MJÖLNIR BASH
Thor's 4 m melee swing for 45 damage every 0.6 s. Every 5 seconds his next hit refunds 1 Thorforce, so keep swinging between abilities to fuel Storm Surge and Awakening Rune.
- Casting
- Spell Field
- Damage
- 45
- Attack Interval
- 0.6s
- Range
- 4m
Thor
Marvel Rivals Vanguard · Season 10.5
Updated
Thor is a Vanguard hero in Marvel Rivals with 625 health and a 3/5 difficulty rating. Thor joined the game in Season 0 on December 6, 2024. In Season 10.5 ranked, Thor has a 52.3% win rate (B tier, #13 of 54) and is picked by 9.3% of teams. Thor's team-ups are Ragnarok Rebirth (with Hela) and Divine Armory (with Angela). The ultimate is God of Thunder.
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Role
- Vanguard
- Attack Type
- Melee
- Health
- 625
- Movement Speed
- 6.5 m/s
- Ultimate
- God of Thunder
- Ranked (S10.5)
- B tier · 52.3% win rate
- Released
- Season 0 (Dec 6, 2024)
- Last Balance Change
- Season 10 (Sep 11, 2026)
How to Play Thor
- Master Storm Surge for Mobility: Use Storm Surge to quickly close gaps, reposition, or escape danger. This ability allows Thor to maintain constant pressure on enemies while staying mobile.
- Optimize Ability Combos: Chain your abilities for maximum impact. For example, use Hammer Throw to initiate, followed by Lightning Realm to slow and damage enemies, then activate Awakening Rune for enhanced attacks.
- Manage Thorforce Wisely: Thor's abilities consume Thorforce, which also provides healing. Ensure you maintain enough Thorforce to use key abilities like Storm Surge for disengagement or Awakening Rune for enhanced damage.
- Position for God of Thunder Ultimate: Use Storm Surge to quickly close the distance before unleashing God of Thunder. This ultimate can deal significant area damage and is ideal for clustered enemies or low-HP targets.
- Play Aggressively but Safely: Thor excels at aggressive play but lacks defensive capabilities. Stay near allies for protection and use elevated positions to avoid ranged threats like Black Widow and Hawkeye.
Thor Combos
- Open and charge: Hammer Throw (Right Click) for 50 damage, 75 bonus health and 1 Thorforce, then Storm Surge (Shift) into the same target. The throw pays for the dash before he even reaches the fight.
- Realm into Rune: Lightning Realm (E) on a group to gain 1 Thorforce per enemy inside, then Awakening Rune (F) with all 3 charges. He gets 150 bonus health and 70-damage lightning arcs while the realm punishes anyone leaving.
- Ultimate lock: Lightning Realm (E) on the enemy team, then God of Thunder (Q). Anyone walking out of the 5 m field takes 50 damage and a 30% slow, so more of them are still inside the 8 m crash for 220 damage.
- Spear leap: with Divine Armory picked, throw the Thunder Spear (C) into a group for 30 damage and 1 Thorforce, leap to it for a second 45-damage wave, then keep swinging with MJÖLNIR BASH (Left Click).
Strengths
- Steady self-sustain: each Hammer Throw hit gives 75 bonus health, and spending Thorforce adds more, up to 150, so he keeps topping himself up in a long fight.
- Lightning Realm grounds and slows enemies who leave its 5 m field by 30% for 2 seconds, which keeps flyers and divers from slipping away.
- Storm Surge charges him 10 to 20 m for 1 Thorforce and knocks back anyone in the way, so the same button can start a fight, peel for a backliner or pull him out.
- God of Thunder deals 40 damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies below while he charges, then crashes for 220 and a 1-second stun in 8 m.
Weaknesses
- Most of his damage lands inside 4 m; Hammer Throw at 24 m is his only ranged tool, so enemies on high ground or at range are hard for him to pressure.
- Awakening Rune locks him out of every ability except his primary for 5 seconds, so he cannot Storm Surge away if the fight turns.
- His best tools cost Thorforce, so at 0 charges he has to wait for the 5-second refill or land hits. Heroes who zone melee, like Peni Parker, keep him from connecting.
Thor Abilities
God of Thunder
His ultimate: Thor rises 9 m and charges for 1.5 s, hitting enemies under him for 40 damage every 0.5 s, then crashes down for 220 damage and a 1-second stun in 8 m. Save it for a group packed into a choke point.
