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Squirrel Girl is a ranged DuelistheroinMarvel Rivalswith the right balance of annoying and deadly in the hands of the right player.
She isn’t your typical ranged DPS-er like The Punisher, Hawkeye, or Hela. Instead, Squirrel Girl uses her acorn grenades to cause mayhem.
Sometimes, it’s all about being a secondary damage dealer suppressing objective areas. Other times, you’ll land your grenades with precision and kill enemy heroes out of nowhere.
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OurMarvel Rivalsguide for Squirrel Girl will run down her abilities, offer tips and tricks, and help you dominate the battlefield.
Squirrel Girl Abilities
On the surface, Squirrel Girl feels similar toOverwatch’s Junkrat. They both excel at throwing grenades into the sky and making it rain devastation on the enemy team.
Her in-game difficulty is listed at one out of five stars inMarvel Rivals, but don’t let that fool you. Whileextremely accessible for beginners, there are some nuances at play that make her difficult to master and unlock her full potential.
Let’s run down her abilities:
Description
Burst Acorn
Normal Attack. Shoots bouncing Burst Acorns that generate a spell field upon impact. Deals 110 damage in a 3m spherical radius. Fire rate is 1.49 acorns per second. Damage falloff is 70% at 3m. Holds ten ammo.
Unbeatable Squirrel Tsunami
Ultimate ability. Summon a horde of squirrels to charge forward, dealing damage while bouncing against structures. Lasts for 10 seconds. Deals 150 damage. Squirrel Horde health has 600 health and moves 15 meters per second.
Tail Bounce
Rocket upwards with a bounce of her tail. Jump height is 9 meters. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
Mammal Bond
Reload Burst Acorns and can use an ability without cooldown once in a short duration. Cooldown: 12 seconds.
Squirrel Blockade
Launch an acorn to unleash Squirrel Guards, Imprisoning the first hit enemy. Can charge up to 1.5 seconds to increase projectile speed. Deals 35 damage, impression enemy for 1.33 seconds. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
Webbed Acorn
Team-Up ability. Spider-Man gives Squirrel Girl a web bomb. She can slingshot it to unleash an explosion upon contact with the environment or an enemy, briefly ensnaring and damaging enemies caught in the blast. It deals 80 damage and imprisons the enemy for 1 second. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Squirrel Girl Offensive Strategies
Natural instincts say you’ll want to spend most of your time on your backline tossing acorns into the sky and annoying the enemy team. While this strategy is effective, there are better ways to dish out damage as Squirrel Girl.
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Squirrel Girl Defensive Strategies
This shouldn’t be confused when you’re playing defense as a team. Squirrel Girl is at her best when defending objective points, when playing aggressively and offensively. These tips will cover the best ways to survive oncoming attacks as Squirrel Girl.
Squirrel Girl Team-Up Abilities
Heroes Needed
Spider-Man
Team-Up ability. Spider-Man gives Squirrel Girl a web bomb. She can slingshot it to unleash an explosion upon contact with the environment or an enemy, briefly ensnaring and damaging enemies caught in the blast. Deals 80 damage and imprisons enemy for 1 second. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Squirrel Girls' Team-Up ability is dependent on having a Spider-Man on your team.
It gives you another stun in your toolkit, which is vital to locking down troublesome heroes. That Venom who will never die? Just CC him when he pops his shield, and he’ll go down.
Squirrel Girl Counters & How to Deal with Them
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the best counters to a grenade launcher are snipers:HawkeyeandBlack Widowcan pick you off with ease. EvenThe Punishercan shoot you down from afar, especially with his smoke bomb.
Jeff the Land Sharkis surprisingly effective against Squirrel Girl as he swims underwater and tosses out his healing bubbles to negate your damage.
Star Lordis an annoying little bugger who flies throughout the map and dishes out serious damage. Sometimes, you’re able to counter Duelists one-on-one, but Star Lord’s speed and raw DPS give him an edge over someone likeSpider-ManorIron Fist.
Doctor StrangeandMagnetoare two Vanguards that, thanks to their shields, can mitigate your damage effectively.
Best Team Comps With Squirrel Girl
Ideally, you will wantSpider-Manon your team so he can unlock your Team-Up ability.
From there, a good team composition for Squirrel Girl centers around characters that can attract a crowd. Vanguards likeVenomand evenHulkwill draw the focus of enemy heroes, and you can capitalize on this.
Do you know who else can capitalize on this?Jeff the Land Shark, thanks to his devastating ultimate. He’s also great at throwing out healing bubbles as you move across the map and the enemy team attempts to counter you.
MantisandLunaStormare excellent healers due to their crowd-control abilities. Having enemies locked down makes it far easier for you to deal devastating damage with your acorn grenades.
