The Hood: counters, matchups and the best team
The Hood is a Vanguard (tank) built around diving into the enemy backline. In our matchup data, the heroes that counter The Hood hardest are Magneto, The Thing and Iron Fist, while The Hood beats Venom easily. To make The Hood the MVP of the match, the best teammates are Groot, Punisher, Star-Lord, Ultron and Loki. Below you'll find the full matchup sheet, the reasons behind each matchup and the team that empowers The Hood.
Quick sheet
- Role
- Vanguard (tank)
- Archetype
- 🛡️ Shield, 🦅 Dive
- Playstyle
- dives into the enemy backline · can reach the enemy healer
- Numbers
- ≈130 damage/s (basic attack) · team shield ≈40/s
Matchups
How The Hood does against every other hero, from our hand-reviewed matchup matrix. Tap a hero to open their page.
⚪ Even fights
Angela
Tankpool
Devil Dinosaur
Doctor Strange
Emma Frost
Groot
Rogue
Thor
Black Cat
Black Panther
Black Widow
Blade
Cyclops
Daredevil
Deadpool
Elsa Bloodstone
Gorr
Hela
Human Torch
Mister Fantastic
Namor
Phoenix
Punisher
Scarlet Witch
Spider-Man
Squirrel Girl
Storm
Winter Soldier
Healpool
Gambit
Invisible Woman
Jeff the Land Shark
Loki
Luna Snow
Rocket Raccoon
White Fox🛡️ The Hood beats easily
Venom⭐ The team that makes The Hood the MVP
Teammates picked to empower The Hood regardless of the enemy: they cover The Hood's counters, fight in the same style or heal that style well.
- Groot beats Magneto, Iron Fist, who counter The Hood
- Punisher beats The Thing, Iron Man, Wolverine, who counter The Hood
Star-Lord beats The Thing, Iron Man, who counter The Hood
Ultron heals a dive team well, the way The Hood plays- Loki heals a dive team well, the way The Hood plays
⚠️ What The Hood struggles with most: Magneto, The Thing, Iron Fist and Iron Man.
Build this team in MVP mode →Why these matchups go this way
A second opinion written by AI from each hero's kit (shown separately from the main matrix, so it may not match it exactly).
🟢 The Hood beats easily
- Rocket Raccoon He can get into the backline with Void Walk before the turret reacts in time.
- Ultron Same problem: the mobility to get behind punishes a backline with no immediate escape.
- Cyclops His shield tanks the poke while his mobility threatens to break Cyclops's safe positioning.
🔴 The Hood struggles against
Moon Knight Enough burst and crowd control to punish his entry before he uses his mobility.- Scarlet Witch Area damage ignores his single-target shield and wears him down along with his team.
- Namor A shield breaker that cancels exactly the defense behind his tank/dive double role.
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Analyze your real match →All heroes
Vanguard
Angela
Captain AmericaTankpoolDevil DinosaurDoctor StrangeEmma FrostGroot
Hulk
Magneto
Peni ParkerRogueThe Hood
The ThingThorVenomDuelist
Black CatBlack PantherBlack WidowBladeCyclopsDaredevilDeadpoolElsa BloodstoneGorr
HawkeyeHelaHuman Torch
Iron Fist
Iron Man
MagikMister FantasticMoon KnightNamorPhoenix
PsylockePunisherScarlet WitchSpider-ManSquirrel GirlStar-LordStormWinter Soldier
WolverineStrategist
Adam Warlock
Cloak & DaggerHealpoolGambitInvisible WomanJeff the Land Shark
JubileeLokiLuna Snow
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