- Casting
- Persistent spell field that generates a one-time spell field upon expiration
- Energy Cost
- 3100
- Damage
- Charging: 40 every 0.5s, Impact: 220
- Charge Duration
- 1.5s
- Ascension Height
- 9m
Hammer Throw
Mjölnir flies up to 24 m for 50 damage and hits again for 25 as it comes back. A hit returns 1 Thorforce and 75 bonus health on a 6-second cooldown, so open with it before walking in.
- Casting
- Projectile that retracts after a delayed hit
- Damage
- Launch: 50, Retract: 25
- Cooldown
- 6s
- Max Travel Distance
- 24m
- Projectile Speed
- Launch: 60m/s, Retract: 80m/s
- Bonus Health Gained
- 75 (upon hit)
- Critical Hit
- No
Storm Surge
Costs 1 Thorforce and gives 50 bonus health: hold for up to 2 s, then charge 10 to 20 m, knocking back anyone in the way for 40 to 60 damage. It is his main way to engage, peel or get out.
- Casting
- Charged Dash
- Collision Damage
- 40 - 60 (scales with charge time)
- Max Charge Time
- 2s
- Thorforce Cost
- 1
Lightning Realm
A 5 m storm field that lasts 4 seconds on a 12-second cooldown. Thor gets 1 Thorforce per enemy inside when it lands, and anyone who walks out takes 50 damage, is Grounded and slowed 30% for 2 seconds; good against flyers.
- Casting
- Persistent Spell Field
- Damage
- 50 (when exiting area)
- Cooldown
- 12s
- Lightning Realm Range
- 5m spherical radius
- Lightning Realm Duration
- 4s
Awakening Rune
Spends 3 Thorforce for 5 seconds of Awakened state and 150 bonus health. His primary becomes 70-damage lightning arcs with a 3 m aura ticking 15 per second, but no other abilities work until it ends, when he gets 1 Thorforce back.
- Casting
- Ability Enhancement
- Thorforce Cost
- 3
- Duration
- 5s
- Spell Field Damage
- Deal 15 damage every 1s
- Spell Field Range
- 3m spherical radius
- Lightning Arc Damage
- 70 per round
- Lightning Arc Attack Interval
- 1st - 3rd Attack: 0.4s, 4th Attack: 0.8s
- Lightning Arc Projectile Speed
- 60m/s
Thorforce
Thor's resource: up to 3 charges that refill every 5 seconds or through his hits. Spending it on Storm Surge or Awakening Rune turns into bonus health, capped at 150, so cycling it is how he stays tanky.
- Max Thorforce
- 3
- Passive Recharge Time
- 5s
- Max Bonus Health
- 150
- Global Ability Cooldown
- 1.5s
Ability stats from the Marvel Rivals Wiki (Fandom), licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thor Team-Ups and Best Teammates
Thor has 2 team-up loadouts. Pick one before the match: it always works, and its enhanced effect turns on when the partner hero is on your team.
Ragnarok Rebirth
Partner: Hela
A passive loadout: a killing blow leaves Thor alive with 600 decaying bonus health, 40% damage reduction and no healing; joining a KO revives him with at least 300 health. With Hela on the team her KOs count too, and he heals 50 per second for 3 seconds after reviving.
Ranked win rate with Hela: 57.0% (+4.7 vs Thor's 52.3% overall, 8,599 matches)
- Cooldown
- Revived: 50s, Failed: 30s
- Minimum Health On Revival
- 300
- Bonus Health Gained
- 600
- Damage Reduction
- 40% (while active)
- Enhanced Effect
- Healing Over Time
- 50/s (self)
- Healing Over Time Duration
- 3s
Adds a Thunder Spear (C) on a 15-second cooldown that hits for 30 in 5 m and refunds 1 Thorforce; Thor can then leap to it for another 45 damage. With Angela on the team the leap also gives 100 bonus health, a strong pick for diving.
