Marvel Rivals Support Guide: How to Play Cloak and Dagger Like a Pro

Optimizing Your Settings for Cloak and Dagger

This guide will focus on practical strategies for Cloak and Dagger, skipping ability descriptions to highlight key techniques for mastering their playstyle.

Crosshair Settings

A green reticle can be helpful for aiming. The outer circle indicates targeting radius, providing additional clarity in chaotic situations. This setting works well with Cloak, offering valuable feedback on hit detection. If you’re missing shots, adjusting this setting can improve accuracy.

HUD Widget Size

Set this to large to make ability cooldowns more visible when switching between Cloak and Dagger. The larger display ensures that crucial cooldowns are easier to track, improving response time.

Essential Ability Tips and Combos

Understanding the Primary Attack

Cloak and Dagger’s primary attack targets within a radius, but it is not purely lock-on. Directly hitting an enemy or ally will activate the AOE effect, allowing for ranged healing and damage. This works at long distances, provided the attack lands on a target. If an ally is low, prioritize direct hits to maximize healing.

Anti-Dive Combo

When playing Dagger, if a diver approaches:

1. Throw a healing orb.
2. Switch to Cloak and activate Terra Cape.
3. Attack while in Cloak.

This sequence applies healing over time while blinding and weakening the attacker. Though it may not secure eliminations, it will force divers to retreat.

Quick Reload Trick

Instead of reloading manually, swap to Cloak and back to Dagger for an instant ammo refresh. This method improves damage output and sustainability during fights.

Effective Healing and Playstyle

Balancing Healing and Damage

As a support, prioritize healing but don’t neglect damage output. Spending around 80% of playtime on Dagger ensures consistent healing and pressure. Use Cloak reactively, switching in response to ultimates or divers.

1. Heal allies with direct hits.
2. Attack enemies when healing isn’t needed.
3. Reload by swapping to Cloak and back.
4. Use Terra Cape frequently for team-wide damage amplification.

Maximizing Terra Cape’s Effectiveness

Terra Cape blinds enemies for 1.5 seconds and increases incoming damage by 28% for 3 seconds. Since the ability has a 12-second cooldown, use it every time it’s available. Proper usage can ensure that for every 12 seconds of gameplay, enemies spend 3 seconds vulnerable.

Managing Support Abilities

• Veil of Light Force: Use freely, as its cooldown is only 12 seconds.
• Dagger Storm: Reserve for self-sustain, particularly against divers.

Countering Divers and Managing Cooldowns

Handling Backline Divers

Primary threats include Panther, Magic, Hulk, and Psylocke. When facing them:

1. Save Terra Cape and Dagger Storm to counter their attacks.
2. Drop Dagger Storm at your feet for healing before switching to Cloak.
3. Use Terra Cape immediately on the attacker.

If divers aren’t an issue, use Terra Cape offensively, but if under pressure, hold onto it defensively.

Ultimate Usage Strategies

Cloak and Dagger’s ultimate can be game-changing, but using it at the wrong time can lead to disaster.

Key Considerations Before Activating Ultimate:

• Check for Iron Man or Magneto. These heroes can one-shot you even during the ultimate.
• Avoid using it in open spaces. Use Dark Teleportation to reposition mid-air before activating.
• Hold the ultimate as long as possible unless it counters a high-damage enemy ult or supports a critical push.

Momentum and Tactical Shifts

Switching to Cloak for Aggression

Despite Dagger being the primary form, switching to Cloak at key moments can turn the tide of battle. Situations to swap include:

1. Overextended enemy tanks – Help burst them down before reinforcements arrive.
2. Weakened enemy team – When enemies are stalling, switch to Cloak to apply extra pressure.
3. Chasing low-health enemies – Use Dark Teleportation to secure kills.
4. Triple support compositions – If other supports are healing well, prioritize damage with Cloak.

Breaking Stalemates

If the game is stuck in a deadlock where neither team is progressing:

• Use your ultimate aggressively. This forces enemy supports to use their own ultimates.
• Bait out defensive cooldowns. Once enemy supports are drained, your team can push forward.
• Encourage Duelists and Vanguards. With enemy supports distracted, they can secure key eliminations.