and combos. Spider-Man gets 5 Web Cluster charges before they run out. Each charge takes about 3 seconds to recharge.

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Web swing allows Spider-Man to swing through the air. This is mostly used for a quick escape after performing an attack. You can cancel the swing by pressing the button again. Spider-Man has 3 Web Swing charges that each take about 6 seconds to recharge. This means you can’t go swinging around haphazardly.
"Get Over Here " fires a web projectile that pulls your enemy in. If the enemy has been hit with Web Tracer (via Web Cluster), you will be pulled to the opponent instead. This is useful for getting in close quickly for an attack or combo.
While this is called "Amazing Combo," it’s actually a singular uppercut that launches an enemy into the air and deals a lot of damage. It can be done on the ground or in the air. Amazing Combo 2 charges that each have a 2-second recharge period.
Spider-Man’s special ability launches a web cluster all around, striking enemies in an 8m spherical radius. It also provides Spider-Man with a 250 health bonus. This is a fantastic special ability that allows Spider-Man to take out (or at least stun) groups of enemies and make an escape.
Pressing the jump button again immediately after jumping allows Spider-Man to do a double-jump. You can also do a double-jump after performing an Amazing Combo uppercut.
Pressing the jump button allows Spider-Man to crawl on walls. Holding the primary fire button allows Spider-Man to run on walls. This is useful for reaching higher ground.
Spider-Man is alerted when enemies are near or have been around.
When Spider-Man plays on the same team as Human Torch, he gains the Inferno Blast ability. This allows him to spray enemies with flaming webs while performing a backflip. This applies a burn tracer, which, when detonated, applies damage over time. Inferno Blast has a 12-second cooldown period.^{[1]
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Best Combos

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This is a simple combo to start out with. Start with a one-two punch combo or a one-two-punch-kick combo using your primary attack. Then immediately launch into an Amazing Combo uppercut. You can also cancel a primary attack with an Amazing Combo uppercut. After any combo, use Web Swing for a quick escape.
This is one of the best combos Spider-Man has. Hit your opponent with as many Web Clusters as possible. Then pull yourself in with Get Over Here and launch your opponent into the air with an Amazing Combo uppercut. You can often KO an enemy with this combo alone. If not, you can get usually get in a few Spider-Power attacks or a downward slam attack immediately after the uppercut.
You can also pair a Web Cluster + Get Over Here combo with some primary Spider-Power attacks. It may not do as much damage as an uppercut, but it’s quicker, and you can get more attacks in.
After launching your opponent into the air with an Amazing Combo Uppercut, you can get in a few Spider-Power punches and a kick while still in the air.
After launching your opponent into the air with an Amazing Combo uppercut, jump immediately while still in the air (basically a double-jump). Then aim down at your opponent and apply a slam attack.
If you are teaming up with Human Torch, get in close to an opponent, hit ‘em with Inferno Blast, which will launch Spider-Man backwards in a backflip. Pull yourself back in with Get Over Here and get in as many primary attacks as you can.
After blasting an opponent with Inferno Blast, pull yourself back in with Get Over Here. Then immediately launch them into the air with an Amazing Combo uppercut. This is a very devastating and satisfying combo.

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Playing as Spider-Man

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Get in and get out quickly. Spider-Man is a character who has low health. If you jump right into battle with a group of enemies or with larger Vanguard-class enemies, you probably will not survive. Look for openings. Get in, do a quick combo, and then use Web Swing to get out.
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Stay agile. Since Spider-Man has low health, you want to make sure you are always on the move to avoid taking damage. Use Web Swing to move around quickly. Make yourself a difficult target. Know the maps so you know where to travel.
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Plan your attack. Spider-Man is best at performing ambush attacks. Look for a lone strategist (support) or dualist class player and try to ambush from behind or flank them from the side. Once you take out the support characters, you can attempt to take on the stronger enemies. Stay agile in any fight situation.
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Lead opponents with your Web Clusters. Your Web Cluster attack is pretty slow. Instead of aiming directly at an opponent, aim at where they are moving towards.
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Disable Simple Swing. When Simple Swing is enabled, Spider-Man will automatically lock onto an anchor point when performing Web Swing. When Simple Swing is disabled, you will have to aim for a spot to attach your webs when doing Web Swing. It also allows you to attach to walls and pull yourself forward quickly. This gives you more control. It is recommended that you start off with Simple Swing enabled, and then disable it as you get more comfortable playing as Spider-Man.
- To disable Simple Swing, open the Settings menu on the main title screen. Select Controller and then select the Combat tab at the top. Select where it says All Heroes at the top. Then select Spider-Man to adjust the settings specific to Spider-Man. Additionally, you can enable "Hold to Swing," which will allow you to swing for as long as you hold the button down and stop swinging when you release the button. You can also do the same for Wall Crawl and Run on Walls.
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Maintain the high ground. Spider-Man will be much more effective at observing the battle and planning attacks from a higher vantage point. This will also make him a harder target to hit. Stick to higher levels of the map and use Spider-Man’s Wall Crawl ability to stay above the fray.
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Use Spectacular Spin to stun and finish off opponents. Spider-Man’s special does a lot of damage and has the ability to stun nearby enemies. It is a great special. Use it to attack groups of enemies (especially if you can sneak in from behind). You can also use it to stun nearby enemies and make an escape.^{[2]
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