Ranked win rate with Angela: 56.9% (+4.7 vs Thor's 52.3% overall, 2,610 matches)
- Cooldown
- 15s
- Spear Impact Damage
- 30
- Spear Impact Spell Field Range
- 5m spherical radius
- Leap Damage
- 45
- Leap Spell Field Range
- 5m spherical radius
- Enhanced Effect
- Bonus Health Gained
- 100
- Hela: Ragnarok Rebirth is a passive that keeps Thor alive through one killing blow on 600 bonus health that drains away, and joining a KO before it is gone brings him back. With Hela on the team her KOs revive him too, and he heals over time afterward.
- Angela: Divine Armory gives Thor a Thunder Spear that refunds Thorforce on a hit and lets him leap to where it lands for a second wave of damage. With Angela on the team the leap also grants 100 bonus health, so he can dive in and survive.
- A Strategist who heals from range, like Luna Snow: beyond his bonus health Thor has no healing of his own, and he fights within 4 m of the enemy, so steady long-range healing keeps him holding space.
Thor Counters
Thor runs on Thorforce, so punish him right after he spends 3 charges on Awakening Rune: for 5 seconds he can only swing and cannot Storm Surge away. Ranged heroes and zone controllers like Peni Parker keep him out of his 4 m melee range. When Lightning Realm lands, fight inside it or wait out its 4 seconds, because walking out costs 50 damage, a 30% slow and grounds flyers for 2 seconds.
Strong Against
Struggles Against
Is Thor Good Right Now?
| Tier (Season 10.5 ranked) | B |
|---|---|
| Win rate | 52.28% (#13 of 54 heroes) |
| Pick rate | 9.3% of teams (#24 of 54) |
| Ban rate | 0.7% of teams (#38 most banned) |
| Win rate in Season 10 | 52.19% |
| Ranked matches | 182,683 |
Full Marvel Rivals tier listWin, pick & ban rates for every hero
Thor Patch History: Buffs and Nerfs
Ranked, all ranks. A dot marks a season with an official balance change to Thor.
Official Balance Changes (11)
- BuffSeason 10More health, stronger Lightning Realm and faster Angela team-up.v20260911
- BuffSeason 9Harder Hammer Throw, more bonus health, longer quick Storm Surge.v20260710
- MixedSeason 6.5Hammer Throw grants bonus health; Storm Surge bonus health reduced.v20260213
- BuffSeason 5.5Storm Surge dash can now be steered freely.v20251212
- BuffSeason 4Faster ultimate movement and a stun on landing.v20250912
- BuffSeason 3.5Thorforce on leaving Awakening; Lightning Realm now grounds fleeing enemies.v20250808
- BuffSeason 2.5Can now manually cancel the Awakened state.v20250619
- ReworkSeason 2.5Hammer Throw becomes a cooldown ability that builds Thorforce, dealing less damage.v20250530
- BuffSeason 2Health raised to 600 and faster base movement.v20250411
- BuffSeason 1.5Awakening Rune no longer triggers a shared cooldown afterwards.v20250221
- BuffSeason 1Health up to 525 and crowd-control immunity during his ultimate.v20250110
Summaries of the official balance posts. Every patch is on the patch notes page.
Season 10
- BuffNormal health portion increased from 300 to 325.
- BuffMax health is increased from 600 to 625.
- BuffLightning Realm: Damage when exiting area increased from 40 to 50.
- BuffAngela / Divine Armory: Cooldown reduced from 20s to 15s.
Season 9
- NerfDamage to ultimate charge conversion reduced from 70% to 55%.
- BuffNow has 300 Shield HP.
- BuffStorm Surge: Dash distance at 0 charge slightly increased.
- BuffHammer Throw: Damage on launch increased from 45 to 50.
- BuffHammer Throw: Damage on retract increased from 20 to 25.
- BuffHammer Throw: Bonus health gained upon hit increased from 50 to 75.
- ChangeHela / TEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Ragnarok Rebirth: Upon being eliminated, instantly gain bonus health and become inflicted with Anti-Heal.
- ChangeHela / TEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Ragnarok Rebirth: Earn a KO before the bonus health decays to cleanse the Anti-Heal effect and regain a portion of health.
- ChangeHela / TEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Ragnarok Rebirth: Enhanced: Hela can also land a KO to trigger the revive for Thor. Upon reviving, convert any remaining bonus health into normal health and gain healing over time.
- ChangeAngela / TEAM-UP (C): Divine Armory: Throw a spear that sticks to enemies and restores Thorforce on hit.
