Cloak and Dagger is a unique Strategist hero in Marvel Rivals who lets you swap between healing and disruption at will. This guide covers how to use both characters together, when to switch forms, and how to control fights in Season 3.

They’re not hard to play… but playing them well means mastering timing, spacing, and support awareness.

Cloak and Dagger Overview

You control both heroes in one slot. Dagger handles healing with projectile support and healing zones. Cloak disrupts enemies with blinding, damage-over-time, and fade abilities.

They share an ultimate, but otherwise have separate kits. Their primary attacks are auto-lock, so you don’t need perfect aim. Each also has a veil ability; one for healing boosts, the other for enemy blindness and vulnerability.

The trick is knowing when to stay and when to swap. Overhealing or overdamaging can actually reduce value if cooldowns aren’t lined up with your team’s needs.

Dagger Abilities

Lightforce Dagger

Fires lock-on healing daggers that also hurt enemies. Heals in a small area, including Dagger herself if timed right.

Shadow’s Embrace

Switch to Cloak form.

Veil of Lightforce

Creates a healing veil that boosts healing received. Best used when teammates are actively under fire.

Dagger Storm

Fires a barrage that leaves a healing zone on the ground. Use it before switching to Cloak so it keeps healing while you’re gone.

Cloak Abilities

Darkforce Cloak

Auto-lock beam that deals chip damage over time. Strong for pressure but not for burst.

Light’s Embrace

Switch to Dagger form.

Terror Cape

Deploys a dark veil that blinds enemies and makes them vulnerable. Use it to break enemy formations or defend objectives.

Dark Teleportation

Makes Cloak and nearby allies invisible, untargetable, and fast. Save this to dodge ultimates, not just escape danger.

Shared Abilities

Eternal Bond (Ultimate)

You dash three times, leaving behind a zone that heals allies and damages enemies. Healing and damage only apply to units inside the field.

From Shadow to Light (Team-Up with Moon Knight)

Moon Knight gains invisibility if teamed up with Cloak and Dagger.

How to Play Cloak and Dagger in Marvel Rivals

Start in Dagger form when fights are long or your team needs healing. Use Cloak when you’re under threat or your team needs disruption.

Set up a Dagger Storm healing zone first. Then swap to Cloak, use Terror Cape to blind the push, and keep allies safe with Dark Teleportation. If everything’s on cooldown, switch back and reset the rotation.

Cloak isn’t meant to deal tons of damage. His role is to shut down enemy ultimates, break formations, and stall pressure. Dagger does the sustain work. Mastering both forms is what separates average players from game-saving ones.

Best Combos and Cooldown Rotations

Heal and Defend Combo

Dagger Storm → Switch to Cloak → Terror Cape → Fade allies with Dark Teleportation

Setup Healing

Veil of Lightforce → Wait for teammate to engage → Dagger Storm → Switch to Cloak

Ultimate Zoning

Pop Eternal Bond → Dash in a wide circle → Let the field heal allies and zone enemies
(You can also go airborne with Cloak before the dash to make it fall onto an objective)

Best Uses for Dark Teleportation

Use it to:

Avoid Scarlet Witch, Storm, or Namor ultimates
Save teammates grouped on the payload
Force enemies to waste big cooldowns
Reset positioning after a bad dive

Never use it early. It has strong value only when timed to cancel major threats.

Best Targets and Priorities

You aren’t a DPS. Let your Duelists kill… your job is to enable and protect.

As Dagger:

Focus healing on grouped Vanguards
Use Veil only during active fights
Don’t panic swap if teammates are low—get off one more heal first

As Cloak:

Blind enemies diving your supports
Fade allies only when real threats hit
Chip down squishy supports if they misstep

Cloak and Dagger Weaknesses and Counters

They rely heavily on timing. Using fade or veil too early ruins team fights.

Hard counters include:

Peni Parker: Traps punish low movement
Namor: Big burst punishes heal stall
Scarlet Witch: Can bait your fade then re-engage
Squirrel Girl: Area spam makes Cloak fades awkward

To beat Cloak and Dagger, force them to waste fade, then focus fire before cooldowns reset.

Best Team Comps for Cloak and Dagger

They thrive on teams that group tightly or need constant healing.

Best allies include:

Bruce Banner or Hulk for deep frontlines
Venom for dive protection
Storm or Luna Snow for zoning combo ultimates
Moon Knight for invis synergy
Spider-Man for lockdown follow-ups after veils

Cloak and Dagger don’t win fights solo… they tilt the field so teammates can win it.

Best Cloak and Dagger Settings

Use moderate sensitivity for smooth movement. Disable acceleration and smoothing.

Use these:

Horizontal/Vertical Sensitivity: 4–5
Mouse Acceleration: Off
Mouse Smoothing: Off
Allied Health Bars: On
Enemy Health Bars: On

You need clear team visibility to time switches and teleport fades.

Best Cloak and Dagger Crosshair Code

Use a clean crosshair with solid visibility for tight healing zones.

Crosshair Code:
1;0.0;8.0,0.0,0.0,14.0;100.0,0.0,50.0,100.0;50.0,28.0,0.0,50.0;100.0,100.0,100.0,100.0;0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0;33.0,84.0,100.0,33.0;13.0;100.0,0.0,50.0,100.0;0.0;5,5,2,1;1.0,1.0,1.0

You can tweak line width or length based on personal preference and monitor resolution.

Final Blurb

This Marvel Rivals Cloak and Dagger guide (Season 3) shows how powerful a flexible Strategist can be. They don’t win fights with damage… they win them by outplaying pressure and turning big moments into healing or fade-outs.

Swap smart, time your tools, and support your team through chaos. That’s the key to carrying with this duo.