With 13 heroes in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, choosing the best ones for your squad can be overwhelming. While every hero has strengths and playstyles suited for different situations, this guide ranks them based on overall effectiveness, flexibility, and synergy. Keep in mind that no hero is outright bad—each has a unique niche and excels in different scenarios. Let’s break it down!

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Hunter: The Ultimate Flexible Hero (Not Ranked)

Hunter, your customizable protagonist, is the most versatile character in Midnight Suns. With a mix of damage, support, tanking, and healing abilities, Hunter can fit into any team composition. Thanks to passive abilities in collars and suits, you can tailor Hunter to any playstyle. This flexibility makes Hunter invaluable, and you’ll likely take them on almost every mission. Since they are a self-made hero with unparalleled adaptability, we won’t rank them among the others.

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Bottom Tier Heroes (Difficult to Master, Situational Use)

13. Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider boasts some of the highest damage output in the game but at a heavy cost—his own health. His abilities trade HP for high-impact attacks, which makes him difficult to use effectively, especially on higher difficulties where enemy health and damage increase significantly. While his Souls mechanic can boost his max HP over time, it’s often not enough to offset his self-damage.

12. Magik

Magik excels at enemy repositioning and knockbacks, using Limbo Portals to control the battlefield. However, her damage is lackluster compared to other heroes. If there’s no environmental hazard or enemy positioning isn’t favorable, her abilities lose effectiveness. Her passive (Relay) can help cycle Limbo Portals for free, but she requires careful planning to shine.

11. Hulk

A late-game hero, Hulk deals massive AOE damage and thrives when taking damage himself. His Rage mechanicboosts his damage the more he’s attacked. However, his abilities cost a lot of Heroism, making him hard to use without Heroism-generating allies like Doctor Strange or Nico. If built properly, Hulk is devastating, but he requires the right setup to reach his full potential.

10. Scarlet Witch

Scarlet Witch is a powerful AOE damage dealer who relies on clumped-up enemies to maximize effectiveness. Her passive applies debuffs to nearby enemies, making her great for setting up combos. However, if enemies are too spread out, she struggles. Positioning her correctly is key, and pairing her with heroes like Magik or Spider-Man, who manipulate enemy placement, helps her shine.

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Mid-Tier Heroes (Good, But Require Synergy)

9. Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is an excellent support hero, generating Heroism and enhancing ally damage with cards like Blessing of the Vishanti. His enhanced attacks scale with Heroism, making them devastating. However, his primary role is support, and if you don’t draw the right cards, he can feel ineffective.

8. Blade

Blade focuses on chain attacks and applying Bleed, which deals damage over time. However, Bleed only triggers on the enemy’s next turn, making it less impactful than outright KO’ing enemies immediately. He still deals solid damage and works well with marked effects, but other DPS heroes have stronger burst potential.

7. Nico Minoru

Nico is a powerful but unpredictable support hero with randomized card effects. She excels at buffing allies, healing, and dealing burst damage, but her abilities require careful planning. If you enjoy a high-risk, high-reward playstyle, she’s a great choice. Her passive constantly draws new cards, increasing flexibility.

6. Spider-Man

Spider-Man specializes in environmental attacks and chain abilities. His passive makes environmental attacks free, giving him unmatched resource efficiency. He also has strong multi-target attacks, making him great for clearing weak enemies. However, he lacks high single-target burst damage, so he’s best in teams that need consistent crowd control.

5. Wolverine

Wolverine is a self-sustaining brawler who specializes in chain attacks and survivability. He can self-heal and even self-revive, making him one of the tankiest heroes. His attacks focus on hitting multiple enemies, and he’s fantastic on higher difficulties thanks to his survivability and damage mitigation.

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Top-Tier Heroes (Consistently Strong in Any Team)

4. Captain America

Captain America is a tank and support hybrid, capable of taunting enemies, generating block, and drawing cards for the team. His passive lets him generate block at the start of missions (and later every turn). He can also taunt entire enemy squads, making him an ideal damage sponge. While not as high-damage as Captain Marvel, his ability to protect the squad makes him an S-tier tank.

3. Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel is a DPS/tank hybrid who becomes incredibly powerful in Binary mode, which doubles her attack damage. To enter Binary, you need to use three of her cards, after which she gains massive block and deals huge single-target and AOE damage. She also has self-taunt mechanics, making her the best offensive tank in the game.

2. Iron Man

Iron Man is one of the most flexible heroes, thanks to his Redraw mechanics, which upgrade his abilities instead of discarding them. His Air Superiority attack is one of the best in the game, damaging all enemies. He also self-generates redraws, allowing him to consistently improve his deck. Iron Man is great for both single-target and AOE damage, making him a top pick.

1. Best Overall Hero: Hunter (Technically Not Ranked)

If we were ranking Hunter, they would take the top spot due to their unparalleled flexibility and role customization. However, among the fixed heroes, Iron Man takes the #1 spot for his balance of damage, flexibility, and resource management.

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Final Thoughts & Summary

While all heroes have their strengths, some are easier to use and provide more consistent results. Here’s the final tier ranking:

🔴 Low-Tier: Ghost Rider, Magik, Hulk, Scarlet Witch.
🟡 Mid-Tier: Doctor Strange, Blade, Nico, Spider-Man, Wolverine.
🟢 Top-Tier: Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man.

Each hero shines in different scenarios, so experiment with different teams and playstyles. Who is your favorite hero in Midnight Suns? Let us know!