- ChangeAngela / TEAM-UP (C): Divine Armory: Activate again while targeting the spear to leap to it and create a damaging shockwave.
- ChangeAngela / TEAM-UP (C): Divine Armory: Enhanced: Gain bonus health when leaping to the spear.
Season 7
- NerfDamage to ultimate charge conversion reduced from 90% to 70%.
- NerfPassive ultimate charge gain reduced from 12/s to 11/s.
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Season 6.5
- BuffHammer Throw: Gain 50 bonus health when hitting at least one enemy.
- NerfPASSIVE: Thorforce: Bonus health gained when using Storm Surge reduced from 75 to 50.
Season 5.5
- BuffStorm Surge: Can now freely change movement direction during the dash.
Season 4.5
- ChangeOdinson Reborn: Removed.
Season 4
- BuffGod of Thunder: Movement speed while active increased from 6.5 m/s to 7 m/s.
- BuffGod of Thunder: Now stuns enemies for 1s upon impact.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (C): Thunderstrike Pike: Angela grants Thor the ability to throw a spear that sticks to enemies and restores Thorforce on hit.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (C): Thunderstrike Pike: Thor can then leap to the spear to create a shockwave on impact.
Season 3.5
- BuffLightning Realm: Enemies that exit the area are grounded for 2s.
- BuffAwakening Rune: Gain 1 Thorforce after the ability ends.
Balance Patch
- BuffAwakening Rune: Can now be manually canceled.
Season 2.5
- BuffHammer Throw: No longer consumes Thorforce.
- ChangeHammer Throw: Cooldown adjusted to a flat 6s instead of global.
- BuffHammer Throw: Now grants 1 Thorforce on hit.
- NerfHammer Throw: Damage on launch decreased from 70 to 45.
- NerfHammer Throw: Damage on retract decreased from 30 to 20.
- NerfPASSIVE: Thorforce: Bonus health gained from 1 Thorforce consumed reduced from 100 to 75.
- NerfPASSIVE: Thorforce: Max bonus health reduced from 200 to 150.
Season 2
- BuffMax health increased from 525 to 600.
- BuffMovement speed increased from 6 m/s to 6.5 m/s.
- ChangeThunderous Deity: Removed.
Season 1.5
- BuffAwakening Rune: No longer activates shared cooldown after the ability ends.
Season 1
- BuffMax health increased from 500 to 525.
- BuffGod of Thunder: Gain Unstoppable while charging.
Season 0
- ChangeThor crashes down from Asgard as a Vanguard hero!
- ChangeM1: Mjolnir Bash: Strike with the hammer.
- ChangeM1: Mjolnir Bash: Restore Thorforce upon hit after a short cooldown.
- ChangeM2: Hammer Throw: Consume Thorforce to throw the hammer forward and damage enemies in its path as it returns.
- ChangeSHIFT: Storm Surge: Consume Thorforce to charge up and dash forward, pushing back enemies.
- ChangeSHIFT: Storm Surge: Dash distance increases with charge time.
- ChangeE: Lightning Realm: Create an area of lightning and restore Thorforce for every enemy caught inside.
- ChangeE: Lightning Realm: Enemies that exit the area take additional damage and are slowed.
- ChangeF: Awakening Rune: Consume Thorforce to launch lightning projectiles for a brief period.
- ChangeF: Awakening Rune: Periodically strike nearby enemies with lightning while active.
- ChangeQ: God of Thunder: Ascend upward and slam down after a delay to damage enemies below.
- ChangeQ: God of Thunder: Deal additional damage to enemies below while casting.
- ChangePASSIVE: Thorforce: Gain bonus health when consuming Thorforce.
- ChangePASSIVE: Thorforce: Abilities that consume Thorforce have a shared cooldown.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Odinson Reborn: Hela is able to revive Thor after landing a final blow on an enemy.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Odinson Reborn: If Thor is still alive, he receives bonus health instead.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Thunderous Deity: Thor grants Storm the ability to unleash a lightning bolt that chains onto nearby enemies.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Thunderous Deity: Captain America gains the ability to briefly use lightning-enhanced shield throw attacks, gaining a movement speed boost while active.
- ChangeTEAM-UP (PASSIVE): Thunderous Deity: Anchor Bonus: +100 Max Health
Marvel Zombies Patch
- BuffThunder Formation [Build]: Lvl. 3 now grants 15% damage reduction.
