Storm Guide: How to Play, Combos, & Counters

Storm Overview

Storm focuses less on mobility and more on providing buffs while dealing consistent damage. She falls under the category of Duelist, although she is not a traditional Duelist and more like an offensive support. Before diving into her gameplay, let us take a quick look at her stats:

	Value
Health	250 HP
Role	Duelist
Difficulty	Medium (3/5)

How to Play Storm in Marvel Rivals

Positioning and Playstyle

Playing Storm to its complete potential requires understanding that you're not a highly mobile flyer like iron man or star-lord, and your aerial movement is slow!

• Offensive Positioning: When attacking, use your ability to fly to create angles that only you can access. Position yourself where you can shoot through multiple enemies with your piercing Wind Blade. Unlike grounded heroes, you can peek over barriers, giving you significant advantages in sightlines. On open maps, alternate between high and low positions – surprisingly, many players don't look up enough, especially in lower tiers, giving you free damage.
• Defensive Positioning: When defending, your positioning depends on the threat level. Against multiple hitscan enemies, position yourself lower to the ground near your team and next to walls for quick cover. When there are fewer threats, elevate yourself to create those vertical off-angles that divide enemy attention. Remember that your weather aura (displayed as a circle around you) changes size based on elevation – it widens when you're closer to the ground and narrows when you're higher up.

If you notice enemy flankers targeting your backline, prioritize positioning yourself where you can quickly assist with Bolt Rush and slowing effects (from Goddess Boost in Tornado mode). The ability to fly means you can quickly reposition over obstacles that would slow other heroes, but your movement is predictable, so plan your transitions between cover carefully.

Remember that your buff area is a sphere, so you need to balance the height advantage with staying close enough to allies to grant them buffs. Check the indicator below your crosshair that shows allies (blue) and enemies (red) within your aura to maximize your team impact.

Weather Control Management

Storm's stance-switching mechanic through Weather Control forms the core of her versatility and team support potential. Her ability to switch between Thunder and Tornado modes gives her flexibility adapting to the team's changing needs throughout a match.

• In Thunder mode, Storm currently provides a damage boost to herself and to all teammates within her weather aura. This mode is ideal during active engagements when your team is committed to a fight and needs the extra firepower to secure eliminations. The damage boost pairs exceptionally well with her piercing primary fire when enemies are grouped together, allowing you to maximize damage across multiple targets simultaneously.
• Tornado mode transforms Storm's support capabilities, increasing her and her teammate's movement speed. This mode shines when your team needs to rotate quickly between positions, reach objectives faster than the enemy team, or escape unfavorable engagements. Starting matches in Tornado mode has become standard practice among high-level Storm players, as it helps the entire team establish advantageous positions before the enemy can react. The speed boost is particularly valuable for slower Vanguards like Groot or captain america, allowing them to reach frontline positions they otherwise couldn't contest in time.

Switching between modes doesn't cost any resources and can be done at any time, so adapting to the situation is key. When an engagement begins, quickly switch to Thunder for the damage boost. If your team needs to reposition or chase down retreating enemies, switch to Tornado. Always consider your team's needs over your personal preference – the collective benefit often outweighs individual advantage.

Target Priority

Understanding who to focus on and when can help you win more matches and create a better impact:

• Strategists should always be your highest-priority targets. Your ability to attack from vertical angles makes you particularly effective at pressuring these backline supports when they think they're safely positioned behind their frontline.
• Immobile Duelists and Snipers like punisher and black widow present an interesting challenge for Storm. While they can threaten and outdamage you with accurate hitscan weapons, they also become priority targets when they're distracted by your frontline. So we recommend you to only focus on these characters when they aren't focusing you and seem to be distracted.
• Flying counterparts like human torch , Iron Man and star-Lord are a direct competition for sky control. Consider these 1v1 matchups carefully - if you can force them to retreat or distract them from pressuring your team, you've succeeded even without securing an elimination.

When enemy teams group at choke points or objectives, your piercing Wind Blade attacks become incredibly valuable. Position yourself at angles where you can hit multiple enemies with each shot, maximizing your damage output while rapidly building ultimate charge.

Storm Combos Marvel Rivals

Storm's kit enables several powerful combinations that can maximize your impact:

• (Thunder Mode) Wind Blade (Left Click)
• Wind Blade (Left Click) > Wind Blade (Left Click) > Wind Blade (Left Click) > Bolt Rush (Right Click)

• Switch to Thunder > Goddess Boost > Wind Blade > Bolt Rush (when enemies grouped up)
• Switch to Tornado > Goddess Boost > Wind Blade (when enemy flank heroes are diving your backline)
• Position high > Omega Hurricane targeting grouped enemies

How to Counter Storm in Marvel Rivals

Storm's biggest vulnerability is her slow aerial movement, making her predictable when transitioning between positions. With only 250 HP and no escape abilities, she's extremely vulnerable when focused. Her supportive abilities require her to be relatively close to teammates, limiting how far she can position from the main fight.

Effective Counters:

• Hitscan heroes like punisher and Hela can easily eliminate Storm in the air.
• black widow sniper mode can take Storm out with precise long-range shots.
• Mobile melee heroes like spider-man and iron fist can surprisingly counter Storm by quickly closing distance.
• Heroes who can target Storm's predictable air movement patterns excel at shutting her down.

Best Team Composition for Storm

Storm performs best when paired with heroes that complement her supportive playstyle and benefit from her buffs:

• thor provides the perfect offensive partner through their "Charged Gale" team-up ability, which grants Storm a lightning barrage that bounces between enemies.
• human torch creates a devastating ultimate combination when both ultimates are used together, creating "Burning Hurricane" which increases the duration and damage significantly.
• luna snow Share the Stage ability provides crucial healing to Storm without requiring constant attention.

Remember that when you play Storm in Marvel Rivals, rather than focusing purely on eliminations, support your team with useful buffs when required. That's all you need to know to dominate as Storm in Marvel Rivals. Take to the skies, control the weather, and show your enemies why they should fear the Goddess of Thunder!