- ChangeIon Shield [Blessing]: Bonus health gained while charging increased from 50/s to 75/s.
- ChangeIon Shield [Blessing]: Bonus health gained while charging increased from 100/s to 150/s.
- ChangeIon Shield [Blessing]: Bonus health gained while charging increased from 200/s to 300/s.
- ChangeThunder Torrent [Blessing]: Storm Surge damage boost over max charge increased from 8% to 12%.
- ChangeThunder Torrent [Blessing]: Storm Surge damage boost over max charge increased from 18% to 27%.
- ChangeAllfather's Might [Blessing]: Mjolnir Bash damage boost increased from 5% to 8%.
- ChangeAllfather's Might [Blessing]: Mjolnir Bash damage boost increased from 18% to 28%.
- ChangeAllfather's Might [Blessing]: Mjolnir Bash damage boost increased from 35% to 65%.
Blood Hunt Patch
- BuffStorm Surge: Now grants damage reduction during the dash.
- BuffThunder Torrent [Trait]: Storm Surge damage scaling per charge of Thorforce increased.
- BuffAegis of Thunder [Trait]: Bonus health gained increased.
- BuffGaea Sigil [Weapon Gear]: Mjolnir Bash base damage buff increased.
- BuffRolling Thunder [Trait]: Spread angle of extra projectiles fired during Rune Awakening reduced.
- BuffRolling Thunder [Trait]: Damage of extra projectiles fired during Rune Awakening increased.
Patch history from the Marvel Rivals Wiki (Fandom), licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thor Video Guide
You're Playing Thor Wrong in Marvel Rivals · True Vanguard
Thor Release Date and Voice Actor
- Release date
- December 6, 2024 (Season 0)
- Voice actor
- Travis Willingham
- Gender
- Male
- Relatives
- Frigga, Angela, Loki, Thori, Bor, Odin
Thor Cosmetics
Skins
Sprays
Nameplates
Emotes
Thor FAQ
When was Thor released in Marvel Rivals?
Thor was released in Season 0 on December 6, 2024 and is playable now.
What role is Thor in Marvel Rivals?
Thor is a Vanguard in Marvel Rivals with a difficulty rating of 3 out of 5. Thor's main attack type is melee.
Is Thor good right now?
In Season 10.5 ranked, Thor has a 52.3% win rate (B tier, #13 of 54) across 182,683 matches. That is about the same as 52.2% in Season 10. Thor is picked by 9.3% of teams (#24 of 54) and banned by 0.7% (#38).
Who counters Thor in Marvel Rivals?
Thor struggles against Angela, Captain America and Hulk. Thor runs on Thorforce, so punish him right after he spends 3 charges on Awakening Rune: for 5 seconds he can only swing and cannot Storm Surge away. Ranged heroes and zone controllers like Peni Parker keep him out of his 4 m melee range. When Lightning Realm lands, fight inside it or wait out its 4 seconds, because walking out costs 50 damage, a 30% slow and grounds flyers for 2 seconds.
How much health does Thor have in Marvel Rivals?
Thor has 625 health in Season 10.5.
What is Thor's ultimate ability?
Thor's ultimate is God of Thunder. His ultimate: Thor rises 9 m and charges for 1.5 s, hitting enemies under him for 40 damage every 0.5 s, then crashes down for 220 damage and a 1-second stun in 8 m. Save it for a group packed into a choke point.
Who voices Thor in Marvel Rivals?
Thor is voiced by Travis Willingham.
What are Thor's team-ups in Marvel Rivals?
Thor has 2 team-up loadouts: Ragnarok Rebirth (with Hela) and Divine Armory (with Angela). Pick one before the match; its enhanced effect turns on when the partner hero is on your team. In ranked, Thor wins 57.0% with Hela on the team and 56.9% with Angela on the team, against 52.3% overall.
When was Thor last buffed or nerfed?
In Season 10 on September 11, 2026: 4 buffs. Every change is listed in the patch history on this page.
When was Thor last buffed in Marvel Rivals?
In Season 10 (Version 20260911, September 11, 2026): More health, stronger Lightning Realm and faster Angela team-up.
What was Thor's best season in Marvel Rivals?
By ranked win rate, Season 1.5 at 53.3%. The lowest was Season 6.5 at 50.6%.